Director's Cut Blog with Frank Macek

By Frank Macek It's time for another "behind the scenes" look at what's happening inside the WKYC Digital Broadcast Center. We are just wrapping up a week of one of the busiest news stories of recent memory with the "Miracle in Cleveland." For four days, WKYC brought viewers expanded coverage of this story since it broke Monday night. Our reporters and entire Channel 3 News devoted all of our resources to cover every angle of the story. Many of our stories went national and several of our reporters appeared on national broadcasts with updates and web stories. WKYC also tapped the vast resources of Gannett Broadcasting and welcomed several journalists to help us cover the story from our stations in Knoxville; Buffalo; Columbia; South Carolina and Washington D.C. who brought their own perspectives on how Clevelanders reacted to this story. And while a large part of this story has played out, we'll continue to follow developments in the coming weeks ...

The 2012 NATAS Lower Great Lakes Chapter Emmy Awards were announced Saturday Night in Indianapolis, with WKYC and SportsTime Ohio earning a total of 7 Emmy Awards for 2011. The following entries won for WKYC: General Assignment Report - No Time Limit, "Head Start Misspending" Tom Meyer, Reporter Sarah Bachmann, Editor Jessie Eck, Graphics Continuing Coverage - "Hidden Hazards" Tom Meyer, Reporter Sarah Bachmann, Editor Jessie Eck, Graphic Production Artist Investigative Report - Series, "MetroHealth Abuse" Tom Meyer, Reporter Sarah Bachmann, Editor Politics/Government - "Senator Smith Home" Tom Meyer, Reporter The following entries won for SportsTime Ohio: Promotion - Program Image, "STO Remembers"  Michael Roche, VP Marketing/New Media Ty Towriss, Producer Pat Kenny, Editor Tim Earl, Associate Producer Mitch Greenberg, Associate Producer Keith Feicks, ...

Fred Griffith (right) with WKYC Program Director Terry Moir (left) By Frank Macek Longtime Cleveland broadcast Fred Griffith will sign off from local television on Wednesday, February 22nd, after a 50 year career in broadcasting in Northeast Ohio. Most recently, Fred was a host of Channel 3's 10 a.m. weekday program, "Good Company" with Andrea Vecchio, Michael Cardamone and Joe Cronauer. Fred first joined Channel 3 in May 2000 after leaving his longtime home at WEWS where he worked for 33 years, as a reporter, news producer, news and public affairs director, and for over 26 years, host of the daily two hour Morning Exchange program. For nearly five years he was also co-host of the hour-long Afternoon Exchange. Fred holds the national record for time on live TV, with more than 13,700 hours. He is in the Cleveland Press Club Hall of Fame and holds the Distinguished Service Award from the Society for Professional Journalists and the Cleveland Association of Br...