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Subject: One more group of gals: the What are you Thinking? in response to She is indeed a hottie, but... posted by UAGrad95
Date: 04/21/05 08:29:42am

The two founding members of the "What are You thinking putting THAT on the air Club" are....
Renee Shapiro - It's like a morning show with Janet Huckabee's voice and Gilbert Gotfried's charm. Sheesh!
Parella Lewis - I STILL haven't figured this gal out. That voice was deeper than Barry White. I sometimes have nightmares about her.

WTHR adjusts news desk lineups
The early morning news on WTHR (Channel 13) just got earlier."Eyewitness News Sunrise" now airs a half-hour earlier weekdays, starting at 4:30 a.m. Previously, the morning news show aired from 5 to 7 a.m., with additional local news reports sprinkled in during the "Today Show" broadcast."Our hope is to serve both the early riser and possibly even those getting off third-shift schedules," according to news director Jacques Natz.The expanded morning show brought about some anchor desk changes, too.To give morning co-anchor Bruce Kopp a break, Scott Swan will take over the noon slot in addition to his duties at 5:30 p.m., according to Channel 13 promotions manager Jeff Dutton. You won't be seeing Chuck Lofton doing weather at noon anymore, either. Meteorologists Parella Lewis and Tina Simpkin will handle those duties.Julia Moffitt will continue morning and noontime co-anchor duties but will be able to handle it with a long break between the shifts, Dutton said. "All the changes are being made so as not to burn out the morning team."

Women's Professional Development ConferenceMonday, October 24, 2005

Holiday Inn Conference Center
"Life Balance – The Struggle to Juggle"

Parella Lewis Parella will be our host for the day. She can be seen anchoring "Weekend Sunrise" Saturday and Sunday mornings on WTHR, Channel 13.

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Parella Lewis or Angela Buchman

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Lewis spent two and a half years covering the weather desk at KARK. While in Little Rock, she was part of the state's first dual weather team where she shared the 5, 6 &10:00 p.m. weathercasts with the chief meteorologist. Parella went on to become the weekend anchor and primary storm chaser, tracking down tornadoes and severe weather throughout the state.Parella began her career in the place she spent most of her childhood. She worked as the 5,6 & 10 p.m. weather anchor at KATC TV in Lafayette, Louisiana, where she forecasted everything from hurricanes and floods to extreme heat. She is a graduate of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.What's Lewis doing now? After leaving KARK in late 2003, she has found a home at WTHR, Indianapolis, Indiana. Lewis can be seen anchoring "Weekend Sunrise" Saturday and Sunday mornings on WTHR.

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chuck said...
I do miss Ms Lewis, she was most professional.
2:18 PM
Anonymous said...
Uh...she's a weather-muffen
6:42 PM
Anonymous said...
What is a weather-muffen ?
9:14 AM
Anonymous said...
weather-muffen: a good looking woman who forcasts the weather without any meteorological degrees or certifications
10:22 AM
Anonymous said...
Oh.... you mean like Tracy Douglass was 15 years ago ?
10:39 AM
Anonymous said...
Check out the weather babe in LA..http://www.fox11.com/sections/newsteam/barberie.asp
10:42 AM
Anonymous said...
KARK stopped the dual weather thing and moved her to weekends when research showed she was scoring higher then Brett Cummings. I had never heard of a station demoting someone for scoring too high in research, until KARK did it. Glad to see she's doing well.
11:20 AM
Anonymous said...
Brett is WAY better than Parella... I'm not sure the above poster is telling the truth
12:21 PM
Anonymous said...
Since when do Arkansas stations do research ?
12:54 PM

KARK Publicity Shot