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 (0) This May Explain Why We Have a Shirtless 'Magnum, P.I.' On Our Cover TodayWe take a look at the lively digi-net landscape in our new issue–specifically, how the arrival of multicast channels from the NBC Owned Stations (Cozi TV) and Fox Television Stations (Movies!) affect what was already a pretty packed entertainment channel landscape. Cozi, showing old series and a handful of originals, debuted in January. Movies! is shooting for Memorial Day. One... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (3) Is Jay a Fit at Fox?The Fox affiliates board is interested in the prospect of Jay Leno shifting to their air when the funnyman passes the Tonight Show torch to Jimmy Fallon , reports the NY Post. It’s speculation, but the plan would have Leno at 11 p.m. on Fox. “If Fox were to present the right business plan, the affiliate board would be interested,” Steve Pruett, the board chairman,... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (1) Sinclair, Newsmax in Online PartnershipSinclair Broadcast Group and Newsmax, the self-proclaimed “#1 conservative news agency online,” are working together in the form of Newsmax headlines on the home pages of several Sinclair station sites. I see the Newsmax box on the home pages of WLOS in Asheville, NC, WBFF Baltimore, KUTV Salt Lake City and KFDM Beaumont, and assume it’s on many more. Sinclair has of... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (0) WTIC Apologizes For 'Inappropriate' Boob Close-UpsWTIC Hartford is doing some backtracking after a segment on Women’s History Month, whose accompanying footage was close-ups of several women’s chests. You can see the video here. It’s not as safe for work as a piece about women’s history would seem to be. WTIC, a Fox affiliate, is owned by Tribune. It, WTXX and the Hartford Courant share a building in... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (1) Brad Field Marks 30 Years Atop WVIT Weather Dept.Happy 30th anniversary to Brad Field, chief meteorologist over at WVIT Hartford-New Haven . Field joined WVIT on March 7, 1983, and I actually have a copy of the typewritten press release that announced his move. Then known as “30News”, WVIT was part of Viacom; now it’s an NBC-owned station. Field handles weather on the 5, 5:30, 6 and 11 p.m. newscasts. Prior to... More |
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