Willie Nelson, ZZ Top to perform at Whitewater Amphitheater in 2023.Magnolia Pancake Haus adds plans for new location on Loop 1604.Small-town gem with access to Colorado River is your next San Antonio day trip.Southside burger joint TJ's celebrates 50 years with $1.99 hamburgers.“Sinclair Broadcast Group,” Crane wrote, “made you all look like fools and propaganda tools.” On the Facebook thread, posters seemed to agree, condemning the practice and Mathieu and Beamer along with it. Texas State University professor Tim England, for instance, called it “a dark day in broadcast journalism.” It intensified when the website Deadspin posted a supercut video that showed more than 30 anchors and anchor teams reciting the promo at the same time. In the promos, the newscasters decry “the troubling trend of irresponsible, one-sided news stories plaguing our country” before warning that this is “extremely dangerous to our democracy.”Īn outcry followed with media and academics denouncing the mandated promos. The script she referred to has been read on the air by anchors across the country - including Beamer and Mathieu on WOAI and Jessica Headley and Ryan Wolf on KABB - on stations owned by Sinclair, one of the nation’s biggest broadcasters. “This wasn’t a choice nor a script that we wrote.” “Yeah, shame on us for wanting to keep our jobs so that we could continue to support our families,” Mathieu fired back. RELATED: Anchors share their vacation photos Not an ounce of integrity, turns out he’s just a puppet,” Crane wrote. He wants to get it right.“I used to think Randy Beamer was pretty cool, not anymore. He wants to be first, but he wants to be accurate more than anything else. It is the reason our news product is so good and why Beamer is so revered. Truth is, we should all listen to the suggestions. "As he reads this copy he is noticing where I left out a comma here or mistakenly added one there. So he often suggests to the lighting guy how to light, to directors and producers how do direct and produce, and to photographers how to shoot. "Whenever he walks into a room, he is automatically the smartest guy in it. "Truth is, Randy Beamer has a MENSA I.Q.," WOAI sports director Don Harris posted on Facebook. While WOAI employees won't find Beamer in the newsroom until midnight anymore, they will probably still see him making appearances and helping out the San Antonio community. "I’ve had the pleasure of working with Randy for a significant portion of his career and I’ll forever be grateful to him for being such a terrific ambassador for News 4 and Sinclair San Antonio. "After 30 years, Randy’s credentials and achievements are numerous as are his fans," Sinclair San Antonio Vice President and General Manager Dean Radla said on the WOAI website. And those words at that moment meant so much to me. "But on the card, it read: ‘Play On.’ And it had a piano, a picture of a piano. And I had just a terrible week," former WOAI anchor Jacqueline Ortiz told the station in 2019. "I remember one time, he left a card on my desk. His humor, kindness and workhorse mentality are going to be missed.” "A lot of our team has looked up to Randy as a leader and proud dad of the newsroom. "What many people don’t know is how devoted he is as a father to four incredible children,” said Sinclair San Antonio News Director Mandi Mendoza on the station's website. Murrow Award and Texas Associated Press Broadcasters honors. Beamer has nine EMMY Awards, an Edward R. They were always so well done."īeamer has the awards to prove it. And I remember my colleagues and I gathering around the TV in the newsroom because we wanted to see Beamer's stories. "He'd come back and dig through the archives to put some historical context to it. “He would grab his own camera, he would shoot his own stuff," former News 4 Trouble Shooter Jeff Coyle told the station in 2019. Phil Archer to retire from KPRC 2 after 44 yearsĬlearly a journalist who hasn't fallen out of love of chasing a story, Beamer has covered stories in Iraq, Guantanamo Bay and Sri Lanka. That line must make news managers at other stations drool in jealousy in today's MMJ fueled world! I really, really appreciate it."īeamer is an anchor who still likes to grab a camera and shoot his own stories according to his bio. Thanks to ALL of you for all the kind words. I have at least another 41 years worth of all kinds of stuff I'm planning to do. "After 41 years in TV news (seriously), I'm finally retiring," Beamer posted on Facebook. Randy Beamer, the legendary News 4 San Antonio WOAI 5, 6, 6:30 and 10pm anchor, announced he is retiring Friday, Maafter more than 30 years in San Antonio.ĭelaine Mathieu exits News 4 San Antonio WOAI
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