Michael Malone
B&C deputy editor Michael Malone covers all aspects of local television. He grew up in the New York area watching Banana Splits, Sesame Street, and New York Mets broadcasts. Still residing in New York, he now watches everything from Treme to The Office to The Newsroom, along with those Mets broadcasts. He’s the father of a young boy and girl who enjoy The Backyardigans, along with repeated viewings of How to Train Your Dragon on the DVR. He joined B&C in 2005.
Title: Deputy Editor
Email: mmalone@nbmedia.com
Station to StationLink This | Email This | Comments (3) See You in Vegas?This was fortuitous–the week I was heading to Vegas for NAB, the market I was scheduled to report on for B&C’s weekly “Market Eye” was, yes, Las Vegas. The good timing allowed me to do a few of the GM interviews I do each week for the story in person–a luxury I am rarely afforded as I cover the nation’s top 100 markets from NYC. I met Lisa... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (1) Guest Post: Larry Kane on Cable Nets and the Boston BombingThe following guest post, on multiple news outlets getting the story wrong in Boston last week, comes from Larry Kane, former anchor at WPVI, WCAU and KYW Philadelphia, among others. It’s been nagging at me for five days now. I try to reconcile the situation, but I can’t. I value and cherish our First Amendment rights. At the time of the bombings in Boston, I was in the... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (2) WFMY: Double the 'Andy Griffith', But in a New TimeThe Andy Griffith Show , a staple at 5:30 p.m. on WFMY Greensboro for about a half-century, has moved to a double run at 3 to make room for what WFMY is calling an “investigative/consumer news program” that launches Thursday. WFMY has hired anchor Julie Luck from WGHP; her start at the station coincides with 2 Wants to Know ’s debut April 25. WFMY’s... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (3) The Worst Career Start in Local TV HistoryMuch as I hate to pile on the poor guy, A. J. Clemente had what has to be the most unfortunate beginning to his career in TV news when he signed on at KFYR Bismarck (North Dakota) by uttering “F***ing S***,” reports the Daily Mail and about a million other outlets. This occurred last night. Clemente is clearly rattled after the profanity, stammering through an introduction.... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (1) Rave Reviews For Boston Stations' CoverageThe Boston TV stations got raves from a significant voice–the Columbia Journalism Review– for their coverage of the wild night in and around Boston last night. Justin Peters singles out WBZ (CBS) and WHDH (Sunbeam TV) for their measured, and accurate, coverage: Local Boston TV news has reported the whole thing, and done an absolutely heroic and tremendous job of it, proving... More |
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