Interested in @drchrismiller2's Tweets? In August, the station endured a firestorm of bad reactions when management laid off Steven Good, the staffer who had played enormously popular weather mascot Snowbird since 1993. var Q = Quotation.length; Lydia Fielder is a weekend anchor and multimedia journalist (MMJ) at WSMV4 Nashville. I encourage all businesses to support the value of institutional knowledge and longtime commitment, even as they pursue new ideas and innovations. She joined the Gray Television in January 2022 as a producer. Randles and station management said they couldn't come to an agreement for a new contract, and his old contract expired Monday . Team officials revealed Burks's health concerns Tuesday during practice. In fact, his family has lived in the Nashville area for nearly a century. I cant think of another one in this country.. To be sure, the progression of WSMVs main rival, NewsChannel 5, into the dominant ratings force it has become today is due to many factors, but as one rival broadcaster puts it, They block and tackle that is, they do the fundamentals very well. Miller appeared in the CBS movie, Big Dreams and Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story, which featured Michele Lee as Dottie West. You have permission to edit this article. Quotation[2] = "'The story first broke on FTVLive.com' - AP"; She helped the station navigate through the untimely death of WSMVs former co- anchor, Dan Miller, in 2009, was a tireless advocate for journalistic integrity, and was fearless in upholding the high news standards and traditions of WSMV., said Patrick McCreery, President, Meredith Local Media Group. Theres a significant audience for those people.. NBC was long a second- or third-place network, but it finally built a juggernaut Thursday night lineup in the mid-80s: The Cosby Show, A Different World, Cheers, Night Court and Hill Street Blues. Longtime former Channel 4 anchor Demetria Kalodimos settled a year-old federal lawsuit Thursday that accused her old TV station of age and gender discrimination. "I am pleased we have mutually resolved our differences. The entire WSMV-Kalodimos jointstatement, a year-old federal lawsuit Thursday that accused her old TV station, Nancy Van Camp settled their discrimination lawsuit, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. Demetria is an important face in the life of WSMV and provided 33 years of talented and dedicated service to its viewers. Prisoners had complained to her that paroles were being delayed because of the prison. In addition, there is little chance for a significant anchor job at Channel 4, with Jacquie Walker the primary female evening anchor and Erica Brecher recently installed on weekends. Gone in Nashville. team on Channel 4. WSMV had been aided in a huge way in the 1980s by the prime-time lineup. But in the shuffle to replace Puckett as a weekend anchor with Teddy Bart, news director Bob Selwyn reached outside the newsroom to a fresh-faced reporter from a Champaign, Ill., station. He later deleted the post, possibly realizing that a reporter from one station commenting on circumstances at another station would cause heartburn for his own bosses. Heggen, now in his eighth year on Channel 4, is one of the most popular local TV personalities, known for appearances of his dog, Dagny, on Friday broadcasts of WSMV's morning show. Pop on News4! Home of Woody & Jim in the morning and all the hits throughout the day. ", "To my viewers: There is not a more loyal audience in Middle Tennessee and Southern Kentucky. Posts. Quotation[7] = "'FTVLive Delivers some of the TV World's Biggest Scoops' - Tonawanda News "; In an exclusive interview with the Tennessean in late 2018, Kalodimos said she started bringing gender and age discrimination allegations from her coworkers to station management years ago. In 1986, Miller left Nashville to serve as principal anchor at KCBS-TV in Los Angeles, a position he held for one year. Cruz is a North Carolina native and graduated from North Carolina State University, in North Carolina's capital city, with degrees in Meteorology and Spanish. "When problems are happening right under your own nose, if you will, you cant ignore those. Emily is an investigative journalist with a background in several forms of media and an MBA in business management. Buried in the suit was one particularly inflammatory claim: Management allegedly referred to Kalodimos, the longest continuously serving news personality in the stations history, as an old maid and spread rumors that she was retiring. "To my colleagues at WSMV: Thank you for your friendship, support and