Tegna’s Des Moines, Iowa, duopoly of WOI (ABC) and KCWI (CW) is moving anchor Samantha Mesa to mornings and anchor Good Morning Iowa alongside Chenue Her. The new role is […]
New Jobs Posted To TVNewsCheck
New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for an assignment manager, executive producer, news producer, news anchor, reporter, anchor-MMJs, a local sales manager and a broadcast engineer.
Tegna Names David Loving GM In Des Moines
The former Univision executive takes over the station group’s Iowa ABC-CW duopoly of WOI-KCWI on March 2.
The station group chooses Native Iowan Mary Ann Johnson to Lead its ABC-CW duo of WOI and KCWI.
KCWI Des Moines Gives Fans What They Want
Exclusives
KCWI Asks For, And Gets, Viewer Comments
TV Localism Recap For Jan. 2
Nexstar Buying KCWI For $3.5 Million
Nexstar is adding the CW affiliate in Des Moines-Ames, Iowa, to its growing portfolio, buying it from Pappas Telecasting.
A Quick Trip Around The World Of Local News
Among stories of interest to the local journalism community are the ratings gains in Washington, D.C., during the government shutdown; the decline in local news viewing overall; a new morning show at previously newsless KCWI Des Moines, Iowa; a new company called ProPixTV that is selling feature stories to stations; and a tip of the old rabbit ears to KARE Minneapolis’ Brad Huppert who just won his ninth and 10th Edward R. Murrow Awards.
Rentrak Signs Pappas Telecasting’s Five TVs
The group owners’ stations in three markets are now using Rentrak’s census-based local TV measurement currency.
