Programming Change: Saturday, Oct. 10th

Due to NBC Sports' coverage of "The President's Cup" beginning at 11am this morning... Channel 3 News Today will only be on from 9-10am. Then at 10am, you can catch "Willa's Wild Life", and then at 10:30 you'll see "Babar". There will also be no Noon news today on WKYC.

For the complete WKYC programming guide... CLICK HERE

Programming Alert: Saturday, Sept. 19th

Channel 3 News at Noon will not air today due to NBC Sports' coverage of the "Dew Tour". So, if you want your news this morning, be sure to catch us at 9am for Channel 3 News Today. See you then!

Behind The Scenes: Like Never Before

If you enjoy our "Behind The Scenes" videos here on the Weekend Morning Show blog, then you will love the twist that we've come up with for the segment. You choose the topic with our "Behind The Scenes: On Demand" feature.

If there is any aspect of our television station's operation that you would like to see featured here, send your email requests to weekendmorningshow@wkyc.com or contact @Director_Matt on Twitter and we will do our best to bring it to you in our "Behind The Scenes: On Demand" segments on the Weekend Morning Show blog here on WKYC.com.

Follow These WKYC Staff Members on Twitter

In addition to following WKYC on Twitter, you can also follow several WKYC employees on Twitter as well.

Here is a list of those who "Tweet"...

WKYC TD/Directors
@Director_Matt
@FMacek

WKYC Producers
@CarrieAnnYoung
@CaitlinKollar
@Producer_Jon
@JulieOcepek

WKYC Assignment Editor
@DeskChick

WKYC On Air Personalities
@KimWheeler3
@EricMansfield
@MonicaRobins
@AJColby

WKYC Assistant News Director
@HowardFencl

WKYC Photographer
@PhotoWolf
@Newshutr

WKYC Editor
@EditChic

WKYC Production Assistants
@BrianJCrane
@BFoxx12
@MPaciotti

Web Sales
@DKetterick

Good Company Today Producer
@ClaireDonovan3

Other WKYC Twitter Feeds
@WKYCPromo
@Ch3NewsToday

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!

Bears vs. Browns in HD tonight on WKYC!

Tonight on WKYC, watch the Browns and Bears square off from Cleveland Browns Stadium in the final preseason contest of the season. Catch all the action with Browns Pre-Game Huddle beginning at 7pm followed by Browns vs. Bears at 7:30pm all in stunning high definition. Jim Donovan and Bernie Kosar will have the call. Go Browns!

Behind The Scenes: Like Never Before

If you enjoy our "Behind The Scenes" videos here on the Weekend Morning Show blog, then you will love the new twist that we've come up with for the segment. You choose the topic with our new "Behind The Scenes: On Demand" feature.

If there is any aspect of television production that you would like to see featured here, send your email requests to weekendmorningshow@wkyc.com and we will do our best to bring it to you in our new "Behind The Scenes: On Demand" segments on the Weekend Morning Show blog here on WKYC.com.

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

Our debut live web chat was a success. I hope you had a chance to log on and chat it up with Kim, Jeff, Bruce and the rest of our crew this past weekend.

If you didn't however, you will have plenty of chances. We are planning on keeping the live chat up and running during the weekend morning show for the foreseeable future. We also plan to keep up the live studio camera stream so you can keep your eyes on what's going on behind the scenes.

If you have any questions or comments about our live web chat, live studio stream, or whatever... feel free to email them to us at weekendmorningshow@wkyc.com

Starr Sightings: Inside Studio A - "Live Webchat"

Today we did our first live webchat on the weekend morning show. I didn't get to post much because it was a busy show in the studio... but what a great thing to have. I love seeing viewer responses come up on the screen as things are happening on the show.

I call my part of the blog "Starr Sightings: Inside Studio A" but now you can see inside the studio for yourself! The crew set up a bump shot of the studio so you can watch what happens during the show. You can see Jeff, Kim and Bruce do what they do best. You can also see me running around getting the sets ready and interacting with the anchors. You may not need my part of the blog anymore because now you can watch inside the studio each weekend. But I'll keep on blogging and fill you in on what you can't hear!

I only lost Jeff once today, which isn't bad for a hectic Saturday! However, he walked through the chroma key again. It was funny, though! Other than that, I think Jeff was at his desk a lot because he was chatting with everyone. This could work to my advantage.

Stay tuned,
Jess Starr

jstarr@wkyc.com

Webchatting: Day 1

Here a couple of video from behind the scenes of Day 1 of webchatting here on the Weekend Morning Show Blog. Did you enjoy the webchat and the live behind the scenes camera. Send your comments to weekendmorningshow@wkyc.com (you can read the entire chat below on the blog if you're interested)

In this video... you can see Director Matt webchatting in the back of the control room just as the chat launched, welcoming our web chatters.



Next is Director Matt Babb, who was not directing today, getting producer Caitlin Kollar up to speed on the webchatting. It's very difficult to do all of this while keeping a smooth show moving on the air, but we seem to have pulled it off.



So Kim, how did Webchatting: Day 1 go for you today?



Finally, you can see the guys from "Fab Faux" webchatting with some of the folks at home after their appearance on the show.




All in all, I would say that we are very pleased with our first attempt at a live webchat, so we'll try it again tomorrow. Please check back with us Sunday at 8:45 or so as we do Webchatting: Day 2 from the WKYC studios.

