It was not an easy decision. On November 22, 2017, FCC documentation was released confirming that WITI would begin to share their channel bandwidth with independent religious station WVCY-TV (channel 30) on January 8, 2018. Milwaukee Night . At the Stars and Stripes Honor Flight, FOX6 met three brothers and a neighborhood best friend who all served in Vietnam and made it home. Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush sat down with FOX6's Stephanie Grady Thursday, in town to speak with college students. Storer had very good relations with CBS; company founder George Storer was a member of the CBS board, and most of its stations were CBS affiliates. Now she is doing a new job at CBS 58 as Director of Strategic Initiatives at CBS 58. After Storer Broadcasting was bought out by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts in 1985, the station underwent a series of ownership changes. On December 5, 2009, WITI became the second station in Milwaukee (behind WTMJ-TV) to begin broadcasting its local newscasts in high definition. CBS 58 is seen on Channel 58, Spectrum/Time Warner Channel 1005, Spectrum/Charter 605, DirecTV 58, Dish Network 58, U-Verse 1005. She joined the station's "Fox 6 Wakeup News" in 2013 and was added as a co-host of "Real Milwaukee," the lifestyle show that follows the station's . (to be merged into New World Group)", "CBS, NBC Battle for AFC Rights // Fox Steals NFC Package", "COMPANY NEWS; GREAT AMERICAN SELLING FOUR TELEVISION STATIONS", "Times Mirror sells stations, part 1. During the 197576 season, ABC emerged as the highest-rated broadcast network in the United Statesthanks in part to the success of two Milwaukee-set sitcoms, Happy Days and its spin-off Laverne & Shirley. The trend started in July 2020 . [79], Because of the sale to Fox Television Stations making a transition to Nexstar's Frankly platform superfluous, it was the last station in the defunct company to transition from that company's proprietary web platform (both Tribune Media and Fox Television Stations utilize WordPress-hosted websites), doing so on July 29, 2020. [16] WITI-TV was among the stations involved in the Fox agreement, which also initially included four of New World's other existing CBS-affiliated stations WJBK-TV, WJW-TV, WTVT and WAGA-TV and four additional stations CBS affiliate KSAZ-TV in Phoenix, ABC affiliates WBRC-TV in Birmingham and WGHP in GreensboroWinston-SalemHigh Point, North Carolina, and NBC affiliate WDAF-TV in Kansas City that were part of New World's concurrent $360-million acquisition of Great American Communications's television properties. MILWAUKEE, WI -- A longtime WISN 12 television news anchor died Wednesday evening, according to media reports, According to a KUSI San Diego report, David Davis was killed in a crash near Dallas . 0. First Fox Television Stations ownership period, Last edited on 28 February 2023, at 06:26, 1994-1996 United States broadcast TV realignment, transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts, "Whitefish Bay Ch. Nov 16, 1995. Charter Communications began carrying the 6.2 subchannel on channel 967 (now 189) on August 11, followed by its addition to Time Warner Cable on digital channel 991 on October 13, 2009. [77] Weekend early evening newscasts were subsequently restored on April 7, 2012. I would write him letters and he would write back to me, which I thought was pretty cool. Subsequently, in April 1998, WITI simplified its branding to "Fox 6", (Coinciding with this, the station introduced the "Milwaukee's Newscenter" set that would remain in use until 2011, along with a "Weather Deck" located outside of Brown Deer Road studio facility that was used as an outdoor setting for forecast segments. Stephanie is an Emmy award-winning journalist and currently the weekday anchor of FOX6 News at 4, 6 & 9 p.m. Philly raised with Packers pride that may be the best way to sum up my ties to the Milwaukee area. WITI finally carried some form of Fox children's programming beginning in September 2014, when the two-hour E/I-contributing Xploration Station lineup (which is syndicated primarily to Fox affiliates on a right of first refusal basis) began to air on Saturday mornings after the brokered home programming. However, fellow Fox6 meteorologist Eric Manges revealed that Waterman is heading back east. 10. Every year in the lead up to Veterans Day, the names are read aloud of the 58,281 people listed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. WITI's newscasts overall have typically finished in third place, behind WTMJ-TV and WISN-TV, although, in the main demographic ratings that advertisers use, the three stations are much closer with any three placing first in selected newscast, and like most Fox affiliate newscasts in prime time, the 9p.m. newscasts often can outrate the 10p.m. newscasts