Rick Gevers & Associates

A very busy week. Six news director departures last week, with three open jobs being filled. Our list of open ND jobs balloons to 28.

We have five new ND openings, three in major markets and all involving veteran NDs. One of those openings was created when a Scripps ND left his job to return to his hometown as ND for another Scripps station. There are now 27 open ND jobs on our list. Remarkably, three of those ND openings are in the same ZIP code.

Four new news directors top this week’s report, but the onecnew ND opening is in the No. 1 market. Those changes mean there are now 23 open ND jobs on our list.

A slow week for news director movement last week, with just one newly named news director and, for the second consecutive week, no new ND openings.

Four open ND jobs were filled this week, while I’m not aware of any new openings. There are now 26 open ND jobs on our list.

Four people took new news director jobs last week, bringing the count of open ND positions to 26.

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.

This week’s report features two new news directors and a veteran California ND announces plans to leave his station. That brings the count of open ND jobs to 26.

Three new news director openings and one new ND lead our post-NAB report. That leaves our count of open ND jobs at 28.

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.

Often when a rating period ends, there’s a flurry of new news director openings. Not so this time, at least not so far. I’m not aware of any new ND openings, while two vacant news directors jobs were filled this week. Those changes leave our total of open ND jobs at 23.

Two newly opened ND jobs and one newly named ND top the news in this week’s report. Those changes leave our list of open ND jobs at 24.

This week report features one new news director opening, one newly named news director, one new paid advertisement (though it features two openings), The ND changes leave our list of open ND jobs at 23.

Lots to share with you this week. Five new news directors. Two new news director openings (leaving our count of open jobs at 24).

This week’s edition contains news of two new ND openings, two new news directors, as well as lots of other items. Those changes move the count of open ND jobs to 24.

We have a lot to tell you about this week, much of it involving three stations in Marquette, Mich., of all places. In all, four new ND openings (two in Marquette!) and five new NDs named (one in Marquette.) This flurry of activity results in 23 stations looking for a new news director.

Two veteran NDs make up the two new NDs in this week’s report. With one new opening, our count of open ND jobs now stands at 21 stations looking for a new news director.

Two of the three new ND openings are in sunny Florida which sounds pretty good about now. One of the openings was created by the surprising departure of a ND for another job in the Sunshine State.Our list of open ND jobs now stands at 22.

We have five new news directors in this week’s edition, with three new openings. That drops our list of open ND jobs to 20 from last week’s 22. (If that trend keeps up, in 10 weeks or so….)

Two veteran NDs left their stations this week, the only new openings we have in this week’s report. And I’m not aware of any newly named news directors, so our count of open ND positions stands at 22.

Our report is a little slow on ND movement, not unexpected in a holiday-shortened week. We have one new ND to tell you about, with, to my knowledge, no  new openings, but history says that might change now that the November sweep is over. That one move means our list of open ND positions remains at 20.

Lots of news this week, but only one change in the news director ranks. That move leaves our list open ND jobs at 20.

Today’s biggest news involves Friday’s middle-of-the-rating period departure of a veteran ND in Tampa. That’s one of two new openings in our report, with three new NDs to tell you about. Those changes bring our list of open news director jobs to 21.

For the second consecutive week, our report features one new opening (in the second market) but no new openings, bringing our list of open ND jobs to 21.

This week’s report features one new opening (in the second market) and three newly named news directors. bringing our list of open ND jobs to 20.

The upcoming rating period means a relatively slow week. Just one new news director to share with you, while, to the best of my knowledge, there are no new ND openings this week. That brings our list of open ND jobs to 22.

This week’s report features two new NDs, and two new openings, leaving our count of open news director  jobs at 23.

You’ll meet three new news directors in this week’s report. And just one new opening for the second week in a row, so our count of open ND jobs drops and now stands at 23.

There are four “new” news directors in this week’s report. They’ve all been NDs before, though, so just how “new” can they be? And just one new opening, so our count of open ND jobs drops to 24.

Three new openings, including one created by a health-caused retirement of a 30-year news director, lead this week’s report. And we have three new news directors to share, leaving our count of open ND jobs at 27.

Just one new ND opening this week and just one new ND hire, so our list of open news director jobs remains at 24.

We have two new ND openings in this week’s report. To my knowledge, there have been no new news directors hired this week. Our list of open ND jobs jumps to 24.

A robust six newly named NDs headline this week’s report, with two new openings, one of them created by the “I’m retiring today, goodbye.” departure of a Washington, D.C., news director. Those moves drop our list of open ND jobs to 20.

Four new news directors in this week’s report, though only one is new to that job. And, to the best of my knowledge, only one new opening, leaving our always unofficial count of open ND jobs at 23.

Two new news directors and two new ND openings highlight this week’s report, leaving our unofficial count of news director openings at 25.

We have one new opening, that created by the departure of a longtime Alabama news director, and two newly named NDs, one in a top 15 market. That leaves 25 stations with news director openings.

This week’s report finds two new ND openings, while three stations have new NDs we’ll tell you about … bringing our total of open ND jobs to 25.

Just one newly named news director in our report this week, while, to the best of my knowledge, there are no new news director openings. There are 26 stations in our full list of open ND jobs.

We have three new news director openings and two newly named NDs in this weeks report, but we have a lot more information than just those moves. We now have 26 stations in our full list of open news director jobs.

We have lots to tell you this week, with five new news director openings, and three newly named news directors. Those changes bring our list of open news directors jobs to 23.