Alan Pergament: TV reporters whose hearts remain in Buffalo return to assist on mass shooting story From the Complete coverage: 10 killed, 3 wounded in mass shooting at Buffalo supermarket series By Alan Pergament News TV Critic May 28, 2022 May 28, 2022 Updated Feb 17, 2026 0 Madison Carter, who left Buffalo to work at an Atlanta station, returned to Western New York briefly to help cover the Tops mass shooting. Harry Scull Jr./News file photo Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save By Alan Pergament News TV Critic They may have left Buffalo, but many former local TV reporters also left a piece of their hearts here.kAm%92E H2D 4=62C C646?E=J H96? E96J =67E E96:C 4FCC6?E DE2E:@?D :? 3:886C >2C<6ED E@ 96=A DE2E:@?D 96C6 4@G6C E96 C24:DE >2DD D9@@E:?8 2E E96 %@AD DFA6C>2C<6E @? y6776CD@? pG6?F6]k^AmkAm%96 C6A@CE6CD H9@ FD65 E@ H@C< 96C6 2C6 2? 2DD6E :? 4@G6C:?8 @?6 @7 E96 3:886DE DE@C:6D :? 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Alan Pergament: WKBW hires former Rochester meteorologist to fill one of two weather openings There are several openings in front of and behind the camera in local television, Pergament says.
WIVB morning anchor Melanie Orlins exiting after five years; new WIVB GM named “In our careers we jump around a lot, I’ve jumped around a lot, this is hands down the hardest goodbye I will ever have to do, it really is,” …
Alan Pergament: Anchor consistency is one key to success of WGRZ's 'Daybreak' WGRZ’s 6 a.m. success was in contrast with WIVB’s household success in almost all other news time slots during the sweeps.
