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• LSU's regionals not on TV, online only

  May 28, 2013 5:57 PM

  BATON ROUGE- LSU's Friday afternoon baseball game against Jackson State won't be on TV. The game will be shown on ESPN 3, an online video service connected with the sports network. ESPN will not show the game on traditional television. If LSU advances in the NCAA Baton Rouge... more »

• Report shows persistence of TV violence

  May 1, 2013 10:21 AM

  NEW YORK - Violence has shown no signs of disappearing from prime-time television. A study of nearly 400 prime-time scripted programs finds that even in the sensitive period directly following the Connecticut school shooting, there were plenty of shootings, stabbings and beat-downs on TV. Violence was seen in nearly half... more »

• Broadcasters worry about 'Zero TV' homes

  April 8, 2013 7:37 AM

  LOS ANGELES - One hot topic at the annual meeting of the nation's broadcasters this week will be the "Zero TV" crowd and how to lure them back to the light of their television screens. In a growing age of multiple devices, some people have had it with TV, network... more »

• Alec Gifford, legendary journalist, dies

  March 22, 2013 10:33 PM

  NEW ORLEANS- Legendary South Louisiana journalist Alec Gifford died Friday night, according to WDSU TV , the station where he began his TV career in Louisiana. Gifford worked as a journalist in New Orleans for 51 years. He retired in 2006. Even in his 70s, Gifford still worked... more »

• Fox News, Palin cutting ties

  January 25, 2013 4:31 PM

  NEW YORK (AP) - Sarah Palin is out as a Fox News Channel contributor. The network said Friday that it is parting ways with the 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate and former Alaska governor. Bill Shine, executive vice president at Fox News, said the network has enjoyed its association with... more »

• Obama calls for research on media in gun violence

  January 16, 2013 4:21 PM

  NEW YORK - The sweeping proposals from President Barack Obama today for curbing gun violence put little of the focus on movies, TV and video games. The White House pressed most forcefully for Congress to pass universal background checks and bans on military-style assault weapons like the ones used in... more »

• TV-over-Internet service expands despite lawsuits

  January 8, 2013 12:39 PM

  NEW YORK - The Barry Diller-backed Internet company that challenges cable and satellite TV services by offering inexpensive live television online plans to expand beyond New York City this spring. In the wake of a federal court ruling that tentatively endorsed its legality, Aereo will bring its $8-a-month service to... more »

• BCS title game's TV rating hurt by rout

  January 8, 2013 10:35 AM

  MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. - The BCS title game's preliminary television rating is up from last season, but the lopsided score kept viewership down. Alabama's 42-14 rout over Notre Dame drew a 15.7 overnight rating Monday on ESPN. That's up 14 percent from last year's game, another blowout Crimson Tide victory,... more »

• EBRSO looking for television thief

  January 3, 2013 2:26 PM

  Central- East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Detectives are on the lookout for a man seen stealing televisions from the Wal-Mart on Sullivan Rd in Central two different times in December. Authorities say on both occasions, the man entered the store, proceeded to the hardware department, and put a screwdriver and... more »

• Netflix outbids pay-TV for rights to Disney movies

  December 4, 2012 1:18 PM

  SAN FRANCISCO - Netflix's video subscription service has trumped pay-TV channels and grabbed the rights to show Disney movies shortly after they finish their runs in theaters. The multiyear licensing agreement announced Tuesday represents a breakthrough for Netflix as it tries to add more recent movies to its popular service... more »

• NY appeals court skeptical about startup's live TV

  November 30, 2012 3:06 PM

  NEW YORK - A New York federal appeals panel has found weaknesses with a startup company's arguments it can legally send live TV programming to iPhones and other mobile devices. Three judges of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals seemed poised Friday to reverse a lower court judge who... more »

• Open mic catches ref swearing

  November 5, 2012 10:37 AM

  INDIANAPOLIS - An NFL referee lost his temper and used an obscenity during the Dolphins-Colts game, and it was obvious to everyone inside Lucas Oil Stadium and those watching on television. It occurred when a member of referee Tony Corrente's crew asked for a conference following a penalty with... more »

