Tonight's WKYC Evening Programming Schedule:
6:00 PM: Channel 3 News at 6 PM
6:30 PM: NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams
7:00 PM: Channel 3 News at 7 PM
8:00 PM: Biggest Loser: Families
10:00 PM: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
11:00 PM: Channel 3 News at 11 PM
11:35 PM: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Back in the Office
Sorry for the lack of updates on Friday and Monday. Your blogger took a nice long weekend trying to get those darn leaves all blown into my neighbor's yard. Mission accomplished.
Channel 3's "The Investigator" Gets Another Title
One of Ohio's most honored investigative reporters, Tom Meyer, will get to add the title of member of the Journalism Hall of Fame. Tom will be inducted this Thursday evening at LaCentre in Westlake for his 30 years of service in broadcasting. During this time, he has won 53 regional Emmy Awards and more than 150 other awards, including best TV reporter in Ohio three times by the Associated Press Society of Ohio. Congratulations Tom.
Tim McGraw to Host "Saturday Night Live"
Live from New York! It's Tim McGraw. His spokeswoman, Jessie Schmidt, says McGraw will host NBC's "Saturday Night Live" on November 22, joining a short list of country stars, including Garth Brooks, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton, to host the show. McGraw's hits include "Live Like You Were Dying," "Where the Green Grass Grows" and his latest, "Let It Go." He co-stars with Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon in the upcoming holiday movie "Four Christmases," due out later this month.
More Bad News for TV Advertising
In the face of a rapidly deteriorating economy, the Television Bureau of Advertising (TVB) Tuesday lowered its revenue forecast for television stations for next year, projecting total spot sales would fall 7 to 11 percent. Breaking down the total, TVB said local spots would be down 4 to 8 percent next year and national spots would fall between 11.5 and 15.5 percent. The TVB's earlier September forecast had pegged local at flat (between +2 percent and -1 percent) and national down 7 to 10 percent.
Legendary Indians Pitcher/Announcer Herb Score Dead at 75Former Cleveland Indians pitcher and the team's long time broadcaster Herb Score has died at the age of 75. Score passed away after battling various illnesses the last few years. He most recently had pneumonia and had been hospitalized off and on before returning home recently.
He was one of the greatest Indians of all time, although his career was cut tragically short when he was hit in the eye by a line drive in May, 1957. Score was also part of the lives of Indians fans for more than half a century, including his time in the broadcast booth.
A native of Rosedale, N.Y., his deep voice and thick New York accent became a fixture for generations of Indians fans. He retired from broadcasting after the 1997 season, his 34th in the booth.
Herb Score was just 21 when burst onto the Cleveland scene in 1955, on his way to winning 16 games and becoming an All-Star and Rookie of the Year. In 1956 Score was even more spectacular, winning 20 games with 5 shutouts and 263 strikeouts. Herb Score was inducted into the Indians Hall of Fame in 2006 with his best friend Rocky Colavito at his side. He spent his later years mostly at home with his wife, Nancy, in the Cleveland area.
Source: Information from wkyc.com and the Associated Press
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
Herb's Career and Video: CLICK HERE
Funeral Arrangements: CLICK HERE
