Horvatits' departure continues the pattern of morning instability at Channel 4.
Pergament asks: Where does Wooten’s departure leave Channel 2? How can Channel 2 improve news department morale after months of frustration over its low staffing levels?
In local TV news, WKBW-TV (Channel 7) remains deep in third place in all categories it competes in.
An anchor you regularly watch can be soothing, his or her calm behavior a reminder that eventually everything will be all right, Pergament says.
Anderson also will be the solo anchor on the 10 p.m. newscast on sister station WNLO-TV.
Naturally, Mother Nature’s blast led to relatively strong local news ratings but they weren’t as high as the snow, Pergament writes.
“I have had the career I’ve always dreamed of being able to be a wife and mom and the morning show anchor in my hometown,” said Holmes.
"It is a great opportunity to work at a great station with a long history of connection to the community and success," Joe Abouzeid said. "And I feel lucky to be the latest steward of this great tradition in the city of Buffalo.”
Here is one of Pergament's occasional good news columns about positive developments in the local and national media.
WGRZ’s 6 a.m. success was in contrast with WIVB’s household success in almost all other news time slots during the sweeps.
The News' TV critic starts his column by recognizing some quality work in 2021 that earned the attention of the prestigious Edward R. Murrow Awards.
As he is about to give up command of WGRZ after more than 19 years, the 63-year-old Toellner used “Star Trek” references to explain why he has picked April 1 as his time to retire.
This may be one of the strangest February news sweeps periods in years, loaded with asterisks, Alan Pergament says.
According to CBS, Buffalo was the No. 4 market in the country for the game, behind only Kansas City, Cincinnati and nearby Dayton.
Vacanti, a Lockport native, will perform again next Monday with the other 10 competitors left.
Not much really has changed since the February 2020 sweeps period that was the last one before the Covid-19 outbreak, Pergament says.
If you watched all the cheerleading coverage of the Buffalo Bills’ march to the AFC title game, you might think almost everyone on local TV is from Western New York and grew up saying, “Go Bills.”
"Those and other youth hockey experiences shaped my life in ways I never could have predicted," Ross Feltz says.
“It was live, and the pictures didn’t correlate. It was my fault. I didn’t know we wouldn’t be able to see the clock,” Keith Radford said.
WIVB-TV (Channel 4) with Jacquie Walker and Don Postles anchoring, was in first place in the 11 p.m. ratings.