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WAVY Gives Away 16,000 Coats To Needy Families
TV stations make meaningful contributions and connections in a variety of beneficial ways with their communities. Here’s a round-up of how some stations are helping and serving their communities.
WAVY’s Year-Ender Stays 100% On Brand
WAVY, WVBT, WNLO-CD and WTVZ have begun broadcasting with NextGen TV technology.
Traffic Anchor Madison Glassman Joins WAVY News
Nexstar-owned WAVY (NBC)-WVBT (Fox) Norfolk, Va. (DMA 44), has hired Madison Glassman as traffic anchor for its WAVY News 10 Today. She joins from KEZI Eugene, Ore., where she was […]
Directors Of TV Sales Positions Available Now
Just posted last week to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center are directors of TV sales openings by Gray, Meredith, Nexstar and News Press & Gazette for stations in Memphis, Hampton Roads, Colorado Springs and Greenville, S.C.
WAVY-WVBT Start Relief Fund In Va. Beach
How WAVY Juggles Its News Chopper, Drone
WAVY, Nexstar’s NBC affiliate in Portsmouth, Va., is in the fortunate position of having its own news helicopter on the premises as well as a drone. But deciding when to use either is a fine art. “So we see what fits best, the drone or the helicopter, and some days, we have them both out,” said Jeff Myers, WAVY’s news operations manager and chief photographer.
Meteorologist Jeff Edmondson Returns To WAVY
Nexstar’s NBC affiliate WAVY Norfolk, Va. (DMA 44), is welcoming meteorologist Jeff Edmondson back. He left the Super Doppler 10 Weather Team in the winter of 2015. Edmondson is a […]
WAVY Collects, Cleans And Donates 8,000 Coats
Nexstar Names Carol Ward Norfolk GM
The broadcasting and sales management executive with more than 25 years of local media experience is promoted to lead its duopoly of WAVY (NBC) WVBT (Fox).
Interesting Facebook Posts From Local TV News
Crime Special Airs On Norfolk’s WAVY-WVBT
WAVY Debuts New State-of-the-Art News Studio
WAVY Wants You To Steer Clear Of Distracted Driving
WAVY Adds News On WVBT, Reassigns Anchors
Media General’s NBC affiliate WAVY Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, Va. (DMA 42) has made a series of new anchor assignments and expanded its newscasts on co-owned Fox affiliate WVBT. Anita Blanton has […]
WAVY Anchor Anchor Nicole Livas Leaving
WAVY-WVBT Add Drone To Aerial News Coverage
Meteorologist Deitra Tate Joins WAVY
WAVY Norfolk, Media General’s NBC affiliate in the country’s 42nd largest market, has hired meteorologist Deitra Tate to join its weather team in Norfolk, Va. She joins Media General’s duopoly […]
WAVY Stocks Up Kids With School Supplies
WAVY-WVBT Ups Mark Kurtz To News Director
The Media General Norfolk NBC-Fox duopoly promotes him from assistant news director. He will have oversight of all facets of the stations’ broadcast and digital news content.
Media General-owned NBC affiliate WAVY Norfolk, Va. (DMA 42) has added Luana Munoz as co-host of The Hampton Roads Show that airs weekdays at 11 a.m. Munoz is a veteran […]
WAVY Says Steer Clear Of Distracted Driving
Former WAVY Anchor Rhonda Glenn Dies
WAVY Adds Traffic Broadcaster Jen Lewis
Media General-owned NBC affiliate WAVY Portsmouth, Va. (DMA 42), has hired veteran local broadcaster Jen Lewis as morning traffic reporter starting today. She will also be a regular contributor on […]
WAVY Wins Best Photog Award, 5 Years In A Row
WVBT Raises Ante In Norfolk Digital Battle
In a market that spreads across 10 cities and has a heavy military presence, two newspapers rule the digital roost, but the area’s TV stations, which expect to see a 65% rise in online revenue by 2015, are trying out new ways to bring more visitors to their websites. Among them is LIN Television-owned WVBT, which has launched an online-only show about the local entertainment scene.
KBJR’s A.M. Meteorologist Leaving For WAVY
The LIN NBC affiliate is moving up its weekday morning news by a half-hour starting Oct. 24.
What do KING in Seattle, KCCI in Des Moines, Iowa, and WAVY in Portsmouth, Va., have in common? They share a similar newsroom culture that encourages good work and celebrates victories, but that’s not all.
