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History Early history. The station first signed on the air on September 7, 1957. Coincidentally, it was the fourth television station (and the third commercial station) to sign on in the New Orleans media market, behind WDSU-TV (channel 6), WJMR-TV (channel 61, now WVUE-DT on channel 8) and non-commercial WYES-TV (channel 8, now on channel 12)—all signing on in under a timeframe of nine years.
In April 1975, Angela Hill was hired as the consumer reporter for WWL-TV, the CBS affiliate in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. [4] [6] [7] [10] [11] In September 1975, Hill became the first female anchor at WWL-TV. [10] [12] Between 1975 and 2013, she co-anchored the 5 PM, 6 PM and 10 PM newscasts. For several years she was paired with anchor ...
She was hired as a member of the news team at WWL-TV in New Orleans, Louisiana, on March 31, 1977, and co-anchored the Eyewitness Morning News with Eric Paulsen. She retired in 2018. Interviewing Rear Admiral Ann Phillips in 2012 Author. She is the author of Going Live: An Anchorwoman Reports Good News.
WUPL (channel 54) is a television station licensed to Slidell, Louisiana, United States, serving the New Orleans area as an affiliate of MyNetworkTV. It is owned by Tegna Inc. alongside CBS affiliate WWL-TV (channel 4). The two stations share studios on Rampart Street in the historic French Quarter district; WUPL's transmitter is located on ...
During coverage of major hurricanes affecting the state (as has happened with Hurricanes Katrina in 2005 and Gustav in 2008), LPB's Baton Rouge facilities are used by New Orleans CBS affiliate WWL-TV (channel 4) as a backup studio to provide additional news coverage from the station inland, and act as the station's main set should WWL-TV be ...
Melanie Hebert. Melanie Ann Hebert (born in Marrero, Louisiana, United States) is an American journalist. She formerly anchored the weekday morning news at the city's NBC affiliate WDSU and anchoring weekday mornings at the CBS affiliate WWL-TV in New Orleans. Hebert has also appeared in several films and TV shows as a news reporter.
Margaret Victoria "Meg" Farris (born April 30, 1958) is the Medical Reporter at WWL-TV, the CBS affiliate in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Farris began her career in journalism at WWL-TV in May 1981. [1] Prior to being promoted to Medical Reporter at WWL-TV, Farris worked as a Desk Assistant, Assistant Assignment Editor and Satellite Coordinator.
Bill Elder (newscaster) William Stanley Elder Jr. (January 28, 1938 – September 17, 2003) was an anchor and investigative reporter for WWL-TV, the CBS -affiliated television station in New Orleans, from July 1966 to February 2000, nicknamed the " Mike Wallace of Louisiana" because of his hard-hitting stories. [1]