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.

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.

Preview: Channel 3 News Today - Saturday, Dec. 6th

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!

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

Notes From The Desk: Tribe Game

Hello Everyone!

I hope you all had a great weekend! As some of you may know I love to cheer on the Tribe and going to an Indians game is one of my favorite things to do. The last time I went to a game, I ended up on the Jumbo Tron because my section won free pizza from Slider! Director Matt suggested the next time I go to a game I should take the camera along and snap a few pictures. So that's exactly what I did this time around. I had such a great time, even though we lost. Sometimes just being at Progressive Field helps ease the pain of losing because there is always so much going on, it's easy to forget we are down five runs!

I went to the game Thursday night with my Mom and one of my best friends Heather. It was a great girls night out, Tribe style! I got our tickets from Danielle who is the evening Assignment Editor during the week. Her and her family have season tickets and they couldn't make it to the game, so I bought them from her. That was money well spent, her seats are great! We were along the third base line, pretty close to the field. When you are able to sit close to the field, it's definitely a different perspective from watching it on TV! Everyone and everything is so close!

Before the game we headed up to the Terrace Club, which is the Restaurant/Club at Progressive Field, for some drinks and appetizers. I have seen people eating though the tall glass windows many times before but have never gone inside to eat myself. The restaurant is beautiful, the food is good, and the view of the field is magnificent!

After we finished, we went down to the seats to watch the start of the game. Oh, and did I mention we grabbed a hot dog? That is a must eat when you go to a tribe game!

All in all it was a great time and I hope before the summer is over you can make it downtown to a game, maybe we'll see you on the Jumbo Tron!
Have a great week!

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

Hello Everyone!

I hope you are all enjoying your Saturday! I didn't realize how long it's been since I've posted something to the Weekend Morning Show Blog. Director Matt was kind enough to point that out to me! :) This is Matt's first weekend back since he became a new Dad! We are very happy to have him here again and wish him and his wife Danielle all the best with their new baby girl!

This morning we had a fun show! My favorite part of the show was the Oreo Licking Contest. I mean who doesn't like Oreo cookies?! They even left some for the crew to eat...I'm not sure but I think they are already gone!

One thing I want to remind everyone is that The Cleveland Science Center closes at 5 pm Saturday so you still have plenty of time to get out there and enjoy the NASA exhibit and all the fun things they have to do!

Well our Noon show is about to begin! Have a good weekend everyone!

Julie

Notes From The Desk

Good Morning!
Well today I finally got one of Bruce's Trivia Questions right! The answer was "Patch Adams". Did you get it right?

I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend. Last night my friend was visiting from North Carolina and her and I went to the Tribe game. It was a great game, I am so happy we won, it's time to start a new WINNING streak!

Something interesting happened at the game. Slider made a guest appearance to our area to give away free pizzas! The guys sitting next to us caught the pizza box that Slider threw out and everyone in our section got a coupon for a free pizza! The whole thing was caught on the Jumbo Tron, me included! I must admit, it's a little weird to see yourself on the big screen in front of thousands of people!

Director Matt says I need to take the camera with me to capture some of my adventures and share it with all of you! So be on the look out...I'll be posting photos soon!

See you next week!

Julie
E-mail: jocepek@wkyc.com

Notes from the Desk

Good Morning Everyone!

Can you believe we finally made it to Memorial Day Weekend? I love the start to summer and what a better way to unofficially start the season than to say THANK YOU to all the men and woman who serve our country.

Today I had a couple callers ask about the Great American Rib Cook-Off at the Time Warner Amphitheater, which is behind Tower City. In case you are wondering, it runs today and tomorrow Noon to 11p.m. and on Monday from Noon to 8 p.m. So if you are hungry and looking for something fun to do, head on down!

Today I really thought I had the answer to Bruce's Trivia Question, he asked "What actor one thought about becoming a Roman Catholic Priest?" I really thought it was Emilio Estevez, once again I was wrong! The correct answer was Tom Cruise.

Well, I have to get going, our reporter Paul Thomas needs help with an address for his story!

Have a good weekend everyone!