Programming Alert: No 9am or Noon Shows This Weekend

Due to NBC's coverage of the French Open this weekend, Channel 3 News Today and Channel 3 News at noon will not air on Saturday or Sunday. The blog will roll on without the shows, so stop by and check in to find out what Jeff, Kim and Bruce will be doing with the time off. The shows will return on June 14th and 15th. Enjoy the French Open here on WKYC.

Wednesday on the blog...

Kim Wheeler interviews A.J. Colby to find out how he's been since leaving the weekend morning show. For those of you who don't know, A.J. is now on at 6pm and 11pm on weekends after spending several years with Kim and Jeff. Does he miss Jeff & Kim and the weekend morning shift? Does he watch the show when he's off? And what does he really think about blogs? Kim will get to the bottom of these and other topics with A.J. tomorrow on the "Weekend Morning Show" blog here on WKYC.com.

Show Blog: Sunday, June 1, 2008

10:31 a.m.
The show is over. Nothing majoy went wrong today, which is a good thing. We'll have more info on the dog coming up shortly, as well as some more behind the scenes video for you to check out.
Stay tuned for the News at noon and then our same crew will hang around to bring you "Indians On Deck" coming up at 1:30 on STO.

10:20 a.m.
We're in Between the Lines right now. Kate, our intern on Sundays is talking with Matt and learning what directors do, what they control and what TD's do as well. We'll have some behind the scenes video of it, up later!

Here's the behind the scenes control room video that Caitlin promised.



10:15 a.m.
Jeff mentioned it on air, but just a reminder. We don't have any shows next weekend. We've been preempted by the French Open. We'll be back on June 14th.

9:42 a.m.
If you didn't catch it in the first half hour, Bruce was doing his big weather hit. We had his name super up, and it was covering a storm he was talking about, so he said "Get rid of that name!" Dawn is TD-ing and Directoring right now, so she dropped his name super. It was pretty funny!

9:30 a.m.
In this half hour, Kim is interviewing some kids from Lincoln School in Lakewood. They painted chairs, which will be auctioned off to raise money for the Cleveland Foodbank. The interview is with the teacher, but the students are in studio. since they really didn't get to talk during the show, we did a behind the scenes interview with them. Check back later today those interviews.

9:13 a.m.
So we're taking your emails today. Here's our question, what summer movie are you most excited to see? Send your emails to weekendmorningshow@wkyc.com and we'll read them on the air!

9:02 a.m.
Good morning everyone! It's your producer Caitlin. I'm back today. I had yesterday off, so I could watch my younger brother graduate from high school in Columbus. Congrats Kevin! So onto today's show! We're live out at the IX Center this morning, where thousands of motorcyclists are gathering for the 22nd Annual Teddy Bear Ride. It's going to be a loud shot, but it should be fun!

Show Promo: Sunday, June 1st

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



Email: weekendmorningshow@wkyc.com

Show Blog: Saturday, May 31st

Here is a clip that Dawn shot of Matt calling and switching during the 10 o'clock half hour.



10:30 a.m.
Well, we had a couple of rocky moments. Bruce's mic fell off. That's why you couldn't hear him during his first forecast. Also, we still ended up having issues with the "Gadget" guy despite our quick hustle. We were all set to go, and realized he still didn't have a mic on. So Dawn quickly ran up and mic'd him seconds before he was on the air.

Then he went longer than expected since his "talk to type" trick didn't work the first time, and it ended up costing Bruce time at the end of the show. That's live tv, you just have to roll with whatever is thrown at you.

We'll try again tomorrow. - Matt


9:52 a.m.
It's Matt again. Dawn is wrapping up her stint as TD/Director. I'll be taking the seat in just a couple of minutes. Meanwhile, here is a clip of Dawn doing her thing as TD and director during the 9:30 portion of the show.



9:37 a.m.
It's Matt. Dawn is currently switching and directing, so it gives me a chance to blog a little. We have everything set up in studio b for the "gadget guy". If you are into electronic gadgets, stay tuned for that segment coming up in the 10 o'clock half hour. I'll have to check them out after the show if he is still here. I love that kind of stuff. Also coming up at 10 a.m. I will be switching and directing.

9:13 a.m.
This is Brooke, filling in for our regular producer. Great timely topic coming up this morning... a Doctor from Robison Memorial is in studio today, to talk about summer kids safety. Catch the interview at about 9:17.

By the way, here is Kim during a package with a quick wave to all of you in blog land. This is the view of Kim and Jeff that I have throughout the course of the show. I see them on TV like the home viewer only with backstage access.



9:07 a.m.
Hey, it's Lauren. Like Matt said, it's been a busy morning. Caitlin's not here today. I went into studio B before the show and shot some footage of the guest in there. He showed me the things he is going to show today. I got to play with his Mac Air laptop a little.

Here is that video of "Gadget Guy's" setup as shot buy our intern Lauren...



8:45 a.m.
Good Morning, it's Matt. Wow, busy morning. I just found out that one of our guests needs much more space and setup time than we had anticipated. Due to this, we had to light up studio b, white balance 3 more camera, get microphones ready, and a demo table set up all in about 10 minutes and be ready for the show to start right at 9. Gotta love live tv.

Show Promo: Saturday, May 31st

Watch as anchor Jeff Maynor and floor director Jess Starr talk about what's coming up on today's broadcast.

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Behind The Scenes, Like Never Before

If you enjoy our "Behind The Scenes" videos here on the Weekend Morning Show blog, then you will love the new twist that we've come up with for the segment. You choose the topic with our new "Behind The Scenes: On Demand" feature.

