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Lots Of TV Shows NOT Coming Back Next Year
Thanks to 600 plus TV channels out there these days, not to mention a bunch more to watch on the internet, the number of people watching one channel is less than it was yesterday. I don’t know if that’s the reason a lot of your favorite TV shows got the boot this year…or maybe it’s [...]
Geneen Anderson Heading South To Miami
You may have noticed someone missing from this weekend’s newscasts at NBC17. Weekend weather anchor Geneen Anderson is heading south for the winter…and summer, spring and fall. Geneen has accepted a job at WPLG, the ABC station in Miami, Florida. So now, instead of hanging out with Wes, Bill and Peter in the Triangle; she [...]
NC State Wolf Mascot “Performs” Weather
In case you missed the 6th annual NBC17 Health and Fitness Festival last weekend at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds, please allow me to fill you in on all the excitement.
Aside from the health and fitness information provided by various organizations, the festival provided a rock climbing wall, NASCAR simulator, demonstrations, dance stages and a [...]
More Softball Rain, But I Can Still Entertain
For the second weekend in a row, the NBC17 softball game was rained out…I know, how ironic!? Well, in the absence of having zero softball blogging material for the past two weeks, I have set out on a search to keep you entertained. I have gone outside the box to find an inspirational story and [...]
Dale Earnhardt’s Number 3 Car & Childress In Raleigh
What are Richard Childress and Roy Williams doing having dinner together? Both are getting inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in Raleigh tonight.
Roy Williams has won a few basketball games for Kansas and the University of North Carolina in his day. Richard Childress drove a few NASCAR races before becoming even more [...]
Tiger Woods, U.S. Open On NBC 17 Primetime
Plan on spending Father’s Day eve with your dad in front of the TV. Saturday night live will have a whole new meaning this year when NBC puts Tiger Woods and the rest of the U.S. Open on from 4:00 to 10:00 PM EDT Saturday, June 14, 2008.
How do you play golf in the middle [...]
NBC17 Softball Wins, Penn Runs
Game two of the season for NBC17’s softball team, The Bad News Bears, went a little better than the first game. We limped away victorious, 7-6 against the team from 96Rock.
There were plenty of highlights in the game; well…maybe plenty isn’t the best word to use. Either way, the lowlights are always more fun to [...]
Ken Luallen Gone In A Flash
NBC17 reporter Ken Luallen has filed his last report for the Triangle’s peacock network. Unfortunately, Friday was Ken’s last day in the news business as he gets ready to devote 100 percent of his time to his photography business.
Ken has been with NBC17 since 2005 and is one of best reporters we have, but his [...]
Everybody Working For The Weekend
A little vacation in the weather department will result in some schedule shifting this weekend and yours truly working Saturday night. My feelings concerning this would be best expressed through the musical stylings of Loverboy and their early 80s video Working For The Weekend…enjoy!
Word has it that this is Bill Fitzgerald’s favorite video of all time!
Have [...]
Laura Bush Hosting Today Show Tuesday
First Lady Laura Bush will help HOST the 9 a.m. hour of the Today Show Tuesday, April 22. That’s right, she’s not going be a guest, she is helping to HOST the light-hearted hour. Daughter Jenna will also appear on the show plugging her new book.
In a related move, ABC’s The View will have John [...]