While there, Parella spent twelve years doing the weather as well as working on a regional crime show. In 2006, Geoff spent a month in Italy while covering the Winter Olympics in Torino for WYFF News 4 as well as all of Hearsts other tv stations. Former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters was found guilty on Friday of obstruction of government operations. Race Day tornado outbreak that butt in the 88th running of the Indy 500. 28, 2018 - 6:36 PM. She was born and raised in Kennesaw, Georgia, so she is familiar with the southern region. WYFF News 4 anchor and photographer killed when tree falls on SUV in Polk County. BOTH WERE TRULY PROFESSIONALS. She joined WYFF News 4 as a contributing reporter and anchor for the news magazine Chronicle. WFBC-TV began transmitting locally produced programming in color in February 1967. We are a family. 0:05 0:49 Long-time Upstate newscaster Annette Estes has lost the anchor job she has held for the past four years at WYFF-TV in Greenville. Geoff is a well-known journalist to his viewers who have watched his 28-year career in Upstate. Eventually earning a scholarship to Northeastern University in Boston. It is with a heavy heart that I share my sister-in-law, Brianna Justus went home to be with Jesus this evening. The Greenville, South Carolina-based station announced that their anchor Mike McCormick and. On May 20, 2021, Geoff made an announcement that he would not go back to WYFF after he was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimers disease. She left the station and was headed to Greenville where she currently serves as a weather anchor for WYFF News 4. WYFF 4 (NBC): Michael Cogdill*, Carol Goldsmith* (formerly Carol Anderson), Nigel Robertson, Gabby Komorwski, John Cessarich, Dale Gilbert*, Beth Brotherton, Geoff Hart . Clarke has anchored and reported for WYFF-TV since 1985. She was married to her beloved late husband David G. Landquist. He is a man of average stature. The two met each other in the 1990s at WYFF where Sara was working as a commercial producer. >> IN SPITE OF TRAGEDY HITTING HARD ON MEMORIAL DAY. His WYFF 4 biography page mentions multiple Emmy awards, among others, and a long, successful run with the station. She joined the station in September 2019 and can be seen from Monday through Friday every morning starting at 4:30 a.m. Simpson, others react on social media after Alex Murdaugh is found guilty, South Carolina running back forced to say goodbye to the game, Todays South Carolina-Clemson baseball game start time changed because of weather, SC ruby-throated hummingbirds are back! WYFF weekend anchor and reporter Mike McCormick and cameraman Aaron Smeltzer died Monday when a tree fell on their SUV while covering heavy rain in Polk County, N.C. All of us at WYFF News 4 are grieving, said anchor Michael Cogdill during this afternoons newscast. Four years later, he went to Greenville. It ran Nightside in 1991. Rescue vehicles rushed to the scene, but it was too late to save either man. Jane Robelot (born October 9, 1960) is an American television host, who served as a co-anchor of CBS television's This Morning from 1996 to 1999. Geoff also holds a masters degree in communication from Emerson College based in Boston. The Home Shopping Spree simulcast was dropped in the mid-1990s with the CNN Headline News simulcast being discontinued in 2005 (as the channel transitioned from its news wheel format into a combination of discussion programs at night and rolling news programming during the day), in favor of a mix of NBC late night shows, drama reruns, lifestyle programs and paid programming during the overnight hours. According to WSPA-TV, the two WYFF employees were hit by a tree while driving southbound. The television station reported that they were in Polk County covering the dangerous weather conditions there., WSPA-TV reported that the two men were traveling south on Highway 176 when a tree fell and hit the vehicle. Tennant said in a news conference: What has happened is that some time around 2:30 this afternoon, we were dispatched for a tree down on a motor vehicle with people trapped.. October 14, 2021 3:01 PM. Hannah became part of the WYFF 4 in June 2020. Goldsmith, a Michigan native,has