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Janet Hundley resigned Friday after more than 12 years as assistant news director at ABC-owned WLS Chicago to become news director of WTMJ, the NBC affiliate in Milwaukee. Hundley’s exit closely follows the resignation of Richard Maginn, executive producer of WLS’s 10 p.m. weekday newscast and a 19-year veteran of the station. Both departures are effective at the end of the May ratings sweeps. No word on replacements.

KXAS, the NBC-owned station in Dallas, is disputing the use of its footage in a political ad for Dan Branch, who is running for Attorney General of Texas.

Tom Duerr today was named executive producer, late news for CBS-owned KYW (CBS) and WPSG (CW) in Philadelphia (DMA 4). He will oversee the 11 p.m. newscast on KYW and […]

On Tuesday, eight weather broadcasters interviewed President Obama and spent the day at the White House. From Al Roker of the Today show to local weathermen and women from Chicago, Miami, Seattle and other cities, the handpicked guests were there, the administration hoped, to spread the word contained in a landmark new report, the National Climate Assessment, that the warming climate is causing sweeping change across the United States.

The Bay-area Telemundo affiliate is adding two weekday morning newscasts, a high-def studio, nearly 20 more members to the news team and partnerships with co-owned NBC affiliate KNTV.

Robin Tyndall is the new executive producer of the Cincinnati Fox affil’s ^:30 and 10 p.m. broadcasts. Megan O’Rourke joins as reporter for Fox19 Morning News.

Despite the FAA’s regulations prohibiting the use of drones by news outlets, the Little Rock, Ark., ABC affiliate says it’s not breaking any rules because the station doesn’t own the drone that’s being used to take the video it’s aired. “This video is being used to advance the story and advance public information,” says News Director Nick Gentry.

Effective Monday, Adrienne Green joined Scripps-owned ABC affiliate WMAR Baltimore (DMA 27) as meteorologist. Previously Adrienne worked at AccuWeather in State College, Pa., for about three years as an on-air […]

The Fox affiliate will launch the new half-hour broadcast on Sept. 14. It will boost the station’s news output to nine hours each weekday.

Greg Caputo, a widely admired and respected television news executive who headed three Chicago news operations over more than three decades, is retiring as news director of Tribune Broadcasting’s Chicago CW affiliate WGN. Caputo announced today that he plans to step down in June, one month before he turns 65.

The veteran news director succeeds Dan Schillinger at the QNI-owned NBC affiliate in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Byron Harmon, the Fox New York O&O news director: “Our new summer schedule continues our mission to bring unconventional local news to New York. We intend to give our viewers something different and solidify WNYW as the destination for relevant, unexpected and fun content. Local news doesn’t have to be all gloom and doom.”

A news director opening in the No. 1 market leads our report this week as a longtime ND at the Univision station leaves her job. And we have three new news directors to introduce you to, all were promoted from within the station. Our list of open ND jobs stands at 25.

Norma Morato is no longer news director of Univision’s O&O in New York. One inside source says she has resigned. Another source says she was seen packing her belongings from her office last Friday signaling she was on her way out.

The Tupelo, Miss., NBC affiliate was evacuated as an apparent tornado bore down on the city Monday afternoon and the tense seconds leading up to the evacuation were broadcast out to the station’s viewers. WTVA Chief Meteorologist Matt Laubhan was in the studio as major storms approached Tupelo. During his broadcast, Laubhan switched to the station’s tower camera, which showed an ominous cloud approaching the city. He immediately ordered the station’s staff to head to the basement before following behind them.

The Indianapolis Fox affiliate will compete head-to-head with WTHR, WISH and WRTV. The new 11 o’clock broadcast will be anchored by Nicole Pence and will bring the station’s weekly news total to 66 hours per week.