on Milwaukee's other three stations, along with WITI (in addition to the 9p.m. shows from WDJT on WMLW-TV, and WISN's newscast on their True Crime Network subchannel). The station's E/I requirements are fulfilled by the Xploration Station block offered by Fox. Perhaps in protest, Storer announced on September 26, 1976, that it would re-affiliate WITI with CBS. A former state lawmaker who once served as Wisconsin's tourism secretary has been sentenced to 33 months in prison after pleading guilty to failing to pay nearly $200,000 in employment taxes.. (Times Mirror Co. to sell four stations to Argyle Communications Inc.)", "Argyle socks away profit. CBS first entered into discussions with WTMJ for a contract; that station was subsequently eliminated as an option as NBC decided to approach Journal Communications to renew its contract with WTMJ. The next time youre on a flight, think about this do you know who actually built the plane? CBS 58 - Mike Strehlow joined the CBS 58 News Team in 1996. Fired Fox News anchor files defamation lawsuit against network, CEO over misconduct allegations by Dominick Mastrangelo - 07/01/21 7:51 AM ET Former Fox News anchor Ed Henry is suing the. TV6 reports from Social Distortion riot at Odd Rock Cafe . However, it expanded its weekday morning newscast from two hours to three (with an hour added from 8:00 to 9:00a.m.); the weeknight 5:00p.m. newscast was expanded from 30 minutes to one hour, forming a 90-minute news block from 5 to 6:30p.m.; and an hour-long nightly prime time newscast at 9:00p.m. was added, leading into the existing 10:00p.m. newscast. One of Wisconsin's preeminent broadcast news directors, she began her journalism career at WISC-TV in Madison while still a student at the UW-Madison in 1971. The station carries all Fox programming available with Descriptive Video Service audio, along with Spanish-language audio broadcasts of Fox Sports telecasts. And despite some solid work at those various stops, it was the one time I dressed up as the Cat in the Hat to read to kids (okay, second time the first was a starring role in Seussical the Musical back in high school) that caught the eye of the folks here at FOX6. With just days before WITI was to join Fox, CBS was faced with the prospect of arranging to have out-of-market affiliates in nearby areas (either WISC-TV in Madison, or its two owned-and-operated stations in the region, WFRV-TV in Green Bay or WBBM-TV in Chicago) be made available for carriage to cable subscribers throughout Southeastern Wisconsin until it could or in case it did not secure a new affiliate in Milwaukee. Conversely, in a move to comply with the network's branding conventions, Fox and other entertainment programming on the station was promoted as "Fox is Six" to try to build an audience for the growing network on the stronger Milwaukee station. Baylor (19-10, 10-7 Big 12) won 63-54 at 12th-ranked Texas on Monday, holding the Longhorns to a season low in points, ending their 12-game home winning streak and preventing them . Among the NTA programs aired by WITI were The Passerby, Man Without a Gun and This is Alice. While at least one station offered a separate broadcast on 87.7,[85] WITI opted to restore the audio feed via an HD Radio subchannel of WMIL-FM (106.1) in August 2009 through an agreement to provide news and weather content for WMIL owner Clear Channel Communications's Milwaukee radio cluster (a forecast-only content agreement between WITI and Entercom's three local stations and occasional check-ins during WakeUp News on WXSS and WSSP's morning shows continues without any audible forecasts from channel 6's weather staff). I joined FOX6 as the Roving Reporter for WakeUp, before moving to the anchor desk two years later. I wanted to be a doctor. The station's digital signal is multiplexed: In May 2012, the station activated its second audio program feed three years before FCC requirements for network-provided audio description went into effect for the Milwaukee market, which was done for all Local TV stations at the master control level. 1. By clicking Sign Up, I confirmthat I have read and agreeto the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. Elliot, who has been a CBS daytime anchor for about a year, had first shocked . Sharing powerful, compelling stories with our audience is what I enjoy most. On December 3, 2018, Irving, Texas-based Nexstar Media Group announced it would acquire Tribune's assets for $6.4 billion in cash and debt. Back then, if you wanted to see the local news and weather, you needed to be there in front of the TV when the newscast was aired. WITI obtained the local syndication rights to the show in 1992 after a long and successful run on WISN-TV, where it likewise ran first-run locally until the end of its fifth season. Ted Perry has been with FOX6 News since 1993 