It’s paying $35 million to McKinnon Broadcasting to add the independent to its station portfolio that already includes the market’s Fox affiliate, KWSB.
A San Diego Superior Court jury on Thursday awarded former news anchor Sandra Maas nearly $1.6 million from KUSI owner McKinnon Broadcasting, finding that the station had violated equal pay laws by paying her substantially less than her longtime co-anchor. The jury also found for Maas in her whistleblower claim, in which she argued that her contract was not renewed because she pushed back against the company for the pay disparity. But it found that KUSI had not discriminated against her based on age or gender, nor had it engaged in malice.
Improved local content operations offer the Southern California market another selling point.
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News & IT Openings In Highly Desired Cities
New Jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for news producers at various Scripps stations acros the country, including an assistant news director for KUSI in San Diego and an IT network administrator for WINK in Fort Myers, Fla.
KUSI Upgrades ENG Cameras To JVC GY-HC900
KUSI San Diego (DMA 29), an independent station owned by McKinnon Broadcasting, has purchased 11 JVC Professional Video GY‑HC900 CONNECTED CAM 2/3-inch broadcast camcorders for ENG and EFP projects. Deployed in August, the […]
Former evening anchor Sandra Maas is McKinnon Broadcasting’s San Diego independent KUSI for $10 million. In her lawsuit, Maas alleges retaliatory termination and violation of the equal pay act.
KUSI Backs Off Accusation That CNN Played Politics
NEW YORK (AP) — An executive at a San Diego television station that accused CNN of rejecting an appearance by one of its reporters for political reasons conceded Friday he […]
Just-Retired KUSI Anchor David Davis Dies
Denise McManus Named KUSI Station Manager
Media executive Denise McManus has joined independent KUSI San Diego (DMA 29) as vice president and station manager. McManus has extensive executive broadcast experience in multiple television markets with expertise […]
Anna Laurel Joins KUSI Anchor Team
Television anchor and reporter Anna Laurel has been hired by independent KUSI San Diego (DMA 29), owned by McKinnon Broadcasting. Laurel is a veteran newscaster, who has worked at KMPH […]
KUSI Adds Dani Ruberti To News Staff
KUSI Consumer Reporter Michael Turko Retiring
KUSI San Diego Upgrades HD Studio Cameras
KUSI Scoring With High School Sports Coverage
GM, Sales Manager Jobs In CA, IN, ID
Nexstar Broadcasting’s WEHT (ABC) and WTVW (CW) in Evansville, Ind., is searching for a vice president–general manager. Independent KUSI in San Diego needs a national-regional sales manager. Grey Television’s CBS/Fox/CW affiliates in Twin Falls, Idaho, seek a new general manager. To see all job openings on TVNewsCheck, click here.
Independent TV, The Rarest Of The Rare
UPDATE: Rain Drives Ratings For KUSI San Diego
Rain Drives Ratings For KUSI San Diego
KUSI Anchor Remillard Has Role In ‘Nightcrawler’
KUSI Weatherman John Coleman Calls It Quits
Rival Stations Join Together During Blackout
With power outage causing problems in San Diego earlier this month, KUSI and KGTV helped each other get news coverage out to viewers.
