Dean Littleton, general manager of Scripps-owned ABC affiliate KMGH Denver, says he doesn’t want the station’s building designated as a landmark and he’s letting everyone know about it. In a letter on the station’s website, Littleton holds no punches in saying why he’s going to court in May to fight an application submitted by three Denver residents to landmark the 1960s-era building.
KLAS Dug Deep To Uncover Housing Scams
The Landmark-owned CBS affiliate in Las Vegas was awarded a Peabody for its extensive investigative reporting on the causes, effects and those responsible for the city’s mushrooming housing crisis. Bringing a number of the issues to light helped prompt the state to act faster to pass laws to ease the suffering of homeowners.
WKRN, WZTV Making Nashville All-HD Town
They are the market’s final stations to convert their news operations to high def. Sinclair’s WZTV will feature an interactive set, while Young’s WKRN has HD capability from the field ready to go. And Nashville’s other news producers — WSMV and WTVF — aren’t resting on their laurels either, adding new sets, graphics, file-based editing systems and news automation to stay cutting edge.
Couponing: The Medium Is The Massage
Often with the help of outside companies that provide software and support, broadcasters are finding that Groupon-like group buying deals and rewards programs are a valuable new source of revenue — a good way to bring in smaller, local businesses like massage therapists that may not be able to afford traditional on-air spot campaigns.
