Station managers, a new role at Scripps, help with the station’s day-to-day operations and serve as department heads. The latest additions are Whitney Grover, KJRH Tulsa, Okla.; Autumn Jones, WFTX Fort Myers, Fla.; and Vicki Bradley, WTXL Tallahassee, Fla.
The station group is moving him to Ft. Myers, Fla., from Colorado Springs, where he’s led KOAA since 2011.
WFTX Adds Meteorologist Cindy Preszler
Scripps-owned Fox affiliate WFTX Fort Myers, Fla. (DMA 55), has added meteorologist Cindy Preszler to its team starting in January in an expansion of its weather department. Preszler will appear […]
WFTX Goes Far To Supply Local Irma News
After deciding it had to evacuate its Cape Coral station in advance of Hurricane Irma, Scripps’ Fox affiliate in a technical tour de force continued to provide full local coverage with an anchor desk in Tampa (above), news production in Detroit and master control in Indianapolis.
Scripps Hires Darryll Green As WFTX GM
The former GM of WUSA Washington and radio executive is tapped to lead the Fox affiliate in Fort Myers, Fla.
Exclusives
The former journalist and station executive is tapped to oversee Scripps’ Fox affiliate in Fort Myers, Fla., beginning Sept. 12.
Katie LaGrone, an award-winning investigative journalist, is expanding her role for E.W. Scripps to support all three Scripps stations in Florida with original investigative reports, beginning in September. LaGrone, whose […]
WFTX Welcomes Back Anchor Amy Wegmann
Journal Broadcast Group’s Fox affiliate WFTX Fort Myers, Fla. (DMA 62), has hired anchor and reporter Amy Wegmann who will co-anchor Fox 4 Rising alongside Miriam Zamorano. The 10-year WFTX […]
Journal Taps Charles Henrich As WFTX GM
The former Bluestone/Bonten executive will lead the Fox affiliate in Fort Myers, Fla.
