The Dispatch Broadcast Group veteran is also named the group’s vice president of news.
Tom Griesdorn, head of Dispatch’s CBS affiliate since 1999, says he will step down at the end of May.
WBNS Teams For Holiday Toy, Food Drive
For a second year, Dispatch-owned CBS affiliate WBNS Columbus, Ohio (DMA 32), is teaming up with The Salvation Army, Walmart and WCOL-FM for A Helping Hand for the Holidays, a […]
Columbus TV Set For A Long Election Night
With both the Obama and Romney campaigns in desperate need of Ohio’s 18 electoral votes, all eyes will be on the state tonight. And the three news-producing stations in the state capital — WBNS, WCMH and WSYX — will be tracking and analyzing returns from across the state, watching for problems at polling places and keeping tabs on Republican and Democratic headquarters. “We are preparing for a scenario where we might not know who the president is at 11 p.m. Tuesday night,” said WBNS ND Elbert Tucker.
WBNS Sets Multiplatform Election Coverage
With an eye toward Election Day, Dispatch Broadcast Group’s CBS affiliate WBNS Columbus, Ohio (DMA 32) is offering free airtime to candidates in major races during broadcasts of 10TV News […]
Exclusives
The 60-minute event will be televised live on Oct. 18 from Columbus and offered free to every station in Ohio. WBNS will also stream it live.
Having failed to reach a new retransmission consent agreement with Dispatch Broadcast Group, Dish had to drop its two stations today — WTHR (NBC) Indianaoplis and WBNS Columbus, Ohio (CBS). Dispatch is seeking “exorbitant” hikes in retrans fees, Dish says. Its demands are “fair and reasonable,” counters Dispatch.
Don’t Cheapen Digital, Dispatch Media Warns
In sports-mad Columbus, Ohio, digital leader Dispatch Media Group is holding fast to the value of its digital products, which include WBNS’ 10TV.com, pricing its e-edition subscriptions the same as print and refusing to lowball its rates. So far, the gamble is paying off.
WBNS Names New Main Anchor Team
Dispatch Broadcasting-owned CBS affiliate WBNS Columbus, Ohio (DMA 32) has hired Kristyn Hartman to join Jerry Revish as the station’s primary anchor team. Hartman succeeds Andrea Cambern who will be […]
WBNS To Launch Quarterly News Series
Dispatch Broadcasting’s CBS affiliate WBNS Columbus, Ohio (DMA 32), is about to premiere a quarterly news special series that will feature local news, interviews and stories about central Ohio. Each […]
WBNS, Time Warner Cable Sign Retrans Pact
The deal covers carriage of Dispatch Broadcast’s Columbus, Ohio, CBS affiliate and the Ohio News Network plus Dispatch’s WTHR Indianapolis on Bright House Cable.
WBNS, TWC Make Temporary Retrans Deal
Dispatch Broadcast Group’s CBS affiliate in Columbus, Ohio, announced an extension to its contract negotiations with Time Warner Cable. The extension came just hours before the stations were scheduled to leave Time Warner’s channel lineup at 11:59 p.m. Saturday night. The extension expires at 11:59 p.m. tonight.
Long-time WBNS Columbus, Ohio (DMA 32) anchor Andrea Cambern announced that she will be stepping down from the anchor desk in May 2012. In a staff meeting hosted by President-GM […]
Dispatch Broadcasting’s CBS Affiliate WBNS Columbus, Ohio (DMA 34) and co-owned Ohio News Network have launched new 10TV.com and ONNtv.com websites. “Our users told us they wanted us to fix […]
The Columbus, Ohio, CBS affiliate will add a new weekday newscast beginning at 4:25 a.m. beginning Jan. 3.
