KMOV St. Louis

The logistics of covering the story of the riots in the aftermath of the killing of Michael Brown are difficult for St. Louis stations working 12-hour shifts and using mobile bonded cellular gear for live feeds. In addition, they are factoring in the emotionally charged nature of the story into every decision.

The $177 million purchase of the CBS affiliate from Gannett and Sander Media closes following the receipt of regulatory approvals.

For $407.5 million, Meredith is getting KMOV St. Louis and KTVK-KASW Phoenix that Gannett is acquiring in its purchase of Belo Corp.

Gannett Co. can move ahead with its purchase of Belo Corp. as long as the deal does not include CBS affiliate KMOV St. Louis, antitrust enforcers at the U.S. Justice Department said today.

Hearst’s ABC affiliate lights up hearts and screens in Boston with the annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony, an event it’s been broadcasting for 16 years. And it finds time every weeknight at 7:30 to highlight PSA for various local, grassroots nonprofit organizations.

KMOV St. Louis set out to boost the ratings of its late evening newscast. Using a five-part plan that includes both news content and promotion, the Belo CBS affiliate is now the market’s late news leader for the seventh straight month.

Responsive design, which ensures a consistent user experience across various devices, may be a hot topic at media companies these days, but the strategy does not necessarily mean the end of the road for apps. While some executives think that responsive design is a must, others warn that it’s not a catchall solution and apps still have a place in the media quiver. Part one of a two-part special report on local media’s mobile strategies.

Mark D. Pimentel will head CBS affiliate KMOV St. Louis, while Tod A. Smith has been tapped as president-GM of WWL (CBS)-WUPL (MNT) New Orleans.

Mobile is a beast that is never sated and to ignore it puts your company at risk of falling far behind the competition. KMOV’s Bryce Moore: “The greatest challenge (or more of a concern) for news operations is that users have frighteningly high expectations for their mobile devices and the content within them.”

iPhone and Androids are the primary tool for working in the multimedia world. “Technology not only allows us to deliver more stories, but also to deliver more incarnations of those stories, from one-sentence summaries on Twitter to long-form video pieces in our newscasts, and everything in between,” says Liz Haltiwanger, ND at KKTV Colorado Springs.

The Belo-owned CBS affiliate is adding newscasts from 7 to 8 a.m. and 10:30 to 11 a.m. Sundays beginning July 8. John Knicely and Diana Zoga will anchor Awake Sunday, with Kristen Cornett on weather.

The Belo-owned CBS affiliate in St. Louis has taken the advice of its audience and is rolling out the latest version of its core news app — one of 17 apps in the station’s roster — with a reorganized interface and flow geared toward user friendliness.

The head of the St. Louis CBS affiliate for 32 years is ending his 38-year television career at the end of this month.

St. Louis is a web of individual communities with strong identities and the most effective digital news players in the market have figured out how to weave themselves into that web, one comprising users who epitomize a humble, conservative Midwest sensibility. But it was a spring tornado that really sparked online traffic.