Get the latest Detroit news, weather, traffic and more that you need throughout the day from WXYZ-TV Channel 7 Come September, I am beyond thrilled to join @wxyzdetroit as their weekend sports anchor & reporter. Jeanna helped create the award-winning 19th Hole when the PGA Tour Champions returned to Greater Flint. WXYZ: Anchor and reporter. On January 26, 2014, WXYZ-TV discontinued the Sunday Sports Update in favor of expanding its Sunday 11 p.m. newscast to one hour. And Im like, Oh, my God! Jeanna said. By 1973, WXYZ-TV's newscasts became the highest-rated in Detroit for the first time ever, a lead it would maintain for almost four decades. He broke a big story Aug. 5, 2015, when he was in the lower bowels of Comerica Park and saw then-Tigers president and general manager Dave Dombrowski go into a room, and come out a short while later with his son, who was crying. However, Bonds had public battles with alcoholism which are credited with his dismissal from the station in 1995. Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. "That story registers with me," Rose said. As far as round numbers go, 35 seemed like a good one to go out on, LewAllen says. Mar 13. WXYZ-TV has been active in several community service projects. [10] This deal, which displaced Fox from WKBD-TV (channel 50), prompted CBS to attempt to lure WXYZ-TV, as well as sister station WEWS-TV in Cleveland to drop its ABC affiliation in favor of switching to CBS; WDIV was not an option for the network, as that station had a long-term affiliation contract with NBC at the time. !Best to you and your family!!! WXYZ-TV's Action News was named the best television newscast in the U.S. by United Press International in 1989.[24]. It's a great source of amusement in the Trotman home these days. He has been working as a sports reporter since joining Channel 7 in 1988. We're running a new-subscriber special. WWWW: On air talent Mark Addy joins WRIF, WXYZ: Retired from WXYZ in 1989 and died in 1993. I had no idea this was your last telecast!!!! Brad was born and raised in Metro Detroit and . Brett Kast. During the interviews, Bonds confronted the Detroit area's public officials and newsmakers with hard-hitting and sometimes controversial questions. Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way. ", Said Galli: "Justin loves the Detroit sports scene, the sports scene in Michigan. Somebody, Zach said, was waiting for a name in a newspaper., You gave me your number! Jeanna protested with a big laugh. She was promoted to sports director and stayed in Minnesota for two years. Stock photo provided by Pexels. It was nearly dinner time at the Trotmans home, where they have lived for barely a month. Detroit Free Press, March 8, 1989, Page 22. They plan to go to a Tigers game this summer. She also workedforNews 12, anall-news channel for the New York City and New Jersey regions. In 2002, WXYZ-TV entered into a news share agreement with Viacom, then-owner of WWJ-TV and UPN affiliate WKBD-TV to produce WKBD's 10 p.m. newscast; this resulted in WKBD shutting down its news department, while also effectively cancelling the newscast it produced for WWJ-TV. It is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company alongside independent station WMYD (channel 20). Dave LewAllen said goodbye to his WXYZ-TV (7 Action News) co-workers and viewers at the end of Thursday's 6 p.m. newscast, not long after meteorologist Dave Rexroth . Phil Wrobel - Creative Services Director - philip.wrobel@wxyz.com. Even at 5-11, she was too short to be a middle hitter at the Division-I level. LewAllen made the permanent switch to news in 2004 after serving as a weekend sports anchor for years. If you can help, please use the comment form below., WXYZ: Good Afternoon Detroit library, production., WXYZ: Host of Prize Movie. As a senior, he was put into the game and scored a touchdown with mother, Debbie, who was battling terminal bone cancer, watching from the stands. Recent Sightings: , WXYZ: Associate Producer for Kelly and Company. The station's digital signal continued to broadcast on its pre-transition UHF channel 41. But it was that drive that pushed Jeanna forward. [14] The station shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 7, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. John Cook . WJBK began using the channel 7 allocation for its digital signal after the transition. Former WXYZ-TV general manager John Pival is credited for launching several other popular innovative programs in the 1950s and 1960s including the World Adventure Series with host George Pierrot, an author on world travel and a speaker at the Detroit Institute of Arts. 5 feet 6 inches (162 cm) Spouse. She is a woman of above-average stature. Jeanna began playing volleyball while she was a university student. On Sept. 1, Rose, of Huntington Woods, will be leaving the station and the business at least, the traditional broadcasting business. She is currently a sports reporter and anchor at WXYZ in Detriot ( ABC7 News). 