If there is any aspect of television production that you would like to see featured here, send your email requests to weekendmorningshow@wkyc.com and we will do our best to bring it to you in our new "Behind The Scenes: On Demand" segments on the Weekend Morning Show blog here on WKYC.com.

Show Blog: Sunday, May 25

10:28 a.m.
The copyright just rolled and it was another great show!

10:27 a.m.
Oh no, Bruce's maps are up and it looks like rain. We may have to dodge some raindrops.

10:26 a.m
Bruce is up next with the final weather forecast, I have to pay attention! Will we have good bar-be-que weather.

10:21 a.m.
It's Dawn and "Between The Lines" is nearly over and we're all talking about our Memorial Day plans. I'm going to be doing some house painting, and my husband is going to bar-be-que us some steaks.

10:15 a.m.
It's Matt. We're in "Between The Lines" now, which is on tape today, so it finally gives me a chance to blog. I'm still a little tired from the Kenny Chesney concert last night. It was a fun time, but what a long day. Today, I'm looking forward to the Indians game. My nephew, Logan gets a chance to be in the kids starting lineup. He's so excited. I'm heading down after the noon show, and Bruce says the weather should be great. Go Tribe!

9:45 a.m.
So our second live shot with the Greek Festival is up. Normally I have this live shots planned out ahead of time, but this week is a bit different. The coordinators are changing the guests and locations out in the field. It's not a big deal, as long as we know the names of the guests ahead of time.

9:35 a.m.
We've got two dog segments this week. We've got our regular segment that Bruce will do with the Sanctuary for Senior Dogs. Plus, Dr. Carol, a local veterinarian is here with another dog, she'll talk about treatments to keep dogs healthy.

9:11 a.m.
Good morning everyone. It's Caitlin your producer. I hope you are all enjoying your Memorial Day weekend. We're off to a good start today. We're live at the Greek Festival today. The guest for our first hit, didn't get to the location until about 5 minutes before we went live. Fortunately, he made it on time, and Chris, our photographer, got him mic'd up in time.

"Post Chesney" Show Promo: Sunday, May 25th

Weekend Morning Show Blog reaches 100 Posts!

Congratulations to the Weekend Morning Show for reaching the "100 Post" milestone. We hope that you've read each and every one of them. If you haven't, you have a lot of catching up to do. There will be lots more to come as well, so check back often.

(pictured from left: Caitlin, Bruce, Lauren, Kim, Matt, Jess, Julie, Bob, Dawn, and Raleigh)

Show Blog: Saturday, May 24, 2008

10:28 a.m.
The trivia question was a great one today! We all had different answers here in the control room and on set. Kim and Jess got it right. You should have heard the yells in here when the answer was revealed. If you missed it, check back later this week for the answer.

10:19 a.m.
Our guests at the Rib Cook-Off have been great today. They have all been talking a lot and giving us a lot of information. They are also hilarious! We are cracking up here in the booth. But they aren't the quietest guests, so when I hear them in my headset, I hear a lot of yelling, but that's ok. It's a lot of fun!

10:07 a.m.
It's Caitlin again. Things are crazy in the control room today, since I'm learning the graphics. Luckily Matt and Dawn are helping when they aren't directing and switching. Lauren has been great helping with guests today too. As for on the set, Kim really got a kick out of Dave Summers' package on food prices. She was laughing hysterically on the set.

9:40 a.m.
Hey everyone! It's Lauren, the intern. I snapped some shots of our guests in the green room before the show. I got a chance to talk to some of them and they said they were nervous, but excited. I'm sitting in the control room now, and will keep updating you on our behind-the-scene stuff during the show!

9:37 a.m
It's Caitlin again. All the producers are also learning to run our graphics system during the show. So while I am timing the show, I'm also making sure the right graphics get on the air.

9:28 a.m.
It's Matt. We're actually in the process of learning to call and switch our own shows as TD/Directors. For the next half hour, Dawn with be doing both jobs. Starting at 10 a.m. I will be doing both. If you aren't sure what that means, and would like to know, drop me an email at mbabb@wkyc.com or weekendmorningshow@wkyc.com and I'll be happy to explain it.

8:54 a.m.
Good morning everyone! This is Caitlin, your producer. I hope you are having a great Saturday morning. We've got a packed show, yet again. We're live at the rib fest and we'll have some special behind the scenes video of our three guests for today's show.

Show Promo for Saturday, May 24th

Viewer Questions Answered

Question:
I love that you guys include Bruce's Trivia question on the blog, but how do I get the answer if I miss it at the end of the show?

Ted
Lakewood

Answer:
Well, our hope is that you stay tuned until the end of the show to get the answer, but if you miss it, I post the answers here on the blog on Tuesday afternoons. That way, folks have a couple of days to play along before I give away the answer. Thanks for watching and reading the blog!

If you have a question or comment for the crew, you can send them to weekendmorningshow@wkyc.com, or you can use our handy little drop down menu located in the upper right corner of the blog where it says "Email the Staff".

Notes from the Desk

Hello Everyone! It's Julie, I'm on the Assignment Desk before, during and after the show keeping everyone, especially Producer Caitlin updated as to what's going on! If we have something breaking, she is usually the first person I tell so she is sure to have time in her show to tell all of you!

I also keep an ear on the scanners, read through all the papers and keep track of our crews, making sure they get to where they have to go!

