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WILL FOX CHALLENGE ESPN?

March 29, 2012 by · Leave a Comment 

A report by Bloomberg News on Wednesday that Fox Sports is considering launching a new cable sports network that would rival ESPN has been dismissed by people familiar with the matter, the Los Angeles Times reported today (Thursday). The newspaper observed that should such a network actually transpire, it could touch off fierce bidding between […]

WEATHERMAN SUES CBS FOR GENDER DISCRIMINATION

March 16, 2012 by · Leave a Comment 

Los Angeles weatherman Kyle Hunter is suing CBS, claiming that its local TV stations, KCBS-TV and KCAL, passed him over for jobs because they wanted to hire young, attractive women instead. He is being represented in his gender-discrimination lawsuit by feminist attorney Gloria Allred, whose clients are often women claiming gender discrimination. On Thursday, Allred […]

CBS STATIONS IN L.A. GO DARK

June 15, 2010 by · Leave a Comment 

The two CBS Inc.-owned TV stations in Los Angeles were off the air for about an hour on Monday, beginning at 3:20 p.m. following what a Los Angeles Dept. of Water and Power spokesperson described as a “voltage dip” in the Studio City area where the two stations are located. Oddly, the power abnormality did […]