NECN

New NECN anchor leaves after a month

adamg — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 16:21:13 +0000

The Herald reports Taryn Winter Brill has left NECN's new "conversational" news show after barely a month to return to New York, to be closer to her family following her father's death.

NECN: Out with the old, in with the new

adamg — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 12:17:48 +0000

Jessica Heslam at the Herald reports on NECN's impending makeover, which features all new talent (see ya, R.D.) and a "more conversational" morning news show featuring a "living room set" and a co-anchor who once straightened her naturally curly hair to see if people preferred women with curly or straight hair.

Meanwhile, Masshole Mommy dishes on her huge crush on Channel 4 morning guy David Wade:

As soon as I wake up in the morning, I all but run downstairs to my tv to see him and if I'm not going to be home for the noon news (he's on every other day because he takes turns with his morning c0-anchor), I tivo it.

Ed note: The final NECN morning show may look a bit different from the video above.

Beseeching by backers brings Bello back

adamg — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 21:29:44 +0000

Yes, Bellomaniacs, the Globe's Mike Bello is back on NECN to tel you what his intrepid band of reporters is working on.

Earlier:
Backers bemoan Bello's broadcast banishment; besiege broadcaster: Bring back Bello.

Backers bemoan Bello's broadcast banishment; besiege broadcaster: Bring back Bello

adamg — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 16:10:14 +0000

Some people really liked seeing Globe Deputy City Editor Mike Bello broadcast the day's upcoming news on NECN. So much so that when he dropped off the airwaves recently, a Belloholic set up a Facebook page demanding NECN put him back on the air.

Batten down the hatches tomorrow

Kaz — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:19:55 +0000

Matt Noyes of NECN has been posting updates on what he considers to be the setup for the biggest round of thunderstorms of the year (even bigger than the last two macro-squalls) and potentially the biggest setup that New England could even foreseeably get in general.

He posted a more technical discussion last night on his personal website.

Blurring the lines betweeen church and state at NECN

adamg — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:04:02 +0000

John Carrol makes the case that's what's happening.

Reporter won't stand on seawall to show us nature's fury

adamg — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:55:05 +0000

And reports she has yet to get hit by a flying rock, unlike the obviously tougher anchorwoman (toward the end of the segment). Oh, Shelby Scott, where have you gone?

NECN now more Comcastic

adamg — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:57:54 +0000

The Globe reports Comcast is buying the piece of NECN it didn't already own.

The slimming effects of green clothing

adamg — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:23:02 +0000

Unfortunately, it only works for weather forecasters on TV. Oh, and traffic reporters:

Snopocalypse Now

adamg — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:04:23 +0000

Gribley posted a time-lapse series of the view out his JP window overnight (used under this Creative Commons license).

Steve Garfield measured the snow in JP live on NECN, via his cell phone.

Fotosqrrl captured a guy sweeping dirty off a snowbank on School Street with a broom.

News is made on Twitter?

oddjob60 — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:13:56 +0000

Just saw one of the most substantial exchanges I've ever seen on Twitter:

rdsahl Gov Patrick: WashPost blog floats your name for HHS. Are you in the mix? Would you take if offered. Thanks.

(and, about an hour later...)

MassGovernor @rdsahl As the Governor has said countless times, he is staying put and running for re-election. - Kyle Sullivan, Press Secretary [approx. 2 pm]

I'm struck by this in several ways:

The news never stops - not even when flames erupt in the newsroom

adamg — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:50:10 +0000

R.D. Sahl (yes, that R.D. Sahl) is all a-Twitter and reports this afternoon:

Yikes! Studio light spits flames. Taping interrupted briefly. All back to normal with a lingering odor. The news never stopped.

News you can use: It's cold!

adamg — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:54:38 +0000

NECN informs us of this fact:

... In the morning hours around Copley Square, only those who needed to be out and about actually were doing so. Runners who typically start their morning with an wakeup jog chose otherwise. There was very little hustle or bustle. ...

And, yes, of course they interviewed a couple of utility guys glad to be able to warm up by going down a manhole.

Ed. Note: Last night, Boston School Superintendent Carol Johnson robo-called us to remind us to bundle the kidlet up this morning. I wonder how much that call cost.

Hey, remember last week's icemegeddon?

adamg — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:45:41 +0000

Andy reports from points west - and tries hard to contain his ire at Boston media:

... Driving through Ashby and Ashburnham today was like driving through a post-hurricane scene, only with snow. The tops of 60% of the trees are simply gone along Route 119. I'm a little disappointed that the Boston Globe dedicated only one headline to this crippling storm, despite the hundreds of thousands who lost power, most for days, the multiple deaths reported, and total devastation that has gone through this area (not to mention some jerks conning those without power by posing as utility employees). Watching the NECN or any of the network stations, you would think nothing is happening in this portion of the world since last Friday. ...

A new news site

adamg — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 05:03:05 +0000

NECN.com went live today; the network broke away from boston.com to start its own online news efforts.

Via Boston TV News.