While the show is on the air, I always try to listen and keep an ear on whats going on and what Jeff and Kim are talking about. I get viewer phone calls during the show, especially when we have a cute dog up for adoption or when Jeff and Kim ask each other questions and don't know the answer. Plus, there are always calls for the answer to Bruce's Trivia Question, and I'm sorry to say I don't ever have the answer to that one! I'd be glad to guess right along with you though!

I hope everyone is having a nice weekend! We'll see you next week! Go Cavs!!

Show Blog: Sunday, May 18th

10:27 a.m.
Congrats to Matt, he got the trivia question right! Join us again next week! We'll see you then.

10:16 a.m.
A change of pace this week, Between the Lines is live! With all the political news going on this week, the Marc Dann scandal and Pat O'Malley resigning, Tom was very busy this week. So we didn't have a chance tape the show, because Tom was out of the station out on stories. Jeff and Kim, and all of us in the control like having the show live. It worked out well this morning and was a nice twist for us.

10 a.m.
So our live shot with at HorseFest was a success. Just before our first hit, the picture kept going to black. It would sit in black for a few seconds then come back. So I was a little worried that we wouldn't have it, or we would lose the signal mid-hit. There was a little static in the anchors and guests ear pieces, but it was still a success. Just in case the signal went down, I had some other stories standing by to fill the extra time.

9:56 a.m.
Jeff and Kim are taking viewer emails again this morning. As always they are still getting the hang of using the laptops on the set. Jeff said it on air, but he gives a lot of thanks to our floor director Jess, who always is there to help him get the emails at the desk.

9:23 a.m.
Hi everyone! We've got our first winner for the Kenny Chesney tickets. Congratulations to Cheryl Riddenbaugh of Windham. We've got one more set of tickets to give away so stay tuned.

8:56 am.
Good Morning. We're hoping to be live from "Horsefest" but as of now, the location in the woods is playing games with our signal. We hope to bring it to you in today's how. Fingers crossed, here we go!

Promo for Sunday, May 18th

On location out in front of the Channel 3 studios, Jeff lets you know what is coming up on Channel 3 News starting at 9am.

Starr Sightings: Inside Studio A - "Before the show"

My day started a little earlier than normal for a Sunday. My shift starts at 6:45 on weekends, but today is the Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon so I got here at 6:15 to make sure I got into the parking lot. The runners go right past WKYC. Best of luck to them. It's great that there is such a wonderful turnout even though it is raining and a bit chilly.

Most of us got here early and set up the studio. With all of the breaking political news this week, Tom Beres will be live with his weekly Between the Lines segment.

The laptops are set up and ready to go for Kim and Jeff. We'll be taking viewer emails about Game 7 for the Cavs and the anchors will read some on the air... so send them in!

Enjoy the show. I'll keep you posted if anything happens in the studio! It should be a busy morning.

Stay tuned,

Jess Starr

Email: jstarr@wkyc.com

Show Blog: Saturday, May 17th

10:28 a.m.
Thanks for joining us today! If you can get out to NASA Glenn today, they have a lot of great exhibits to check out. And if you didn't win Kenny Chesney tickets this morning, check back with us tomorrow, we're giving away two more sets on the morning show.

10:10 a.m.
We had a story in this first block in the 10:00 half hour about a theater production in Geauga County. This was Jeff's story idea. He went and saw the production with his wife and took some pictures. He brought the pictures in with him this morning, but we didn't have anyone here to put them into our video system. So Dawn was able to take stills of the pictures from the control room and mount them on the background. When the story aired, Dawn ran the stills from the control room also. Check the blog later today to see the video of her making the stills and airing them.

9:50 a.m.
Bruce is doing his big weather forecast again. He gave a little shoutout to our latest blog contributor, Mike O'Mara! He's out on his boat today and he's giving us updates about how the water is today!

9:36 a.m.
It's Matt. We just hit the break before sports, and so far things are going pretty smooth in the control room. We shot a little behind the scenes video of Caitlin and our new intern, Lauren, who just joined us today, getting our next guest, Fantashia Stevens, and taking her into the studio. We'll post that video after the show. You can see that segment coming up in just a few minutes on Channel 3 News.



9:24 a.m.
Things are extra busy in the control room today because we are taking callers for the ticket giveaway, so I have to man the phones today. Luckily, Lauren our new Channel 3 intern is here and ready to help! Check back to the blog later, we've got some behind the scenes video about how we take calls in the control room that we will post.



8:59 a.m.
Good morning, everyone! It's Caitlin, your producer. We've got a packed show again today, and we're giving away Kenny Chesney tickets so stay tuned throughout the show to win!

8:52 a.m.
Good Morning! It's Matt. We're just about ready to get going here. Our live shot from NASA is tuned in and ready to go. Anchors are getting mic'd up as I type. The crew is all set... I hope. See you at 9am!

Kim's Promo for Saturday, May 17th

OK, so the promo is a little dark. That is definitely Kim Wheeler and Jess Starr that you see, or don't see, but keep in mind it's early in the morning for us too. We like to keep the control room nice and dark until it's show time, and even then we don't like it too much brighter. We call it our control room "mood" lighting. Anyhow, here's what is coming up on today's show.



Email Kim: kimwheeler@wkyc.com
Email Jess: jstarr@wkyc.com

Happy Mother's Day! Sunday, May 11th

10:30 a.m.
Happy Mother's Day to all. I hope you enjoyed the show this morning. We had fun showing pictures of our moms. If you missed them, you can see them here on the blog just below where you are reading now. Also coming up on the blog, we'll try to add some more of you emails of how you will be spending Mother's Day with your mom. Also, Jeff will share with you a behind the scenes look at last night's Rock Hall Benefit, and our producer Caitlin will share a look behind the scenes at how today's show was put together, starting with when she walked in to an empty newsroom early, early this morning.