and anchors evening newscasts. Local News. Since there wasn't The Weather Channel to watch continuously, like some weather fans do now, I would check out weather books from the library, and my parents would buy me weather books for my birthday and Christmas. Almost everyone in my family works in the medical field in some shape or form. They liked the way the graphics system looked and they also liked how I looked. Josh Elliot was abruptly fired by CBS News on Monday and escorted out of the building by security. [53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63] The sale was approved by the FCC on September 16 and was completed on September 19, 2019. As a CBS affiliate, WITI aired M*A*S*H starting with the 1977 CBS/ABC affiliation switch, in both its original CBS run and in syndication. WITI also continued to follow WISN's preemption of Search For Tomorrow and by 1979 dropped Love of Life (before CBS canceled the serial in 1980) as well as repeats of CBS sitcoms and underperforming daytime game shows (the lone exception was the one-week, 9 a.m. delay of The Price Is Right from 1977 to 1980) due to the success it had with Phil Donahue in the 11:00a.m. hour. Fox Television Stations announced before its debut that its stations would carry the streaming service Fox Weather as a subchannel in their local markets at the start of 2022, with WITI doing so on its fourth subchannel in February 2022.[80]. He currently works as a news anchor on the morning show on Milwaukee's Fox 6. Her nickname is Nic. DuPont described the violent attack during an Oct. 9 podcast on the Channel 6 website. Fox News host Tucker Carlson's special on the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol was the last straw for two network commentators. Disgraced former Fox News anchor Ed Henry's motion to dismiss allegations that he violated New York's so-called "revenge porn" statute against his sexual assault accuser was rejected by a. No Ted Perry.. A few months before, the station's 20 year-old weather deck received a full-scale overhaul and redesign in a sponsored arrangement with both a deck-building company and a landscaper which handles the station's landscaping services. 5m ago. So our forecasts are constantly being updated on-line and on the air. From there, it was off on a six-year journey as a sports anchor and reporter. And when I first went on the air in Milwaukee on the TV6 News at Noon with John Drilling on Monday, February 22, 1982, I had no idea what the future would hold.I feel fortunate to have worked in local television during the time period when so many technological changes took place. The rebroadcast with WMIL-HD3 was eventually ended down the line for one of iHeartRadio's automated formats. On May 8, 2017, Hunt Valley, Maryland-based Sinclair Broadcast Group which owns CW affiliate WVTV (channel 18) and owned MyNetworkTV affiliate WCGV-TV at the time entered into an agreement to acquire Tribune Media for $3.9 billion, plus the assumption of $2.7 billion in debt held by Tribune. The main anchor at WITI-TV (Channel 6) has not been on the air all week for its 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. newscasts.. That . In 1978, WITI moved its operations to a new facility located on North Green Bay Road in Brown Deer, just outside Milwaukee; the upstart WCGV-TV (channel 24), which would eventually air programming from CBS that WITI refused, purchased WITI's former studios and used them from 1980 until 1994. her new position at WISN-TV (Channel 12), where she is the first black news. And I'm honored to say I've won multiple Emmy Awards for my feature reporting including for a series on what life is like for Wisconsin sailors aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. In April 2017, she left her position reading headlines as a news anchor on Fox & Friends, the morning program the president watches religiously, to become spokesperson for the State Department. We even produce separate weathercasts for our website 4 to 5 times per day. Since moving to Milwaukee in 2016, my wife, daughter and I have fallen in love with the city and all southeast Wisconsin has to offer. Keep in mind that I was bitten by the weather bug at an early age. [28][29][30][31] Through a management company formed between Local TV and the Chicago-based Tribune Company formed the day prior to the Fox station purchase (December 21) to handle the operation of its existing broadcast television properties and the Local TV stations as well as provide web hosting, technical and engineering services to stations run by the latter group, WITI began sharing newsgathering resources between WITI and Tribune's television flagship WGN-TV in the adjacent Chicago market. Notably, channel 6 is the only commercial television station in the Milwaukee market never to have held the local broadcast