been at WYFF since 1985. Two weeks ago, life was completely normal. . The station is owned by theHearst Television subsidiary of the Hearst Corporation. I never had the pleasure of meeting Aaron Smeltzer but I worked alongside Mike McCormick in the field many times., Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of WYFFs Mike McCormick and Aaron Smeltzer. Geoff was hired for the first time as a Sportscaster at WECT-TV6 based in Wilmington, NC after grad school at Emerson College. Anchor/Reporter, WYFF-TV Location: Greenville, South Carolina Area Industry: Broadcast Media Work history: WYFF-TV (NBC affiliate) Greenville/Spartanburg, SC/Asheville, NC Anchor /Health and Medical Reporter since 1985 WOKR-TV (now WHAM) News Anchor /Reporter Jun 1982 - Apr 1985 Full Profile Dana Wachter Greenville, SC Professions & Specialties He later moved to Arlington, Virginia.Video above is a Friday Night Hits promo with former WYFF News 4 Sports Director Geoff Hart from 1995. ?? One of Parellas Colleague at WYFF include: She receives quite a generous amount from working for WYFF in Greenville as a weather anchor. He loved using local, fresh ingredients from the Hub City Farmers Market. He was born in Canada. The two met each other in the 1990s at WYFF where Sara was working as a commercial producer. The 1980s brought new talent to the station including anchor James Baker, sportscasters J. D. Hayworth (later an Arizona Congressman), Roger Berry and Mark Marino and weatherman Charlie Gertz. When Mike was not reporting or anchoring the news, you would find him in the kitchen. After working for CBS News, she was the primary anchor for WGCL-TV in Atlanta.A native of Greenville, South Carolina . 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"I have never seen an event like this one," Tennant, who has been in fire service in Polk County for 44 years, said. Amanda joined the station back in August 2020. Cory and Chris Justus are known in the Carolinas for their ties to Justus Orchard, about 20 miles south of Asheville. This was followed the next day by the debut of a new set for its newscasts.[2]. WYFF weekend anchor and reporter Mike McCormick and cameraman Aaron Smeltzer died Monday when a tree fell on their SUV while covering heavy rain in Polk County, N.C. "All of us at WYFF. It is currently operated by their parents, Don and Margo Justus, according to the orchards website. Tryon Fire Chief Geoffrey Tennant said he had just given an interview to McCormick when, minutes later, he received a call about the incident. The team was covering the impact of heavy rain in that area. [citation needed]. FOR HIM, IT WAS NOT ABOUT THAT. Charlie Gertz retired as evening meteorologist in 1991. Longtime TV news anchor Jovita Moore died Thursday night at 53 after a monthslong battle with cancer, WSB announced Friday morning. My brother and I were trying to figure out how to soon be girl-Dads and our wives were talking nursery plans. WYFF continued to air Santa Barbara until its 1993 cancellation. "Jovita died overnight, seven months after . When we got to the vehicle, the engine was running, and the transmission was in drive., He added: It was just a matter that the tree roots system had failed, and the tree came down. Those awards including the 2010 Southeast Regional Emmy for Best Sportscast. She had the opportunity to cover many significant stories, including Roy Moore's contentious Alabama Senate race, the Lee County tornado that killed 23 people, and the Category 5 hurricane that struck . He married his wife Sara Hart. He had two dogs, both adopted from the Spartanburg Humane Society. While there, Geoff earned a scholarship to Northeastern University based in Boston. (Facebook) A. In 2014, he was also named anchor of WYFF News 4 on Sundays at 6 and 11 p.m. Mike tragically died, alongside his photographer, Aaron Smeltzer, on May 28, 2018 when a tree fell on their SUV. GEOFF: WE TRULY APPRECIATE THE WORDS OF KINDNESS FROM YOU. WFBC-TV and sister station WXII-TV in Winston-Salem, North Carolina were traded to the Pulitzer Publishing Company in exchange for KSDK in St. Louis. ALLYSON: WE HAD WYFF 4 ARE A FAMILY AND APPRECIATE YOUR KINDNESS AS WE GRIEVE. He was 53.Suiters worked at News 4 in the mid to late 