• NRA begins new ad campaign in battleground states

  October 8, 2012 11:05 AM

  NEW YORK - The National Rifle Association is airing a new television ad in four battleground states urging voters to defeat President Barack Obama. The pro-gun-rights group is spending $1.3 million to air the ad in Florida, Ohio, Virginia and Wisconsin. A spokesman said the group will be on the... more »

• Man apparently shoots self on TV after Ariz. chase

  September 28, 2012 3:05 PM

  PHOENIX - A man apparently shot himself in the head on live television at the end of a high-speed chase that began in Phoenix. Fox News was covering the chase that began at midday Friday using a live helicopter shot from its Phoenix affiliate when the man driving the small... more »

• Taiwan co. fined $500 million for LCD price fixing

  September 20, 2012 1:25 PM

  SAN FRANCISCO - A Taiwanese company has been fined $500 million and two of its former top executives sentenced to three years in prison for their leading roles in a global LCD screen price-fixing conspiracy. The sentences handed down Thursday are among the harshest penalties ever given in an antitrust... more »

• Conventions play to TV, but with little suspense

  August 20, 2012 3:43 PM

  WASHINGTON - Americans already know that this year's national political conventions will end with a Romney-Ryan ticket for the Republicans and an Obama-Biden ticket for the Democrats. So have modern-day conventions become irrelevant? Not completely. For the parties, conventions are colossally significant events - opportunities to claim precious hours of... more »

• Founder of Baton Rouge TV station WAFB dies

  June 25, 2012 3:44 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The founder of Baton Rouge television station WAFB-TV, Tom Gibbens, died this weekend. He was 95. Gibbens launched the station in 1953 and was its first general manager. It was the first live television station in Baton Rouge, and only the second in Louisiana. Visitation... more »

• Inventor of TV remote dies at 96

  May 22, 2012 11:12 AM

  CHICAGO- A spokesman for Zenith Electronics says Eugene Polley, the inventor of the first wireless TV remote control, has died. John Taylor says the former Zenith engineer died of natural causes Sunday at a suburban Chicago hospital. He was 96. Couch potatoes everywhere have Polley to thank for hours of... more »

• TV show to profile Jennings slayings

  February 28, 2012 6:39 AM

  JENNINGS - The unsolved slayings of eight women in Jefferson Davis Parish will be the subject of an upcoming episode of Investigation Discovery's new "Dark Minds" television series. The episode titled "Brutal Bayou" airs at 9 p.m. Wednesday and will explore the killings that occurred in and around Jennings from... more »

• Suspect wanted in big screen TV thefts

  January 31, 2012 2:40 PM

  The Gonzales Police Department is asking for your help in identifying a suspected shoplifter. Police say a man committed snatch and grabs of large screen television from area stores. They say after stealing the televisions, he then took off in a dark colored, late 90's model, Honda Accord.... more »

• Britain OKs television ads for abortion clinics

  January 21, 2012 11:22 AM

  LONDON - Britain's broadcast advertising body has given the go-ahead for private abortion clinics to advertise their services on television. The Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice says there is no justification for barring private clinics that offer post-pregnancy services, including abortions, from advertising on television. Nonprofit post-pregnancy services are already... more »

• Netflix signs streaming deal with DreamWorks

  September 26, 2011 12:17 PM

  BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Netflix has signed a deal with DreamWorks to stream its movies and TV specials beginning in 2013. Netflix Inc. said Monday that the multi-year licensing deal will make it the exclusive subscription TV service for first-run films and select television specials from DreamWorks Animation SKG... more »

• Police: Hotel clerk lied about being stabbed with a syringe

  June 22, 2011 12:48 PM

  A hotel clerk who claimed he was stabbed with a syringe during an armed robbery now says he lied. Irvin Cheatham, 39, called Baton Rouge police Sunday night saying he was the victim of a robbery while working at the Days Inn on Varsity Street. He claimed he... more »

• Dardenne traveling to NYC to promote tourism

  January 28, 2011 2:35 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Lt. Governor Jay Dardenne is hoping a trip to the Big Apple will help bring tourists back to Louisiana. Dardenne is planning a one-day trip next week to New York City next week to meet with nationwide broadcasters and magazine writers and promote Louisiana’s travel opportunities. According... more »

• Charges unlikely for armed woman at NC TV station

  December 22, 2010 12:40 PM

  CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A police spokesman says it's unlikely charges will be filed against a North Carolina woman so upset about her financial situation that she walked into a TV station and put what turned out to be an unloaded gun to her head. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police spokesman Robert Fey said... more »