Check back often, and tell your friends about the new Weekend Morning Show Blog here on WKYC.com.

Matt, Director

10:25 a.m.
Make sure you check back later today. We're going to put a nice little behind the scenes segment that I taped overnight. You'll get to see what I do to prepare the show.

10:17 a.m.
Hey everyone. A funny story to share from the control room here. Another thing I do while we are on the air, if I have time, is start to put together the noon show. So today, I started to put together the noon show, only to remember we DON'T have a noon show today! I've known it for days but I just completely forgot during the show! Director Matt was making fun of me, and asked how long I had been working on it. Fortunately, I only put in a few stories and had only spent a few minutes, but even still. Now you can see, all this busy work, makes me forget that I'm off early today!

10:10 a.m.
It's Caitlin again. Thanks to Matt for helping me with the blog today. I've been going back and forth trying to add these graphics. Anyway, we've been showing pictures from the crew and Jeff and Kim of all of us with our mother's, or in Kim's case her with her kids. All the pictures are posted on the blog too.

10:07 a.m.
It's Matt, the director. With Del's piece on the air, I finally have a chance to contribute to today's show blog. Keep sending in those Mother's Day emails, and we will post some of the ones that don't get on the air right here on the blog.

9:54 a.m.
I have to apologize to our blog watchers today. I have been very busy in the booth today. I've been reading emails and trying to put in graphics for our viewer emails segments. Plus, I have to get the guests and bring them out to the studio. I know, no excuses, but it just has been busy. But the viewer emails are coming up next!

8:58 a.m.
Happy Mother's Day! We're getting ready to go. Today we are taking viewer emails and asking people to tell us what they are doing with their moms for Mother's Day. Jeff and Kim will read some of them on air.

Promo for Sunday, May 11 with Jeff and Bruce

Promo for Saturday, May 10th

Jeff Maynor gives you an inside look, from "Room 1", at what is coming up on today's show.

Sunday, May 4, 2008

10:20 a.m.
We're in Between the Lines now. I have been very busy today during the show. Since we are taking your emails, I've been busy creating graphics and re-writing scripts for the anchors for this segment. But the emails are great and Kim and Jeff love reading all of them.

10:15 a.m.
Well, that's the beauty of live TV! If you were watching for the second live hit at Progressive Field, just before 10:00, you probably heard Jeff toss out there, then Kim switch to a commercial break. Well, a little behind the scenes tidbit for you. Right as Jeff was tossing to the live shot, we lost our live signal. I had to tell the anchors in their ear, to go to the break. Luckily, Chris Kunz, our photographer in the mornings, was able to get the signal back during the break, and we were able to come back out to Progressive Field right at the top of the 10:00 show. With live TV you just have to adjust on the fly like that, and the anchors filled the mistake beautifully.

9:46 a.m.
As a producer, my job is to keep us on time for the show. But we've had a lot of chatting today which is making it hard to stay on time. Normally, I love the extra chat time, but today we've got a very full show, plus viewer emails, so there's not a lot of wiggle room. When we get heavy like this, I end up killing stories or cut a little time here there to get back on track. Sometimes Bruce will have to do weather in 2 minutes and 30 seconds rather than 3 minutes. Bruce is great, he can adjust to whatever my needs are for the show. So on other occasions if I need to fill time, I can always count on him, or the anchors will fill with more stories and chatting.

9:22 a.m.
We had a great story in our second block this morning. Its about a man in Denver who wants a city commission to handle any issues that come if aliens were to land on Earth. The story really made Jeff laugh. You can catch it again at noon and on our website.

9:06 a.m
We want to hear from you today! Send us an email this morning telling us who you think the Cavs should play in the second round of the playoffs, the Celtics or the Hawks. Email Kim or Jeff at kimwheeler@wkyc.com or jeffmaynor@wkyc.com. We'll read some responses on the show later this morning.

9:00 a.m.
Good morning! This is Caitlin. We've got a great show for you this morning. We are live at Progressive Field for Kids Fun Day. Also, we're asking for your comments on the show today, and we'll read some responses on the air, so stay tuned for that! Here we go!

Good Sunday Morning!

10:30 a.m.
So that's today's show, thanks for joining us. We were a little tight there at the end, but we were able to squeeze in Bruce's trivia. We were all guessing here in the control and Dawn guessed right! Have a great Sunday and we'll see you back here next Saturday!

10:15 a.m.
So we are into Between the Lines right now. This segment takes up most of this half hour. When we come back Bruce will give us a final look at the forecast! The temperatures are dropping.

9:55 a.m.
We just had Deborah Workman on, from the Sanctuary for Senior Dogs. She brought with her Ruby, a very sweet Dobermann. Ruby was very well behaved. If you want to meet Ruby or any other dogs from the Sanctuary, they are having an adoption event this afternoon at 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. The Sanctuary is located at 4681 Broadview Road, Cleveland, OH 44109. The phone number is 216-485-9233.

9:15 a.m.
Here's another Del's Folks Classic. This is a longer one, almost 4 minutes! But it's all about wedding cake, and I don't know about you, but I love looking at the decorations and of course it all looks delicious. Up next... Bruce's forecast!

