Winter 2014

Yes it was miserable. so over this

BEHIND THE SCENES- Children's Hospital Charity Dinner

Our country radio station K99.1FM is raising money for Dayton's Children's Hospital and is holding a series of events!

Famous singer & winner of The Voice (Team Blake!) Cassadee Pope generously volunteered her time and talent to help raise money! She flew (with her entourage) to Dayton to tour the hospital and have an intimate live performance at The beavercreek Milano's!

The Mayor of Beavercreek named Wednesday- Cassadee Pope Day!

Thanks K99 for inviting me & allowing me to hang out with our littlest fans!!!! Also, Cassadee, it was fun! (She's so super sweet)

Fall Family Apple Picking!

Family Fun Day Apple Picking with my WHIO TV Coworkers!

We headed to Hidden Valley Farm in Lebanon Ohio for a fun day filled with pumpkin & apple donuts, apple cider & apple picking (and some throwing)! We had fun with farm animals & Watta :)

I think we're all ready for Fall!

Halloween 2014!

Finally I was able to attend one of Gabby's Famous Halloween Parties!!!!

What an amazing job with her farm, transforming her barn into Halloween Paradise! I loved the all creative Halloween costumes!

I went as "Sharknado" :)

Goodbye Erica!

Goodbye Erica! We will miss you at WHIO TV, but this means, we'll be spending more weekends together! Yay! See you at the top!

WHIO TV Daybreak Love!

They all know when I join them on Daybreak, Ill be snapping away! It's out of the goodness of my heart- so my coworkers will have pictures to share with their great great children one day! (Not really, I just like to document everything!)

Thanks for having me Monday & Tuesday! Yay for working doubles then having a few day off! Woohoo!

Btw- McCall love my lotion! She says she wants to take a bite out of it :)

Dayton Women's Fair!

It was wonderful meeting so many of our viewers at the Dayton Women's Fair at the Dayton Airport Expo!!!!

Loved meeting our smaller viewers, too :)

Oh, Saturday in the 40s!

We had a September Heatwave! Few days later, 40s?!?!?! What's going on?

I love anchoring Saturdays with Erica, but especially this Saturday since we're INDOORS! Some areas like Celina and Botkins saw frost and woke up to the upper 30s!

I'm NOT ready for this!

McCall is Getting Married!!!

Our lovely meteorologist McCall is Getting married next month!!!!!! We can't let her get married without spoiling her!!!!

Fun lovely night with the ladies of WHIO TV :)

Shorts on the Anchor Desk?

Not Really! Not when I'm working!

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When I anchor, I'm always freezing! They keep the studios so cold because of our lights and equipment! I am usually wearing sweatpants and uggs underneath my skirt suits!!!!

When it gets super cold, I have to open up a hot hands to warm myself up! Not kidding!

Going Viral... Two of My Recent Stories Making National Headlines

Being the #1 CBS affiliate in the country, our stories often go viral :) here are two of my stories that made national headlines recently...

BEHIND THE SCENES- Reporters' Retreat!

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WHIO TV

Reporters Training aka RETREAT!

I love our yearly trips to Aileron!!! We started out with a breakfast, training sessions, then lunch & then "free for all" session!

It is a beautiful facility for business retreats & I just love what I call "relaxing training" and "venting to the boss" sessions!

Best part- it's a fun time with coworkers :)

BEHIND THE SCENES- ordinary Tuesday

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My Tuesday today consists of lots and lots of coffee, great co-workers to keep me awake during Daybreak and two court cases to cover for the Noon Show.

Gabby & I had breaking and developing news to anchor all throughout Daybreak, about a months worth of news in one newscast!

Then, Dee and I headed to court for two sentencings, including a murderer who will spend his entire life in prison without the possibility of parole for stabbing a Miamisburg Mentally Challenged woman and dragging her body to the railroad tracks, to be run over several times.

After court & between interviews... a behind the scenes photo of what reporters & photographers do...

Goodbye Summer, Goodbye Kaitie!

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Summer is almost over & School starts soon for many students, including our WHIO TV Interns!

This summer, we had great interns, including Kaitie Espeleta from Miami University! I had the pleasure of working with Kaitie about twice a week! She has great news judgement with hard work ethic and was one of only three interns (out of dozens) to volunteer on a hot sticky disgusting day to help with river cleanup! Some people just stand out & I can't wait to see Kaitie make it big one day!!!!!

Meanwhile, here's a sweet post she put on Instagram today! & a collage I made- including our "family portrait" :)

BEHIND THE SCENES- Saturday Sunshine!

We're just waiting for the Sunshine to join us!!!!! This is the third Saturday in a row where it rained during Daybreak on WHIO TV!

We still had fun behind the scenes and get a chance to show our newest Breaking News Team Multi-Media Journalist, Clint Davis, the ropes of News Center 7 Saturday!

Yuna Lee WHIO

"Better Together" Goodbye Party

We say goodbye to Lou Grieco!!!

It has been a pleasure working the courthouse with you, Lou!

Crime & Courts reporter for the Dayton Daily News is leaving for Detroit... which meant a "Better Together" Goodbye party! It was a good mix of TV & Newspaper & Lots and Lots of Food!

We'll miss you, Lou!!! We wish you and Michelle the best in Detroit!

Amelia, you are an awesome host! :)

BEHIND THE SCENES- waking up at 1am

Good Morning!!!! Or Good Night?

Working Daybreak for me requires me waking up at 1am at the latest :) ill get to work around 2am or 2:30am just to wake up and get myself together!

Some of my Photos from behind the scenes of Daybreak this week includes the Master Control, Producers/Directors Booth & WHIO Radio!

Heat Wave 2013

It's been "fun" as can be working a straight 12 days- 5 of which were the first five days of the year's 1st heat wave! Yippee- guess what the top story was all week?! Yes, us sweltering in the heat! Enjoy the photos, as we tried to keep it "cool"!!!!!