Preview: Channel 3 News Today (Sun. 11/15)

Producer Caitlin brings you a look at this morning's rundown, does a Bruce Kalinowski impression, and gives you a sneak peek at today's Facebook "friend of the day". See you at 9am!

Preview: Channel 3 News Today (Sat. 11/14)

Dead batteries in the flip cam could not stop Producer Caitlin from bringing you a look ahead to this morning's edition of Channel 3 News Today. See you at 9am!

Preview: Channel 3 News Today (Sat. 11/7)

Producer Caitlin intended to bring you this morning's promo, however, she was interrupted and Julie at the Desk had to take over mid-promo. Anyhow, here's what you'll see this morning at 9am!

Don't forget to join the live web chat with Kim, Bruce & the crew during the show.

Preview: Channel 3 News Today (Sun. 10/25)

Go Browns! Producer Caitlin is in the control room with this morning's preview of Channel 3 News Today.

Director in training Mike is doing the show today with Director Matt "standing by". See you at 9am!

Preview: Channel 3 News Today (Sat. 10/10)

Producer Caitlin and Anchor Eric Mansfield, who is filling in for Kim today, bring you an "explosive" (and shoeless) look at some of the stories we are working on for the Saturday edition of Channel 3 News Today.

By the way, we're only on from 9-10am this morning and there will not be a Noon news today. See you at 9am!

Preview: Channel 3 News Today (Sat. 9/19)

Producer Caitlin and Director/Prop Guy Matt bring you a look at some of the stories we'll be covering this morning on Channel 3 News Today. Don't forget to join the live chat... see you at 9am!

Preview: Channel 3 News Today (Sun. 9/6)

Producer Caitlin and Director Matt bring you a highly produced, way over budget production featuring some of the stories you'll see this Sunday morning on Channel 3 News Today!



Don't forget, you can now watch Channel 3 News Today live on the web and share your thoughts on whatever's on your mind in our live weekend web chat from 9-10:30am right here on the Channel 3 News Today weekend morning show blog!

By the way, do you tweet? You can now follow WKYC on Twitter at twitter.com/wkyc

See you at 9am!

Preview: Channel 3 News Today (Sun. 8/29)

Kim Wheeler and Producer Brooke (filling in for Caitlin this morning) bring you a look at this morning's abbreviated edition of Channel 3 News Today. We'll only be on from 9-10am due to NBC's coverage of Senator Kennedy's funeral.



Don't forget, you can now watch Channel 3 News Today live on the web and share your thoughts on Senator Kennedy, the Browns, or whatever else is on your mind in our live weekend web chat from 9-10am right here on the Channel 3 News Today weekend morning show blog!

By the way, do you tweet? You can now follow WKYC on Twitter at twitter.com/wkyc

See you at 9am!

Preview: Channel 3 News Today (Sun. 8/9)

Producer Caitlin brings you into the WKYC control room for a look at the stories we're working on for the Sunday morning edition of Channel 3 News Today. See you at 9am!



Don't forget, you can now watch Channel 3 News Today live on the web and join our live weekend webchat each Saturday and Sunday from 9-10:30am right here on the Channel 3 News Today weekend morning show blog!

By the way, do you tweet? You can now follow WKYC on Twitter at twitter.com/wkyc

See you at 9am!

Preview: Channel 3 News Today (Sun. 8/2)

Don't forget, you can now watch Channel 3 News Today live on the web and join our live weekend webchat each Saturday and Sunday from 9-10:30am right here on the Channel 3 News Today weekend morning show blog!

By the way, do you tweet? You can now follow WKYC on Twitter at twitter.com/wkyc

See you at 9am!

Preview: Channel 3 News Today (Sat. 8/1)

Here is Kim Wheeler with a laid back look at some of the stories you'll see coming up on Channel 3 News Today!



Don't forget, you can now watch Channel 3 News Today live on the web and join our live weekend webchat each Saturday and Sunday from 9-10:30am right here on the Channel 3 News Today weekend morning show blog!

By the way, do you tweet? You can now follow WKYC on Twitter at twitter.com/wkyc

See you at 9am!

Preview: Channel 3 News Today (7/12/09)

Here's Producer Caitlin with the preview of Channel 3 News Today for Sunday.



Don't forget, you can now watch Channel 3 News Today live on the web and join our live weekend webchat each Saturday and Sunday from 9-10:30am right here on the Channel 3 News Today weekend morning show blog!

By the way, do you tweet? You can now follow WKYC on Twitter at twitter.com/wkyc

See you at 9am!

Did you miss the Saturday morning promo?

We received a lot of positive comments on our Saturday morning promo for Channel 3 News Today, so in case you missed it, here it is. Enjoy!

Random Team Photo Taken For No Special Reason

Kim wanted a new team photo of the weekend morning crew... so here we are.

