Director's Cut Blog with Frank Macek

By Frank Macek @maceknewsnation How many of these familiar faces can you remember from the Channel 3 News team back in 2008? Take a guess first, then click here  for the correct answers! #1. #2.   #3.     #4.   #5.   #6.  

By Frank Macek @maceknewsnation Check out these classic promos featuring the Channel 3 News Team featuring the main talent of Tim White, Romona Robinson, Mark Nolan and Jim Donovan from 2007. How many of these do you remember on the air? Our special thanks to David Hrvatin at WKYC for digitizing these promos here at WKYC Studios.

By Frank Macek @maceknewsnation If you missed the inaugural show of "What's New" at 5p, you can watch it again below with Jay Crawford, Betsy Kling, Stephanie Haney and Matt Wintz. (pictured below) The "What's New" team. Photo by Matt Wintz Feel free to post your comments below about the show. "What's New" replaces "Ellen" who moves to 4 p.m., while "Dr. Phil" moves to 3 p.m. and "Daily Blast Live" now airs at 2 p.m. "Kelly Clarkson" moved to 11 a.m. followed  by the newly titled show "It's About You" (formery "Live on  Lakeside" at noon Monday through Thursday and "We the People" on Friday. Watch today's debut below:

By Frank Macek @maceknewsnation Time for another installment of "Throwback Thursday" which takes a look back at some of the historical milestones at WKYC Studios. The time machine takes us back to 1991 with a timeline of some of the biggest moments of that year at WKYC. February 28, 1991: Jennifer Auther departs WKYC-TV for KPIX-TV/San Francisco. March 25, 1991: WKYC-TV becomes the first Cleveland station to install robotic cameras and the last to begin accepting “infomercials.” The cameras were nicknamed “Mike, “Bob” and “Louie” (probably after the previous cameramen). May 1, 1991: WKYC-TV announces the resignation of Vice President and General Manager John Llewellyn and remains with the station through May 31 st . Llewellynn guided the station through the ownership transition period from NBC to Multimedia. May 1991: Linda Carson departs WKYC-TV for WWSB-TV/Sarasota. June 10, 1991: WKYC-TV names Pat Servodidio as Vice President & General Manager from...

Special to the Director's Cut By Margaret Bernstein, wkyc.com Russ Mitchell interviews his new mentee on air during Mentor Monday 2019. 1,000 mentors are needed to help local students succeed in college. And if you have a college degree, you fit the bill. For the second year, WKYC Studios will present “Mentor Monday,” a day-long on-air recruiting blitz that seeks volunteer mentors to be paired with Say Yes to Education scholarship recipients. This year, Mentor Monday will be held on Monday, Jan. 27. Throughout the day, WKYC’s newscasts will highlight the College Now of Greater Cleveland mentoring program and give viewers the opportunity to sign up to participate. During Mentor Monday last year, WKYC anchor Russ Mitchell announced that he had personally become a College Now mentor to a Cleveland high school student. The campaign not only netted 125 volunteers in one day, it also had a tremendous ripple effect, helping lay the groundwork for College Now to meet its overall goal ...

By Frank Macek @maceknewsnation WKYC has a number of new changes to our daytime lineup effective January 20th as we get set to launch our brand new show at 5 p.m. weekdays. "What's New" will air at 5 p.m. with Jay Crawford & Betsy Kling and will feature the news of the day along with lifestyle and entertainment news. Here is the new lineup on 3 for the time slots affected: 3 a.m. - "Kelly Clarkson" (Monday through Thursday - repeat) 3 a.m. - "Dr. Phil" (Friday - repeat) 4 a.m. - "Early Today" (NBC) 4:30 a.m. to 7 a.m. - "3News: Go" 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. - "Today" 11 a.m. - "Kelly Clarkson" 12 p.m. - "It's About You" (Monday thru Thursday) 12 p.m. - "We the People" (Friday) 1  p.m. - "Days of Our Lives" 2 p.m. -  "Daily Blast Live" 3 p.m. - "Dr. Phil" 4 p.m. - "Ellen" 5 p.m. - "3News: What's New"

By Frank Macek @maceknewsnation We are always on the look out for classic WKYC gems. This time, we flashback to August 8, 1994, when Channel 3 Meteorologist Amy Hasten filled in for Tom Haley on "Today in Cleveland." Here's Del and Amy... Enjoy!  

The clock is ticking...and the debut of our new 5 p.m. show "What's New" is coming soon to 3 with Jay Crawford and Betsy Kling.