Manteris rejoins Snyder at KVBC

KVBC-TV, Channel 3, has appointed veteran anchor Sue Manteris to succeed Nina Radetich on the 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts.

Manteris also will handle the 10 p.m. anchor spot on the CW, KVBC's sister station on Channel 33 and cable 6.

Manteris joined the KVBC News 3 team in 1989 as an anchor/reporter and has anchored News 3 at Sunrise and News 3 at Noon for the past decade.

In the press release issued by the station, Manteris said "it's an easy move, and a pleasure" to rejoin Jim Snyder on the anchor desk. Longtime friends, they co-anchored on News 3 Sunrise.

She replaces Radetich, Snyder's long-time co-anchor, who left KVBC after more than 10 years last week and has joined KTNV-TV, Channel 13 as a 6 p.m., 6:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. anchor.

Meanwhile, insiders say a recent KTNV-TV, Channel 13, photo shoot with Jerry Lewis may have given away the station's anchor plans.

When Lewis came to the station to shoot promos for the Labor Day weekend Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon, the only on-air talent to appear with him were anchor Tricia Kean, lead meteorologist Bryan Scofield and Casey Smith, who joined KTNV last summer after leaving his morning anchor slot at KLAS-TV, Channel 8. His one-year non-compete clause is up in August.

Notably missing: current evening anchor Steve Wolford, whose contract is up this year, and longtime anchor Cathy Ray, who has been out on medical leave. Sources say she is not planning to return.

KTNV is airing the local MDA telecast for the first time, after KLAS broadcast it for years.

THE SCENE AND HEARD

Israeli shekels are pouring into the Las Vegas real estate market. Last week it was Israeli-owned Elad Group, with a $1.3 billion deal for Phil Ruffin's 33-acre New Frontier site. Now an Israeli billionaire has put down $12 million for two penthouses in Donald Trump's two towers. "That's $54 million shekels," said Trump business partner/Las Vegas dealmaker Jack Wishna, who made the deal. ...

Mark and Susan Wayman of Las Vegas are on a horse racing roll. They have raced three of their horses this spring and all three have won, including 2-year-old Whatever Whenever, who triumphed his first time out at Hollywood Park over the weekend. He will race as an entry with their colt Thoroughly on July 4 at Hollywood Park in the Hollywood Juvenile Stakes. Their filly, Princess Susan M, named after Wayman's wife, makes her first start this Sunday at Hollywood Park. Wayman, known as "The Godfather," is a former software company owner and founder of The Foundation, LLC which focuses on executive recruitment. ...

Former President Clinton is returning to Las Vegas June 24 for a fundraiser for Sen. Hillary Clinton. Information: 664-1060. ...

Late-night hot spot Rainbow Bar & Grill has reopened and Chef Ernie Moore has added his mother's Alabama barbecue pork rib recipe to the evening menu. Meaty and topped with a tangy sauce, I rank 'em among my top five. Owners Bob and Jerry Greenberg have added lunch Wednesday through Friday.

SIGHTINGS

Houston Rockets all-star center Yao Ming, dining at Zefferino's (Venetian) on Tuesday night. ... Film star Anne Archer and her mother, actress Marjorie Lord, 89, attending "Spamalot" (Wynn) on Sunday. After the performance, Archer and Lord, who co-starred as Danny Thomas' wife in the 1950s TV series "Make Room for Daddy" toured backstage and took Lisa O' Hurley, the wife of "Spamalot" lead John O'Hurley, out to dinner at SW Steakhouse for Lisa's birthday.

THE PUNCH LINE

"Congratulations to David Hasselhoff. He won a Tony for fiddler on the floor." -- David Letterman

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