From left to right... Production Assistant Bethany Fox, Anchor Kim Wheeler, Editor and Graphics Guru El Edwards, Producer Caitlin Kollar, ?????, Assignment Editor Julie Ocepek, and TD/Director Matt Babb.

Not pictured...Production Assistant Jess Starr. It's Derby Day so Jess was not with us this morning.

To see the rest of Kim's photos from Saturday morning... CLICK HERE.

Elmo and Cookie Monster in the house!

Elmo and Cookie Monster stopped by the WKYC studios this week and Producer Caitlin and Anchor Monica Robins couldn't resist getting their pictures taken. They are in town for Sesame Street Live "When Elmo Grows Up" this weekend at Playhouse Square's State Theater.

Behind The Scenes: WKYC Control Room

Here is a recording from our control room during the Sunday, January 18th show. Here, you can see what goes on in our control room during a typical broadcast. The guy to the left of the screen is me, TD/Director Matt Babb, and the woman on the far right of the screen is Caitlin Kollar, our producer. Enjoy!

Preview: Channel 3 News Today - Saturday, Dec. 13th

Channel 3 News Today weekend producer Caitlin Kollar and friends let you know what is coming up on this morning's show.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH on the wkyc.com Facebook page!

Preview: Channel 3 News Today (11-22)

Channel 3 News Today weekend producer Caitlin Kollar and friends let you know what is coming up on this morning's show.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH on the wkyc.com Facebook page!

Preview: Channel 3 News Today (11/9/08)

Channel 3 News Today weekend producer Caitlin Kollar and friends let you know what is coming up on this morning's show.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH on the wkyc.com Facebook page!

Saturday Preview: Channel 3 News Today (11/8/08)

Channel 3 News Today weekend producer Caitlin Kollar and friends let you know what is coming up on this morning's show.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH on the wkyc.com Facebook page!

Show Promo: Sunday, Nov. 2nd

Producer Caitlin Kollar lets you know what's coming up on Channel 3 News Today. She is joined by a special guest who will be providing you with extended Decision 2008 coverage on this morning's show. Check it out!

Show Promo: Saturday, October 25th

Show Promo, (I mean Promos): Sunday, September 21st

Today's promo is a "two-parter" thanks to a battery malfunction on the Flip camera.
Enjoy, and we'll see you at 9am!

Part I



Part II

Channel 3 News Today Promo: Saturday, September 6th

FInd out what's coming up on Channel 3 News Today this Saturday morning with producer Caitlin Kollar and Meteorologist Bruce Kalinowski from the Channel 3 studio.

Show Promo: Sunday, August 24th

Producer Caitlin and TD/Director Matt give you an inside look at what is coming up on this morning's show from the Channel 3 control room. Don't forget to join the live webchat with Jeff, Bruce and the crew beginning at 9am! Kim is off this morning.

Show Promo: Saturday, August, 16th (Is it cold in here?)

Starr Sightings: Inside Studio A - "A Somber Sunday"

Following the unfortunate fatal shooting of an officer over night, we decided to send Jeff out to cover a press conference to find out more details. Kim held down the fort in Studio A. With Dawn directing the last hour of the show, director Matt was able to post video to the web and stream the press conference live with the help of Julie at the desk. Producer Caitlin did a nice job of pulling together the changes for the show at the last minute. Great job to the weekend morning show team for pulling together to get the coverage on the air and web so our viewers were able to find out the latest information.

During the show, we had our live webchat up and running, as well as a live stream of the press conference. Jeff and Kim did a great job with covering the story in a respectful and professional way, as WKYC always does. The mood in Studio A was somber and serious today. Some of you may have been watching the live video from Studio A and could see all was calm here. Anytime we have a fallen officer, the newsroom is aware of the impact on the community and the atmosphere here shows this. We stay busy and bring you the latest coverage, but we all keeping the situation in perspective.

Although we didn't have too much time to chat here at WKYC with all of the breaking coverage, we appreciate all of you who logged on to share your thoughts and feelings on this tragedy, especially the family and friends of this fallen hero.

Stay Tuned,

Jess Starr
jstarr@wkyc.com

Show Promo: Sunday, June 1st

Producer Caitlin Kollar tells us what is coming up on today's show.



Email: weekendmorningshow@wkyc.com

Behind the Scenes: Producer's View

Hey everyone, it's Caitlin, your producer. For today's blog, I shot some behind the scenes stuff of what I do to prepare the show. I'm the one who puts the stories and writes them. I work on the show throughout the week, scheduling live shots and guests. I also put those live shots into the rundown so they are ready on Saturday and Sunday. On the day of the show, I come in around 3 a.m. to start work. Click on the video below to see what it's like when I first arrive.



So the first few hours I spend choosing the stories and putting them in the rundown. I figure out what order to put them and how to fit them around the live shots and guests. The next video is around 5:30 a.m. when most of the stories are in and I'm starting to write.



This last video is around 8 a.m. and really all that's left to do is print scripts for the director Matt, tidy up some scripts and make any last minute changes. Enjoy the video!