A legal battle is in the forecast for two local television stations. Gray Media Group, the parent company of KMOV, filed suit last week against competitor Tegna’s KSDK, arguing it had violated a trademark by debuting a new weather brand featuring the phrase “Weather First Alert” just two months after KMOV began using “First Alert Weather” in its coverage of severe weather.
Allison McGinley, news director of WKMG, Graham Media Group’s CBS affiliate in Orlando, Fla., has been honored with RTDNA’s Barney Oldfield Distinguished Service Award. The award was created in honor […]
Allen Media’s ABC affiliate WKOW Madison, Wis., is adding meteorologist Dana Fulton to its 27 News Wake Up Wisconsin weekday mornings at 4:30-7 a.m. Her debut will be Monday, Sept. […]
KASA Albuquerque, N.M. (Telemundo Nuevo México) has added Luis Apodaca as a multimedia journalist. Apodaca joins anchors Alejandro Contreras and Mayra Aguilar, meteorologist Adrián Miró and reporter Sergio Guerrero. His […]
Hearst-owned ABC affiliate WPBF West Palm Beach, Fla., will launch On the Record, a new half-hour community affairs program to air on Sundays at 10 a.m. beginning Sept. 24. Sunday’s premiere focuses on […]
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Julie Baker, a reporter at KXRM Colorado Springs, has landed strongly with users on TikTok and Instagram for her weird, funny, antic-y videos. Social platforms reward such a niche, she says, with the side benefit of letting her real self break through the TV reporter artifice. A full transcript of the conversation is included.
Nexstar CBS affiliate WBTW Myrtle Beach, S.C., says Trish Munn will be re-joining News 13 on Monday, Oct. 16. She will solo anchor News 13 Now at 9 a.m., News […]
Hearst Television’s NBC affiliate WBAL Baltimore announced today that Megan Rivers, who has been the station’s daily breaking news anchor on 11 News Today since January of this year, will […]
Telemundo Colorado (KDEN Denver) has promoted Stephanie Rodriguez to multimedia journalist for the station’s consumer investigative unit, Telemundo Colorado Responde. Telemundo Colorado Responde is a consumer unit that is exclusively […]
Kenneth Moton has joined Fox O&O WTTG Washington as an evening anchor. Beginning Sept. 25 he will co-anchor the station’s weekday 6 p.m. newscast with Angie Goff, and the 11 […]
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Erie News Now Wins Late News Ratings In July With The Basics
WSEE, and its sister station, WICU, branded together as Erie News Now, took the top two spots in the news ratings for the 11 p.m. news. Scott MacDowell, Erie News Now’s news director, says it’s been more than 10 years since either station has been the top-rated news station at that time.
Hearst Television’s ABC affiliate WPBF West Palm Beach, Fla., will launch a new half-hour weeknight newscast at 10 p.m. on its MeTV South Florida subchannel beginning Monday, Sept. 18. MeTV […]
In Kansas City, KMBC, the Hearst Television-owned ABC affiliate, and KGKC, the SagamoreHill Broadcasting’s Telemundo affiliate, announced a new weather partnership today. The stations say the joint endeavor aligns with […]
Chris Nagus, senior director of storytelling and content strategy at E.W. Scripps, explains how he works closely with reporters across the group’s stations to hone their journalistic chops and storytelling skills to make for stronger newscasts. A full transcript of the conversation is included.
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Riding The Cloud At KTDO
NBCUniversal Local’s Telemundo outlet in El Paso is the latest to move to the public cloud for newscast production.
CBS taps him to succeed Kari Patey in overseeing journalism at its Minnesota O&O.
Goldberg and Mike Dello Stritto to have joint responsibility for overseeing the stations’ 91.5 hours of local news per week.
Atlanta News First welcomes veteran journalist Blair Miller as its newest evening anchor. The seven-time Emmy winner will join Shon Gables this fall as co-anchor of the 4pm, 6pm and […]
Dick Bertel, one of the founding news anchors on WFSB Hartford, Conn., when it operated as WTIC-TV from its launch in 1957 to its first sale in 1974, died Monday, […]