1990s, before making the transition to news and moving to our sister station, KOCO in Oklahoma City. WYFF News 4 anchor, photojournalist tragically die when tree falls on SUV WYFF News 4 70.5K subscribers Subscribe 98 Share 17K views 4 years ago WYFF News 4 anchor, photojournalist. Screengrab from WYFF video. And we had talked a little bit about how he wanted us to stay safe and I wanted him to stay safe and of course 10 or 15 minutes later we got the call and it was him and his photographer," Tennant said. Real-time updates and all local stories you want right in the palm of your hand. Aaron was the photographer in the Spartanburg bureau. ALLYSON: THE SARAH SPOKE TO US SAYING "ON THE HALF OF JERRY MACK BROWN, THE COUNTY OFFICE SENDS ITS DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO THE FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND COLLEAGUES OF MIKE MCCORMICK AND AARON SMELTZER. Hearst Television participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on editorially chosen products purchased through our links to retailer sites. She came from Columbus, Ohio where she started as a producer and transitioned to a . In 2006, he joined the Stations team in Italy where he covered Torino Winter Olympics. FORGET THE RECOGNITION. He said the tree that fell on the SUV was about 3 feet in diameter and had stood back off the road.Tennant said the ground was saturated and the tree's root system failed. Justus says his sister-in-law, Brianna Justus, came down with COVID symptoms in the past two weeks and died Monday in a hospital. Norvin Duncan was the station's first news anchor, moving from the sister AM radio station. 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Before that, she worked as an anchor at WBTW based in Myrtle Beach. Over the past two decades he has been promoted to weekend anchor, morning. News-Piedmont merged with Southern Broadcasting to form Multimedia, Inc., with WFBC-AM-FM-TV as the company's flagship stations. They and their wives Lauren and Brianna all ensure this family farm keeps going., Chris Justus, a UNC Charlotte graduate, concluded his Facebook post by saying visitors to the orchard this fall will find a new little Justus saying hello and one special angel watching over the farm from heaven.. Dont wait for taco Tuesday. There was no evidence at the scene that it was a slide. Suiters worked at News 4 in the mid to late 1990s, before making the transition to. He is a married man. He was originally from Tazewell, Virginia. Smeltzer was the photographer in WYFFs Spartanburg bureau. Jane transitioned to television with WSPA after her radio career, before going on to WCAU-TV in Philadelphia and . WYFF (channel 4) is a television station licensed to Greenville, South Carolina, United States, serving Upstate South Carolina and Western North Carolina as an affiliate of NBC. Hearst Television participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on editorially chosen products purchased through our links to retailer sites. It was a large tree. Chris is your local TV meteorologist and Cory is a Henderson County Sheriff Deputy. All of us at WYFF News 4 are grieving. >> TRAGEDY HIT A LITTLE HARDER WHEN IT HIT A LITTLE CLOSER TO HOME. McCormick had been with the Hearst-owned station since 2007, joining from KHBS/KHOG in Fayetteville, Ark. She was 41. He grew up as British soccer. While there, he became known as the station's resident "dumpster diver" and his work on identity theft won two first place awards for investigative reporting from the Associated Press. In addition, she has always loved being active in her community and has served on the advisory board for King County Search as well as Rescue while in Seattle. WYFF meteorologist Chris Justus shared the news on Facebook. THANK YOU to this community for. THIS IS WYFF NEWS 4 TODAY. However, details regarding how the couple met or whether they had any kids together are still not available. Geoff and his wife Sara are proud parents to their three daughters and a son. It also declined to carry Saturday Night Live (then known as NBC's Saturday Night) from its debut in 1975 to early 1978, NBC's daytime reruns of The Facts of Life from during the 19841985 season (which aired on WAXA-TV), game