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Scripps-owned ABC affiliate KTNV Las Vegas (DMA 40) has hired meteorologist Justin Bruce to be morning weather anchor on Good Morning Las Vegas beginning Jan. 9, 2017. He comes to […]

The Dec. 12 opening session of TVNewsCheck’s NewsTECHForum will feature Hearst TV’s Roger Keating; E.W. Scripps’ Sean McLaughlin; CJ&N’s Steve Schwaid; and Dalet’s Frederic Roux who will be “Imaging the Newsroom of the Future.”

Scripps moves the news veteran from a corporate post to oversee the newsroom at its Cincinnati ABC affiliate.

Fox O&O WTTG Washington (DMA 7) said Monday that Laura Evans, anchor of Fox 5 News @ 5pm and a reporter for several other station newscasts, is leaving next week. […]

Telemundo-owned WNJU New York (DMA 1) has named Orietta De Luque as the new co-host of Acceso Total, the station’s entertainment and lifestyle program that airs Monday to Fridays at 10 a.m.  De […]

Sinclair’s ABC affiliate WTVC leads Chattanooga by a nose among local media outlets on social according to Shareablee data. But WRCB, Sarkes Tarzian’s NBC affiliate, is nipping at its heels and has the market’s largest number of fans/followers. Paul Greeley looks at how WRBC’s use of Facebook is powering that.

Most TV stations don’t editorialize. For years I thought this was a mistake. Now I see it as a virtue. That local broadcasters mostly avoid opinion may be one of their strongest attributes, one that they can exploit in a media ecosystem where it is increasingly difficult to distinguish fact from fiction. Surveys confirm that local broadcasters are a widely trusted source of news, at least relative to other media. Given that, they should step up the breadth and depth of their reporting. Crimes, fires, accidents and the five-day forecast are not enough.

Univision’s KXLN and Telemundo’s KTMD are pushing Spanish-language TV to the top of Houston ratings, even over their English-language counterparts, in the fourth largest Spanish TV market in the country.

Tribune Broadcasting’s Fox affiliate KCPQ Seattle (DMA 14) has promoted Matt Waggoner to assistant news director. Waggoner, who was previously the station’s senior executive producer of news and sports, will continue to […]

Veteran sports reporter Frank Cusumano has been named the new sports director at Tegna’s KSDK St. Louis. He succeeds Rene Knott, who last month switched to the news side of the NBC affiliate and is a morning anchor along with Pat McGonigle and Alexandra Corey on Today in St. Louis.

Broadcasters have become increasingly reliant on its referral traffic, and Facebook’s platform is gobbling up more and more of broadcasters’ resources and original content. A panel discussion on Dec. 12 at NewsTECHForum will also mine how they’re negotiating Facebook Live and monetizing on the platform, featuring input from Tegna, CBS Local Digital Media, News Press & Gazette and more. 

Donald Trump may be the free press’ greatest adversary, but he’s been a boon for traffic and ratings at many major news organizations, who now won’t necessarily see a withdrawal with a Trump election loss. Through his stunning victory, Trump may have handed the media something of an economic lifeline, even if most of its members are currently more interested in their own culpability in his election than the opportunity he may have afforded.

Investigative reporters Harry Hairston and Ines Ferre are the faces of NBC10 Responds and Telemundo62 Responde at NBC’s Philadelphia duopoly of WCAU and WWSI. Consumers are calling with problems about 200 times a week. To date, that’s 5,643 complaints, and the stations have recovered a combined $170,000 so far.