I heard it's a Voliation of a rule. Several station sources said her future employer KNBC had discouraged her from doing so. KTLA The following is a list of events affecting American television in 2023.Events listed include television show debuts, finales, and cancellations; channel launches, closures, and re-brandings; stations changing or adding their network affiliations; information on controversies, business transactions, and carriage disputes; and deaths of those who made various contributions to the medium. The 7-10 am portion of the program was simulcast on its San Diego sister station KSWB-TV (channel 69, also owned by Tribune and at the time the simulcast began, was an affiliate of The WB) from March 7, 2005, to July 31, 2008 (under the name The WB Morning Show, and then to The CW Morning Show upon becoming a CW affiliate);[1] KSWB later relaunched an in-house news department on August 1, 2008, after switching its affiliation from The CW to Fox and debuted its own locally produced morning newscast on the date of the affiliation switch. However, in the newsroom, many staffers began to call for Mesters firing, saying that he had betrayed their trust. KTLA 5 Morning News Retweeted. Hi NExtstar Media Group, Jason Ball,I am requesting to remain anonymous this includes my name, e-mail for privacy reasons.You need to seriously think of suspend her asap. On Sept. 17, Romero expressed her gratitude and shared a tweet from actor Holly Robinson Peete, the former co-host of CBS The Talk, who was fired in 2011 after just one season on the daytime talk show. KTLA breached SAG-AFTRA election rules with Sam Rubin-Joely Fischer interview, committee says. CCNMA: Latino Journalists of California also sought a meeting this year with KTLA leaders. Industry executives have widely criticized KTLA for its handling of Romero's departure. Ginger Chan we love you. Stay tuned my friends Ill be right back.. With KTLAs Weekend Morning show among the most popular local weekend programs on TV, Romeros departure sent shockwaves among the shows loyal audience. During his monologue, he hada photo of himself and Romero standing with KTLA Vice President and General Manager Janene Drafs, who he called a "terrific woman," flash on the screen. 4. Stay tuned my friends Ill be right back.. For nearly two weeks, KTLA has endured a backlash from angry viewers over the exit of Lynette Romero the station's most prominent Latina and her co-anchor on weekend morning shows, Mark Mester. She first joined KTLA back in January 1999 as a general reporter and went on to take on various roles over the years, including as co-anchor of KTLA Prime News and later KTLA 5 Morning News. The company, based near Dallas, installed Janene Drafs in February 2020. "She had been there 24 years and deserved respect.". Samantha Cortese | KTLA KTLA management had hoped she would stay here her entire career, and KTLA worked hard to make that happen, Rubin added. For all of the ladies/mainly liberte that are meteorologists, Reporters, fill in anchors, anchors of all news casts beofore anyone goes on air make sure they have appropriate dresses/high heel shoes, suits/shirts and pants,shoes on and they can change before he or she goes on live on air. KTLA News Director Pete Saiers Exits Station After 2 Years - Yahoo Finance mark mester (@mester_mark) / Twitter He also said that they hadarranged for a plane to fly over the station with a banner that read, "We love you Lynette.". What's Next for Former KTLA Co-Anchors Mark Mester and - Yahoo The young co-anchor hired a small plane to buzz around the station's Sunset Boulevard home in Hollywood with a banner reading: We love you Lynette!". Regarding that announcement,Mester said that "what the viewers experienced was rude, it was cruel, it was inappropriate." Mark hijacked that and made it about him.. I know it's liberte shared instastories from kacey's insta stories and posted it on the KTLAWeekendam instagram insta stories. He had alerted his social media followers that he was planning to address Romeros departure on that mornings show. Staffers said they saw Mester pacing back and forth with an angry look prior to stepping on set for the Saturday segment. Neither action was approved by producers. 1998 - 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. | All Rights Reserved. * You should seriously ask her does she wear her sl*tty outfits on purpose to gain attention? Her decision meant that she wouldnt be at KTLA to say goodbye to viewers or to the weekend team," Weitman said. plus, you'll hear ktla news contributors frequently on kabc during the day. After nearly 24 years at KTLA, our Lynette Romero has decided to move on and pursue another opportunity. Prior to KTLA, she spent more than five years at CBS affiliate, KOIN-TV, in Portland . No more of her getting up at 1:30am to be live out in the field on Fridays mornings for the weekday edition at 4 am or 7am til 11am. The station also announced the news on Twitter. Another critical moment for the Morning News occurred on January 17, 1994, when the Northridge earthquake rocked the area, causing widespread damage, collapsing freeways, sparked power outages, ruptured water and gas lines, prompted the stoppage of television and film production, and altered public events and flight schedules due to precaution closures in Hollywood and Los Angeles International Airport. Samantha is the host and producer for KTLAs investigative true crime podcast California Crime: The Disappearance of Jonathan and Audrey. Listen here. Fox