Omaha, Neb., residents say the friendly market always welcomes new arrivals, and that’s a good thing for the station general managers. All the Big Four affiliate GMs in town have turned up in the last two years.
Five of Omaha, Neb.’s television stations today began broadcasting with NextGen TV, also known as ATSC 3.0. Switching on the new transmission standard are Hearst Television’s KETV (ABC), E.W. Scripps’ […]
Shawn Oswald Named GM Of KETV Omaha
Hearst moves him from KHBS-KHOG Fayetteville-Fort Smith, Ark., to succeed Ariel Roblin as leader of its ABC affiliate in Omaha.
KETV Omaha On Front Lines Of Coronavirus
That’s because many travelers who may have been exposed to the virus are being quarantined at two locations in Omaha. “It’s not often that you have a midsize television market playing an important part in covering a global story,” said John Livingston, KETV’s creative services director.
Openings In Video Production, Sales, Research
Last week on TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center, ads were posted for open positions at the University of Rhode Island, WISH in Indianapolis, and KETV in Omaha.
Exclusives
Vonn Jones Named KETV News Director
The assistant news director is promoted to succeed the retiring Rose Ann Shannon at Hearst’s ABC affiliate in Nebraska.
KETV News Chief Rose Ann Shannon Retiring
She spent 45 years covering news in Omaha, 31 leading the Hearst ABC affiliate’s newsroom.
KETV Has Sizable Lead In Omaha Social Media
KETV, Hearst’s ABC affiliate in Omaha, Neb., leads the market in social media actions over the last six months according to data from audience insight firm Shareablee. KETV has almost 1.8 million actions on social, 39% of the market’s almost 4.5 million actions.
KETV Anchor Brandi Petersen Leaving TV
KETV Tops Omaha’s Social Media Market
Hearst-owned ABC affiliate KETV leads Omaha local media on both total actions and fans/followers, according to data from Shareablee. It edges out Gray’s NBC affil WOWT in both categories, dominating both Facebook and Twitter.
KETV’s New Home Used To Be A Train Station
From a cavernous, crumbling mess to a modern-day media facility, the transformation of the historic Burlington Station into KETV Omaha’s new state-of-the-art facility has been remarkable.
KETV To Debut From Former Train Station
KETV, the Hearst Television ABC affiliate in Omaha, Neb., will officially debut from its new home in a converted train station Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 5 p.m. The project, first announced in June 2013, involved a restoration of the historic Burlington Station to transform from its old role as a train depot to a state-of-the-art television station.
This year, RTDNA awarded 104 national Edward R. Murrow Awards in 13 categories including Feature Reporting, Hard News, Overall Excellence and more. RTDNA received more than 4,200 entries during the 2015 awards season, setting an all-time record for the third year in a row. The TV station Overall Excellence winners are KING Seattle and KETV Omaha, Neb.
Did Two Hearst Stations Steal A Story from WOI?
Hearst Television’s ABC affiliate KETV Omaha, Neb. (DMA 74), has selected Devlin Design Group to design and create the news set for their new broadcast facility to be located in […]
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Salvation Army and Omaha ABC affiliate KETV are again teaming up to distribute new school supplies to needy kids. Since 1998, the Back to School backpack […]
KETV Apologizes For Tweet Of ‘Lost’ Poster
ABC affiliate KETV issued an apology on Thursday for a tweet that compared the missing Malaysia Airlines flight to Lost. The station posted a reenactment of the iconic promotional image for the long-running series, but changed the title to “Flight 370” to represent the Boeing 777 that disappeared on March 8 with 239 passengers and crew aboard.
KETV On Track To Move Into Train Station
KETV To Move Into Historic Train Station
Omaha’s Burlington Station, once bustling with cross-continental rail passengers but vacant, sagging and mostly unused for more than 40 years, is due to be rejuvenated. Hearst Television’s Omaha, Neb., ABC affiliate KETV plans to buy the historic depot, renovate it and move in by the summer of 2015.
3rd DUI Means Jail For KETV’s Adrian Whitsett
KETV Anchor Adrian Whitsett Arrested For DUI
Apps, Backpacks Feed Omaha’s Digital Boom
Backpack journalists have been a boon to traffic at WOWT.com, where reporters file stories from smart phones and four TVU technology-powered units being tested by parent company Gray Television. The station and its bigger online rival, World-Herald-owned Omaha.com, are bristling with apps to serve a population that accesses much of its digital news on mobile devices.
Hearst promotes the station’s general sales manager to succeed Sarah Smith as head of the ABC affiliate.
Hearst moves the head of its KETV Omaha, Neb., to run its Kansas City ABC-CW duo, succeeding the retiring Wayne Godsey.
