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Previewing WDSU’s Fat Tuesday Coverage

Posted on February 20, 2012 | 1 Comment

WDSU has a huge production planned for Fat Tuesday. It all begins at 4:30 a.m. with Randi Rousseau, Jay Galle’ and Rose Flores on WDSU News This Morning. Norman Robinson, Mardi Gras Guide Arthur Hardy and I pick up the coverage at 7 a.m. from the Hotel Intercontinental downtown. WDSU reporters will be stationed across the city to bring home every aspect of the climax of the Carnival season during the most extensive coverage in town.

We’ll be live on the air and online at WDSU.com until 3 p.m.

I’ll also be updating Facebook, Twitter and this website all day from our perch at Intercontinental.

Here’s a preview:

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[VIDEO] I-Team: 10-Time DWI Offender

Posted on February 6, 2012 | Leave a comment

This is my story that aired Sunday night. I spent about four months working on it.

A New Orleans businessman has been arrested 10 times for DWI and avoided prosecution for nearly 30 years. Things got really interesting once we started asking questions — he was arrested.

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[VIDEO] I-Team Promo: 10-Time DWI Offender

Posted on February 3, 2012 | Leave a comment

Check out the promo for my I-Team story running Sunday night on WDSU News after the Super Bowl. It’s jaw-dropping.

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[VIDEO] Shoes, Makeup & Hair Questions

Posted on January 27, 2012 | Leave a comment

Viewers posed questions on the WDSU Facebook page and Camille, Margaret and I answered.

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[VIDEO] Inside the WDSU Newsroom

Posted on January 24, 2012 | Leave a comment

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Lions/Saints a Big Winner for WDSU, NBC

Posted on January 8, 2012 | Leave a comment

Early numbers for the Saints-Lions prime time matchup on WDSU show it was a huge ratings-winner. New Orleans  led all markets with a 58.2 rating/76 share. Detroit was next with a 41.1/61.

Nationally, the game drew a 19.3 overnight rating and a 32 share, the third-best overnight for a Wild Card Saturday game since the 1999 playoff season.

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[VIDEO] Behind the Scenes

Posted on December 12, 2011 | 1 Comment

A full studio before WDSU News at 10.

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New Orleans Ratings Race: November

Posted on December 9, 2011 | Leave a comment

In the recently concluded November sweeps period, WDSU showed year-to-year growth in newscasts at 5 a.m., 4 p.m., 5 p.m. and 6 p.m.

WDSU News at 4 registered a 4.6 rating, up more than a full point from last November.

Here’s the full story from the T-P.

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Jazz Half Marathon and 5K

Posted on October 30, 2011 | Leave a comment

What a great morning downtown on Saturday. ‘Team 6′ participated in the Third Annual Jazz Half Marathon 7 5K benefiting the Cancer Program at Children’s Hospital. ‘Team 6′ was comprised of 44 WDSU employees, including our general manager, Joel Vilmenay, who spearheaded the effort. All of us competed in the 5K, with the exception of reporter Heath Allen who ran the half. Showoff.

WDSU also broadcast the event, pre-and post race, from 6-10 a.m. Approximately 2,500 runners participated this year.

WDSU is very involved with Children’s Hospital and the race is a great opportunity to raise a lot of money. Last year we helped raise nearly $150,000 for Children’s. This year’s total should eclipse that number.

I finished the 5K with a personal best, which didn’t take much. I placed 39th among men with a time of 28:34:6.

> Click HERE for full race results.

> Click HERE for WDSU’s 10 p.m. story on the race. Yours truly appears at 1:52 in the video.

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Viewer Photoshop Fun

Posted on October 8, 2011 | Leave a comment

Our main studio is undergoing a top secret upgrade this weekend, so we used the virtual set in Studio B last night at 6 & 10. I tweeted a picture of our setup and a viewer (@ianhoch) had some fun with Photoshop. Extra points for creativity!

 

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New Orleans Ratings Race

Posted on September 24, 2011 | Leave a comment

WDSU’s promo proclaiming it is “Louisiana’s NEW News Leader” seems to be ruffling some feathers at the other stations in New Orleans. The results of the July ratings period show that WDSU won at 4, 5 & 6 p.m. in the 25-54 key demographic, the age group most important to advertisers.

In an article in today’s T-P, WWL’s general manager says, “I think ’DSU is grasping at straws. The simple fact is that more people watch our television station for news than theirs.”

That is a fact. WWL still has more total viewers than any station in the market. But here’s another fact — WWL hadn’t lost a newscast in any way shape or form in generations. When it happens, as it did in July, it’s news. It’s not grasping at straws. WWL’s stranglehold on this market isn’t nearly what it once was, and the news race is the tightest it’s been in decades.

The November ratings period begins October 27th. Buckle up.

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[VIDEO] Control Room Visit

Posted on September 23, 2011 | Leave a comment

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The Interview: One-On-One w/Gov. Scott Walker

Posted on September 12, 2011 | Leave a comment

I tracked down Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker at the Saints/Packers last Thursday and talked to him about how sharing the same name in his state can be a little unnerving (to say some people aren’t very fond of him is putting it mildly). We also chatted about his bet with Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and Lambeau Field in January. Click HERE to watch the interview.

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WDSU Invades Packer Country

Posted on September 11, 2011 | Leave a comment

TVSpy.com Article

I did a lot of radio and TV interviews during our week in Green Bay and most revolved around the Saints, our rented Packerfied house and “Hey you have the same name as our Governor.”

TVSpy did a nice write-up on what we were up to while in Green Bay.  And here’s a look at a story I did with the Hearst station in Milwaukee, WISN.

And here’s a quick video from the NBC station in Green Bay.

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New Orleans Stays Put in New Nielsen Rankings

Posted on September 3, 2011 | Leave a comment

The new Nielsen market rankings are out and New Orleans remains firmly planted at #52. There was only one shift in the top 10, with Washington, DC overtaking Atlanta for the #8 spot.

Check out all 210 markets here.

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