9:10 a.m.
So we are off and running and so far so good. In this block we are going live to Little Italy where they are having a street festival. The festival is going on from noon to 5 p.m. today. The festival is meant to promote buying from local businesses as part of the I Buy NEO program, sponsored by COSE (Council of Smaller Enterprises.) There will a lot of great food and fun activities for the kids and families.

8:57 a.m.

Good morning everyone! This is Caitlin Kollar. I'm going to be producing the weekend morning show for the next few weeks. Thanks for checking in with us. We are about 2 minutes out from the show. To give you an idea of what we're doing today, we're live in Little Italy where they are preparing for today's street festival. We also have a guest who will speak about a fundraiser for the victims of the E. 87 fire from 2005. Hope you enjoy and there is more to come.

It's Saturday Morning!

10:27
We've reached the end of the road for this show and for me. I am moving on to produce a health show for the Cleveland Clinic. I hope you enjoy the weekend morning show and the blog in the future. Thanks for letting us in to your homes every weekend.

10:24
It was good to see Mike D'Amato in Del's piece today. He's a good guy who spent a lot of years in this business.

10:18
I have just confirmed that there is a real answer to Bruce's trivia question. This is by far the trickiest one he's come up with.


10:12
By the way, the Diversity walk is next Saturday at 8am. Channel 3's Romona Robinson will be there. It's a great family event. If you go, don't forget to check out the weekend morning blog when you get home.

9:50
Today's trivia question is tough. I think everyone is guessing today.
9:35
The Diversity Walk interview turned out to be two people. I thought it was only one. Jess and Raleigh had to hustle to get an extra chair out there. Good work.

9:15
I will take the blame on the "hoofs" talk. I love it when Jeff locks in on something. I wrote the "talk about hoofing it" line about the guy who rides his horse to work, now Jeff is having lots of fun with it. You never know what will stick with him. Today it's the hoof.

9:13
Producer panic moment. Whenever I have an actor or actress on the show I get a little nervous that they will show up on time. I am already considering my backup plan. Mariette Hartley is our guest at 9:23 and I have not seen her out there yet. We'll see what happens.

9:11
Today is a little different in that we are only going to do two live on the scene interviews (talkbacks) today. That gave me a little more room in the last half-hour of the show to get more stories in. There are a few good ones in there (I think).


9:09
We are off and running. We all got a laugh out of Jeff and his "hoof" comments.

8:54
It's producer Dave Grendzynski in the control about five minutes before the show. So far, so good. Jeff is back and in place. Greg Klinc is directing today for Matt, who is off.

Greg has worked on the show for a long time and knows it well.

We just had a momentary panic about our live shot. It suddenly went to black, but we came to find out that Chris did that on his own on scene.

Weekend Morning Show from Sunday, April 20th

10:27
Matt just said we are in for a comfortable landing. That means we won't run out of time. Nice way to end the show. Another one is in the books. Look for our behind the scenes video later today. Thanks to Matt, Dawn, Bethany, Jose, Jerry, Julie, Torris and Chris for another great weekend!

This was our first shot at the blog. We will live and learn each week. Feel free to comment on anything you read or see. Thanks for playing.

10:22
The one thing that always seems to happen on Sunday is that we get a little tight at the end. Bruce has to get the forecast and the answer to trivia answer in, so we always seem to run out of time. Let's see what happens this week.

10:16
Behind the scenes note. The producer is the person who keeps track of the time during the show, but when I went out to the studio to do our website feature, the job fell into Matt's hands. He multi-tasked his way through that segment. I gave him our target times and he kept Bruce right on time.



10:06
This is where things are a little different for us on Sunday. Between The Lines is usually taped, so there is not much for us to do during this segment but watch. Tom usually tapes on Thursday. I help him get his segment set for the director, but he decides the content on his own. This is Tom's baby. I like it. We hope you do too.

What I do during the little break is finish preparations on the noon show, which I also have to do, or go out to the assignment desk to see if there is anything happening.

It is nice to get a little breather. We don't get that on Saturdays.

10:04
Another Del classic.

9:59
I just watched the behind the scenes look at getting a guest. Sorry about the extended ceiling shot. I was trying NOT to step on the dogs.

9:55
By the way, I was surprised Greg had two dogs this morning. Sometimes it's hard enough to control one. I have to give him credit today.

9:54
So our little experiment was a success! When we showed the website on the air, I was clicking and scrolling live on the air. We hope that makes it easier for everyone to find the blog.

9:44
Just took Greg Willey into the studio and taped it all for you to see. We just wanted to give you an idea of what happens during a break when a guest segment is coming up.



9:36
I just got back to the control room. I went out to the studio to explain to Kim what we are planning after the dog segment. We will post that video later too.
You can see exactly what happened during the break.



9:31
We are going to try something this morning. We are going to put our website up "live" on the air and try to show those who may not know, how to find our blog.

9:26
A funny little moment before we talked with Steve Taylor at the zoo. I kept giving him a "stand by" cue every time I thought Bruce was wrapping up. It took three or four, but we finally got there.

9:23
Bruce just revealed the trivia question and I have to admit that I already know the answer. I heard him telling someone earlier today. I can't play and Matt Babb is out too.

9:18
It's never over until it's over. I just spent the last five minutes adding a script to the next half-hour. You will see it after Bruce does this week's dog segment. I still have to go out to the set and explain to Kim what we are going to do. We are going to change that block of news. There is a lot of "drop and add" during a newscast.

9:11
Mike Solomon is here and ready to go. He's one of our legal analysts and he will be talking about online medical records today. Mike does a good job of finding topical stories to talk about each week. It's my job to take his script and add the video and the graphics that you see when the segment airs.

