Scripps Media’s KERO Bakersfield, Calif., is the latest of the station group’s properties to add a Brightline high-performance studio lighting system. From Brightline’s all-in-one retrofit kit to turnkey lighting upgrades, over a […]
Scripps moves her up from assistant ND to oversee journalism at its Bakersfield ABC affiliate.
Jim Doty Tapped To Lead KERO Bakersfield
Scripps chooses the local TV sales and management veteran to lead its California ABC affiliate.
Scripps Names Adam Chase KERO GM
He moves crosstown from KGET where he was general sales manager to take over the top spot at the market’s ABC affiliate.
KERO Taps Leeza Starks As News Director
She joins the Scripps-owned ABC affiliate in Bakersfield, Calif., from KFSN Fresno, Calif., where she was the assistant news director.
Exclusives
The classic TV diginet signs affiliates in Dayton, Ohio; Flint-Saginaw-Bay City, Mich.; Eugene, Ore.; Bakersfield, Calif.; and Utica, N.Y.
KERO Replaces Control Monitors with Multiviewers
Rentrak Corp. today announced a multi-year local TV ratings contract with Scripps Television for its ABC affiliate KERO Bakersfield, Calif. (DMA 126). Scripps first signed with Rentrak in August of […]
Scripps Buys McGraw-Hill Station Group
The four ABC affiliates in Denver, San Diego, Bakersfield, Calif., and Indianapolis and five low-power Azteca affiliates go for $212 million in cash. “We are energized by the addition of good people at good stations in good markets,” says Scripps SVP Brian Lawlor.
McKinnon Has His Eye On McGraw-Hill TVs
Mike McKinnon has put in a bid for the four stations, but is particularly interested in ABC affiliates KGTV San Diego, which he could pair with his KUSI independent, and KERO Bakersfield, Calif. The McGraw-Hill group also includes KMGH Denver and WRTV Indianapolis.
