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The Grand Rapics, Mich., Fox affiliate, whose slogan has been “at 10 it’s news, at 11 it’s history,” is changing its tune. WXMI on June 2 will launch an 11 p.m. news program seven days a week.

In the just-concluded May 2014 sweep, Good Day New York, the morning show on Fox-owned WNYW New York, delivered its highest May performance ever in the key demos of adults […]

Meteorologist Rachel Frank will join WPIX, Tribune Broadcasting’s New York CW affiliate, beginning next week. Frank, a member of the American Meteorological Society and the National Weather Association, will deliver […]

There’s a growing trend, supported by the White House, for TV stations to provide more coverage of the causes and effects of climate change. However, some in the business are wary of it either because they don’t feel expert enough or are concerned about the politically charged nature of the topic.

Schurz Communications-owned CBS affiliate KWCH Wichita, Kan. (DMA 67) has signed an agreement to use TrafficLand’s Broadcast 3.0 traffic camera video management service. The TrafficLand service provides integrated access to live video […]

This week we have three new ND openings, two newly named NDs, and a list of 26 stations that are looking for a new news director.

Gannett-owned ABC affiliate WZZM Grand Rapids, Mich. (DMA 39) will add a half hour to its weekday noon news, extending it to 1 p.m. beginning Tuesday, May 27. “We are […]

The biggest story in Baltimore Tuesday happened inside the headquarters of the city’s ABC affiliate, WMAR, but for more than five hours, the reporters at the Scripps station couldn’t get on the air to cover it. They could only relay information via Twitter and the station’s website. As its rivals covered the story, WMAR aired network and syndicated programming until it went black at around 4 p.m. for more than an hour.

The Journal Broadcast Group’s Milwaukee NBC affiliate hires her from WLS Chicago where she’s been assistant news director since 2002.