9:07
I just shot some video of our Director Matt Babb and Technical Director Dawn Ermler. I want you to see what they're doing during a typical block of news. We'll post it after the show.



9:03
Sunday shows are a little different because we have "Between The Lines" at 10:10 A.M. That makes my job a little more difficult because I have less time to get everything I want you to see in the show.

9:01
It's Dave in the control room. Sunday morning's show is off and running.

Sunday's Promo with Kim Wheeler and producer Dave Grendzynski

Good Sunday Morning!

Producer Dave Grendzynski here! I just want to let you know what you'll see this morning on Channel 3 News Today.

We'll have the latest on the food poisoning incident at Chipotle in Kent. The number of sick people grew once again. Plus, highlights from the Cavs big win yesterday and we'll hear from the Wizards Brendon Haywood about his little skirmish with LeBron James. What was that about?

Today's law segment will detail online medical records. How safe is this, really? We'll be live at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo for the "Earthfest 2008". It ties in with "Earthday", which is Tuesday. There will be lots of things for the family to do out there today.

And of course, in the 10am half-hour, it's "Between The Lines" with Tom Beres. The changes at Continental Airlines and the closing of the Third District police station are just two of the topics that will be discussed.

Plus- 1,200 young women show up to the beach WITHOUT their bikinis.

It all starts at 9am with Kim Wheeler and Bruce Kalinowski. See you then.

Check out the brand new "WKYC Channel 3 News StreamCenter" on Facebook.

The WKYC Channel 3 StreamCenter is your one stop shop in Facebook to access streaming video from wkyc.com. Watch the latest investigations from Tom Meyer, a live feed of Channel 3's Weather Plus, consumer, political, education, health reports and more! You'll find links to all our regular on-line video features-Investigative, Weather Plus, Education, Health, Politics, Consumer, CommuterCast, and Sports.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/WKYC-Channel-3-News-StreamCenter/15025489187?ref=nf

Enjoy!

And We're Off! (Saturday, April 19th)

10:28
We've reached the end of the show. We hope you like the blog idea. Keep coming back and look for the play by play each weekend. We had a great show today! In the tv business we call this one "clean". Hope you enjoyed it too.

10:23
We're doing our last (what we call in television)"talkback" with Lisa Umina at St. Augustine's. This is where I tell you about Chris Kunz, the photographer who does those shots for us every weekend. Chris does a great job for us. He's a pro.

10:20
A big thank you to our Technical Director, Dawn Ermler. She is great at whipping up a graphic when we need one, like our blog graphic today.
Also, good try Julie. Julie Ocepek (our aforementioned assigment editor) went to the blog and answered the trivia question. She was the only one to play. I won't tell you if she got it right. Keep it in mind next week though. You can submit your answer online.

By the way. Jeff, Kim, and the crew... we never know what Bruce is going to ask, so we play along, just like you do. Bruce comes up with some crazy ones. The whole trivia thing started with AJ Colby when he did weekend mornings. Bruce has not missed a beat.

10:14
So we're coming up to Del Donahoo's segment- "The Del's Folks Classic". I have to say I love Del. He is such an interesting person to talk to. I love his stories about the "old days" of television. He once took a job because the station had a hot plate. Unfortunately, when he arrived there for his first day, the hot plate was gone! It seemed like it worked out for him though. I still think that some of these stories, which are close to 30 years old, are timeless and I like them alot. I hope you do too.

10:10
Here's another inside tv note. The interview goes shorter than you planned, so you have to fill the time somehow. How? Call Bruce and tell him he just picked up 30 seconds. That's why he was a little late getting to the set just now. He was adding graphics to his weather segment because of me. Sorry Bruce.

10:05
In the seconds before the Josh Taylor interview started I was working fast to get the graphic that you see behind the interview set to work. We had a little problem, but we fixed it. I call this the "Producer Olympics". Situations producers get into, then must get out of, in record time.

10:03
Josh Taylor from the Downtown Cleveland Alliance is here to talk about tomorrow's "I Love Downtown" trolley tour. For 20 bucks you can hop on a trolley and tour a lot of places to live in Downtown Cleveland. They'll also make stops at a couple of restaurants too. It sounds like a great idea and the "Alliance" is working hard to do their part to get and keep people downtown.

9:57
More behind the scenes. Bethany Fox is floor directing today and we had her run up the stairs into web world and get the blog page up on the computer up there, so we can show it all to you on tv. Gotta go get a guest. Be right back.

9:48
The glory of television. I just sprinted across the newsroom to grab some information for Kim, then sprinted out to the set to get it to her before the break ended. On my way back in, I saw Josh Taylor from the Downtown Cleveland Alliance. He will be on at 10am to talk about a trolley tour downtown tomorrow. When I got back in here, Matt Babb told me he spilled his Powerade all over himself. I told you, the glory of television.

9:43
If you haven't seen the Olympic Stadium in Beijing yet, it is pretty cool. They call it "The Bird's Nest", which is pretty self-explanatory.







9:40
Added to my duties today- the blog. This is the first time we've done this, so we are trying to figure it out as we go. I keep posting stuff with Matt Babb (our director) and we keep calling out to Julie Ocepek on the assignment desk to jump on WKYC.COM to make sure it works.

