John Henry Smith, former WPLG sports anchor and reporter, is joining WVUE, the FOX affiliate in New Orleans.
He will replace Sports Direct Eric Richey who is leaving the station to focus on his morning sports show at WIST-AM.
John Henry Smith’s contract with WPLG wasn’t renewed and he left the station in July of 2009.
His first day at WVUE is sometime next week.
Good for him. Not necessarily a bad market to be in with the Saints tearing it up.
John Henry will not be disappointed. I know the people running WVUE, and they know how to assemble a team that will win.
God I hated watching this guy.
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING JOHN HENRY SMITH AS SPORTS DIRECTOR OF WVUE WELCOME TO NEW ORLEANS, LOUISINA
So what’s with the three names and ‘III’? He needs the whole name thing to compensate for other things lacking? It smacked of elitism on Ch. 10, and for that reason I never watched him.
I don’t know. Maybe it was because his father’s name was John Henry Smith II and his grandfather was named John Henry Smith? Just a guess. So you don’t watch someone because of their name? Who’s the elitist?
A point of clarification – JHSIII himself smacked of elitism. He came off as the guy who had to have three names and the III because he just had to be noticed that way. He’s nothing special except for the name thing. Just another gimmick.
All I know is he made so many gestures, if he used his hands any more he could have joined Siegfried and Roy.
I knew JHS a while ago –I’m happy for his success. True, he is quite animated, but he’s a good guy with a beautiful family. Congrats John!! (I could never get used to saying his whole name!)
ANY NEWS ON WHEN JOHN WILL DEBUT AS SPORTS DIRECTOR AT WVUE
Congrats John Henry! A great guy who is going to be a great addition to the Big Easy. They are gonna love you!
Hope they have a good eyebrow waxer at that station, he seems to have a thing for that