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WLTX Meteorologist Surprised by ‘Singing’ Telegram On-Air

Kevin Eck — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:44:14 +0000

WLTX meteorologist Amy Aaronson celebrated her birthday by having the 6:45 a.m. traffic portion of her weather forecast interrupted by a man named “Captain Telegram.”

The Captain loudly joined the Columbia, SC, CBS affiliate’s weather anchor on-screen by doing an age-advanced impersonation of Robin Williams complete with shouting, bouncing around and finally singing a quick birthday ditty that ended with “Get me out of here! Exit stage right.”

The car wreck icon in the background map pretty much summed up the entire episode, with the surprised meteorologist unable to get a word in edgewise over the boisterous Captain.

“Amy, did that scare the heck out of you?” asked morning anchor Lauren Talarico. “It almost gave me a heart attack,” said Aaronson. You can watch the video after the jump. continued…

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VIDEO: WLTX Reporter Makes Unscheduled Appearance During Morning News

Kevin Eck — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:50:52 +0000

WLTX reporter Ashleigh Messervy couldn’t get off set fast enough and got caught on camera wearing her gym clothes during the Columbia, SC, CBS affiliate’s morning news show.

“We just saw Ashleigh Messervy run through the background,” said Lauren Talarico. Messervy could be seen racing through the background of a two shot with anchors Lionel Moise and Lauren Talarico.

“Come back,” Talarico told Messervy who can be heard off-set saying, “OK. I have never done this without any make up on. But…” Messervy then walked between the two anchors and waved hello to viewers while clutching what looked like a pony keg of coffee. After Moise explained away Messervy’s choice of attire, Talarico said, “Thank you for the coffee Messervy.” Giving a viewers a hint about what Messervy was doing on set with such a large amount of coffee.

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Lionel Moise Joins WLTX as Morning Anchor

Merrill Knox — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 10:19:30 +0000

Lionel Moise has joined WLTX, the CBS-affiliate in Columbia, SC, as morning anchor.

Moise joins WLTX from WXIA in Atlanta, where he has been a multimedia journalist and producer since 2010.

Moise’s first broadcast was yesterday. He anchors from 5 to 7 a.m. alongside Nat Roers, who will return to the station next week after an extended medical leave.

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Michael Garber Hired as WPTV-WFLX News Director

Merrill Knox — Fri, 04 May 2012 16:28:51 +0000

Michael Garber has been hired as news director at West Palm Beach’s WPTV-WFLX, the stations confirmed to TVSpy today.

Garber has been news director of WTLV-WJXX, the Gannett duopoly in Jacksonville, since 2008. Prior to that, he was news director at WLTX in Columbia, SC and assistant news director at KGUN in Tucson.

Garber begins in West Palm Beach on May 29. He replaces Jeff Brogan, who was promoted to senior director of news strategy and operation for Scripps in March.

This is Garber’s second stint with Scripps. He was the lead sports producer at WFTS in Tampa/St. Pete in the late 1990s.

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