Weekend of November 29-30 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.


Saturday November 29

College Football
ABC6/WLNE-Michigan vs. Penn State 3:30PM (Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham)
*NOTE: Baylor vs. Texas Tech  can be seen on ESPN2

Sunday November 30

NFL Football
CBS12/WPRI- San Diego vs. Baltimore 1:00PM (Ian Eagle, Dan Fouts)

NFL Football
CBS12/WPRI- New England vs. Green Bay  4:25PM (Jim Nantz, Phil Simms)

NFL Football
FOX64/WNAC- New Orleans vs. Pittsburgh (Thom Brennaman, Donovan McNabb)

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

Julie Tremmel Settles with WJAR

By now just about everyone knows the tale of Julie Tremmel. She is the NBC10 reporter who was fired after doing a handstand during a Friday night live-shot during a story about Americas Got Talent. She originally gained international fame for doing a theatrical performance of how to avoid being attacked by a bear.

Tremmel who was fired just days after the handstand story announced on Tuesday that she had reached a settlement with the station and could now look for other jobs.  Tremmel like all on air WJAR employees was represented by the IBEW union. No details of her settlement were released and WJAR did not make any comments to the Providence Journal.

While Tremmel worked in Providence for a year and a half, she spent several years working in Albany N.Y at WXXA-TV-FOX 23 (now defunct) and WWLP-TV-22 in Springfield Mass. Following her firing she appeared on the John DePetro show on WPRO-AM to discuss the incident. Listen to the full interview here.

Click here to view all of Julie Tremmel's videos (bear attack, handstand, etc) 

November 23 NFL ON CBS Replacement Game Determined

CBS is the television network for this weeks NFL doubleheader. The early game for the PVD-NB market was scheduled to be the New York Jets vs. the Buffalo Bills. Of course the massive lake effect snowstorm in Buffalo caused the game to be postponed and will now be played Monday night in Detroit.

AIRING SUNDAY AT 1PM ON CBS:

WPRI-12 will replace the New York Jets vs. Buffalo game in this market with the primary time slot distribution game of  the Cincinnati Bengals vs. the Houston Texans.

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

FOR THOSE WHO WANTED TO SEE JETS VS. BILLS:

If you were really looking forward to the Jets and the Bills on your television you are probably out of luck in Rhode Island. Monday nights 7PM telecast is only being aired on CBS, and only in the following markets: New York City, Buffalo, Albany, Rochester, Syracuse, Utica, Binghamton, Elmira, Watertown.

The only legal way around this is if you have Direct TV Sunday NFL Ticket, the CBS telecast will air on that package nationwide to subscribers. If not, you can drive to Detroit, tickets are free.

Short Timer: General Sales Manager Steve Eaton Done at ABC6

Steve Eaton is no longer the General Sales Manager at ABC6. He parted ways with WLNE on or around November 10. Eaton had been named the sales manager at channel 6 in May of this year.

He had most recently been the local sales manager at KOAA -TV the ABC affilaite in Colorado Springs, Colorado. A longtime TV sales manager Eaton had also worked at WYFF-TV (Greenville, South Carolina) and WKCF (Orlando, Florida).

No word on how the departure came about, although station insiders report ABC6 General Manager Chis Tzianabos had spent the week before in Florida at corporate meetings with other Citadel big wigs. Tzianabos returned from the meetings round the time Eaton left the affiliate.

THE REPLACEMENT:

National Sales Manager Cindy Walsh has been named the General Sales Manager at ABC6. She had started at the station as a Account Executive in 2011, and was promoted to the National Sales Manager job after just a few months.

HELP WANTED:

ABC6 is now looking for a National Sales Manager, and an account executive to join the station.

 

Regional Sports TV Listings for November 22-23

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.


Saturday November 22

College Football
ABC6/WLNE-Boston College vs. Florida State 3:30PM (Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham)
*NOTE: Wisconsin vs. Iowa  can be seen on ESPN2

Sunday November 23

NFL Football
CBS12/WPRI- New York Jets vs. Buffalo  1:00PM (Spero Dedes, Solomon Wilcots)
NOTE: GAME POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER, REPLACEMENT GAME LISTING TO BE ANNOUNCED

NFL Football
CBS12/WPRI- Miami vs. Denver 4:25PM (Jim Nantz, Phil Simms)

NFL Football
FOX64/WNAC- Detroit vs. New England 1:00PM (Joe Buck, Troy Aikmen)

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

Adam Bagni moving from Sports to News at WJAR

According to TVSPY WJAR sports reporter and producer Adam Bagni is moving to the news department.

From: Turnto10.com

Bagni joined WJAR in December of 2011. While his primary duties were producing and reporting sports, Bagni also filled in anchoring sports several times. He will work out of NBC10's newly opened Bay State Bureau in downtown New Bedford Massachusetts. Bagni will work as a Digital Journalist, he will write, shoot and edit his own stories.

FOR SPORTS:

There was no word on who if anyone will replace Bagni in the sports department. WJAR sometimes uses Jeff Kolb in sports. Kolb is a part time assignment editor who also has also filled in shooting, reporting, and anchoring sports. Kolb spent five months as a sports anchor at WBKB in Alpena Michigan in late 2013 and early 2014.

FOR NEWS:

It will be interesting to see how Bagni transitions into news. He has been a vocal member of the WJAR staff. In 2012 Bagni took to the WJAR Facebook page to chastise viewers criticizing the station during a carriage dispute with COX Communications. In July of 2014 Bagni tweeted a criticism about upstate New York Meteorologist Joe Veres from WENY-TV. Veres had famously interrupted the final minutes of the World Cup to report on a tornado that had touched down in the area.  Veres received support for many viewers and industry insiders for his commitment to safety.

FOR WJAR:

WJAR had posted the opening for a reporter (Digital Journalist) back in August. At the time it seemed surprising since no one had departed the station and the announcement of the station being sold to Sinclair had just been made. While Sinclair has been trying to invest in resources at local stations, it seemed odd that Media General would okay a contract hire before closing. Perhaps the move is a way to add to news without a new hire. WJAR already has Jeff Kolb to fill in sports when needed. Of course that is all just conjecture.

Weekend of November 15-16 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 November 16

NFL Football
CBS12/WPRI-  Denver vs. St. Louis 1:00PM (Ian Eagle, Dan Fouts)

NFL Football
FOX64/WNAC- San Francisco vs. New York Giants 1:00PM (Kevin Burkhardt, John Lynch)

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

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

Weekend of November 8-9 Regional 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 November 9

NFL Football
CBS12/WPRI-  Pittsburgh vs. New York Jets 1:00PM (Kevin Harlan, Rich Gannon)

NFL Football
FOX64/WNAC- San Francisco vs. New Orleans  1:00PM (Kevin Burkhardt, John Lynch)

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

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

WJAR alum heading to DC FOX

Credit: FOX25

Paul McGonagle who was most recently the news director at the then FOX owned WFXT, is being transferred to the FOX owned station in Washington D.C, WTTG where he will become the stations news director.

McGonagle had worked in New England for nearly his entire career. He began his career at WNNE in White River Junction Vermont where he was a reporter. He then worked in Iowa for just over a year.

McGonagle has his notoriety in the Providence TV market for his several years spent at NBC10. He joined the station in 1995 as a reporter, and was promoted to being the stations dedicated Southeastern Massachusetts Bureau reporter in 1999. In 2002 he was named the stations assistant news director, a position he held until 2004 when he moved up to FOX25 to be their assistant news director.

He was named FOX 25's news director in 2011. Hopefully he will be happy in his venture out of New England.