Kevin Coskren Done at ABC6

Kevin Coskren delivers a forecast

Kevin Coskren is done at WLNE. The Chief Meteorologist's last day was on July 31, but for some reason the station kept his bio up on their website until this week. Viewers would have noticed weekend weatherman Steve Cascione working weeknights since the beginning of August.

Cascione was the longtime chief at WLNE in the 80's, 90's and 00's before going to WPRI as morning meteorologist. He returned to WLNE in 2008.

Coskren joined ABC6 in August of 2012, after Fred Campagna and new owners Citadel had a contract dispute.  Coskren worked at Citadel sister station KLKN and requested the transfer. He left with not goodbye and no social media mention.

WLNE still has a meteorologist job posted on its career page, the posting has been active for nearly the entire summer.

New Weeknight Anchor Lineup Coming to NBC10

Patrice Wood and Gene Valicenti to anchor two weeknight shows again

Starting August 24th NBC10 will have an almost completely new weekday anchor lineup. The only shows not seeing changes right now are the noon, 6, and 11.

Here is what station insiders say the new lineup will be:

NBC10 News Sunrise: Frank Coletta, Alison Bologna

NBC10 News at Noon: Frank Coletta

NBC10 News at 5: Patrice Wood, Gene Valicenti

NBC10 News at 5:30: Dan Jaehnig, Emily Volz

NBC10 News at 6: Patrice Wood, Gene Valicenti

NBC10 News at 7:  Dan Jaehnig, Emily Volz

NBC10 News at 11: Patrice Wood, Dan Jaehnig

These are major changes for NBC10 which does not see anchor moves very often. Valicenti has been on the 5:30 since the late 1990's and spent much of that time as a solo anchor in the 2000's. Alison Bologna rejoined WJAR in 2010 to help launch the very successful 7PM news.

While some might say this is a major risk for NBC10. The stations ratings remain high and new owner Sinclair continues to invest in the station as it battles Lin/Media General Flagship WPRI.

Emily Volz Joining WJAR as a Weeknight Anchor

Emily Volz who is currently the morning anchor at WGGB ABC40 in Springfield Massachusetts (market 118) is joining WJAR NBC10 as a weeknight anchor.

Volz will co-anchor the 5:30 and 7PM newscasts. She starts at NBC10 on August 17th.

Current 5:30 and 7PM co-anchor Alison Bologna will be joining the morning show as co-anchor of NBC10 Sunrise.

The addition is part of an almost all new anchor lineup at the station.

Look for details on the new lineup later today.

You can see some of Volz interviewing a guest on ABC40 here: 

We are Coming Back

The last post on this blog was in December of 2014. In that time we have seen many changes to the Providence-New Bedford television market. New owners, new anchors, and even new graphics. At the time we stopped posting last year we thought the market might be served well enough by NewEngland1. While that site has proven to be outstanding, and right on top of the latest news, we found some of our sources had market changes sooner. There is plenty of the time they have it way before us, but to better serve the TV news junkies of our market we decided to bring the blog back.

In time we will start a twitter page in order to give us a wider reach and we have added new station insiders who will help give us the scoop before it goes to air.

For now we have updated all of the station pages to reflect the current state of our market.

Weekend of December 6-7 Regional Sports TV Listings

The following are the listings for sporting events in the Providence-New Bedford TV market that vary by market such as network regional MLB or NFL broadcasts.


Sunday December 7

NFL Football
CBS12/WPRI- Pittsburgh vs. Cincinnati 1:00PM (Ian Eagle, Dan Fouts)

NFL Football
FOX64/WNAC- New York Giants vs. Tennessee 1:00PM (Thom Brennaman, David Diehl)

NFL Football
FOX64/WNAC- Seattle vs. Philadelphia  4:25PM (Joe Buck, Troy Aikmen)

NOTE: Subject to change, all other sporting events available nation wide.

Todd Wallace Staying at WPRI

Viewers will recognize Todd Wallace on WPRI, he has been a freelance reporter with the station since May of 2013. However with the recent hiring of Perry Russom and Tatevik Aprikyan it seemed unclear if WPRI would still need Wallace's services.

That question appeared to be answered on Monday when Wallace was added to the news team section of WPRI.com and once again began appearing on newscasts. According to his bio which can be read here Todd, his wife, and his dogs have settled in East Providence.

Todd is a great asset to WPRI, he has been an anchor in several major television markets including Dallas, and Indianapolis. When he started as an anchor in Indiana the station was so excited about there new team, they sent Todd and his co-anchor on a bus tour around the state. Check out the 2007 promo below.

While the pairing did not last, Wallace found his way to Boston as a freelance reporter for WCVB before coming to Providence.