doesnt think hell live to be 80: Every day its tougher, Jerry Springer kept his aggressive cancer a family secret in his final months, James Corden gets a star-studded send-off on his final Late Late Show, Kim Kardashian is catching shade from Patti LuPone and Sharon Stone for AHS casting, Jonathan Majors accuser gets full temporary protection order ahead of court date. Samantha was a founder, producer and anchor for Chapman News, Orange Countys only local news broadcast. Megan Henderson co-anchors the weekday early edition of the "KTLA Morning News" and hosts KTLA's newest weekday afternoon show, Off the Clock. KTLA CH 5 at 5800 Sunset Blvd is still located near My Grandparents' old LA, Hollywood neighborhood where My Dad grew up & went to school, "Joseph Le Conte" Middle School is nearby at 1316 N Bronson Ave since 1922 is now a hundred yrs old, actor Jason Robard was a year ahead of My dad at Le Conte & comedian/actress Carol Burnett attended Le Conte several yrs after My dad & Paramount is still . kabc radio. During Saturdays weekend morning show, Mester, Romeros co-anchor, went off script with an emotional speech. ", Now is the perfect time to tell @LynetteRomero you love her. You don't see them standing outside their news station across southern california and act like models. Megan Henderson | KTLA KTLA 5 News team News organizations, including The Times, have been criticized, for a shortage of Latino staff members as well as portrayals of Latinos. Producers had spent the last several days gathering a montage of Romeros work and a script for fellow Weekend Morning Show anchor Mark Mester to read during a farewell segment. The source told E! No need for me to watch anymore.. She was co-anchor of KTLA Prime-News and later co-anchored KTLA Weekend Morning News, which has been among the most-watched weekend morning news shows in Southern California. Before the montage aired, he spoke on the air about how his former co-anchor's departure . 3. She can talk super short up coming events or something. You don't see other female meteorologist dress like sl*t's wear inappropriate wardrobes and high heel shoes and think the weather wall is a catwalk/runaway. But her departure also drew intense criticism of the station. On Saturday September 17, Mark Mester apologized on air to both viewers and Romero for this, after which he was suspended by the station.[13]. * I Hope they saw that over the weekend. TV Shows. News that after Romero notifiedstation leaders of her intent to leave for a direct competitor, she expressed her desire to say goodbye live on the air and KTLA refused, instead offering herthe option to record a taped goodbye message to viewers. Great way to start the day with @FrankBuckleyTV @jessicaktla at @KTLA Morning News with an update on @LASchools. "In her absence, we intended to honor Lynettes dedication and work with a story and video retrospective on [the following] Saturday mornings weekend news," Weitman said. News veterans criticized Mester's actions, including referring to Drafs as "that woman" in his Sept. 17 monologue. A second source corroborated the report to E! The program broadcasts each weekday morning from 4 am to 12 pm Pacific Time. They Carry a Big Shtick; Television: KTTV is pitting 'Good Day, L.A.' against 'The KTLA Morning News.' If anyone is caught wearing any of her dresses, and her Christian Louboutin high heel shoes red and black ones they should face some displincary action. Romero no longer wanted to work weekends and had asked management to allow her to work a weekday anchor shift so she could spend more time with her family, but she was told there were no openings, according to station sources who asked to remain anonymous. [5] Near the end of 1991, Joel Tator, a new executive producer, had been brought in to help revive the show by giving the show a more relaxed atmosphere by spreading out newspapers on the desk. We love you Lynette pic.twitter.com/7WtRQJq38a. Biden's diverse coalition of support risks fraying in 2024 | KTLA Last spring, leaders of CCNMA: Latino Journalists of California requested a meeting with KTLA executives to address the issue. She became the station's first female general manager, arriving from a Seattle station where she had worked since 1992. I won't get caught. "Mark has hired an attorney and is exploring legal options against KTLA," the source told E! Vera Jimenez, who was born in Mexico and moved to L.A. at age 3, is the station's meteorologist for its weeknight newscasts. They need to stop posting on the KTLA weekend AM pages and need to stop getting away with it. Samantha was also awarded the first NPG Award for Social Media Excellence for her ability to engage viewers online. On May 2, 2001, Barbara Beck resigned from KTLA[7] with Giselle Fernandez later becoming co-anchor. Her hobbies include traveling (mostly to catch a PAC12 game), all things Disney, and loving her dogs: a rescue Havapoo named Magic and Lagotto Romagnolo named Cannoli. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times. News and KNBC are part of the NBCUniversal family.). #ktlataljtous. Staffers said producers had written a script for Mester to read to send off Romero, accompanied by photos and clips of her broadcasts, which Mester ignored during the segment. An assistant news director was forced to break the news of his suspension over voicemail. Samanthas been nominated for an Emmy Award, won a Cecil B. DeMille Award for Best TV Show, and was nominated for the Mir Tukhi Award for Excellence in Journalism.