• Authorities: Wisconsin man shoots TV over Palin dance

  November 17, 2010 1:24 PM

  MADISON, Wis. - Authorities say a 67-year-old rural Wisconsin man enraged over Bristol Palin's "Dancing with the Stars" routine blasted his television with a shotgun, leading to an overnight standoff with a SWAT team. A Dane County Sheriff's detective says in court documents that Steven Cowan, of the town... more »

• Radio, TV host's conviction for wife's murder upheld

  October 6, 2010 11:04 AM

  Former New Orleans radio and television personality Vince Marinello's murder conviction in the 2006 shooting death of his wife has been upheld by a state appeals court. The 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal in Lake Charles released the decision Wednesday morning. The 73-year-old Marinello was convicted in 2008 of second-degree... more »

• Landrieu, Grassley discuss foster care on TV

  September 30, 2010 5:18 AM

  Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu is joining Republican Senator Chuck Grassley in a national television appearance to promote better foster care for children. The two senators will appear Friday on the Dr. Phil show to discuss foster care and adoption. The show will shed light on what life is like for... more »

• Sixth person arrested in SU television thefts

  September 21, 2010 1:15 PM

  A 17-year-old in Baton Rouge who was sought in a string of television thefts from a local college has surrendered to police. Ed Pratt with Southern University said that Donovan Burrell was arrested by Baton Rouge Police Monday night. He was the sixth person sought in the theft of... more »

• LA Treasurer says "chuckleheads" to blame for Gulf spill

  August 25, 2010 1:27 PM

  Louisiana Treasurer John Kennedy told Bloomberg Television today that human error was what caused the explosion and oil spill at the Deepwater Horizon, even calling people on the rig "chuckleheads”. Kennedy, a Republican, has urged the Obama administration to lift its moratorium on deep-water drilling after the explosion and spill,... more »

• EBRSO looking for man using stolen credit card

  August 10, 2010 1:00 PM

  The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office is looking for a man who used a stolen credit card to buy two televisions. The suspect was caught on store surveillance cameras. Investigators say he used the card to buy a television at the Wal Mart at Cortana then bought another... more »

• Coroner's office: Buggs death due to cocaine use

  May 21, 2010 10:58 AM

  Former television and radio newscaster Ed Buggs died due to long-term use of cocaine according to the East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner’s Office. Don Moreau, Chief Investigator with the coroner’s office says the cause of death was due to a aortic disruption due to cocaine toxicity. Buggs did have... more »

• Drifting satellite threatens U.S. cable programming

  May 11, 2010 1:03 PM

  Two of the world's largest satellite companies say they're scrambling to keep an out-of-control communications satellite from drifting into another's orbit and cutting programming to U.S. cable networks. Intelsat Corporation says it lost the ability to control the Galaxy 15 satellite last month. A solar storm may have... more »

• Mayor Kip Holden talks about Ed Buggs

  May 5, 2010 4:43 PM

  We caught up with Baton Rouge Mayor-President Kip Holden to get his thoughts on the life of former WBRZ news anchor Ed Buggs. To view the video, click the "play video" icon. To view interviews with his brother, Clarence, and the man who hired him at WBRZ, former... more »

• John Spain, former WBRZ News Director, reflects on Ed Buggs

  May 5, 2010 1:38 PM

  John Pastorek talked with former WBRZ News Director, John Spain, this morning about the life of former WBRZ anchor Ed Buggs. Spain hired Ed Buggs and eventually paired him with John Mahaffey as an anchor team in the mid 1980's. Attached to this story is the interview in... more »

• Raw interview: Clarence Buggs reflects on Ed Buggs

  May 5, 2010 12:18 PM

  As you may have heard by now, former WBRZ anchor Ed Buggs died last night. We're talking to his family and former co-workers throughout the day and posting the raw interviews here on WBRZ.com Attached to this story is the raw interview with Clarence Buggs, Ed's brother. Clarence is... more »

• 2 Your Health for Jan. 12

  January 12, 2010 5:44 PM

  How fat stored below your waist can help your health, the link between TV and early death, and the effect light has on migraines are all discussed in this 2 Your Health report. more »