9:32
A great event is underway at St. Augustine's on West 14th Street in Tremont. They're collecting things like diapers, formula, and Giant Eagle gift cards. They're calling it "Fill The Wagon" and it runs until 3pm this afternoon. We will be there live all morning long. I remember helping out St. Augustine when I was a student at Central Catholic High School.

9:23
Bruce just revealed today's trivia question (I have no clue what the answer is). He also told us it his 34th wedding anniversary today.

He admitted he forgot after Kim brought it up.

9:17
Great information on body sculpting today from Dr. John Pederson from Summa.

9AM
Hey! This is Dave Grendzynski, the Weekend Morning Producer at WKYC. The show has begun. What a great shot from out in front of the "Q".
Fanfest today before the Cavs and Wizards.

During the show, I spend most of my time watching the time. I make sure the interviews stay on track and Bruce gets all the time he needs for weather. I am also running in and out grabbing the guests and taking them into the studio. Like right now, gotta go get the doctor. Body sculpting is today's topic.

***Thanks to Floor Director Bethany Fox for today's behind the scenes cell phone photos***

Saturday's Show (April 19th, 2008)

Today, I am all by myself! Jeff is off today, so I will feel like I'm doing a marathon in TV terms.

We have a lot of interesting interviews and stories. We will be live in Tremont at St. Augustine's Church. A local author is helping raise food donations and kicking off her new children's book, too. All the donations will go in a big green wagon...a John Deere tractor trailor was donated for the event.


As many of us start thinking about bathing suits(I prefer not to) we have a doctor coming on to talk about Body Sculpting. A procedure that eliminates excess skin after gastric bypass surgery or childbirth.



And who could forget the CAVS--playoffs start today at 12:30. The Wizards and CAVs have been trading a lot of comments...someone even said Lebron is over-rated! Bruce has some tricky trivia up his sleeve,too. See you at 9am, Kim

Welcome to the Channel 3 News Weekend Morning Show Blog!

The Staff of Channel 3 News Today (Weekend Edition)

• Kim Wheeler - Anchor
• Jeff Maynor - Anchor
• Bruce Kalinowski - Meteorologist
• Dave Grendzynski - Producer
• Matt Babb - Director
• Greg Klinc - Fill-In Director
• Dawn Ermler-Fischer - Technical Director
• Jose Montano - Audio Operator
• Raleigh Himmelright - Robotic Camera Operator
• Jessica Starr - Production Assistant/Floor Director
• Julie Sartschev - Editor/Room 1 Operator
• Jerry Johnson - Editor/Sigac
• Chris Kunz - Photographer/Live Truck Operator
• Bob Bassett - Tape Operator
• Torris Williams - Master Control Operator
• Julie Ocepek - News Assistant
• Jamillah Riase - News Assistant

In the coming weeks here on the brand new WKYC Weekend Morning Show blog, we hope to bring our viewers unique insight behind the scenes of our show. Posts will be written by the staff that brings you the news each and every Saturday and Sunday morning at 9am on Channel 3. For example, production assistant Jess Starr has already begun her "Starr Sightings: Inside Studio A" in which she gives you the inside scoop as to what goes on in the studio during a live broadcast.

We're planning to incorporate Bruce's Trivia question on the blog so that you can play along from home with the anchors.

You'll know ahead of time what you can expect to see on the upcoming show with our exclusive "online only" promo that will be available 1 hour before show time.

The Weekend Morning Show Blog will also provide a place for you, the viewer, to provide us with your feedback, respond to recent shows or articles and discuss any topic you would like with us.

In the coming weeks, we hope to add a live interactive chat, behind the scenes video, and even online polls discussing the very topics that Jeff and Kim discuss on air.

It's very exciting for our staff to bring this new experiment to you. We hope you'll enjoy it!

Welcome to the WKYC Weekend Morning Show Blog

The Staff of Channel 3 News Today (Weekend Edition)

• Kim Wheeler - Anchor
• Jeff Maynor - Anchor
• Bruce Kalinowski - Meteorologist
• Dave Grendzynski - Producer
• Matt Babb - Director
• Greg Klinc - Fill-In Director
• Dawn Ermler-Fischer - Technical Director
• Jose Montano - Audio Operator
• Raleigh Himmelright - Robotic Camera Operator
• Jessica Starr - Production Assistant/Floor Director
• Julie Sartschev - Editor/Room 1 Operator
• Jerry Johnson - Editor/Sigac
• Chris Kunz - Photographer/Live Truck Operator
• Bob Bassett - Tape Operator
• Torris Williams - Master Control Operator
• Julie Ocepek - News Assistant
• Jamillah Riase - News Assistant

In the coming weeks here on the brand new WKYC Weekend Morning Show blog, we hope to bring our viewers unique insight behind the scenes of our show. Posts will be written by the staff that brings you the news each and every Saturday and Sunday morning at 9am on Channel 3. For example, production assistant Jess Starr has already begun her "Starr Sightings: Inside Studio A" in which she gives you the inside scoop as to what goes on in the studio during a live broadcast.

We're planning to incorporate Bruce's Trivia question on the blog so that you can play along from home with the anchors.

You'll know ahead of time what you can expect to see on the upcoming show with our exclusive "online only" promo that will be available 1 hour before show time.

The Weekend Morning Show Blog will also provide a place for you, the viewer, to provide us with your feedback, respond to recent shows or articles and discuss any topic you would like with us.

In the coming weeks, we hope to add a live interactive chat, behind the scenes video, and even online polls discussing the very topics that Jeff and Kim discuss on air.

It's very exciting for our staff to bring this new experiment to you. We hope you'll enjoy it!