5 feet 9 inches. Hosted western movies. He received a Merit Award from the Michigan Association of Broadcasters for Best Sportscast in 2014. The Emmy Award-winning reporter and frequent weekend anchor, who grew up in New Jersey, told the Free Press that she is thankful to the TV station and the city for the opportunities they've given her. News Director at KNBC. The Sports Reporters was a sports talk show that aired on ESPN at 9:30 a.m. Instead, the puck somehow slipped through the smallest hole and beat Wings goalie Petr Mrazek. Syma Chowdhry spoke directly to viewersduringSunday morning's7 Action News broadcast to let them know it would be her final weekend at Detroit's WXYZ-TV (Channel 7). Dombrowski had been fired. Brad was named Michigan Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sports Media Association for 2018. One of Chowdhry's most memorable stories for 7 Action News was abouttheviral video of a brideposingfor photos in Beirut at the moment of the huge August 2020 explosion that rocked the city. I miss everything, he said as his voice began to quaver. Sports. Contact Detroit Free Press pop culture critic Julie Hinds at jhinds@freepress.com. She graduated with an undergraduate degree from Lake Superior State University. Under the direction of general manager Jim Osborn and news director Phil Nye, the station would lure popular news personalities from rival stations, WJBK-TV and WDIV-TV (then known as WWJ-TV) to join its already well-known anchors Dave Diles and Bill Bonds. She now goes by Jeanna Trotman after she married former NHL defenseman Zach Trotman in 2017. Later, Jeanna enrolled for a masters degree in Broadcast Journalism at Boston University. Broadcasting, July 13, 1987 George Bebout, WXYZ: TV News Writer/Producer, Investigative Producer and Copy Editor. After seven years, WXYZ sports anchor/reporter Justin Rose anchored his final weekend show with a touching farewell tribute. Robert Baldrica Broadcasting Magazine June 14, 1954, WXYZ: Videographer Social networks: LinkedIn.com, TV news reporter. After all those years of being apart because of Zachs NHL career and Jeannas climb up the TV-market ladder, the jolly chaos of a squawking child and a barking dog are more than welcomed part of daily life most young families take for granted. It is also carried on cable in Grand Marais, Michigan. Jeanna, 31, grew up in Sterling Heights but its been a long, hard road back to the Detroit area, where she and Zach have finally settled down after working demanding careers that required them to live in 14 different homes, eight alone since the pandemic begin. Zach, who had not scored an NHL goal yet, decided to step up into the play. Pro athletes often find something to dislike about their routine after several years. The newscast was canceled in late 2004 due to poor viewership (today, WKBD airs local news under the CBS News Now format and WWJ-TV resumed local newscasts with the launch of CBS News Detroit in January 2023). Zach played well, but with the score tied at 2 with 2:08 left, he did the unthinkable. She is a former NCAA athlete and a talented personality best known for her skill in presenting sports news. The incident happened around 1:30 a.m. Monday leading to several freeway closures as police searched for shell casing. Jeanna enrolled in Boston Universitys graduate school and earned a masters degree in broadcast journalism with a specialization in sports reporting. Inducted into the Rock Radio Hall of Fame in the "Legends I will be a storyteller. Shes back!! "What an opportunity to learn personally about somebody else.". Brad has also contributed to WXYZ as a news anchor, working as the co-anchor of the 4 pm newscast, The Now Detroit, from 2014-15. The team picked Alabama running back Jahmyr Gibbs first at 12 followed by Iowa Linebacker Jack Campbell at pick 18. The program was a pilot for other ABC-owned stations including those in New York and Chicago to launch their own Good Afternoon shows. pic.twitter.com/w19pPOdUNp, Jeanna Trotman (@JeannaTrotmanTV) July 9, 2021. References: C , TV talent, reporter. In 2006, WXYZ-TV also boasted the most veteran general assignment reporters in Detroit television with Cheryl Chodun, Bill Proctor, Mary Conway and Val Clark, each of whom worked at least 20 years at the station. As Luca played with a toy, Jeanna stood nearby