Dave Walker penned a nice article about the WDSU morning news in Sunday’s Times-Picayune. He also wrote about the morning broadcasts on WWL, WGNO and WVUE. Below is an excerpt from the WDSU morning news write-up: As for WDSU’s August expansion to 4:30 a.m., more than a dozen Hearst stations have added a similar earlier-than-early […]
Half Marathon The Second Annual Jazz Half Marathon benefiting Children’s Hospital was a huge success. Around $24,000 was raised last year. This year during our four-hour broadcast, $40,000 was raised. Incredible. The winner of the 13.1 mile race, Matt Manning, shattered last year’s winning time of 1:12:37. Manning, 30, cruised to the finish line in […]
Saturday morning is my earliest wake-up call since leaving the morning shift at WESH in Orlando 14 months ago. The WDSU crew working the Second Annual Jazz Half Marathon and Relay has a 4:30 a.m. call. It’s early, but the cause is a great one. The goal is to raise funds for Children’s Hospital, promote […]
Ft. Lauderdale, FL – I’m updating this morning from the hotel business center because my iPhone took a dive last night into a pond in the lobby. I was chatting with WDSU morning anchor Melanie Hebert when my wife called. As I answered the phone and lifted it to my ear, it slipped through my […]
The WDSU Super Bowl team will have extensive coverage all week on Twitter, Facebook, WDSU.com. Once I leave Tuesday, I’ll be blogging and posting video here as well. These WDSU tweeps are already in Miami: Executive producer Rich Kiss | @rgk224 Sports anchor Fletcher Mackel | @FletcherMackel Sports anchor Keli Fulton | @KeliFulton News videographer […]
WDSU has some big plans for Super Bowl coverage, beginning Sunday in Miami. Sports anchors Fletcher Mackel and Keli Fulton and news anchors Melanie Hebert, Camille Whitworth and I will deliver live coverage from South Florida all next week on every WDSU newscast. We’re also the only station with special, live all-Saints programming every night […]
We had a blast during our pre and post-game Saints coverage. Sports anchors Fletcher Mackel and Keli Fulton held down the fort outside while I reported from the Superdome field. Countless people behind-the-scenes made the final product look top notch. The audience was huge and we delivered some excellent content during our extensive coverage. Here […]
