The former GM of Nexstar’s WRIC Richmond, Va., is tapped to run the Ohio NBC affiliate, succeeding the retiring Ken Freedman.
New Jobs Posted To TVNewsCheck
New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for a group senior producer of creative services (work from home), two multimedia journalists and a general manager.
WCMH Columbus Blankets Media With Weather Message
WCMH in Columbus, Ohio, executed a one-day advertising campaign with a single message using all traditional media — plus one fairly unusual — to get people talking.
The local TV news ratings race appears up for grabs in Ohio’s capital.
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New Jobs Posted To TVNewsCheck
New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for an assignment manager, executive producer, news producer, news anchor, reporter, anchor-MMJs, a local sales manager and a broadcast engineer.
WCMH Columbus Raises $3 Million For Ohio Food Bank
WSYX, WCMH, WWHO and WTTE are now broadcasting with ATSC 3.0 technology.
WCMH’s Matt Barnes Named Big Brother Of The Year
All three major Columbus, Ohio, stations debuted in 1949: WLWC (which became WCMH) in April, and WBNS and WTVN (later WSYX) in October. Looking back 70 years later, television’s impact is hard to overstate.
WCMH Turns Debate Into Interactive Watch Party
The interactive watch party hosted by WCMH, Nexstar’s NBC affiliate in Columbus, Ohio, was also made available to all the Nexstar TV stations. “So if they were watching on desktop, they could click the options with their mouse, or if they were watching on their phone, they could tap the screen to vote,” said Haley Townsend, WCMH’s digital director.
WCMH Anchor Mike Jackson Recovering From Stroke
Three Stations Unite To Honor Chris Bradley
WCMH Scores Facebook’s Top Spot In Columbus
Nexstar’s NBC affiliate has more than a million Facebook actions over its next nearest competitor. David Ciliberti, WCMH’s news director, says finding the right stories that everybody connects to at the same time is the key to generating interaction. Michael King, WCMH’s digital director, says news tips, videos and pictures from Facebook users help the station stay ahead in the market. “By leveraging it on digital first, we associated our brand with the story before our broadcast competitors.”
WCMH Helps Serve 7M Meals To Ohio Families
Sales Management Openings in KY, NC, OH
WPSD, NBC Local 6 in Paducah, Ky., needs a general sales manager. Lockwood Broadcasting has an opening for a general sales manager at the Triad CW in Greensboro, N.C. Nexstar’s WCHM, NBC4 in Columbus, Ohio, is looking for a general sales manager. To see all job openings visit our Media Job Center here.
WCMH Collects Over $1 Million In 18 Hours
WCMH Announces Jym Ganahl’s Final Regular Forecast
Media General-owned NBC affiliate WCMH Columbus, Ohio (DMA 31), announced today that Jym Ganahl will give his final regularly scheduled weather forecast on Friday, Sept. 4, after 50 years in […]
Matt Barnes New Morning Co-Anchor On WCMH
Media General-owned NBCaffiliate WCMH Columbus, Ohio (DMA 31), has promoted Matt Barnes to co-anchor of NBC4 Today. He joins Katie Ferrell on Jan. 11 Barnes, a Columbus native, moves to […]
Longtime WCMH Anchor Cabot Rea To Retire
The anchorman at Media General’s NBC affiliate in Columbus, Ohio announced on the air last night that he plans to retire in December. Rea, 60, said in an interview after the newscast that he had been contemplating the move for a while. “For a lot of reasons, it’s time for me to move on.”
Katie Ferrell Joins WCMH News Team
Media General-owned NBC affiliate WCMH Columbus, Ohio (DMA 32), has named Katie Ferrell co-anchor of NBC4 Today and NBC4 Midday. Ferrell will co-anchor the newscasts with Mike Jackson. She will […]
Anchor-Reporter Mikaela Hunt Out At WCMH
WCMH Names Chuck DeVendra GSM
He will head sales efforts for Media General’s Columbus, Ohio, NBC affil.
WCMH Columbus Feb. Sweeps Promo And Story
WCMH Names David Ciliberti News Director
Media General moves the news director of its Albany, N.Y., stations to head news operations at its Columbus, Ohio, NBC affiliate.
Ken Freedman Named VP-GM Of WCMH
Media General moves him from KWQC Quad Cities to succeed the retiring Dan Bradley as head of the Ohio NBC affiliate beginning Jan. 1.
WCMH Columbus Investigation Boosts Ratings
The VP-GM of Media General’s NBC affiliate in Columbus, Ohio, is stepping down on Dec. 31 after 35 years at Media General and 40 in broadcast journalism.
Duane Pohlman Joins WCMH News Staff
Media General-owned WCMH Columbus, Ohio (DMA 32), today hired Duane Pohlman as lead investigative reporter and co-anchor of NBC4 at 5:30 effective Feb. 3, 2014. Pohlman comes from WKLY Louisville, […]
WCMH, WSYX, WTTE, WBNS and WOSU, along with radio, newspaper, online and outdoor media are collaborating with business and labot to create a “roadblock” for a day-long effort to flood the market with United Way messaging and stories.
News Finds A New Home Among Diginets
Stations started dabbling with inserting newscasts into their diginet subchannels about five years ago and they say they expect the practice to become more pervasive as more stations recognize the revenue and promotional potential. Among the experiments is producing newscasts that air at non-traditional times — 7-9 a.m. or 9 p.m. — when primary channels are airing network programming.
Media General Stations Join AdTaxi Network
The group’s NBC affiliates WCMH Columbus, Ohio, and WSLS Roanoke, Va., have joined Digital First Media’s AdTaxi Alliance Network.
