The sale follows Gray’s purchase earlier this year of Quincy Media and comprises stations in markets in which Gray already owns stations.
KVOA Adds Meteorologist Shea Sorenson
Quincy Media’s NBC affiliate KVOA Tucson, Ariz. (DMA 73) today named Shea Sorenson meteorologist/weather anchor for its Tucson Today, which airs weekday mornings from 5 to 7 a.m. Sorenson grew […]
Cordillera Communications-owned NBC affiliate KVOA Tucson, Ariz. (DMA 65), has promoted Alyx Dote to weekday morning news anchor for News 4 Tucson Today. She is co-anchoring the 5-7 a.m. newscast […]
Cordillera Communications-owned NBC affiliate KVOA Tucson, Ariz. (DMA 71, has promoted Alyx Dote to weekend news anchor. She will co-anchor News 4 Tucson weekend newscasts at 5:30 and 10 p.m. […]
Exclusives
KVOA School Photos Expose Wins Murrow Award
Angelique Lizarde will be returning to Cordillera Communications-owned NBC affiliate KVOA Tucson, Ariz. (DMA 71) as a weekend news anchor, effective Aug. 3. Lizarde previously was a multimedia journalist at […]
Steve Ryan Joining KVOA Anchor Team
NBC affiliate KVOA Tucson, Ariz. (DMA 71), has hired Steve Ryan as anchor of the station’s weekday evening and nighttime newscasts. Ryan joins from KTVK Phoenix where he has been an […]
Tom McNamara To Exit Anchor Chair At KVOA
KVOA Ups Szemerei To ‘Tucson Today’ Anchor
NBC affiliate KVOA Tucson, Ariz. (DMA 71), has promoted Nichole Szemerei to anchor of Tucson Today. Szemerei, who has been the traffic reporter on Tucson Today since joining the station […]
KVOA Names Matt Brode Chief Meteorologist
Cordillera Communications’ NBC affiliate KVOA Tucson, Ariz. (DMA 70), has named Matt Brode its chief meteorologist. Brode has been working as the station’s consulting chief meteorologist since joining the station […]
KGUN, KVOA Duped By Fake Suicide Story
On the heels of the death of a 10-year-old boy struck by a Pima County Sheriff’s Deputy in Tucson, Ariz., ABC affiliate KGUN and NBC affil KVOA reported another sad twist — that the victim’s mother had killed herself. Sad indeed. Except, apparently, none of it is true. It looks as though the woman made up the whole thing.
Cordillera Communications’ NBC affiliate is adding a secondary channel using Harris Broadcasting’s Versio channel-in-a-box solution.
Paywalls Could Alter Face Of Tucson Media
Paid content models figure to play a big role in the Arizona city in the coming months. Lee Enterprises’ Arizona Daily Star is preparing to roll out a paywall soon as part of a company-wide initiative, while Gannett-owned remnant TucsonCitizen.com — which aggregates news from the company’s other papers — is not expected to create a backdoor around that company’s own paywall efforts.
KVOA Names Sean Mooney Weekend Anchor
Sean Mooney will be joining Rebecca Taylor on the weekend anchor desk at Cordillera Communications-owned NBC affiliate KVOA Tucson, Ariz. (DMA 70). Along with co-anchoring weekend newscasts, Mooney will also […]
Cordillera Communications-owned NBC affiliate KVOA Tucson, Ariz. (DMA 70), is expanding and restructuring the reporting team of its morning newscast, Tucson Today, airing weekdays at 5-7 a.m. Beginning March 26, […]
KVOA Adds Two To Its News Anchor Lineup
Cordillera Communications-owned NBC affiliate KVOA Tucson, Ariz. (DMA 70), announced Wednesday that Rebecca Taylor and Allison Alexander will be joining its news team. Rebecca Taylor rejoins KVOA from Nashville, where […]
Martha Vazquez Out At KVOA; Shoplifting Alledged
Cordillera Communications is promoting Kathleen Choal from news director at its KVOA Tucson to general manager of its NBC affiliate in Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo. Calif.