rights to the Milwaukee Brewers. The station first signed on the air on May 21, 1956, operating as an independent station; it was originally owned by Independent Television, Inc., to whom the channel 6 construction permit was granted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on June 11, 1955. MILWAUKEE, WI -- A longtime TV news anchor is leaving the airwaves after 21 years for a career change. We now have two kiddos Jack and Harper and a furrier one, Rileigh (Portuguese Water Dog) . Discovery library after being colorized by then-rights holder Republic Pictures in the late 1980s) as of 2023. I just missed out on the film era (fortunately!). In 1961, WITI lost the NTA network due to its closure, and CBS decided to affiliate with WISN-TV (channel 12), as its sister radio station had been a longtime affiliate of the CBS Radio Network. I was working for Weather Central, a private forecasting company that also developed cutting edge graphics for TV weather. WITI (channel 6) is a television station in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, airing programming from the Fox network. WITI resumed the Saturday and Sunday morning newscasts (which now aired from 7:00 to 9:00a.m. on both days) after a two-year absence on April 2, 2011. Thats not meant to scare you. They changed in 1955 when the station was bought by the Hearst . -. It continues to broadcast one channel in a 480i 4:3 format, unusual for a station licensed as full power. [66][67] Occasionally as time permits, TV-6.2 may air the station's 9:00p.m. newscast whenever it is unable to run it on the station's main channel in the event of sports overruns or extended movie broadcasts aired by Fox as well as to simulcast the station's severe weather coverage, including closings and weather warning graphics. Studio A ended on July 8, 2016, with the 4 p.m. hour converted to a traditional newscast the next Monday, though some Studio A segments and elements will remain. On December 3, 2007, the station's midday newscast was moved from its longtime noon slot to 11:00a.m. Two days prior on December 1, the Saturday edition of Wake-Up News was expanded to two hours beginning at 7:00a.m.; the Sunday edition was also moved to 7:00a.m., but remained one hour long. 1 morning newscast. (The New World Communications name continues in use as a licensing purpose corporationas "New World Communications of [state/city], Inc." or "NW Communications of [state/city], Inc."for WITI and its sister stations under Fox ownership, extending, from 2009 to 2011, to the former New World stations that Fox sold to Local TV in 2007.) [12] On February 17, 1993, one day after SCI purchased WTVT in Tampa from Gillett Holdings in a separate agreement for $163 million, New World Pictures purchased a 51% ownership stake in SCI Television from Gillett for $100 million and $63 million in newly issued debt. KKR sold the stations to Racine native George N. Gillett Jr.'s Gillett Communications in 1987; shortly thereafter, SCI Television was spun off from Gillett to acquire the stations after the latter company filed for bankruptcy. During the FIFA World Cup and golf's U.S. Open in mid-June and July 2018, WITI shifted daytime news programming and Real Milwaukee to WITI-DT2 to accommodate the World Cup's morning and early afternoon scheduling. WISN 12's history in photos. After receiving her journalism degree in 1972, she served two years there as a news and sports reporter before shifting to WITI-TV in Milwaukee, where she served 5 years as a news reporter. Petersburg, WJBK-TV in Detroit and WAGA-TV in Atlanta, NBC affiliate KNSD in San Diego and independent station WSBK-TV in Bostoninto a new broadcasting subsidiary, New World Communications.[13][14][15]. 2:08 Brad Hicks, who has been a nighttime news anchor at WITI-TV (Channel 6) for nearly 15 years, has left the station, the Fox affiliate has confirmed. Its to give you an appreciation for a unique program at a high school in southeast Wisconsin. [8] In August 1962, the station moved to its current 1,078-foot (329m) transmission tower located in Shorewood; for a short time, the transmitter had been the tallest free-standing tower in the world. The dealwhich would make Nexstar the largest television station operator by total number of stations upon its expected closure late in the third quarter of 2019would give WITI temporary sister stations in nearby markets including Green Bay (CBS affiliate WFRV-TV), La CrosseEau Claire (Fox affiliate WLAX and satellite WEUX) and Rockford (Fox affiliate WQRF-TV and ABC-affiliated SSA partner WTVO). Thanks to all of our viewers for tuning in night after night. WITI shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 6, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. WITI-TV officially became a Fox affiliate on December 11, 1994, when the network's