Nexstar CBS affiliate WBTW Myrtle Beach/Florence, S.C., has added Trish Williford to its weeknight anchor team. She and WBTW veteran Patsy Kelly will co-anchor the 5, 6 and 11 p.m. […]
New Jobs Posted To TVNewsCheck
New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for a director of sales in an East Coast beach town and a key accounts manager in the third-best place to live in the country.
Nexstar CBS affiliate WBTW Myrtle Beach, S.C., says Trish Munn will be re-joining News 13 on Monday, Oct. 16. She will solo anchor News 13 Now at 9 a.m., News […]
Nexstar’s CBS affiliate WBTW Myrtle Beach-Florence, S.C., has named Patsy Kelly co-anchor of News 13 at 5, 5:30 and 6 p.m. Kelly currently anchors WBTW’s 9 a.m., noon and 4 […]
Nexstar CBS affiliate WBTW Myrtle Beach, S.C., has hired Katie Turner as new host of daily lifestyle show Living Local Carolina that airs weekdays at 9:30 a.m. Her first day […]
New Jobs Posted To TVNewsCheck
New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for a director of sales, director of strategic marketing, creative services producer and a creative services editor, local sales manager and news director.
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New Jobs Posted To TVNewsCheck
New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for a director general of the largest broadcasting organization in Canada, United States and Mexico, a corporate opening for a director of news management recruitment and station openings in engineering, IT, meteorology, digital and news.
Kimberly Byrd, Ben Oldham and Robert Raff move up in Knoxville, Tenn.; Roanoke, Va; and Myrtle Beach, S.C., respectively.
General Manager, Promotion Manager And Sales Manager Openings
New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for a general manger, a promotion manager and local sales manager at Nexstar stations in California, Alabama and Indiana.
Nexstar-owned CBS affiliate WBTW Myrtle Beach, S.C., has promoted News 13 at 5:30 anchor Meghan Miller to co-anchor of News 13 at 5 and News 13 at 6 beginning Monday, […]
Nexstar Names Jeffrey West GM Of WBTW
The general sales manager of the group’s CBS-MNT affiliate in Myrtle Beach-Florence, S.C., moves up to replace Randy Ingram who has moved to Nexstar’s Indianapolis duopoly.
WBTW Names Gittins Weekday Morning Anchor
Media General’s CBS affiliate WBTW Myrtle Beach-Florence, S.C. (DMA 102), has promoted Matt Gittins to weekday morning anchor. Starting in July, Gittins will co-anchor News13 This Morning from 4:30 to […]
WBTW Adds Meteorologist James Hopkins
Media General’s CBS affiliate WBTW Myrtle Beach-Florence, S.C. (DMA 102), has hired James Hopkins as a weekday meteorologist. He will deliver weather forecasts during the morning and noon weekday newscasts […]
Media General-owned CBS affiliate WBTW Myrtle Beach-Florence, S.C. (DMA 102), has promoted Meghan Miller to News 13 at 11 weeknight co-anchor. She will co-anchor the 11 p.m. newscast with current […]
WBTW Names Dana Brown Ritter ND
Media General moves her from executive producer at its WAVY Norfolk, Va., to head news operations at its Myrtle Beach, S.C., CBS affil.
WBTW Ups Carraway To Local Sales Manager
Media General CBS affiliate WBTW Myrtle Beach-Florence, S.C. (DMA 102), has promoted Shawn Carraway to Florence local sales manager. Carraway has been an account executive at the station since March […]
WBTW’s Dish Retrans Contract Set To Expire
If a new contract is not signed by midnight, June 30, Dish customers will lose access to the Myrtle Beach, S.C., CBS affiliate.
WBTW Adding New Weekend Morning Newscasts
Media General’s CBS affiliate WBTW Myrtle Beach-Florence, S.C. (DMA 103), on Wednesday announced the addition of News 13 Saturday Morning to air at 8-9 a.m. beginning May 19 and News […]
WBTW Names Steve Korioth Content Director
Media General moves the news director of its WRBL Columbus, Ga., to head up on-air and online news operations at its CBS affiliate in Myrtle Beach-Florence, S.C.
WBTW Adds Meteorologists Spencer, Phillips
Media General’s CBS affiliate WBTW Myrtle Beach-Florence, S.C. (DMA 103) today announced two new hires. Martha Spencer becomes the station’s weekday morning and noon meteorologist, and Andrew Phillips is its […]
Randy Ingram Named VP-GM of WBTW
Media General moves him from its WRBL Columbus, Ga., to head its Myrtle Beach-Florence, S.C., CBS affiliate, succeeding Michael Caplan.
WBTW Producing Morning News For WFXB
In an extension of the partnership between the two Myrtle Beach, S.C., stations, CBS affiliate WBTW will produce the new 7 a.m. Fox Morning News for Fox affil WFXB beginning Dec. 1.
WBTW Adds Antenna TV To Subchannel
Media General CBS affiliate WBTW Myrtle Beach-Florence, S.C. (DMA 103), has added Antenna TV on its ch. 13.2. Antenna TV features a combination of hit movies and classic television shows […]
Serious Weather Is Serious Business
Meteorologists in the hurricane-prone Gulf and Atlantic coastal areas say they’re conscious of the power they wield and try to be careful with it, realizing the profound impact severe weather news and related promotion can have not only on people, but also on local economies. They also stress the importance of social media as an adjunct to broadcasting, contending that in a weather emergency, television screens are not the only place that citizens will be looking for critical information. This is the third in a series of articles that will appear this week and that collectively constitute a TVNewsCheck Special Report on Severe Weather News. The first two stories in the series are below.
Media General’s CBS affiliate WBTW Myrtle Beach-Florence, S.C. (DMA 104), announced its new fall afternoon lineup. Debuting Monday, Sept. 12, at 3 p.m. will be Anderson hosted by CNN journalist […]
