Director's Cut Blog with Frank Macek

Meet the W.A.M, Channel 3's Weather Advance Mobile unit. The W.A.M. is our brand new weather vehicle that is designed not only to cover breaking weather, but also educate people on how weather and technology go together. Complete with a weather station and the ability to broadcast live from just about anywhere in Northeast Ohio, the W.A.M. is like having a studio weather center, anywhere we want or need it to be. And that includes schools or public events. If you'd like to have the W.A.M appear at your school or community event, please click the following link for  MOBILE USERS CLICK HERE to request the W.A.M. NOTE: Due to the volume of submissions, we will not be able to accommodate every request. Scheduling is subject to availability. Channel 3 reserves the right to cancel any event due to breaking news, breaking weather, technology or vehicle issues, or other unforeseeable events.

By Frank Macek It's time for another "behind the scenes" look at what's happening inside the WKYC Digital Broadcast Center. As you have probably already heard, WKYC 6 & 11 PM anchor Kris Pickel is heading off to Phoenix, Arizona, as main anchor at KPHO-TV at the end of May. Pickel joined WKYC three years ago on the anchor desk with Russ Mitchell and has felt right at home in Northeast Ohio. However, she tells the Director's Cut Blog, she will greatly miss Cleveland, but wanted to be closer to her family living in California and Phoenix is a much shorter jet hop. No word yet on who will replace Kris on the anchor desk, but expect an announcement soon. WKYC welcomes Phil Trexler to Channel 3 News at Executive Producer of Investigations where he will work very closely with The Investigator, Tom Meyer, to producer high profile investigative stories for the station. Most recently, Phil worked at the Akron Beacon Journal where he has been an award-winning r...