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.
Improved local content operations offer the Southern California market another selling point.
New Jobs Posted To TVNewsCheck
New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings in upper station management, marketing and creative services, news, IT, digital sales and content, engineering and graphic design.
Tegna’s CBS affiliate KFMB San Diego, Calif., has promoted Marcella Lee to main anchor for the 5, 6 and 11 p.m. newscasts. She has been working in this role alongside anchor Carlo Cecchetto […]
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After closing the deal with Midwest Television, Tegna adds KFMB-AM-FM-TV to its broadcast portfolio that now totals 47 TV stations.
The sale of KFMB San Diego by Midwest Television to Tegna Inc. tops the latest list of TV station transactions submitted to the FCC for its approval, according to BIA/Kelsey.
Tegna Buying Midwest’s KFMB-AM-FM-TV
It’s paying $325 million in cash for Midwest Television’s San Diego CBS-CW affiliate plus an AM-FM combo there.
With XETV, the Mexico-based former CW affiliate whose signal reaches the San Diego market, no longer offering local news, the other stations are circling the waters hoping to lure in viewers. KFMB, KGTV and KNSD began airing promos acknowledging the demise of XETV and encouraging viewers to tune into their newscasts.
Midwest Television’s CBS affiliate KFMB San Diego (DMA 28) is adding the The CW on a subchannel, beginning Sept. 1. “We are thrilled to be adding the CW to the KFMB family,” said Alberto Mier y Terán, the station’s president-GM. “It enhances our strong multimedia platform in San Diego and helps us to better serve all San Diegans with compelling programming and award-winning local news.”
San Diego Sweep: KFMB Wins Despite Nielsen Change
Man Who Shot KFMB Sports Anchor Found Guilty
KFMB San Diego Is No. 1 In News In November
KFMB And DirecTV Strike Carriage Deal
DirecTV announced a new carriage deal with KFMB, the CBS affiliate in San Diego, and returned the station to its lineup after a nearly three-week blackout. The satcaster lost the station in mid-August when it could not reach a new agreement with the station’s owner, Midwest Television.
An estimated 150,000 DirecTV customers in the San Diego region have lost access to Midwest Television-owned CBS affiliate KFMB. The family-owned TV station’s signal was removed from the satellite giant’s systems at 5 p.m. Thursday — two hours before a preseason NFL contest that saw the San Diego Chargers defeat the Dallas Cowboys.
Rentrak has signed a TV measurement agreement with Midwest Television-owned KFMB, the CBS affiliate in San Diego (DMA 28). KFMB will use Rentrak’s measurement system that gathers data from […]
Midwest Television-owned CBS affiliate KFMB San Diego (DMA 28) today launched on CBS All Access, CBS’s subscription video on-demand and live-streaming service. For $5.99 a month, CBS All Access subscribers […]
KWTV Reporter Heather Hope Joining KFMB
KFMB Sports Anchor Kyle Kraska Out Of Coma
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A San Diego television sportscaster left the hospital Wednesday, eight days after he was shot outside his home in what prosecutors allege was a dispute with […]
KFMB Anchor Critical, Stable After Shooting
Kyle Kraska, the San Diego CBS affiliate’s sports director, was said to be in ‘critical but stable’ condition following surgery Thursday. He was shot 10 times outside his home Tuesday.
KFMB Anchor’s Gripe Lead to Shooting
Police say this week’s shooting of KFMB San Diego sports anchor Kyle Kraska was spurred by a gripe with the alleged shooter, a painter Kraska had hired to work on his home. The CBS affiliate said Kraska’s injuries were serious but his prognosis was good. He was recovering after surgery for 10 gun wounds, including shots to the leg and stomach.
KFMB Reporter Shot Outside His Home
Kyle Kraska, sports director at CBS affiliate KFMB San Diego, is recovering post-surgery today after being shot multiple times Tuesday outside his home. His prognosis is good. The shooter surrendered to police Tuesday night.
Holiday Promos From Philly, Providence, San Diego
Longtime KFMB Journalist Larry Himmel Dies At 68
Daily newspaper U-T San Diego is making an ambitious move into the video space with an all-news TV station — streaming online and running on cable — that will soon run original programming 24-hours per day. The newspaper is hoping its $3 million investment in equipment and personnel will pay off in a big way.
KGPE Anchor Alicia Coates Goes To KFMB
KFMB Names Adam Weyne Sales Director
The former sales director of KNXV Phoenix will head sales efforts at Midwest Television’s San Diego CBS affiliate.
Daily newspaper U-T San Diego is making an ambitious move into the video space with an all-news TV station — streaming online and running on cable — that will soon run original programming 24-hours per day. The newspaper is hoping its $3 million investment in equipment and personnel will pay off in a big way.
