The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences unveiled nominations for the 35th annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards.Regional nominees are WTHR, WFAA, WISN, KXTX, WNBC, KING, KNXV and KXAS. PBS led networks with 43 nominations followed by CBS with 42. The awards will be presented Sept. 30 during a ceremony at Frederick P. Rose Hall at New York’s Lincoln Center.
New Weather Promos From Across The Country
New Assignments For WFAA’s Moore, Wade
Shon Gables Out As WFAA Anchor-Reporter
Dallas Sweeps: WFAA Retains 10 P.M. Crown
WFAA Doesn’t Report The News; It Shares It
WFAA, Star-Telegram In Content Partnership
Dallas ABC affiliate WFAA and Fort Worth’s Star-Telegram announced that they have formed a content partnership serving all their platforms, including broadcast, print and digital.
Campos Out, Izaguirre In At 10 P.M. On WFAA
Dale Hansen’s WFAA Commentary Goes Viral
The Dallas ABC affiliate sports anchor’s Feb. 10 take on football player Michael Sam, who recently came out as gay, has generated almost 2 million views in three days.
Reporter Lauren Zakalik Joins WFAA Dallas
Reporter Steve Stoler Leaving WFAA After 11 Years
WFAA Dallas Reporter Monika Diaz Leaving
WFAA Names Newsroom After Late Marty Haag
WFAA Taps Jason Wheeler To Anchor 4 PM News
WFAA Preparing To Launch 4 P.M. Newscast
After two years of resistance, Belo’s Dallas ABC affiliate is hiring staffers for its first 4 p.m. local news. Sources say the newscast tentatively will launch in September and will likely have a single anchor rather than the co-anchor format used by competitors KXAS (NBC) and KTVT (CBS) for their 4 p.m. news editions.
WFAA Dallas Wins 10 P.M. News Slot
WFAA’s Brad Watson Leaves After 34 Years
WFAA Dallas Bounces Back At 10 P.M.
WFAA Adds Carla Wade As Anchor-Reporter
WFAA Reporters Hit With Restraining Order
The 33rd Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards were handed out in New York City. and the regional reporting awards went to WFAA Dallas and WTHR Indianapolis. Among the networks, PBS had the most wins with nine, followed by ABC and CBS with seven; NBC got three awards.
New Contract For WFAA Anchor John McCaa
WFAA’s Gloria Campos Reups, Drops 6 P.M. Duties
Former WFAA Anchor Bill Ratliff Dies At 63
Extraordinarily Close Sweeps In Dallas
WFAA Names Mungo Executive News Dir.
Carolyn Mungo, the former assistant news diredtor of KRIV Houston is moving to Dallas to head news operations at the Belo ABC affiliate.
Kurt Davis Said Likely To Be Next WFAA ND
Reliable sources say that Kurt Davis, executive news director at Belo’s Dallas CBS affiliate KENS since September 2003, has emerged as a leading candidate for the vacant news director slot at the city’s co-owned ABC affil WFAA.
Teresa Woodard Leaving KTVI For WFAA
The company’s Dallas ABC affiliate has begun the search for a new news director with the promotion of Michael Valentine to a corporate position, station sources say. In his new position he’ll be “working with Belo Corp. news departments on corporate initiatives.”
WFAA Reporter Chirs Hawes Leaves For PR Job
Arbitrator Rules Against WFAA Anchor
An arbitrator has ruled against WFAA Dallas anchor/reporter Debbie Denmon in her weight and race discrimination suit against the Belo ABC affiliate. “There was no money split. She got zero,” said a source familiar with the case who spoke on condition of anonymity.
High-Tech Data Driving Traffic Vendors
TV stations are increasingly turning to companies like Beat the Traffic, Radiate Media and Metro Traffic to give commuters more precise and timely information through on-air maps, charts and alternative routes. And they’re also delivering the information online and directly to viewers via mobile apps and email alerts. This is the last of four articles that are appearing this week and that collectively constitute a TVNewsCheck Special Report on Traffic Reporting.