Channel 12 has always had great freelance reporters over the years. Freelancers at the station are not usually required to shoot and edit, meaning more experienced reporters will take the jobs, as opposed to younger inexperienced reporters who take the full time VJ positions.

NBC 10 With A Clean Sweep in November 2014 Ratings Period

WJAR has been the overall winner in the Providence market for decades now. The most recent ratings period was no different. The station won every time slot. The station even won in sizable margins in all morning half hour time periods. In recent ratings periods WPRI had won the 4:30 and sometimes the 5:00AM hour. The ratings numbers determine how valuable commercial time is on the local stations.

This is the entire news release from WJAR today.

"NBC 10 was once again the most watched television news station in Southern New England during the recently completed November ratings period, according to preliminary data from the Nielsen Company*. In all head-to-head newscasts, more Southern New England homes were tuned to NBC 10 News than any other newscast in the Providence-New Bedford market.

NBC 10 News Sunrise at 4:30am - #1

NBC 10 News Sunrise at 5:00am - #1

NBC 10 News Sunrise at 5:30am - #1

NBC 10 News Sunrise at 6:00am - #1

NBC 10 News at Noon - #1

NBC 10 News at 5:00pm - #1

NBC 10 News at 5:30pm - #1

NBC 10 News at 6:00pm - #1

NBC 10 News at 11:00pm - #1

NBC 10 News Weekend Sunrise - #1

NBC 10 News at 6:00 (Sat/Sun) - #1

NBC 10 News at 11:00 (Sat/Sun) - #1

NBC 10 News Conference - #1

With a 9.4 rating, NBC 10 News at 6:00pm remains the highest rated newscast in the market and beats the competition combined. In fact, NBC 10 News Sunrise, Noon, 5:00pm, 5:30pm, 6:00pm and 11:00pm all beat the competitions' newscasts combined. With a 5.7 rating, NBC 10 News at 7:00pm remains one of the most-watched 7pm newscasts in the country.

Unlike its nearest competitor, NBC 10 experienced ratings growth in all evening newscasts. NBC 10 News at 7:00pm and 11:00pm experienced the biggest increases, with 10% and 8% year-to-year ratings surges respectively.

Once again, the competition simulcast its morning newscasts on two different networks at the same time and combined the two audiences into a single ratings number. Despite this strategy, NBC 10 News

Sunrise remains #1, beating the competition by 40% in the 6am hour alone.

NBC 10 Weekend Sunrise and the Saturday/Sunday editions of NBC 10 News at 6:00 and 11:00 perform equally as well, remaining number one in their time periods and also beating the competition combined. NBC 10 also has the most watched Sunday morning political affairs program. Viewed in an average of 13,000 households each Sunday morning, 10 News Conference has twice the audience as the nearest competitor. “We are thankful to our loyal viewers for once again turning to 10 for all of their news and weather needs,” said Chris Lanni, NBC 10 News Director. “As always, the NBC 10 I-Team worked tirelessly throughout the month to earn our viewers' trust and investigate stories that make a difference in our viewers' lives.”

The NBC 10 I-Team focused on how millions of dollars in taxpayer money is being spent and, in some cases, wasted. NBC10 I-Team reporter Parker Gavigan exposed questionable spending, salaries, and employee perks at the RI Convention Center Authority, a quasi-public business that continues to lose money annually. As a result of our investigation, state lawmakers promise to take a closer look at the authority's financial records. Responding to complaints from viewers, NBC 10 I-Team reporter Katie

Davis asked state officials to justify Rhode Island's controversial vehicle valuation system. Owners are taxed on values that can be two or three times a car or truck's actual worth, and the overwhelming

majority of appeals were rejected. The I-Team obtained public records revealing that in the few cases where a value was changed, it was actually adjusted to be higher.

NBC 10 News also dominated the market's political coverage in November as the election season came to a conclusion. NBC 10 hosted a total of seven debates during the political season, more than any other local TV station. Viewed in 50,000 households, NBC 10's final gubernatorial face-off was the highest-rated debate of the season on any station. NBC 10's election night coverage also dominated the airwaves. With the exclusive NBC 10 Election Call Center, WJAR was able to predict the results of nearly every race before the competition. In addition, only NBC 10 News provided non-stop election night coverage from 7:00pm – 11:30pm. At the peak of the evening's coverage, 75,000 households were tuned into NBC 10 News, an audience 38% larger than the nearest competitor.

WJAR's main web page, www.turnto10.com, continues to be an informative force in the market. According to the latest available statistics, NBC 10's news site had 6.4 million page views and 722,000 unique visitors in November.

WJAR's social media pages continue to be the largest among all media outlets in the TV market. NBC 10's Facebook approached 119,000 fans in November, while the news department's main Twitter page just surpassed 30,000 followers."