Tegna Slots New GMs In Seattle, Austin
Jim Rose is promoted at KING, KONG and NWCN, while Kristie Gonzales takes over at KVUE.
KVUE News Director Leaving After 16 Years
Frank Volpicella, who has led KVUE’s news team for almost 16 years, will leave the Austin, Texas, ABC affiliate later this month, opting to take an early retirement package offered by owner Tegna.
KVUE Taps Shively As Social Media Reporter
KVUE Morning Promos Document Viewers’ Routines
KVUE Adds Jenelle Shriner As Assistant ND
Exclusives
Gannett ABC affiliate KVUE Austin, Texas, has won a George Foster Peabody Award for its examination of cuts in Texas mental health care programs as part of the News and Radio winners announced today. Also feted today was the Scripps Washington Bureau for an investigation of sex offenders in the military. Winners in other categories will be announced prior to the awards being presented in New York on Sunday, May 31, in the awards’ first nighttime, red-carpet ceremony. Pivot TV will use the ceremony as the backbone of a 90-minute Peabody special that it will premiere June 21. See the list of winners announced so far here.
KVUE Hires New Weekend Morning Meteorologis
Promos From Houston, LA, Seattle, Dallas, Austin
KVUE, KXAN Lead In Nov., KTBC Takes A Tumble
Longtime KVUE Anchor Melissa Gale Resigns
KXAN, KTBC Make Gains At Expense Of KVUE
In Austin, Upstart Battles Texas-Sized Leader
Though the Austin American-Statesman dominates the city’s online media scene, The Texas Tribune, a tiny nonprofit local news site, is taking off and generating a lot of buzz for its political coverage in the Texas capital. Coming in at 20% to 21% for exposure were the market’s major TV Web sites, KVUE.com (the ABC affiliate), KXAN.com (NBC) and News8Austin.com/YNN.com (Time Warner Cable).
