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Multi-format, local, regional and national television weather news service WeatherNation TV Inc. announced today that NBC affiliate WVIR Charlottesville, Va. (DMA 183), will broadcast 24/7 weather news on its 29.2 […]

With new anchors, new call letters and a new pace, Action News on WFOX and WJAX presents itself as an alternative to the long-established brands of News4Jax (WJXT) and First Coast News (WTLV and WJXX).

The former Minneapolis news director will lead news operations at the Scripps Denver ABC affiliate beginning April 30.

Gannett-owned CBS affiliate WUSA Washington and The Washington Post today formed an editorial partnership and video sharing agreement effective immediately. The agreement calls for WUSA video, video reports, and some live video streaming coverage to appear on The Post’s website. Links to WUSA content will also be available on The Post’s regional homepage. The partnership will also allow for Washington Post video and photography to appear on WUSA newscasts and wusa9.com.

There’s going to be a competition for mid-Michigan news viewers at 10 p.m. beginning next month. Meredith-owned CBS affiliate WNEM’s news team stops producing a 10 p.m. newscast for Sinclair’s Fox affil WSMH on April 27. At that time, NBC affil WEYI is slated to produce a 30 minute-long show on the Fox station and WNEM is moving its show to one of its digital subchannels, which is available only to over-the-air and cable viewers.

E.W. Scripps Co.-owned NBC affiliate WTMJ Milwaukee (DMA 35), announced Wednesday that anchor Mike Jacobs will retire at the end of May. The station said Jacobs is the longest-serving TV […]

Telemundo-owned KBLR Las Vegas (DMA 41) has named Adriana Guzman weather anchor for Noticiero Telemundo Las Vegas weekdays at 5:30 and 11 p.m. Guzman, whose first day was March 23, joins news anchor […]

Weigel Broadcasting’s Milwaukee CBS affiliate WDJT News Director Genie Garner has reportedly been fired. Her departure was announced to staffers Monday. She had just returned from vacation last week.

Weigel Broadcasting’s Milwaukee CBS affiliate is expanding its news footprint, adding weekday newscasts at 4 p.m. and an hour of local news Sunday mornings.

NEW YORK (AP) — A veteran New York television reporter has died after suffering a brain hemorrhage after covering a story. WABC-TV says 49-year-old Lisa Colagrossi was stricken while returning […]

Dakarai Turner has joined Scripps-owned ABC affiliate WMAR Baltimore (DMA 26) as reporter and multimedia journalist. His first day at WMAR is on Monday April 6. Previously Dakarai worked as […]

Meredith-owned independent KTVK Phoenix (DMA 11) on Tuesday announced the return of anchor Olivia Fierro. After a six-year absence, Fierro is returning to anchor Good Morning! Arizona (GMAZ) alongside Scott […]

The fomer news director at WDAZ Grand Forks, N.D., will lead the news team at Sinclair’s CBS affiliate in Columbia-Jefferson City, Mo.

Tracey Jones, GM of Gray TV’s Harrisonburg, Va., ABC affiliate, told staffers: “I need to let everyone know that WHSV will be making a change in the leadership of the newsroom effective immediately.” Norred’s bio has been removed from the station website. In its place the station posted this yesterday: “WHSV-TV Harrisonburg, VA is seeking a strong take-charge leader for our news room.”

Journal Broadcast Group-owned ABC affiliate KTNV Las Vegas (DMA 41) has hired national sports reporter Jon Saraceno as exclusive analyst for coverage leading up to what’s being billed as “The […]

Telemundo-owned KBLR Las Vegas (DMA 41) today named Grecia Figueroa a reporter for Noticiero Telemundo Las Vegas weekdays at 5:30 and 11 PM. Figueroa joins anchor Beatriz Moncayo and sports […]

Tribune Broadcasting will deliver online video reports from 30 of its TV stations to users of Watchup, a startup whose service delivers personalized newscasts to Internet-video devices. Tribune Media last fall led a $2.75 million round of funding in Watchup. Watchup users now can access local news segments from stations including KTLA Los Angeles, WGN Chicago and WPIX New York.

The New York Fox O&O’s Good Day New York says it has invited Mayor Bill de Blasio “over a hundred times,” to no avail, according to Lew Leone, WNYW’s VP-GM. Leone said: “Since we’ve asked so many times, it feels like a calculated boycott.”

Telemundo-owned WNJU New York (DMA 1) today named Nilda Rosario anchor of Noticiero 47 Fin De Semana on weekends at 5:30 and 11 p.m. She will join co-anchor Yaima Crespo […]