![]() ![]() ![]() Naturally, I came to a stop and looked up while waiting for it for change colors. And, we're in a new year, so it's time for all the goal-getters to stay on track with their health and fitness goals. Lee Nelson of WCSH 6's NewsCenter Morning Report interviews Mark Leaman about Cabin Fever: The Game from Maine and takes a break to play the game with Kevin Mannix. BATESVILLE – The outside temperature warmed up enough recently for the next mural in the Batesville Community Education Foundation’s (BCEF) Art on Main series to be installed. Lee Nelson of News Center Maine recently went viral for a batch of modeling photos that were uploaded to Facebook. PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) - Maine's winter weather provided the inspiration for a new game to help you get through the next snowstorm. She co-anchors with Pat Callaghan at 5 and 6 and with Rob Caldwell at 5:30. Nelson … Cindy Williams (journalist) is an award-winning news anchor with WCSH 6 in Portland, Maine. He also writes the Art Seen feature.(Error Code: 102630) Past and present morning report crew say goodbye and congrats to Lee Nelson. It’s not the gruff, old-school Fred Nutter delivering the official Channel 6 editorial line I remember as much as the chain-smoking Fred Nutter I often ran into huddled against the winter cold out on Congress Square smoking a butt.Įdgar Allen Beem has been writing The Universal Notebook weekly since 2003, first for The Forecaster and now for the Phoenix. Susan Collins last year.īut when I think back over my long, voyeuristic association with WCSH, the person I most often think of is Fred Nutter, the station’s long-time news and editorial director. And Green traded on his television persona to help reelect U.S. Elliott died of a heart attack while riding his bike in Fort Williams in 1997. Silverbrand is still doing “Dave’s People” for KIEM-TV in Eureka, California. And “Bill Green’s Maine” aired from 2000 until his retirement in 2019. Bob Elliott came back to Portland from the bigtime to tape “Bob’s Basement” from 1986 to 1996. Dave Silverbrand played that role with “Dave’s People” on WGME. My guess is Hannah Dineen will be up next now that Jessica Gagne has left.Īnd then there’s the Lite ‘n’ Brite feature reporter. ![]() The WCSH formula also calls for a girl-next-door reporter, a position admirably filled over the years by Kathleen Shannon, Caroline Cornish, and now Amanda Hill. And Fox became an Emmy-winning reporter and anchor at WUSA in Washington, D.C. Gillen became a major reporter in Miami and two years ago settled an age discrimination suit against her employer. There was a time in the late 1980s when I was convinced that Michelle Gillen (1970s), Jan Fox (1980s), and Cindy Williams (since 1989) were all the same person. The ageless Pat Callaghan, the late Bruce Glasier, the boyish Rob Caldwell, the eternal Lee Goldberg, and retirees Bill Green, Lee Nelson, and Joe Cupo are News Center lifers.Īnd the boys were always complemented by a worldly woman from away. One of the reasons WCSH rose to the top in the ratings was the continuity and longevity of its staff, many of whom were local folks. All three were a bit flakey, but they were our flakes. When I started watching Channel 6 news in the 1960s, Larry Geraghty was the anchor, Don McWilliams reported local sports and Ellis O’Brien was the weatherman. I guess if you own 68 stations, as Virginia-based Tegna, WCSH’s parent company, does, it makes good economic sense to franchise the news, but thanks, but no thanks. Then there are these canned Verify spots. I find myself switching to WMTW for local sports coverage.Īnd what’s with airing the same stories at 4, 5, 6, and 11 p.m.? It’s not more news, it’s the same news stretched thin. There’s so much meteorological talk, in fact, that I often can’t figure out what the weather is actually going to be.Ĭhannel 6 also all but stopped reporting sports after Bruce Glasier died and Lee Goldberg went to mornings. Weather, for instance, used to be a five- to 10-minute afterthought on the evening news, but now it seems to dominate. Same news morning, noon, and night.”ĭon’t get me wrong, I still prefer WCSH to WGME (Sinclair Broadcasting airs conservative propaganda) and WMTW (news of New Hampshire), but I have become something of a curmudgeon about my news. ![]() My complaint goes something like this: “Too much weather, not enough news, no sports at all. As a news junkie and Portland native, I am a lifelong viewer of WCSH, but lately, I find myself grumbling a lot at News Center Maine. ![]()
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