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The newscast was canceled in late 2004 due to poor viewership (WKBD and WWJ-TV later resumed local newscasts with the former using the CBSN Local streaming service for Detroit News Now from January 2020 to August 2023 and the latter launching CBS News Detroit in January 2023).
Currently, Abel helms the 5 p.m. newscast on 7 Action News on Detroit's ABC affiliate and the 10 p.m. 7 Action News that airs on TV20. He also covers politics and has led several major breaking ...
Bonds began his career in 1959, working in radio in Albion, Michigan. [2] He later served as a reporter for WKNR-AM, WCAR, WPON and WQTE.Bonds joined WXYZ in 1964 as ...
Eliot started broadcasting Detroit weather on WWJ-TV (now WDIV-TV on channel 4) from the 1947 to 1980. [7] He later forecasted for WJBK-TV (channel 2) Detroit from 1980 to 1983, [8] and also hosted a movie series on WKBD-TV (channel 50). [9] [10] He was known for his jokes during his weather broadcast and combining words together.
[101] [88] On August 4, 2014, WMYD also introduced a two-hour extension of Action News This Morning, running from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.; both the morning and 10 p.m. newscasts are designed to fully compete against WJBK, which has historically been the only other station in Detroit to air newscasts in these timeslots.
[15] In a follow-up email to Detroit blogger Dave Shea, Wilson noted his intent to start a not-for-profit news organization he originally dubbed The Michigan Center for Investigative Reporting. [16] On the day Wilson's non-profit (ultimately named The Michigan News Center) was to go live on the Internet, he suffered a massive heart attack.
He is featured during the week on 7 News Detroit at 5, 6, and 11 p.m. Galli can also be seen on TV20 Detroit. [ 1 ] Brad was named Sportscaster of the Year in Michigan by the National Sports Media Association for 2018 and 2021. [ 2 ]
As Timmons career as a news anchor in Detroit took off, Jim Brandstatter began working in the Sports Department of WDIV-TV in Detroit. They were married in 1980. Timmons has six Emmy awards for reporting and anchoring, two Silver Circle awards, and in 2013 was enshrined in the Michigan Association of Broadcaster's Hall of Fame.