Sunday, December 20, 2009

YEAR IN REVIEW

Here’s the year in review in local television:

Saddest Goodbye - 6ABC sports director Gary Papa lost his battle with prostate cancer in June.

Farewell - Beloved 6ABC personality Dave Roberts retired in December.

Rest in Peace - Al Alberts

Gone - Erica Grow, Don Polec

State of Flux - Fox29 weekend sports anchor Bill Vargus was let go. Now it has a sports department by committee of Joe Staszak, Hugh Douglas, Anthony Gargano, and Tom Shredensek.

Goodbye Dawn - Dawn Stensland’s contract was not renewed and there are rumblings she may run for Congress.

Goodbye Channel 12 - The WHYY news was discontinued.

Goodbye CW Wake Up News - Same for the CW Wake Up News

Other Goodbyes - David Aldrich, Mary Stoker Smith, Jade McCarthy, Kevin Walsh

Hello - Amy Fadool, Ricky Bottalico, Donyell Marshall, Ed Pinckney, Brian Taff, Jamie Maggio

Hello Again - Sally Ann Mosey, Christa Quinn, Mike Jerrick, Steve Bucci, Gregg Murphy

Awesome - Former Fox29 sports director Don Tollefson becomes a father at the age of 57.

Make Lemons Out of Leno - NBC10 is one of the stations suffering in the ratings at 11 p.m.

New Show - Talk Philly at noon on CBS3

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