Rod Hissong Named News Director At WAND Decatur
Block Communications moves him from its WDRB Louisville, Ky., to oversee journalism at its NBC affiliate in Illinois.
The award-winning local news veteran joins the Telemundo station from the group’s KVDA San Antonio where she was executive producer.
Audrey Prywitch joined Nexstar’s KTVI-KPLR as assistant news director in 2001 and has been news director since 2008. Before that, she worked at CBS affiliate KMOV.
Kerri Sutton Named News Director At WVTM Birmingham
Kerri Sutton has been appointed news director of WVTM, Hearst’s NBC affiliate in Birmingham, Ala. She succeeds Baylor Long, who recently returned to Pennsylvania to serve as news director at WTAE, Hearst’s Pittsburgh ABC affiliate.
Lockwood Broadcast Group has appointed Christopher Payne news director of its Fox affiliate in WFXG Augusta, Ga. Payne is a veteran of TV news and programming with background as an […]
Sean McNamara Joins KDVR Denver As News Director
Sean McNamara is the new news director at KDVR and KWGN, Nexstar’s Fox and CW affiliates in Denver. He joins from WDAF, Nexstar’s Fox in Kansas City where he has been the news director since 2019.
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After anchoring with Gray Television’s Northern News Now (the Duluth, Minn., region’s NBC, CBS, CW and MyNetworkTV affiliates) for nearly two years, veteran journalist Paul Brown has been promoted to […]
Letitia Walker Named WBRZ Baton Rouge News Director
For the past 10 years, Sandra Perez has been a presence in the newsroom at KSTS, serving in various capacities, including assistant news director, managing editor, senior producer and morning content producer.
Circle City Broadcasting moves him up from assistant news director to oversee journalism at its Indianapolis CW affiliate.
The current news director at sister Hearst station WVTM Birmingham, Ala., joins WTAE on March 4 to succeed the retiring Jim Parsons.
Capitol Broadcasting hires him from KUTV Salt Lake City to succeed the retiring Rick Gall.
He joins from WNCT Greenville, N.C., to oversee journalism at the Nexstar Virgina ABC affiliate.
Jim Parsons, WTAE Pittsburgh news director and investigative reporter will be retiring from the Hearst ABC affiliate on Feb. 29. Parsons has been the station’s news director since 2016 and a WTAE investigative reporter for 15 years.
She moves up from assistant news director to oversee journalism at Graham Media’s NBC affiliate in Detroit.
From Entry Level To News Director, Shauna Ziegler’s 20 Years At KFOX
It’s not unusual for local TV news personalities to work at the same station for 20 or more years. But news directors, not so much. It helps if you’ve worked your way up.
WQAD, Tegna’s ABC affiliate in the Quad Cities of Moline-Rock Island, Ill., and Davenport-Bettendorf, Iowa, has added Corey Spencer as news director.
The journalism leader of the Cox CBS and Fox affiliates in Jacksonville, Fla., is stepping down later this month to spend more time with her aging parents.
Fox Television Stations chooses him to succeed Susan Schiller in leading journalism efforts at its Fox-MNT duopoly.
Davis announced the news on social media, saying “This week, I made the difficult decision to step away from my career and news director position in Youngstown. After more than 30 years in the television news business, it is clear that I must take additional time to focus on my own health and healing, free from the stressors of daily responsibilities to a newsroom. I already have another heart procedure scheduled this week at The Cleveland Clinic.”
Miguel Fernandez has been named VP and news director at WFOR-WBFS Miami, along with the CBS News Miami streaming channel and CBSNewsMiami. He has been assistant news director at TelevisaUnivision’s WLTV Miami since 2019. He starts Oct. 24.
The assistant news director will now oversee journalism at Fox’s San Francisco O&O.
Quad Cities’ WQAD Hires Major Market News Director To Fill In As Temp
There is no 1-800 number to get a major market news director to parachute into market 104 on a temporary basis. How WQAD pulled it off is a matter of timing and providence.
New Jobs Posted To TVNewsCheck
New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for an anchor/producer, multimedia journalist and a news director.
She moves from NewsNation in Chicago to oversee journalism at Weigel’s ABC affiliate in South Bend, Ind.
CBS taps him to succeed Kari Patey in overseeing journalism at its Minnesota O&O.
Goldberg and Mike Dello Stritto to have joint responsibility for overseeing the stations’ 91.5 hours of local news per week.
The newsroom vet will oversee journalism at Allen Media Group’s Alabama ABC affiliate.
Nexstar promotes her from assistant news director to succeed Andy Miller in overseeing journalism at the CBS affiliate in Champaign, Ill.
Nexstar moves him up to oversee journalism at the CBS-CW duopoly in upstate New York.
Nexstar’s Grand Rapids, Mich., NBC affiliate also dismisses Amy Fox, the writer of the memo, and two producers suspected of leaking information to the press.
The current assistant news director will succeed Doug Bannard who is retiring after 33 years at the Fox-owned duopoly.
The Tegna Fox affiliate’s assistant news director will now oversee newsgathering operations and all related digital, mobile, and social media applications.
Marina Perelman is promoted at KNBC, while Miguel “Mike” Gaytán joins KVEA from San Diego.
The 30-plus year station veteran is promoted to oversee journalism at the CBS O&O.
The former NBCLX news director moves to oversee journalism for the Dallas CBS duopoly beginning June 5.
One of the station’s executive producer is tapped to oversee news at Tegna’s CBS affiliate in New Orleans.
The station veteran moves up from assistant news director to oversee journalism at Hearst’s NBC affiliate in Monterey-Salinas, Calif.