and Zach leaned against the back a couch. Seventh grader Dillon Reeves noticed the situation, jumped from his seat, grabbed the wheel and helped get the bus to a safe stop. Producer at WJBK and WWJ (now , Left WXYZ for Dallas in May 2011 for further training in orthopedics. She was recruited by several GLIAC schools, which participate in Division II, and found the best fit at Lake Superior State, which told her it planned to start a journalism program by her sophomore year. Jeanna has an average salary of $71,446 per year. Ben Gutierrez - meteorologist. I knew I wanted to be a reporter fromthe time I was a kid. Channel 7 has hired Rose's replacement; an announcement is expected in the coming days. References: Facebook s id=3989,5182,15045 include_content=true], Jack Allen WWJ / WDIV: WXYZ: WABC: WLS: References: Obituary (PDF) Died May 3, 2020, WXYZ: Talent on several Good Afternoon Detroit segments and appeared as guest on and interviewee and many local news segments., WXYZ: Program director. Then off to KYW-TV in Philadelphia as Station Manager, then off to WJZ-TV , WXYZ: Staging. Jeanna grew up loving sports. It never happened. She began dating Zach and she got an internship at WXYZ, where she learned from sports director Don Shane, Tom Leyden and Brad Galli. They had set the date two years earlier, knowing free agency could be complication. Height. WXYZ-TV's newscasts had long been dominant in the Detroit market's news ratings partly due to the popularity of longtime lead news anchor Bill Bonds. Justin Rose, who turns 37 on Monday, has been with WXYZ since September 2014. Trotman then returned to her home state of Michigan in 2017, working as Sports Director at WEYI/WSMH, the NBC and FOX affiliate in Flint. Jeanna Trotman, who grew up in Sterling Heights, has come home as a WXYZ-TV sports reporter and anchor, along with husband Zach, a retired NHL player. But back then I didnt really have what it takes yet.. Rose, who is a class act, made the announcement . ", Fabrikant, Geraldine. For the second time that day, Zach said yes. Rose still keeps in touch with Heil. Aside from the normal first words, Trotmans parents say the first thing she really said as a baby was pull the goalie during a Red Wings playoff run in the 1990s. Both stations' city-grade signals reached portions of the Detroit area (WTVG to the south, and WJRT-TV to the north; ABC has since sold both stations). It did take longer for things to kind of kick off.. The same month Jeanna started in Flint, she and Zach were married at St. Paul on the Lake Church in Grosse Pointe Farms. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. Jeanna Trotman is a sports reporter and anchor for WXYZ Detroit covering high school, collegiate, and Died at 90 years old on June 8, 2016. WXYZ-TV also had a series of popular morning shows starting with the Pat and Johnny Show, hosted by WXYZ radio announcers Pat Tobin and Johnny Slagle. The duo are proud parents to their lovely kid called Luca. In July 2010, Hodak announced his retirement from WXYZ-TV with his last broadcast occurring two months later on September 23. The hearing was called after Wilson uncovered and revealed photos of the mayor in nearby Windsor, Ontario, Canada. I cannot wait to get out there. After the game, Zach was greeted by his personal cheering section. In the back of your mind youre kind of always hoping it happens, he said. Something that brought Jeanna and Zach together was their exceptional drive and focus to achieve their goals. PHOENIX (AP) Brittney Griner got emotional quickly. References: Guardian Canine Training, WXYZ: Advertising, promotion, publicity director. Thats not the case now in the familys new home in Berkley. Its the station I grew up watching as a kid, the station I interned at TEN years ago, & the station I ALWAYS hoped I would get the chance to come home to. Later, Jeanna left the network and she has since then worked in different TVs including WWMT-TV in Kalamazoo, WGTU-TV in Traverse City, WBSF-TV in Clio, WSMH-TV in Flint, WEYI NBC25 News in FLINT, and WXYZ sports team. That month, following complaints from Detroit stations and area viewers of being blacked out or unavailable in an area that they were supposed to serve, Comcast discontinued blackouts of the Detroit stations it already carried, added additional stations from that market and dropped many FlintTri-Cities area stations from that system. "When I look at the landscape, the media landscape, moving forward, it's way more digital-heavy. Chowdhry also was driven by concerns forher mother's health during thepandemic. Jeanna was back home in Sterling Heights for the summer, upstairs in her bedroom when Terry