shows The Who, What, or Where Game (in favor of the local talk show Today in The Piedmont), Super Password and Time Machine (both of which aired throughout their runs on WAXA-TV) and the soap opera Santa Barbara (which was initially cleared by the station during its first few years on January 6, 1986, after the low-rated syndicated TV show America aired its final episode on January 3, 1986). Her sweet baby girl made it and is in the NICU.. WYFF News 4 anchor Mike McCormick and WYFF News 4 photojournalist Aaron Smeltzer died Monday when a tree fell on their SUV.The accident happened on Highway 176 in Polk County while they were covering the impact of heavy rain in that area.Sheriff Chuck Wright reflects on friendship with Mike, AaronMay 29th named "Mike McCormick Day for soup kitchenMcCraken Middle School honors the memory of Mike McCormickWYFF 4 photographer's fiance talks about his life, passion for his work Polk County authorities give update on accidentTryon Fire Chief Geoffrey Tennant said the engine of the SUV was running and the transmission was in drive when authorities arrived at the scene about 2:30 p.m. It sat back off the road a good ways it was probably three foot in diameter. On Monday evening, journalists from local newsrooms across the country joined WYFF in paying tribute to the news crew. WYFF has acquired the rights to the preseason games of the Carolina Panthers starting in the 201415 season. 0:00. Former WYFF News 4 sports anchor and reporter Tyler Suiters has died. The station rebranded its newscasts from Action News 4 to NewsCenter 4 in the early 1980s. While there, Geoff often covered native son Michael Jordan. Reporter Tim Waller, who has been with WYFF News 4 for 25 years, has announced that he's leaving the station. My former photographer #AaronSmeltzer & a colleague #MikeMcCormick died today while covering weather in Western North Carolina. Sheriff Chuck Wright reflects on friendship with Mike, Aaron, May 29th named "Mike McCormick Day for soup kitchen, McCraken Middle School honors the memory of Mike McCormick, WYFF 4 photographer's fiance talks about his life, passion for his work, Polk County authorities give update on accident. Last week Brianna was hit hard with COVID at 30 weeks pregnant. He loved using local, fresh ingredients from the Hub City Farmers Market, the station reported. His burial ceremony took place at Holden Chapel on May 28, 2019, at 12:00 p.m. Maria Taylor NBC Sports, Bio, Wiki, Age, Height, Husband, ESPN, Salary, and Net Worth, Scott Van Pelt ESPN, Bio, Wiki, Age, Height, Wife, Daughter, College, Salary, and Net Worth, Copyright 2023 | WordPress Theme by MH Themes, List of States in the US, Alphabetical list of States in the U.S., and Abbreviation of States in United States. NBCs Kerry Sanders, covering Alberto from Florida, reported on the death of the WYFF news crew during his story on Nightly News this evening. It has been for a significant period of time. The station was owned by the Peace family and their News-Piedmont Publishing Company alongside local newspapers The Greenville News and The Greenville Piedmont, and was a sister station to WFBC radio (1330 AM, now WYRD, and 93.7 FM). WYFF News 4 -Meet Hannah Ward | Meet the newest member of the WYFF News 4 Today team, Traffic Anchor Hannah Ward. We are a family and we thank you, our extended family, for your comfort as we mourn and as we seek to comfort the families of Mike and Aaron.. However, Parella has not disclosed any information concerning her education to the public. WYFF, virtual channel 4 (UHF digital channel 36), is an NBC-affiliated television station located in Greenville, South Carolina, United States. "Mike and Aaron were beloved members of. A local fire chief, who had given the men an interview only 10 minutes before, called the accident a freak of nature., Both men were remembered as talented, positive personalities. Cogdill is to anchor his final. ANNOUNCER: LIVE, LOCAL, BREAKING NEWS. While in Rochester, a brush with frostbite made Caro realize that living in a warmer climate might suit her . "It's the first time I ever met either one of those two gentleman, but you feel a sense of responsibility to them.".
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