Newscasts on hold as station fires last two reporters

MACON - No news was good news to people tired of a central Georgia TV station&#39;s anchorless news shows. <br> <br> WPGA-TV in Macon suspended its news broadcasts indefinitely Friday after firing its last two news employees, station owner Lowell Register said. <br> <br> Register said the ABC affiliate will resume newscasts when it can assemble another team. Most of the old news team left the station after anchor Tina Taylor Hicks&#39; departure last month. <br> <br> The station had been running newscasts without anchors in recent weeks. <br> <br> ``We said, hey, there&#39;s no need in doing something halfway,&#39;&#39; Register told The Macon Telegraph. ``Let&#39;s just terminate and rethink our position on doing it and let&#39;s put the right team back together.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> On-air employees were worried about reports that labeled the station&#39;s new ``headline&#39;&#39; news format as tabloid journalism, he said. <br> <br> ``We had a couple of the news people that said, &#39;Oh, we don&#39;t want to participate,&#39; so they virtually left in a huff,&#39;&#39; Register said.

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