Radzinski was reading the newspaper and called up to his daughter. For other uses, see, "FCC approval of CapCities/ABC deal likely. "Then the pandemic happened and we were on an island all of our own," she said. After college, Jeanna went to serve as a Sports Director at Kaal-TV. It gave us a different perspective, Jeanna said, of what it means to come home for dinner.. Jeanna is a 32-year-old American journalist who was born in August 1990, in Michigan, the United States of America. Frank Turner, a former WXYZ-TV anchor, who presently works at a television news station based in mid-Michigan, said last Thursday that . We are looking for more information about Dave. "My whole family is all theremy mom, my brother, his family, my cousins … My kids don't get to see their cousins or the cousin's cousins," she said. It has taken a long time, but the Trotmans finally arrived where they always belonged. [21] Also later that year, the station opted to preempt Saving Private Ryan, along with the other Scripps stations (by stark contrast, WTVG and WJRT-TV, then ABC O&Os, aired the movie).[22]. Going from a small market to her hometown of Detroit, Trotman values and understands the role sports plays within a community. The two met as student-athletes in college at LSSU. 7 Action News reporter Peter Maxwell was on the scene Monday morning and . "It's just time. When Jeanna (pronounced JEE-na) finished her speech, she made an announcement to her mother. WSDP: Student operated radio station. 2023 www.freep.com. Rose was offered a contract extension by Channel 7, Metro Detroit's ABC affiliate, this spring, but he already had begun exploring his options. Rose began considering his future during the pandemic, when he found himself working from home, and having more time to spend with wife Caity (and on his golf game; a member at Red Run in Royal Oak, he's a single-digit handicapper). Brad was born and raised in Metro Detroit and loves seeing ordinary people doing extraordinary things. 51 years old as of 2021. So I was definitely excited when she talked to me. Steve Neavling is an award-winning investigative journalist who operated Motor City Muckraker, an online news site devoted to exposing abuses of power and holding public officials accountable. Zach didnt have a team, but he had his bride as they left the church. To Detroit and the citys incredible sports fans: Theres literally nowhere my family would rather be. I had his number and I texted him: Hey, this is like really random. Sept. 1 will be his last day at the ABC affiliate, as he plans a move to the digital . Died April 2020. Trotmans first job in television was in 2014 at KAAL, the ABC affiliate in Rochester, Minnesota where she served as Sports Director. Support local journalism, and subscribe here. Later, Jeanna left the network and she has since then worked in different TVs including WWMT-TV in Kalamazoo, WGTU-TV in Traverse City, WBSF-TV in Clio, WSMH-TV in Flint, WEYI NBC25 News in FLINT, and WXYZ sports team. This means that Jeanna was born in August 1990, in the United States of America. According to Chowdhry,she will be focusing for a brief period on therelocation. The Emmy Award-winning reporter and frequent weekend anchor, who grew up in New Jersey, told theFree Press that she is thankful to the TV station and the city for the opportunities they've given her. Sports Anchor at Wxyz-tv . Prize Movie ran every weekday morning for 21 years starting in 1960. She previously anchoredFirst Forecast morning segments for CBS Detroit, as well. Marie, Sudbury and Thunder Bay, Ontario, Saint John, New Brunswick, and all of Manitoba (except for areas served by Shaw's Steinbach or Winnipeg system, which carry WDAZ-TV out of Grand Forks, North Dakota, instead) and the National Capital Region. In 1959, all of WXYZ's radio and television operations moved into new broadcast facilities at Broadcast House, at 20777 West Ten Mile Road in Southfield, where WXYZ's television operations remain. The most popular and successful WXYZ morning talk show was Kelly & Company, which ran from 1978 to 1995 and was hosted by a married couple who were both former members of WXYZ-TV's news staff, John Kelly (who served as news anchor) and Marilyn Turner (who served as a weathercaster). Until April 2011, Comcast subscribers in Holly, which is located within the Detroit market in northwestern Oakland County, were unable to see much of WXYZ-TV's programming, as it was often blacked out at the request of Flint's WJRT-TV; the blackout was due to the Comcast system being tied to the Flint headend, instead of one in Oakland County or elsewhere in Detroit. In 1954, Bob Brickwedde (using the stage name Bob