news directors

Uriel Posadas has been named news director of the Univision affiliate in El Paso, Texas. He replaces Zoltán Csanyi-Salcedo, who left in March to take a job at ESPN.

Forum Communications has nanamed the former TV and magazine journalist to head news at its ABC affiliate in Grand Forks-Fargo, N.D.

Tom Bell announced that he’s leaving Sinclair’s newly-acquired NBC affiliate WOAI San Antonio, Texas, to be the next ND for CBS O&O KOVR Sacramento, Calif.

The television and radio news veteran joins Tribune’s New York CW affiliate on April 17.

Lisa Lovell-Ayres, the acting ND at WPTY-WLMT Memphis and WJKT Jackson, is promoted to oversee news operations for the stations and their digital operations.

Cox Media Group taps WXIN Indianapolis’ ND to lead its operations in San Francisco.

The former news director of WAVE Louisville, Ky., joins Dispatch’s Indianapolis NBC affiliate.

Lane Michaelsen is leaving Scripps’ WCPO Cincinnati to take the news director’s job at Meredith’s CBS affiliate in Atlanta, succeeding Eric Ludgood who left in January.

He is joining the Las Vegas NBC affiliate from WHP-WLYH Harrisburg, Pa., where he’s been ND since 2009. He’s succeeding Bob Stoldal.

Cox Media Group taps Greg Bilte and Suzanne Nadell to lead the duopoly and news operations, respectively. Bilte joins the Tulsa stations from Cox’s KTVU-KICU San Francisco; Nadell, from Cox flagship WSB Atlanta.

Luis Cruz has left his news director job at the NBC affiliate to be executive producer of afternoon news and programming at U-T TV, the U-T San Diego‘s new TV operation that streams online and on cable.

The News-Press & Gazette-owned ABC affiliate in Santa Barbara, Calif., brings in the former news director of WITI Milwaukee to head its news operation.

The former VP of news at WDAF Kansas City will lead the news operation at Sinclair’s Nashville Fox affil beginning March 4.

The former assistant news director of WCPO Cincinnati will lead the multiplatform newsroom for LIN’s Dayton NBC affiliate starting March 11.

Kevin Roach, a veteran of Cincinnati and Dayton TV newsrooms and the Associated Press, starts March 4 at news director at Raycom’s Cincinnati Fox affiliate WXIX. He replaces Matt Miller, who left the station Dec. 28.

Fox Stations moves the ND of its KRIV Houston to head up news at its Chicago O&O.

Jeff Raker, news director at Gray’s CBS affiliate in Dothan, Ala., collapsed while at work Friday morning and later that day was pronounced dead.

The former ND at rival KCTV is tapped by Local TV-owned Fox affiliate WDAF to replace Bryan McGruder who left last October.

She joins the Scripps NBC affiliate in Kansas City from WCNC Charlotte, N.C., where she was assistant news director.

The ABC affiliate let go both News Director Larry Perret and Assistant News Director Leesa Dillon. That sort of thing doesn’t often happen one week into a four-week ratings sweep, but the new owners — Nexstar Broadcasting — and new VP-GM Richard Doutre Jones are gearing up for a major revamp of the station.

The Norfolk, Va., Belo ABC affiliate  promotes from interim news director.

Gannett moves the executive producer at its WFMY Greensboro, N.C., to head news at its Maine NBC affiliates in Portland and Bangor.

With 13 years in Charlotte, White is the longest-serving news director in town. He learned over the weekend that he was being replaced at the Fox affiliate by his assistant news director, Angela Robbins.

The ND at KOVR-KMAX Sacramento, Calif., is joining Belo’s Phoenix indie., succeeding Brad Remington who’s moving to Denver.

Just four months after joining KWCH, News Director John Soares is leaving the Schurz CBS affiliate.

News director Mary Ann Eckstein is leaving after almost 33 years and Mark Martin has come on board at the Oklahoma City duopoly as general sales manager.

Wilmington, N.C., police arrested WWAY News Director Scott Pickey for traffic offenses during the MLK Day Parade in downtown Wilmington. Watch the video here.

Nexstar’s independent in Fort Wayne, Ind., has hired Dan Ball as news director/anchor to replace Jim Blue.

The veteran Toledo television newsman is returning to the market this month as news director and 6 p.m. anchor of Barrington Broadcasting’s NBC affiliate.

The first full week of 2013 brought two new ND openings and three new NDs to tell you about. Our list of open news director jobs now stands at 24.

She has been interim news director since November when former ND Kevin Finch left the Scripps-owned Indianapolis ABC affiliate.

The Gray Television ABC affiliate in Wichita, Kan., has hired Michael Sipes as its news director, replacing Dave Grant. Sipes comes to the station from the ND post at KRDO Colorado Springs.

The news chief at Cox’s San Francisco Fox affiliate is leaving after 10 years.

He joins the Little Rock, Ark., CBS affiliate from WCAU Philadelphia where he’s been assistant ND.

Eric Ludgood is gone as news director of  the Meredith-owned CBS affiliate in Atlanta, where he had been ND since February 2011. No word on who will succeed him.

The Cleveland NBC station’s current managing editor takes over next month from Virgil Dominic.

Cox promotes from within to replace Mike Goldrick as head of news at its NBC affiliate in Pittsburgh.