programming lineup moved to the station from WCGV; the first Fox network program to air on the station as a full-time affiliate was Fox NFL Sunday at 11:00a.m. Central Time that day, leading into that afternoon's NFL doubleheader: the 1994 Chicago BearsGreen Bay Packers game at Lambeau Field (which served as one of Fox's early regional games that day and saw the Packers win in a 403 blowout victory) and a mid-afternoon national game between the San Francisco 49ers and the San Diego Chargers. At FOX6 News, we have one of the most experienced teams of people committed to bringing you the news that. Wiki/Bio Nicole Koglin was born in the village of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, in the United States of America. Personal Life, Parents and Family Details : Nicole was born and raised in the "village" of Menomonee Falls. Storer purchased KCST the following year, but ABC was not happy with being forced to surrender an affiliation with VHF station in favor of a UHF outlet. [87] WVCY has retained its existing FCC license and must-carry rights, and continues to identify as channel 30 over-the-air as part of the WITI channel share. I also love to learn and have a deep sense of curiosity even a cat would envy. On May 23, 1994, as part of a broad deal that also saw News Corporation acquire a 20% equity interest in the company, New World Communications signed a long-term agreement to affiliate its nine CBS-, ABC- or NBC-affiliated television stations with Fox, which sought to strengthen its affiliate portfolio after the National Football League (NFL) accepted the network's $1.58 billion bid for the television rights to the National Football Conference (NFC) a four-year contract that began with the 1994 NFL season on December 18, 1993. WITI (channel 6) is a television station in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, serving as the market's Fox network outlet. At that time, WITI moved from its original studio facility in Mequon to WXIX's former studios on North 27th Street in Milwaukee (which were later used by WCGV-TV from 1980 to 1994). It also carried the team's Thursday Night Football games involving the Packers from NFL Network locally early on in that package's life before it began simulcasts on CBS (2014 and 2015), along with NBC starting in 2016, before returning to Fox exclusively in the 2018 season until the end of the 2021 season. The Marinette, Wisconsin native anchors the CBS 58 News at noon and 4:00 P.M. and is host of CBS 58 Sunday Morning. . In its run as an ABC affiliate, it carried coverage of the Milwaukee Bucks winning the 1971 NBA Finals, the teams only championship until 2021. MILWAUKEE (AP) - Television anchorman Vince Gibbens, praised by co-workers for his cool handling of newsroom emergencies, died of an apparent heart attack Wednesday at the age of . Mark Concannon - Concannon was a sportscaster at WFMY during the mid-1980s. The station's morning newscast, Fox 6 Wake Up News, usually places first in the 4:30a.m. to 10:00a.m. time period against the national morning programs airing on WTMJ, WISN and WDJT during the 7:00 to 9:00a.m. slot, whereas WITI's newscast serves as a local alternative to those programs; it competes with a WDJT-produced newscast on WMLW-TV. WITI aired the program until 1996, when it moved to WDJT-TV; the telethon returned to WITI in 2011,[72] although it lost the rights once again when the broadcast moved to ABC in 2013 (as a result, it was carried locally by WISN-TV until the telethon ended in 2014). Nicole Koglin is an American journalist and anchor, better recognized as an anchor in Fox Fox 6's show Real Milwaukee, WakeUp. Channel 6 saw a demo tape of the graphics system which just happened to be one of my weekend evening weathercasts on Channel 27 in Madison. By Jim Piwowarczyk & Jessica McBride. (In addition, channel 6 continues to share news footage and other resources with Fox's Chicago O&O WFLD through the Fox NewsEdge affiliate service.) [4], From 1956 to 1959, WITI used the DuMont Vitascan color systemwhich required a completely darkened set with a single strobe light, causing eye strainfor its locally produced programs. Storer also applied to move the channel 6 allocation from Whitefish Bay to Milwaukee; the request was granted on July 30, 1959.