Sally Ramirez Named WMAQ-WSNS SVP Of News, Akemi Harrison Promoted To News Director

Ramirez ascends to newly created role leading news operations at the NBC-Telemundo duopoly in Chicago, with Akemi Harrison promoted to news director.

Robin Wolfram Joins Anchor James Wilcox On KAAL Rochester News

Hubbard Television Group’s ABC affiliate KAAL Rochester, Minn., said that Emmy-winning journalist Robin Wolfram will return to the news desk Monday, May 1, joining long time news anchor — and […]

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WAVE’s ‘Cocaine Bear’ Documentary Proves Truth Is Stanger Than Fiction

WAVE Louisville, Ky., produced a documentary that took advantage of the hoopla surrounding the fictional movie, Cocaine Bear. In the incredible true story WAVE tells, the bear isn’t even the main character.

KMPH Fresno Trashed For Posting Gruesome Fatal Crash With ‘Disgusting’ Hashtags

WXYZ Detroit Anchor Dave LewAllen Retires After 35 Years

Jaysha Patel Named Morning Reporter At KABC Los Angeles

Andrew Epperson Joins WGMB Baton Rouge As Evening Anchor

Longtime WNBC Reporter Brian Thompson To Retire In May

Philadelphia’s KYW Drops Eyewitness News With Rebrand Focused On Community

KYW Philadelphia is showing off new branding. Known as CBS Philadelphia, the station is erasing its “Eyewitness News” branding and going with “Finding Heart in Every Beat.”

Larry Ramirez Becomes KSAT San Antonio Sports Director

Meteorologist Dylan Federico Joins KDFW Dallas

Tiffany Craig Is Gone From KHOU Houston

Syan Rhodes To Leave KPRC Houston

Bill Barajas Promoted To Weekend Evening Anchor At KPRC Houston

Joe Haynes Retiring From KTBS Shreveport, La.

Nicolette Perdomo Joins Spectrum News 1 Texas

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WPVI Highlights Women In Its Newsroom The Viewers Never See

WPVI Philadelphia turned the cameras on the women behind the scenes in the newsroom as part of Women’s History Month. “They are the foundation of Action News,” says Thomas Davis, WPVI’s VP and news director.

Francesca Cappucci, Former Entertainment Reporter At KABC, Dies At 64

KARK Chief Meteorologist Keith Monahan Retires After Suffering Minor Stroke

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WGN’s ‘Backstory With Larry Potash’ Starts 12th Season Saturday Night

WNDU And South Bend Tribune Form News Partnership

Beginning Monday, the Gray NBC affiliate and The Tribune will share some content and collaborate on stories and special projects.

ABC Owned TV Stations To Air Earth Month Documentary Series ‘Our America: Trouble On Tap’ In Partnership With ABC News, National Geographic

As issues of access to safe drinking water make headlines across the United States, ABC Owned Television Stations are producing a three-part documentary series with ABC News and National Geographic […]

Courtis Fuller Returns To WLWT Following Surgery

KCTV Kansas City Hires Josh Morgan As News Director

Josh Morgan has been named news director of Gray Television’s Kansas City CBS affiliate KCTV. He joins from Atlanta News First, where he’s been for the last two years, most recently as managing editor.

Pittsburgh Anchor Briana Smith Jumps To WPVI Philadelphia As Reporter

Meteorologist KC Sherman Joins WFOR Miami

Elizabeth Klinge To Anchor At KWWL Cedar Rapids

Elizabeth Klinge is coming home to Iowa after spending the last three years as an anchor-reporter at KOVR Sacramento, Calif. She will be co-anchoring the news at 5, 6 and […]

Allison Rodriguez Leaves KNXV Phoenix

KVDA San Antonio Promotes Ariel Rivera-Vázquez To Chief Meteorologist

Telemundo’s KVDA San Antonio has named Ariel Rivera-Vázquez chief meteorologist, effective immediately. Delines Alonso, vice president of news, said: “We are honored to have Ariel as our chief meteorologist, he […]

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Finding Common Ground In The Final Four… And Localism

The communal experience of watching the Final Four tournament reminds us of what can bind us, happily, as a culture. Local TV stations can tap into that vein everyday by mining and celebrating what is unique to their communities.

Stephanie Mead Leaving WISH Indianapolis For WJBK Detroit

Broadcast News Is At Center Of Fight Over Noncompete Clauses

Job-switching barriers are routine at TV stations, even for workers not on the air. A proposed federal rule would curb the practice across all fields.

WAPT Ups Lee Neely To News Director

The Hearst ABC affiliate in Jackson, Miss., promotes the assistant ND to succeed the departing Rick McLaughlin.

Laura Lee Leaving KAAL Rochester After 13 Years

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Chris Slaughter, Longtime Louisiana Journalist, Retires

Megan O’Rourke To Rejoin WXIX Cincinnati After Seven Years In Dayton

WIVB Buffalo Meteorologist Todd Santos Signs Deal Giving Him Better Work-Life Balance

WVTM Birmingham Names Ryan Hennessy Sports Director

Hearst Television’s NBC affiliate WVTM Birmingham, Ala., has promoted Ryan Hennessy to sports director. He will anchor the sportscast every weeknight at 10 p.m. beginning May 1, joining evening anchors […]

Former WSOC Charlotte Anchor Janet England Dies At 72

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WTKR Norfolk Discovers A Super Hero With A Visit To Third Grade