Henry) hosted the Nash Theater Hour on Thursday nights and hosted Western movies featuring Deadeye and Black Bart on Saturdays as "Sheriff Bob". "It's a great mutual respect we have for another, and that will continue. Rose has covered all the pro sports teams and the big colleges, and a variety of marquee stories, while anchoring during his time at Channel 7. Yeah, I like tried to reach out to her before, but she stonewalled me, he said. They FaceTime. [9] ABC retained some of WXYZ-TV's assets, including the satellite uplink for its satellite news-gathering service ABC NewsOne. Betsy Singer - anchor. Chief meteorologist Jerry Hodak was the station's primary weathercaster for at least 26 of his more than 40 years in Detroit television. Jeanna Trotman is the weekend sports anchor on 7 Action News at 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. on WXYZ, and at 10 p.m. on WMYD. Both stations share studios at Broadcast House on 10 Mile Road in Southfield, where WXYZ-TV's transmitter is also located. Channel 7 officials immediately announced that night's show would not air on the station. On August 7, 2008, Kilpatrick appeared in front of a judge in Wayne County Circuit Court. Evening WXYZ-AM disc jockey. On May 21, 2010, this channel was removed to prepare and utilize its channel bandwidth exclusively for mobile television, labelled as WXYZ-MH 7.3 and simulcasting 7.2/Live Well Network at 1.83 Mbit/s. , Joel Alexander Zelle Born September 7, 1950; Died: September 6, 2019 Obituary (PDF) WXYZ: Traffic. WXIX: Reporter WANE: General Assignment Reporter , WXYZ: Creative services. The two stations continue to battle for ratings to this day. Jeanna covered a wide variety of professional sporting events while serving as sports director in Minnesota. She most recently worked as the Sports Director at WEYI/WSMH based in Flint, Michigan. by Jerome (Jay) Berry. WXYZ's special coverage has also included the victory parades of the city's professional sports teams, most recently the Detroit Red Wings' Stanley Cup victory in 2008 and the Detroit Pistons' NBA championship in 2004. The Auntie Dee Show hosted by Dee Parker was a popular children's talent show. I am going to work hard and I am going to hustle. Served as meteorologist for Channel Seven for three years. In September, Jeanna got a lot closer to that childhood goal when she started her new job as a sports reporter and weekend sports anchor for WXYZ-TV, Detroits ABC affiliate. She is also a sports reporter during the week . She is also a sports reporter during the week, working in collaboration with Sports Director Brad Galli. In the 1970s, WXYZ-TV began an aggressive build-up of its news department by adopting many elements of the Eyewitness News format, such as the Cool Hand Luke music theme that was used by ABC's four other owned-and-operated television stations in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco. But there was one problem. [citation needed]. Some of them are the Twins Opening Day and Kobe Bryants final game in Minnesota. I think that's really important in newsrooms. Soupy also hosted a very popular late night adult comedy show during that same period in the 1950s called Soupy's On. Jeanna has not shared much about her parents and siblings. The current team of "7 Investigators" is made up of Heather Catallo and Ross Jones. On Wednesday, the newspaper reported that Faust had been fired from the Fox affiliate where he anchored the 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. newscasts. The show was later hosted by political reporter Jim Herrington and continues to air today with WXYZ-TV editorial and public affairs director Chuck Stokes as its host, writer and producer. And now? Channel 7 has been a two-man sports staff since then-sports director Tom Leyden left for a job in Boston in 2015, elevating Brad Galli to the sports-director position. [25] From the November 2007 ratings period until before the May 2009 ratings period, WXYZ-TV's newscasts were #1 in each of its respective timeslots. The harder choice was where she could pursue her athletic and academic interests. Tobzilla at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons WRIF: Program Director. Recent Sightings: University , Radio, TV Sales Manager. Sports team. Larry Adderley WXYZ: Sports reporter. Jason Langwell went down to the Players Championship to recruit guys for Detroit. Action News continued its success with longtime anchors Diana Lewis, Robbie Timmons, meteorologist Jerry Hodak, sportscaster Don Shane and up until October 9, 2006, anchor Frank Turner, who became a successful replacement to Bill Bonds.
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