KSHB Provides Shoes To 1,300 Kids In Kansas City
KSHB 41’s community project Gift of Sole raised $100,800 to help buy shoes for over 1,300 children and teens in the Kansas City metro area. Following a week-long donation drive at www.kshb.com, and a first-time in-person gala with hundreds of people in attendance, the money raised for Gift of Sole doubled in 2022, compared to 2021.
Scripps-owned NBC affiliate KSHB Kansas City, Mo., has chosen a new chief meteorologist, Mike Nicco, who will replace Gary Lezak, who is retiring on Dec. 1. “Following a several-months long, […]
KSHB’s ‘Gift Of Sole’ Lifts Kids’ Self-Esteem
KMBC, KCTV, KSHB, WDAF, KCPT, KCWE, KSMO and KCMI begin broadcasting with ATSC 3.0 technology.
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Reporting On Protest | Kansas City Protests Differ From Earlier Ones
KSHB’s Dia Wall: “Stereotypical camps are being broken down. This is a different energy. It’s not just Black people. This is really a melting pot.” And her colleague Kevin Holmes adds: The crowds were “the most diverse I’ve seen in my entire career.” Above, Kevin Holmes reported on the protest as the imposed curfew time for Kansas City drew near, and large crowds remained on site.
KSHB Protest Promo Is A Call To Listen
This is another great example of how TV station marketing can be a force for good. “Seeing the protests first hand, I knew we had to do something from a marketing standpoint,” said Aaron Liversedge, KSHB’s creative services director.
Openings For Newscast Director And News Director
New TV jobs just posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center are for a newscast director for Capitol Broadcasting’s WRAL in Raliegh, and a news director for Scripps’ KSHB in Kansas City.
Kathleen Choal Named GM Of KSHB-KMCI
Scripps chooses the general manager of its KSBY San Luis Obispo, Calif., to lead its duopoly in Kansas City.
KSHB Goes Hollywood For Football Promos
KSHB Reporter Says She Was ‘Suspended’ For Facebook Post
KSHB’s ‘Fill The Fridge’ Collects 143,000 Meals
KSHB Names Mick Shaffer Sports Director
Mick Shaffer, a sports anchor with more than 15 years of experience covering sports in Kansas City, has been named sports director at E.W. Scripps-owned NBC affiliate KSHB Kansas City […]
KSHB Spurs Change In Child Abuse Laws
KSHB Sports Director Frank Boal To Retire
Frank Boal, sports director at Scripps-owned NBC affiliate KSHB Kansas City (DMA 33), is stepping away from the sports desk on June 29. He joined the KSHB sports team in […]
KSHB Bulks Up News Staff With Three Hires
He joins KSHB-KMCI Kansas City from WKRN Nashville and is succeeding the retiring Brian Bracco.
KSHB Journo Suing For Discrimination
Reporter Lisa Benson alleges in a lawsuit that she has been discriminated against by the Scripps Kansas City NBC affiliate because of her race.
Bullying. KSHB Says ‘Not Here, Not Now, Not Ever’
KSHB Adding Weekday 6:30 P.M. Newscast
Scripps-owned NBC affiliate KSHB Kansas City (DMA 33) will introduce a new newscast to its early primetime fringe lineup on Sept. 12. News anchor Rhiannon Ally and Chief Meteorologist Gary […]
KSHB Getting New Sports Director
With news of the upcoming retirement of Jack Harry, the Scripps Kansas City NBC affiliate names Frank Boal as his successor.
KSHB Names Rhiannon Ally Co-Anchor
Scripps-owned NBC affiliate KSHB Kansas City (DMA 31) has named Rhiannon Ally evening co-anchor, effective June 15. Ally most recently was morning and noon co-anchor at WFOR Miami. She is […]
KMCI Adds Weekday Morning Newscast
New 7 a.m. hour-long broadcast to be produced by sister station KSHB.
The new 4 p.m. show debuts today on KMGH Denver and KSHB Kansas City, Mo., with a focus on topics that are trending on social media networks. The content will be include viral videos, breaking news stories, content from Scripps stations and websites, original local content and national content that will originate from KMGH. It will eventually get rolled out to six more Scripps stations.
Underdog KSHB Shakes Up KC News Ratings
In the last big sweeps period, the perennial last-place station in Kansas City did something it had apparently never done before. One of its daily newscasts finished No. 1. This month, with NBC’s wall-to-wall coverage of the Winter Olympics, the good news has just kept on coming for KSHB.
KSHB Sports Director Under Fire For Alleged Slur
The Scripps-owned NBC affiliate is adding a 30-minute newscast beginning April 8, meaning there will be 90 minutes of local news leading up to the network news at 5:30 p.m.
Carrie Hofmann Named KSHB News Director
She joins the Scripps NBC affiliate in Kansas City from WCNC Charlotte, N.C., where she was assistant news director.
Brian Bracco is giving up his job as group VP of news at Hearst to become GM of Scripps’ ABC-Indie duopoly in Kansas City, KSHB-KMCI. In the corporate post, Bracco has been based in Kansas City and he earlier worked in the market as news director of Hearst’s KMBC.
KC Stations Opt For Local Over Nets In A.M.
Both KSHB and KCTV have replaced network programmingin favor of their own local lifestyle shows at 9 or 10 a.m.
KSHB News Director Peggy Phillip Leaves
She’s been news director at the Scripps owned-NBC affiliate in Kansas City for more than three years.
KSHB GM Mike Vrabac Sets Retirement
After nearly 40 years in the television business, Mike Vrabac, VP-GM of Scripps-owned Kansas City duopoly of KSHB-KMCI, announced his retirement.
