New Jobs Posted To TVNewsCheck
New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for two director of sales positions and an assistant news director.
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WMOR, WFTS, WFLA, WTSP and WTVT have implemented NextGen TV technology.
Nexstar Moves Paul Spingola From New Haven To Tampa
Nexstar Ups Mark Higgins To Tampa GM
The 35-year local broadcast veteran to lead the group’s WFLA-WTTA duopoly and WFLA.com.
WFLA Reporter Mark Douglas Retires After 42 Years
Keeping a station on the air during a disaster means crafting and rehearsing a plan that’s often based on previous experiences. As Nexstar’s ABC affiliate in Panama City, Fla., learned from October’s Hurricane Michael, sometimes the unforeseen still happens. After the WMBB building lost power, the news team set up in the station’s parking lot for newscasts.
The local TV veteran with more than 35 years of experience is tapped to succeed Andy Alford as leader of WFLA (NBC) and WTTA (MNT) effective immediately.
Nexstar NBC affiliate WFLA Tampa, Fla. (DMA 11), will launch News Channel 8 Today on Great 38 from 7 to 9 a.m., Monday through Friday on its co-owned MNT affil […]
WFLA Reunites Residents With $2.3 Million
The state Senate campaign of Democrat Bob Buesing has sent letters to four Tampa TV stations demanding that they quit running a Republican Party ad attacking him, calling it “false, misleading and deceptive.”
In 24 Hours, WFLA Helps Viewers Get $1M
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers kick off their preseason slate on Thursday night at 7 p.m. against the Philadelphia Eagles in a game that will be broadcast live locally on Media […]
Reporter Josh Thomas Gone From WFLA
The Media General NBC affil is introducing a one-hour newscast at 11 a.m. beginning June 13.
WFLA Debuts New Graphics, News Music
Since October 2014, six anchors across the market have left TV news behind. Between them, they represent more than 140 years on the air in Tampa Bay. They include longtime personalities like Wilson, Gayle Sierens, Denise White and Brendan McLaughlin, who left WFTS earlier this month. Each had been in the Tampa market more than two decades.
Gayle Sierens Signs Off After 38 Years At WFLA
Longtime WFLA Anchor Gayle Sierens Retiring
WFLA Moves Spark Diversity Concerns
The Tampa Bay Association of Black Journalists is taking issue with the NBC affiliate’s personnel moves involving two African-American journalists.
Eugene Ramirez Joins WFLA As Morning Anchor
Media General-owned NBC affiliate WFLA Tampa, Fla. (DMA 13), has hired bilingual anchor/reporter Eugene “Gene” Ramirez. He will co-anchor WFLA’s weekday morning newscasts from 4:30 to 7 a.m. with fellow […]
Jennifer Leigh In For Gayle Sierens At WFLA
Media General Taps Andy Alford As WFLA GM
Alford is currently VP of Sales for Media General, and VP/GM of WTEN and WXXA in Albany, N.Y. He starts his new job Aug. 1.
Anchor Gayle Sierens Leaving WFLA Next Year
WFLA Names William Berra VP Of News
He joins the Media General Tampa NBC affiliate from Journal Broadcast Group.
News Director Don North Leaves WFLA
North joined the Media General-owned NBC affiliate in Tampa, Fla., in 2005 from Media General’s CBS affiliate in Wichita, Kan. A company spokeswoman would not discuss the circumstances of North’s departure, including whether he left voluntarily or was terminated.
Media General’s Tampa, Fla., NBC affil says the satellite service’s subscribers will lose its signal if a new retransmission consent contract isn’t signed by midnight, Sept. 30.
The Media General NBC affiliate will debut the hour-long broadcast on Aug. 26, anchored by Stacie Schaible.
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