[6]. She is an American television news anchor located in New York City who works for the Fox News Channel. Jonathan Hardison anchors WBRC FOX6 News Live at Five, 5:30, 6 and 10 p.m. He's worked at television stations in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and Evansville, Indiana, before joining the WBRC FOX6 News team in October 2007. As the oldest living former U.S. President, Jimmy Carter has not only witnessed pivotal moments in U.S. history, he has also played a role in shaping that history. It was also among the handful of CBS affiliates that opted not carry Pryor's Place due to concerns that parents would protest a station airing a Saturday morning program starring a comedian known for using controversial and racially insensitive material. It is duplicative of the HSN feed carried by WPXE-DT8, which also transmits from WITI's tower. At 5 or 6 years old I was a full blown weather geek. Wisconsin World War II veterans share their memories of events that forever changed their lives -- and those around them. How did we do it? Harry got a kick out of that. By Mohammad Samra. Here are 10 such ridiculous moments, culled from both the "hard" and the not-so-"hard" broadcasts of Milwaukee's TV news past. Published February 28, 2023 10:35PM. Until 2019, Fox's NFL Kickoff, which precedes Fox NFL Sunday, was aired on WITI-DT2 on Sunday mornings instead due to E/I commitments and an existing syndication agreement to carry the tourism series Discover Wisconsin on Sunday mornings (in the 2019 season, the allowance by the FCC to air E/I programming in the 6 a.m. hour allowed the carriage of Kickoff on 6.1 for the first time). In addition, Gus Gnorski's Saturday morning DIY program Ask Gus, was put on hiatus, with Gnorski's segments integrated into the Saturday morning newscast; the program's former studio began serving as the new studio for Wake-Up in May 2008. With interests in the arts, athletics the great outdoors and food definitely food let me know what I should check out around town. For fans of Fox 6 news, you may have noticed something this week. However, since CBS obtained the partial over-the-air network television rights to the league in 1990, WITI has carried most national and regional Major League Baseball (MLB) game telecasts involving the team (with the exception of a three-year break in coverage between CBS' 1993 loss of the MLB broadcasting contract and Fox's acquisition of national television rights to the league). It also was one of the first CBS affiliates to discontinue airing CBS This Morning during the 7:00a.m. hour in 1993 in favor of airing the locally produced WakeUp News. Ted Perry, the longtime anchor of the evening news on Fox6 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin was ousted after joking on his personal Facebook page that "2020 takes Alex Trebek but leaves Mitch. The station then transitioned to the standard FTS on-air graphics package on October 28, 2020. Seven people died because of that day, but many more likely would have if it wasnt for one Oak Creek Police Lieutenant Brian Murphy. A different kind of class is in session this fall at Kewaskum High School. The transaction also made WITI the first Milwaukee television station to serve as an owned-and-operated station of a major network since CBS owned WOKY-TV/WXIX (now WVTV) from 1954 to 1959. She lived in Madison for three months trying to sell the house while I lived here, working every day. I shouldn't have been surprised. Sinclair had already announced that it had sold WCGV's spectrum in April in the FCC's 2016 spectrum auction and it would cease operations in technicality, albeit with WCGV's main schedule and subchannel moving to WVTV's DT2 subchannel on January 8, 2018; that move effectively would have alleviated any regulatory complications involving the sale for the Milwaukee stations, outside any physical and employee assets that would have been sorted out prior to the deal's closure. Through the transfer of the NFC television rights from CBS for the 1994 season, the station's December 1994 switch to Fox allowed WITI to retain its status as Milwaukee's "home" station for the Green Bay Packers. Good thing we were young! My dad is a doctor. WCGV temporarily converted into an independent station in the run-up to affiliating with the upstart United Paramount Network (UPN) the following month (on January 16, 1995), though retaining Fox Kids, as WITI held no interest in carrying the network's children's lineup due to a successful weekday afternoon and Saturday morning lineup, as most New World stations did. what was the louvre before it was a museum. Although it sounds like a cliche, this has very much been a dream job for me. [86] WITI is one of the few stations that had broadcast on VHF channel 6 prior to the digital transition to restore its audio feed legally; WRGB in Albany, New York attempted an audio subcarrier service after the transition that was subsequently pulled at the FCC's request. Prominent Milwaukee news anchor Ted Perry has been suspended by the Fox-owned station WITI-TV, sources told the New York Post, following a Facebook post in which the weeknight host seemed to suggest that he wished Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had died over the weekend rather than beloved "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek. 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