They may have left Buffalo, but many former local TV reporters also left a piece of their hearts there. That was clear recently when they left their current stations in bigger markets to help stations in Buffalo cover the racist mass shooting at the Tops supermarket. Those reporters were an asset in covering one of the biggest stories in recent local history because they knew the area and some of the newsmakers before they moved to bigger markets.
New Jobs Posted To TVNewsCheck
New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for an engineering director, IT administrator, digital sales manager, assistant news director, two executive producers, two business development executives, a news producer, social media producer, anchor/producer, general sales manager and broadcast engineer.
WIVB, Nexstar’s CBS affiliate in Buffalo, N.Y., recently premiered a marketing website that showcases its commercial production abilities. It includes examples in a variety of categories including retail, restaurants, medical, car dealers and home improvement, to name just a few.
Exclusives
WKBW, WGRZ, WUTV, WIVB and WNYO are now broadcasting with ATSC 3.0 technology.
News And Marketing Job Openings In Great Markets
New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for a news director, meteorologist, and marketing and promotions producers for Nexstar, Graham Media, Meredith and Gray stations.
Meteorologists Needed In Buffalo And Lincoln
New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for a meteorologist at a Nexstar station in New York state, and an opening for a chief meteorologist/anchor at a Standard Media station in Nebraska.
News Producer Opening At Nexstar’s WIVB
New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include an opening for a news producer at WIVB, Nexstar’s CBS affiliate in Buffalo, N.Y.
Brien Kennedy To Lead Nexstar’s Buffalo Duopoly
The station group chooses an executive with 34 years of local broadcasting and large market leadership experience to oversee its WIVB (CBS) and WNLO.
Buffalo Area Kids Warmer Thanks To WIVB
WIVB Reporter Jenn Schanz Leaves
WIVB Anchor Callan Gray Expected To Leave
WIVB Anchor-Reporter Nalina Shapiro Leaving
WIVB Anchor Don Postles Returning On Monday
Nick Filipowski Moves Crosstown To WIVB
Sports Reporter-Anchor Tom Martin Leaving WIVB
WIVB Returns Traditional Sportscast At 6
The reinstatement of a regular sportscast during the 6 p.m. news at Nexstar’s CBS affil in Buffalo, N.Y., began Monday after almost a two-year absence. Dominic Mancuso, the new GM, and News Director Lisa Polster made the decision. The move is in keeping with Mancuso’s stated goal of rectifying some decisions made by previous management when the station was owned by Media General.
WIVB Makes Interim ND Polster Permanent
Lisa Polster has been the interim news director since Scott Levy left in August of 2016 to become a news director in Kansas City. She was previously the news director at WKBW, the cross-town rival she left two years ago to become an executive news producer of the morning program Wake Up! under Levy.
WIVB News Crew Assaulted Covering Story
WIVB Anchor Teresa Weakley Leaving For WOOD
Investigative Reporter In At WKBW, Out At WIVB
WIVB Surveys Viewers On Morning News Team
WIVB Asst.ND Kris O’Donnell Gone After 2 Years
WIVB ND Critiques Accidentally Sent To Staffers
WIVB Adds Christy Kern As 4 P.M. Anchor
WIVB Adds Kaylee Wendt To Weekend Weather
WIVB’s George Richert Leaving After 17 Years
WIVB Buffalo, N.Y., News Director Scott Levy has confirmed that the Media General-owned CBS affiliate is planning to start a 4 p.m. newscast by the end of March.
