New Jobs Posted To TVNewsCheck

New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for two local sales managers, a western regional sales manager, two photojournalists, two news producers, an assignment editor, marketing producer, anchor/reporter and senior reporter.

Morgan Murphy-owned ABC affiliates KAPP-KVEW Yakima, Wash. today appointed Hugh Hardage general sales manager. He comes to KAPP-KVEW with a successful sales track record in several markets, including WAVE Louisville, Ky.; KCBD Lubbock, Texas; Seattle; and most recently as sales manager at WSFX Wilmington, N.C. He also helped lead the Raycom corporate training program. James […]

Morgan Murphy Media hires the former KOLD sales director to oversee the ABC affiliate and its satellite in Washington state.
Morgan Murphy Media’s ABC affiliate KAPP-KVEW Yakima, Wash., has added Briana Bermensolo as chief meteorologist. Bermensolo joins from WRC Washington, D.C., where she was a meteorologist. Prior to moving to the Washington, she forecast weather for KREM Spokane, Wash., for five years and in Salinas, Calif., for two years. Bermensolo grew up in the Seattle […]
Amanda Mason has joined the Morgan Murphy Media Yakima, Wash., ABC affiliates KAPP-KVEW as an anchor, producer and reporter-MMJ. She joins from KMID-KPEJ in Midland-Odessa, Texas, where she was a morning anchor, producer and MMJ. Prior to moving to Texas, Mason worked at KERO Bakersfield, Calif., as an MMJ and weekend weather anchor. She graduated […]
Meteorologist, MMJs And News Producer Openings

New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for a weekend meteorologist/morning anchor in Texas, multimedia journalists at two stations in Washington State, and a news producer in Virginia.
Morgan Murphy Media-owned ABC affiliates KAPP-KVEW Yakima/Tri-Cities, Wash. (DMA 118) has hired Madeleine Hagen as anchor-multimedia journalist. Hagen, the former Madeleine Dart before recently getting married, comes to KAPP-KVEW from KIII Corpus Christi, Texas, where she was a reporter. “We’re excited to get someone with Maddie’s experience,” said KAPP-KVEW News Director Matt Van Slyke. “She’s […]
ABC affiliates KAPP and KVEW Yakima, Wash. (DMA 118) has appointed Alyssa Warner to produce evening newscasts. She joins from KCPQ Seattle, where she was also a producer. Warner attended Walla Walla University and began her broadcasting career at KXLY Spokane, Wash., before taking news jobs in Wausau, Wis., and Nashville. KXLY and KAPP-KVEW are […]
KAPP-KVEW Television, two full-power ABC affiliates serving south-central Washington and North Central Oregon, today added two television services to its lineup, for a total of seven broadcast streams each on ch. 35 in Yakima and ch. 42 in the Tri-Cities. The new services are QVC Network, on chs. 35.6 and 42.6, and HSN, on chs. […]
Morgan Murphy said today that its ABC affiliates KAPP-KVEW Yakima, Wash. (DMA 118) are adding three more television services to its lineup, for a total of 5 broadcast streams each on channels 35 and 42. The new services are H&I Network, on channels 35.3 and 42.3, Start TV, on channels 35.4 and 42.4, and DABL […]
KAPP-KVEW Names Van Slyke News Director
He joins the Morgan Murphy Media-owned ABC affiliates in Yakima, Wash., from KSBY San Luis Obispo, Calif., where he was assistant news director.
A news report produced and reported by Galen Ettlin, an Anchor/Reporter/Producer at Morgan Murphy Media’s KAPP-KVEW in Yakima/Tri-Cities, Wash. (DMA 114), has been nominated for a national GLAAD Media Award in the “Outstanding TV Journalism Segment” category. The nomination is for a report called The Abolitionists Face The Love Army. “We’re very proud that Galen’s […]
Rentrak Adds Morgan Murphy’s KAPP, KVEW
Rentrak Corp. today announced a multi-year local TV ratings contract with Morgan Murphy Media for its ABC affiliates in Yakima-Pasco-Richland-Kennewick, Wash. (DMA 122) KAPP and KVEW. “We are thrilled to be working with Rentrak, an emerging leader in the TV ratings space,” said Brian Paul Lubanski, the stations’ VP-GM. “Working with local advertisers to develop efficient and […]
Me-TV Adds KXLY Spokane, KAPP Yakima
Morgan Murphy Media-owned KXLY Spokane, Wash. (DMA 73) and KAPP Yakima, Wash. (DMA 123), are the latest stations to add classic TV diginet Me-TV. ABC affiliate KXLY will carry Me-TV over the air on ch. 4.2 and ABC affil KAPP will carry it on ch. 35.2. Both stations are scheduled to launch Me-TV this fall […]