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- How can I contact Channel
7?
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How can I contact the ABC network?
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What should I do if I have a possible news
story?
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How can I contact a specific reporter or anchor?
- Where can I go to respond
to a story?
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Can a WXYZ anchor or reporter come to my function?
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Where are they now? (Reporters and anchors)
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How do I obtain video from WXYZ News or ABC
News?
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What do I need to watch video on the web?
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How can I locate a past story?
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How can I receive e-mail news and weather
updates?
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Where can I browse WXYZ job opportunities?
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I have a consumer complaint. How can WXYZ
help?
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How can I post a community event on the website?
- How can I intern with Channel 7?

How
can I contact Channel 7?
You
can contact WXYZ-TV/Channel 7 by:
Snail
Mail
WXYZ-TV
20777 West 10 Mile Road
Southfield, MI 48037
E-mail
E-mail
us your comment or question at talkback@wxyztv.com
Call for Action: call7@detnow.com
Chuck Stokes' editorials: opinion@detnow.com
Frank Turner's commentaries: fturner@detnow.com
Phone
numbers
Click for a complete listing of phone numbers.
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How
can I contact the ABC Network?
Send
your questions, comments or concerns to the ABC network
at:
ABC Television
77 West 66th Street
New York, NY 10023
E-mail:
Click
to e-mail your comments about ABC shows or ABC News.
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What should I do if I have a possible news story?
If you see breaking news or have any other story ideas,
call 248-827-9407. Someone is always there to answer your
call. Verizon
Wireless cellular customers can reach us airtime-free by
dialing #WXYZ. If
you have a consumer-related news story, call 248-827-3362.
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How can I contact a specific reporter or anchor?
To reach a reporter or anchor by telephone, call 248-827-7777
or faxes 248-827-9444 and be sure to have their name on
it. Also, visit the Anchors
and Reporters pages to e-mail them directly or write
to talkback@wxyztv.com
and type the intended recipient's name in the subject line.
You
can also
correspond via mail by writing to:
(Reporter
Name)
WXYZ
News
20777 West 10 Mile Road
Southfield, MI 48037
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Where can I go to respond to a story?
If you would like to respond to one of Chuck Stokes'
editorials, send an e-mail to opinion@detnow.com.
To contact Frank Turner about his editorials, send an e-mail
to fturner@detnow.com.
If you would like to respond to an investigation, send an
e-mail to wilson@detnow.com.
If you'd like to voice your thoughts about any story, be
sure to stop by the Opinion
section and weigh in on the debates.
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Can a WXYZ anchor or reporter visit my school or function?
For more information about anchor and reporter visits,
please call the WXYZ Public Relations office at 248-827-9307.
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Where are they now?
- Mary
Kay Kleist is weekend meteorologist at WBBM-TV in Chicago.
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Chad Myers is a meteorologist at CNN in Atlanta.
- Kim Adams is a meteorologist at WDIV-TV in Detroit.
- Mark Hayes is morning anchor at WAGA-TV in Atlanta.
- Chris
Lawrence reports for CBS
News, and is occasionally seen on Action News at 10 on UPN50.
- John
Kelly and Marilyn Turner
live in Florida.
- Doris
Biscoe owns her own company.
- Bill
Bonds is seen regularly on local television as a spokesman for Gardner-White Furniture.
- Sandy Heng is attending a fellowship at the University of Michigan and travels around the world reporting on the auto racing circuit.
- Rob
Kress
became ill in the summer of 1994. Since that time
he has been home and recovering. You can contact Rob by
writing to:
Rob Kress
c/o WXYZ-TV
20777 West 10 Mile Road
Southfield, MI 48037
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How do I obtain video from WXYZ News or ABC News?
WXYZ is unable to provide tapes of our newscasts, but you
can contact one of the following companies to purchase a
copy of a newscast:
If
you are looking for ABC News transcripts or videocassettes,
call 1-800-CALL-ABC.
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How can I watch video on the Web?
We stream all of our video files with RealVideo. It is a
popular and standard file format and the RealPlayer software
is available at no cost to you. It may even be on your computer
already.
To obtain the latest version of the RealPlayer software
and plug-in for your Web browser, visit http://www.real.com.
It is NOT necessary to purchase their "Pro" product.
To find the free version, look in the upper right hand corner
of their homepage, and click on "Free RealOne Player."
On the next page, look for the link that reads "Download
the Free RealOne Player Only." You will find this mid-way
down the page, on the right.
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How can I locate a past story?
You can try searching for the information by using our
site
search page. Not all news stories are posted on detnow.com
and subsequently will not show up in the site search. If
you have tried the site search and still cannot locate the
information that you're looking for, e-mail us at talkback@wxyztv.com
and we will do our best to help you.
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Can I receive e-mail news and weather updates?
Of course you can! To sign up for our free Action Mail
service, click here! We
can notify you of breaking news and send daily news headlines.
To
receive a personal forecast, you can sign up for My Doppler
7 by clicking
here.
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Where can I go to browse WXYZ job opportunities?
All of the current job openings for WXYZ are posted on our
corporate office's website at http://www.scripps.com.
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I have a consumer complaint. How can WXYZ help?
E-mail your concerns or complaints to call7@detnow.com.
You can also Call For Action at
248-827-3362 Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 11am
to 1pm. We
help as many people as we can, but you will sometimes get
a busy signal, please keep trying as we are on the phone
helping others. On
Thursday, we staff the hotline with lawyers who will answer
your legal questions for free.
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How can I post a community event
on the website?
If
you would like to post a community event, for example information
on an upcoming festival or a fundraiser, you can mail, fax,
or e-mail us. Please include the following information:
name and e-mail address, along with the name of the event,
date(s), description, contacts for the public and location.
Our
detnow.com staff will post the event within a few days on
the website's Community section. This
is only to post a community event on the website!
For mailing address:
Attn: Internet Department
WXYZ
News
20777 West 10 Mile Road
Southfield, MI 48037
Fax
at 248-827-4973 or
e-mail us. For
any other questions, please e-mail the main address at talkback@wxyztv.com
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How can I intern with Channel 7?
Click
for information on Channel 7's
internship program.
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