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No retirement plans yet for WFTV’s Bob Opsahl

April 13, 2010

There’s been a lot of speculation about vetran anchor Bob Opsahl’s future at WFTV. News director Bob Jordan has hinted at pending retirement for his star newsman, and that talk ramped up after new weekend anchor Josh Benson was hired. Well, what about Bob? He set the record straight on…

Former WESH ND lands in Little Rock

March 2, 2007

Ed Trauschke, whose four-year run as news director at WESH ended in August, has landed in Little Rock, Ark. The Arkansas TV News blog reports that Clear Channel’s WLRT-Fox 16 has hired Trauschke as its new ND. He replaces Michael Fabrac, who left the station in Nielsen market No. 57…

Obama campaign shuts out WFTV after West interviews Biden

October 24, 2008

Supposedly unhappy with how WFTV anchor Barbara West conducted an inteview with Democrate VP candidate Joe Biden, the Barack Obama campaign has told Channel 9 not to expect any more interviews through the duration of the presidential race. NewsBlues.com reports that what so offended the Obama campaign was when West…

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