local news

Fox-owned WJBK Detroit (DMA 12) today promoted Amy Andrews to weekday morning anchor of the station’s Fox 2 News at 11 a.m. In addition, Andrews will anchor “The Nine” Thursdays […]

Gannett-owned ABC affiliate WZZM Grand Rapids, Mich. (DMA 40), announced the return of former Producer/Reporter Meredith TerHaar as the new weekend morning news anchor and multimedia journalist. She began her […]

The stations will air the extra newscasts at 5:30 p.m. ET/PT (4:30 p.m. CT/MT). They will lead into an existing half-hour newscast and then the national network news. Two other stations will likely add similar newscasts next year.

Overnight ratings were supposed to change the way local television viewing was measured. But at so many newsrooms, that never really happened. With local broadcast TV news competition tighter than ever because of competition from online newscasts, news apps on mobile phones and the explosion of tablets with news on demand, the upcoming November ratings period may be even more important than ever.

More than 50 debates will have been broadcast and streamed by election day. Web-exclusive election night coverage will stream across Gannett’s digital platforms.

Longtime Las Vegas journalist Bob Stoldal has retired as executive vice president of news operations for Sinclair-owned NBC affiliate KSNV Las Vegas. He joined the station “out of retirement” about five years ago at the request of Jim Rogers, KSNV’s late owner.

After his news reports appeared in ads for North Carolina Senate candidate Thom Tillis (R) and incumbent Kay Hagan (D), WCNC Charlotte, N.C., reporter Stuart Watson said he got tired of having people ask him if he “approved this message.” He asked a local expert about the practice of using news clips from local TV stations without permission.

Telemundo affiliate KDEN Denver (DMA 17) announced today that Carlos Rausseo has been promoted to sports anchor for Noticiero Telemundo Denver at 4:30 and 10 p.m. Rausseo, whose first day […]

Andrea Clenney has been named news director of Columbus, Ga., NBC affiliate WLTZ. She comes to WLTZ from WCJB in Gainesville, Fla. where she was news director.

The award-winning reporter for Dispatch Broadcast Group’s Indianapolis NBC affiliate believes local TV can have a far greater impact on communities than network news. But, he emphasizes, stations have to make a commitment to investigative journalism “in good times and bad,” versus the more widespread practice of building I-Teams and the like only to dismantle them when money gets tight.

When Sinclair took over ABC affiliate WJLA in Washington, they sent WJLA GM Bill Lord packing. Yesterday, Lord was introduced to a few WUSA staffers as the CBS affil’s new news director.

Hearst Television’s NBC affiliate KSBW Monterey-Salinas, Calif. (DMA 125), has named Brittany Nielsen as weekday morning anchor of its KSBW Action News 8 Sunrise, effective Oct. 29. She joins Anchor […]

The news director movement in this week’s report is in smaller markets, following last week’s action in top 20 markets. We have two new (not really, they’ve both been NDs before) news directors to tell you about, and one new opening created by one of the above moving up. We now have 27 open ND jobs on our list.

NBC-owned WNBC New York will air a half-hour weather special, NYC 2050, on Saturday, Oct. 25, at 7 p.m. ET, concluding a week-long series. The segment, led by WNBC’s Chief […]

Telemundo affiliate KTLM Harlingen-Weslaco-Brownsville-McAllen, Texas (DMA 86), on Thursday named Yulieth Botello a video journalist for Noticias Telemundo 40 weekdays at 5 and 10 p.m. Botello’s first day on air […]

Since Sinclair bought ABC affiliate WJLA Washington and its NewsChannel 8 cable channel, there have been staff defections. Some sources say the Sinclair’s conservative bent and statements by CEO David Smith of advertiser importance are to blame. But, Sinclair’s News VP Scott Livingston says those charges are overblown and the company has plans to step up “unbiased and aggressive reporting” at the station and expand NewsChannel 8 nationally.