continued determination to seek the truth for its viewers. window._taboola = window._taboola || []; Upon returning to Nashville in 1992, Dan resurrected his own interview show, Miller & Company, which originally aired Sunday nights on WSMV from 1980 to 1986. Lee leads Gray Televisions National Investigative Team. In the late 80s, even after Miller went to KCBS and then the short-lived national late-night program The Pat Sajak Show, Channel 4 remained on top, pulling an impressive 44 percent of 6 p.m. viewers for the Scene at Six in 1986 and slightly less in 1988 (according to Arbitrons ratings). I appreciate my time associated with the station and I believe that like many women and older professionals, I am still at the top of my game. Allow notifications. Most NBC stations did very, very well. We at WSMV sincerely regret the way in which Demetrias departure was handled. I have many sweet memories of my nearly 34 years on Knob Hill, and the superior work we produced there, at Nashvilles first and finest TV Station - WSMV. In the late 1950s, . While in Birmingham, he also had the opportunity to cover back-to-back BCS title winners, NASCAR and IndyCar races, PGA golf tournaments, minor league baseballyou get the picture. In her lawsuit, Kalodimos described WSMV as creating a "hostile environment" that favored men and younger on-air personalities. Thats a far cry from the if it bleeds, it leads caricature rooted in reality as it may be of many local newscasts. Kalodimos and Thompson started loading the van with decades worth of memories: filing cabinets full of old scripts and story notes, glossy promotional shots from a half-dozen different hairstyles, plaques and old tapes. A native of Salem, Mass., Christoforos is headed back to New England in search of a job there after three years at Channel 4 following a stint at what is now called Spectrum News. Ran Carthon was introduced Friday as the new Tennessee Titans general manager. If it had been a fresh deal, it likely would have arrived in a manila folder. Gordon Sargent is the reigning NCAA golf champion and his trajectory in the sport is on the rise. Channel 4 has never seriously challenged NewsChannel 5 in a sustained way since then, despite consultant advice and changes in personnel. Quotation[6] = "'The site that everyone that works in TV News turns to' - NPR "; The prized hockey player agreed to an 8-year contract with the team. Anchor Down: How WSMV Walked Away From Demetria, Demetria Kalodimos was the stations most decorated anchor and the last link to Channel 4s golden age, giggling his way through a Huell Howser slice-of-life feature, Let the Children Play plays over tight shots of each anchor desk member, Room for Interpretation: How Nashville Could Better Serve Its Multilingual Community, Nashville SC Has All the Makings of a 2023 Contender. [4], Miller was born in 1941 in Augusta, Georgia, to Zachariah Daniel Miller Jr. and Frances Giles Miller (ne Scott).[5]. Chris Harris talks with Tennessee Titans General Manager Jon Robinson about the upcoming NFL Draft. With no disrespect to Holly Thompson, Chris Miller, Tracy, Lauren, Carley, Brittany, Rebecca, Alexandria, Carisse,. With Wednesdays end of the February news sweeps, there is word that sweeping changes are being made in March inside the news department at WIVB-TV (Channel 4). Longtime weekend anchor Alan Frio also was laid off as part of Meredith's cost-cutting moves last week. Remember The Dallas Stars beat the Vegas Golden Knights in a shootout, clinching a post-season berth for the Predators. Bannon posted to social media that she is no longer with the station. Establishing stronger multilingual and multicultural infrastructure would enrich the city, Back in the Eastern Conference, Nashvilles team opens the 2023 regular season this week. At that time, the station declined to offer itsstar 33-year anchor a new contract. The stations in Western New York prefer to hire natives of the area, primarily because they are more likely to stay here longer. In 1995, WSMV replaced Miller & Company with a 5pm newscast. Following a mutually sought private mediation between them, WSMV-TV Channel 4 (a Meredith Corporation television station in Nashville, TN) and its former evening news anchor, Demetria Kalodimos, have resolved all disputes related to her departure from the station in 2017. To hear some longtime WSMV hands describe it, the station never found its way after Millers death. Sundays victory in Wisconsin meant so much more to one local organization. In 1999, he was granted an exclusive interview with the parents of murdered six-year-old JonBent Ramsey,[3] which