Tribune-owned CW affiliate WGN Chicago (DMA 3) today launched its first traffic app, WGN Traffic. It is available for free download through the Apple Store here. Chicago-area commuters can use WGN […]
Fox-owned WTIC Hartford, Conn. (DMA 30), today announced the addition of Lauren Victory as a general assignment reporter. Victory joins the station from WPTZ Burlington, Vt., where she worked as […]
WDRB’s Promos With Personality = Ratings
Flying Fish? Why Not Flying News Vans?
WPIX News Realigns Staff, Adds Managing Editor
Tribune Broadcasting’s CW affiliate WPIX New York, has named Chuck Carter managing editor. In addition, Amy Waldman has been elevated to senior executive producer, news where she will oversee content […]
ABC affiliate WJCL Savannah, Ga. (DMA 92) is again expanding its local news, adding weekday broadcasts at 5 and 5:30 p.m. The station is owned by LIN Media, which in […]
News Director Jobs In The News
Three new news director openings and one new ND lead our post-NAB report. That leaves our count of open ND jobs at 28.
KUSI Weatherman John Coleman Calls It Quits
KEYT Turns Over Riot Video To Sheriff
Jimmy Kimmel reports on the death of a Hollywood legend … and how the media seemed a little confused about it.
TV stations are more likely to woo young adults by fostering online conversation about news stories rather than by posting hard news headlines. Another tactic is to hire people in their 20s to whom social media is second nature.
NAB Show panelists say there’s a myriad of challenges in covering crises — logistics, safety and emotional impacts are some — but that having a disaster plan and putting the necessary tools and protocol in place to execute it are essential for broadcasters to help keep the public safe in such situations.
Fort Myers Stations Pay Tribute To Jim Reif
WTTG Expands News In Mornings, Weekends
The Fox Washington O&O boosts its local news lineup by eight hours a week by adding an additional hour to both Good Day D.C. and Fox 5 News Morning Sunday, plus a new two-hour Saturday morning newscast, bringing its weekly total to 56 hours.
WXIX Teams With Cincinnati Reds For Weather
WXIX Is Official Weather Provider For Cincinnati Reds The Cincinnati Reds have Fox affiliate WXIX’s chief meteorologist Steve Horstmeyer keeping a close eye on the weather for the season. WXIX […]
Fox-owned KDFW Dallas (DMA 5) has added Zahid Arab as a general assignment reporter, beginning April 25. Most recently, Arab was a reporter for KING Seattle. Prior to that, he […]
KDVR Story Prompts Police To Reopen Murder Case
Gannett-owned ABC affiliate WZZM Grand Rapids, Mich. (DMA 39) today announced that Greg Ghering is joining it on April 21 as nightside Connection Desk editor. Ghering is currently the news […]
Paying Tribute To The Late Jim Reif
Ashley McNamee Leaving WEEK Peoria
WJBK’s Amy Andrews Top Female Personality
WUSA Adds WeatherNation To Its Ch. 9.3
The Washington CBS affiliate will now offer the 24/7 service on its First Alert Weather subchannel.
Bruce Sussman Out As KOIN Meteorologist
Hilary Golston Joins WKYC News Team
How To Boost Your News Anchors’ ‘Q’ Scores
Tribune Broadcasting-owned Fox affiliate WGHP Greensboro, N.C. (DMA 46), today announced that on April 21 it will launch the Fox8 4:00 pm News. Following the success of its recently expanded […]
News Director Jobs In The News
Two new news director openings, and two new news directors are featured this week. That means 25 stations, according to our unofficial list, are looking for a news director.
WEWS Posts, Pulls, Erroneous Story On Indictment
Starting Saturday, April 26, Fox-owned KSAZ Phoenix (DMA 12) is expanding its Fox 10 Arizona Morning is expanding by one hour. Anchors Ty Brennan and Kristen Keogh will be on […]
WTTG Names Emily Miller Investigative Reporter
Fox-owned WTTG Washington (DMA 8) has appointed Emily Miller chief investigative reporter. Beginning April 28, she will contribute to all station newscasts, primarily Fox 5 News at 5, 6, and […]
WESH Adds Michelle Imperato To Anchor Team
Hearst Television-owned NBC affiliate WESH Orlando, Fla. (DMA 18) announced that Michelle Imperato will be joining its anchor team on June 2. She will be co-anchoring WESH 2 News Sunrise […]
Hearst Television-owned ABC affiliate WCVB Boston (DMA 7) today named Karen Anderson to its NewsCenter 5 team beginning this week. The station said Anderson, an investigative and political reporter, “will […]
News of Yahoo’s talks to acquire News Distribution Network, which syndicates clips from local news affiliates across the U.S., indicates Yahoo is looking to make local TV news a big part of the online landscape. “Local online video is treacherous ground, a field that wrecked would-be disruptors in the last technology boom, but Yahoo might just have the scale, the expertise, and the hunger to finally make it work,” he observes.
WBBM’s Jay Levine Attacked By Protestor On Air
Veteran News Director Ron Bilek is back in a newsroom. He’s been named the interim ND for Gannett’s WCNC Charlotte, N.C. The station is currently without both a news director and general manager, and the assistant ND is about to leave for a new job (if she hasn’t already left.)