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Meredith CBS affiliate WGCL Atlanta (DMA 9) today said Ben Swann will be joining the station as an anchor for its early evening and late newscasts beginning June 15. Swann […]

Joshua Sims today was named sports reporter and anchor for Fox O&O WJZY Charlotte, N.C. (DMA 24), effective June 22. Most recently, Sims worked as a sports anchor/reporter at WTEN […]

Fox O&O KTVU San Francisco (DMA 6) launched a 30-minute, weekly sports program Sports Wrap on Sunday, June 7. Hosted by KTVU Sports Director Mark Ibanez and sports anchor Joe […]

2014 marked another strong year for the TV news business, according to the latest RTDNA/Hofstra University Annual Survey, with more than 60% of TV newsrooms reporting that they made a profit on local news. In TV, the bigger the newsroom, the more likely that the station made a profit on the Eeb, with over half the stations making a profit in newsrooms with more than 50 staffers.

Caitlin Roth joins Fox O&O WTTG Washington’s Fox News Morning and Good Day DC as the weekday morning traffic anchor on June 8. Roth comes to WTTG from Fox’s WTXF […]

With their fancy radars and camera-toting daredevil storm chasers, it’s easy to dismiss local stations’ weather coverage as nothing more than a ratings ploy — especially if you’ve never lived in the middle of the country, where treacherous storms can explode out of nowhere. But TV  meteorologists in tornado alley are more than just entertainment. They save lives.

Scripps-owned NBC affiliate KSHB Kansas City (DMA 31) has named Rhiannon Ally evening co-anchor, effective June 15. Ally most recently was morning and noon co-anchor at WFOR Miami. She is […]

The former executive producer at KJRH Tulsa, Okla., will take over the news department at NPG’s Columbia-Jefferson City, Mo., ABC affiliate.

When asked about rumors of layoffs at the company’s Phoenix ABC affiliate, a Scripps spokesperson said the group is “restructuring some positions and eliminating others in an on-going effort to meet the needs of our Phoenix audiences. New jobs also will be created.”

José Morales has resigned as VP of News for Telemundo’s WNJU New York. His last official day at the station is Friday, June 5.

President Obama will try to sway House Democrats into supporting trade legislation with a series of local TV interviews that will air in their districts. The plan is for the president to bring his case for new trade deals directly to the voters of members who are on the fence about trade promotion authority legislation. Today, Obama will sit down with local anchors from San Diego, Sacramento, Seattle, Dallas and El Paso.

New research from Lehigh University suggests readers have mixed viewers about journalists interacting with them on Facebook. On the one hand, self-disclosure and interacting with commenters can lead to a more positive views of journalists, but journalists can also take a hit to their professional reputations by responding to comments.

In this first of a new weekly series, NetNewsCheck and audience intelligence firm Shareablee benchmark the social media activity of local media outlets. Today, it looks at Detroit (DMA 12), where Fox-owned WJBK holds a commanding lead in social actions over competing TV stations, newspapers and radio stations. There’s also a breakdown of Detroit’s top 10 social performers over a six-month period.

This spring, three Denver TV stations installed news directors from out of state, all of them women. All have proven ratings success elsewhere. Two face the task of restoring morale at beaten, battered newsrooms. None believes that gender plays a role in journalistic decision making.

Bob Ellis, GM of Graham Holdings’ independent WJXT Jacksonville, Fla. (DMA 48), announced Friday the expansion of his station’s evening news. Reporter-anchor Tarik Minor and reporter-anchor Kent Justice will join […]

Hearst Television’s ABC affiliate KHBS-KHOG Ft. Smith-Fayetteville, Ark. (DMA 101), has named Darby Bybee chief meteorologist. Bybee will provide forecasts weeknights on 40/29 News at 5, 6, 9 and 10 […]

The New Orleans native and former WVUE and KNBC news director will head news at Gannett’s CBS affiliate in NOLA.