WTMJ Veteran Anchor Mike Jacobs To Retire
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 […]
Longtime KABC Weatherman Dies At 92
KBLR Adds Weather Anchor Adriana Guzman
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 […]
Debra Alfarone Named Weekend Anchor At WUSA
WDJT News Director Garner Reportedly Fired
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.
Cory Hepola Joins KARE As Morning Anchor
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KSDK Checking Employee’s Role In Protest
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.
WABC Reporter Lisa Colagrossi Dies At 49
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 […]
WKYC Rescues Dog Off Frozen Lake Erie
Diana Davis Retires From WSB After 32 Years
WLS Investigative Reporter Knowles To Be Honored
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 […]
WTTG Reporter Amazes Prince Charles With iPhone
WMAR Weather Anchor Mike Masco Leaving
Is Using Drone Footage In News Promos Legal?
KTTV News Crew Interrupts Robbery
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 […]
Julie Moravchik Named KRCG News Director
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.
Kay Norred Out As WHSV News Director
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.”
No Snow, So Bomber Trial Leads WBZ Boston News
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 […]
WLUK Says Goodbye To Meteorologist Higgins
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.
WNYW Says De Blasio Boycotting It
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 […]
Karyn Greer Leaves WXIA After 15 Years
WDIV Riding High In The Motor City
KNXV Names Chris Kline News Director
The Scripps ABC affiliate in Phoenix promotes its director of new media to oversee all its cross-platform news operations.
Unusual Topic For Half-Hour Special On WJTV
WRC, WTOP-FM Aim To Be ‘Dominant’ In D.C.
This week’s announcement of a content collaboration between the NBC-owned WRC and Hubbard-owned WTOP-FM brings together Washington’s top TV and radio players. Reporters from each outlet will now be featured on each other’s respective programs and websites, and the two organizations will pair on community events, though a mutual revenue play remains hazy.
Former WTXF Anchor Lee McCarthy Dies At 71
Tribune Broadcasting’s Fox affiliate KCPQ Seattle (DMA 14) has added Janet Kim to its Q13 Fox news team, effective March 23. She most recently was a reporter for KING Seattle […]
Longtime KHOU Reporter Judd McIlvain Dies At 73
Reporter Nefertiti Jaquez Gone From WCAU
Bob Sullivan, former Scripps VP of content, returns to Gannett at the end of the month to work on “new programming ideas, local and national, across traditional and new platforms, both on our own and in partnership with others,” according to an introductory memo from Gannett Broadcasting President Dave Lougee. Sullivan will be based in Phoenix.
Meredith-owned CBS affiliate WGCL Atlanta (DMA 9) announced Tueesday that veteran Atlanta sportscaster Fred Kalil has been named sports anchor at the station. Kalil begins his new assignment on March […]
