WDSU Adds Shaun Kraisman As 4 P.M. Anchor
Today, Hearst’s WDSU New Orleans (DMA 50) announced that anchor/reporter Shaun Kraisman will be joining the station’s news team, and anchoring the 4 p.m. newscast weekdays. He joins WDSU from WINK […]
WDSU Celebrates 50 Years Of Saints Football
Mark Parrick Joins WDSU As Assistant News Dir.
Hearst Television’s NBC affiliate WDSU New Orleans (DMA 51) has hired Mark Parrick as assistant news director. The station said he is expected to begin in early September. Parrick joins […]
Louisiana Stations Pitch In To Help Flood Victims
WDSU Creative Services Dir. Billy Pilgrim Dies
Exclusives
WDSU Wins National Award For Katrina Documentary
Former WDSU Production Manager Dies At 66
WDSU Anchor Camille Whitworth Leaves
Akili Franklin Named News Director At WDSU
Hearst Television promotes her from assistant ND to head news at its New Orleans NBC affiliate.
WDSU Tackles Saints Player’s Battle With ALS
WDSU Starts New Year’s Eve Parade Tradition
Hearst-owned NBC affiliate WDSU New Orleans (DMA 51) announced Wednesday that Farrah Reyna is joining the station as the new weekend anchor of WDSU News This Morning. Her first day on […]
WDSU Bids Farewell To Anchor LaTonya Norton
WDSU Helps Raise $350,000 For Children’s Hospital
Hurricane Katrina Diary, Part 1
WDSU To Chronicle 5 Children Of Katrina
Before Katrina, Camille Was The Lady Scorned
Hurricane Katrina Focus All Month Long On WDSU
WDSU New Orleans To Air Special On Cuba
WDSU Helps Children’s Hospital Raise $2.1M
WDSU, Others Want Benson Proceedings Public
Bill Slatter, Former WDSU Anchor, Dies At 87
WDSU GM: Stations Want Fairness From Hill
In a letter to the editor of NOLA.com, WDSU General Manager Joel Vilmenay says: “I joined hundreds of local broadcasters from around the country in Washington, D.C., recently to visit Louisiana’s congressional delegation and advocate for a modern regulatory landscape that will ensure that local TV stations remain on the air for years to come. I’ve returned home encouraged that lawmakers are considering our concerns and recommendations.”
KUSA Denver, KXAN Austin, WDSU New Orleans, KPBS San Diego and WITI Milwaukee will receive the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Television Political Journalism. Also to be recognized are Hearst TV and investigative journalists at Univision and CNBC.com. Winners were announced today by the Norman Lear Center at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.
WDSU Named Louisiana ‘Station of the Year’
Hearst-owned NBC affiliate WDSU New Orleans (DMA 51) has been presented with the Louisiana Association of Broadcasters “Station of the Year” award for large market television at the association’s 2015 […]
To The Auschwitz Survivors, Especially One
Gina Swanson Named WDSU Weekend Anchor
Hearst-owned NBC affiliate WDSU New Orleans (DMA 51) has promoted Gina Swanson to anchor of the station’s weekend evening newscasts. Swanson’s permanent assignment follows several months in which she has […]
Charles Divins Joins WDSU News
Today, Hearst-owned NBC affiliate WDSU New Orleans (DMA 51) announced that Charles Divins will be joining Randi Rousseau effective Oct. 27 as an anchor of WDSU News This Morning. A […]
WDSU, Cox Reach Retrans Agreement
Steve Sawyer, Cox spokesman in New Orleans, and Joel Vilmenay, president-GM of Hearst Television’s New Orleans NBC affiliate WDSU, confirmed that retrans negotiations were resolved without a blackout over the weekend.
WDSU Weekend Anchor Rachel Wulff Leaving
Luke Commare Joins WDSU As Sales Director
Hearst moves the GSM of its Burlington, Vt., duopoly to lead sales at its New Orleans NBC affiliate.
KTVT Takes Pride In Its History, Tradition
Every TV station has a legacy of people, characters, shows, programs and events that has meaning to the people who live in that market. At the Dallas CBS O&O, a new promo campaign reminds people that KTVT has a story to tell about its history and contribution. “It’s not so much about us, but the people who made us what we are today,” says CSD David Hershey.
WVUE Says Report On Its Sale ‘Incorrect’
A report Monday on WDSU New Orleans’ website that an Alabama group backed by Raycom Media is “closing in on a deal” to purchase WVUE New Orleans is incorrect, says a spokesman for WVUE owner Louisiana Media Co.
Scott Fujita Set To Make WDSU Sports Debut
Sharief Ishaq Joins WDSU Sports Team
Hearst Television’s NBC affiliate WDSU New Orleans (DMA 51) has hired Sharief Ishaq as sports anchor and reporter. Ishaq will work with longtime sports anchor and reporter Fletcher Mackel in […]
Susan Isaacs Joins WDSU As Traffic Reporter
Susan Isaacs has joined Hearst-owned NBC affiliate WDSU New Orleans (DMA 51) as the station’s traffic reporter on WDSU News This Morning. WDSU News This Morning airs weekdays from 4:30 […]