led to many appearances on nationally televised news programs. Kalodimos and WSMV's parent company, Meredith Media issued a joint statement and did not discuss if any money changed hands in the lawsuit. These efforts focus on minimizing unconscious bias, increasing the number of women in senior roles and identifying women of potential and providing them with opportunities. Our model gets smarter over time as more people share salaries on Glassdoor. // ============================================== Watching video of those broadcasts can seem jarring in the context of the quick-twitch, super-visualized newscasts of today they have an almost elegant quality. All of these are said to help ratings. The Vanderbilt baseball team is heading to the NCAA Tournament for the 16th straight season. Beginning his tenure there as a weathercaster in 1969, he moved to the news anchor desk in 1970. The only offer made to me was an offer to leave, under WSMVs terms. Longtime and loyal viewers need no explanation of whats been happening at WSMV, a once lauded legacy television station.. Quotation [15] = " 'FTVLive Reported the Story First'- NY Times" In addition to the IRE medals, Kalodimos won 16 Emmys and two National Headliner awards while at WSMV. Tim Kelly has been named the Titans' offensive coordinator. Nashville SC played to a 1-1 draw in its home-opening game at Geodis Park that 30,109 fans attended. That is the longest continuously serving anchor in WSMVs history. WSMV had been aided in a huge way in the 1980s by the prime-time lineup. Jamie Bittner joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in December 2021. With Wednesday's end of the February . Email (Verified) c**@wsmv.com. Holly Thompson is a nine-time Emmy Award and multiple Associated Press award-winning journalist who's ready to wake you up in the mornings! Al Tompkins, an instructor at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies and a former WSMV news director, put those awards into perspective. Dan Millers has remained full since his death in 2009. Alexandria Adams joined the WSMV4 team in October 2017 as a Multimedia Journalist (MMJ). Since then Christopher has changed 5 companies and 5 roles. function showQuotation(){document.write(Quotation[whichQuotation]);} Says the broadcaster, They dont make mistakes on the air, they dont make bad video, their signal looks great, their shows look clean, their sets look up-to-date., Tompkins echoes that, ticking off a list of NewsChannel 5s strengths. Was this a negotiating tactic? onto new adventures! Miller went to L.A. and later returned. Tracy Kornet is a seven-time Emmy Award-winning news anchor, host, and writer who anchors WSMV4 at 3, 4, 6:30 and 10 p.m. Marius Payton joined WSMV4 in 2021 as the stations Monday-Friday evening news anchor. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. Sutton was among several people laid off at the station as part of parent company Meredith Corporation's nationwide "cost-control" measures. In Thursday's statement, current station vice president/general manager Rene LaSpina not at the helm when Kalodimos left apologized for that. Keep reading with unlimited digital access. First, stations and their news staffs obsess over ratings, poring over audience data that is parsed down to minutes and can determine not only the fate of on-air personnel but also drive ad rates not a small consideration for what is often some of a local affiliates most lucrative air time. Through the 1990s and 2000s, Channel 4 and Channel 5 would slug it out to be the local news leader. The rookie reportedly signed a 4-year contract with the Titans. After Kalis' retirement, the only remaining member of that powerful group will be anchor Demetria Kalodimos. Carley Gordon joined the WSMV4 news team in 2009. Find Christopher's email address, mobile number, work history, and more. But the reason thats important is two-fold. We wish Demetria only the best as she continues to herald exemplary journalism principles, said Ren LaSpina, current Vice President and General Manager of WSMV. They all were hired by former Channel 4 News Director Steve Levy. They have a pretty deep bench of well-known people, and they also have a number of people now whove been there a long time. These efforts focus on minimizing unconscious bias, increasing the number of women in senior roles and identifying women of potential and providing them with opportunities. Us @2023 FTVLive LLC "I appreciate the conversations shared during our mediated process of resolution with the current leadership of the Station, and am pleased we have mutually resolved our differences.