WJZY ‘Goes Big,’ Taking Its 5 P.M. News On The Road
WJZY Charlotte, N.C.’s Queen City News Hometown initiative takes its 5 p.m. news on the road every Wednesday. You can say you’re the hometown station, but being out in neighborhoods doing the news speaks volumes.
New Jobs Posted To TVNewsCheck
New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings in news, sales, digital, creative services, engineering and technical operations/production.
Top To Bottom Transformation At Nexstar’s WJZY
WJZY, Nexstar’s Fox affiliate in Charlotte, N.C., is undergoing a makeover. The station has “meandered as a bottom station for a long time,” says Lloyd Bucher, WJZY’s new GM, but Nexstar sees an opportunity to change that.
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New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for a VP-general manager, two marketing producers, and a local sales manager for Nexstar and Tegna stations in Las Vegas, Charlotte, Phoenix and Rock Island, Ill.
The veteran media executive with more than 25 years of experience in broadcast sales, marketing and management will oversee WJZY and WMYT in North Carolina
New Jobs Posted To TVNewsCheck
New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for an assistant news director, a morning news executive producer, content producers and a general manager.
WAXN, WSOC, WJZY, WBTV and WCNC are now broadcasting with ATSC 3.0 technology.
Nexstar Names Casey Clark WJZY News Director
The Nexstar Fox affiliate in Charlotte, N.C., has a new owner, new general manager and now a new news director, all since March. I caught up with Casey Clark in the WJZY Charlotte newsroom on Thursday, his second day on the job.
Ron Romines New VP-GM Of WJZY-WMYT
The TV station executive with nearly 30 years of broadcast management, sales, and marketing experience is tapped by Nexstar to lead its Fox-MNT duopoly in Charlotte, N.C.
With the deals involving stations in Seattle, Milwaukee, and Charlotte, N.C., Fox Television Stations expands its footprint to 29 stations across the country. Nexstar says it will use the approximately $240 million of net after-tax proceeds from the deals to reduce borrowings under its credit facilities.
Nexstar, Fox Buy/Sell Five Stations
Nexstar will purchase Charlotte, N.C.’s Fox and MNT affiliates for approximately $45 million while Fox will buy Nexstar’s Seattle Fox and MNT affiliates and Milwaukee’s Fox affil for approximately $350 million.
Mike Lewis Named GM Of Fox Charlotte Duopoly
Fox Television Stations moves him from its WTTG-WDCA Washington to lead its WJZY-WMYT combo in North Carolina.
How A WJZY Weatherman Danced His Way To A Cameo At The ‘MTV Video Music Awards’
Tearful Organ Recipient Thanks WJZY With Flowers
Vietnam Vet Gets Heat, Food Thanks To WJZY
Investigative Reporter Matt Grant Now At WJZY
WJZY Hosts Discussion A Year After Charlotte Riots
Diana Alvear New Weekday Evening Anchor At WJZY
Diana Alvear has been named co-anchor of the weekday evening news at Fox-owned WJZY Charlotte, N.C. (DMA 22). She will co-anchor the Fox 46 News at 6 p.m. and Fox 46 News at 10 p.m. alongside Brien Blakely. Most recently, Alvear has been a business correspondent for Bader TV and a reporter for KGTV San […]
The Society of Professional Journalists announced the recipients of its 2016 Sigma Delta Chi Awards for excellence in journalism. TV stations honored were WJZY Charlotte, N.C.; KGAN-KFXA Cedar Rapids, Iowa; KMGH Denver; WHP Harrisburg, Pa.; KTUU Anchorage, Alaska; WCAU Philadelphia; and KPIX San Francisco.
Riot Coverage Earns WJZY A Regional Murrow
Amber Statler-Matthews New WJZY Assistant N.D.
Fox-owned WJZY Charlotte, N.C. (DMA 22) today appointed Amber Statler-Matthews assistant news director. Reporting directly to station VP-news director, Tina Luque, Statler-Matthews assumes this position immediately. Statler-Matthews was the president, producer, videographer and editor of Statler Media Inc. She previously was an executive producer for the special projects and investigations teams at WFOR, WSVN, and […]
WJZY Exposes Dealership Selling Salvage Cars
Chuck Howard To Cover Sports At WJZY
At WJZY, Brien Blakely Rises To Evening Anchor
WJZY Lives Up To New Slogan, ‘Gets Results’
WJZY Shows Kids Pull The Trigger On Guns
The former news director of WTKR-WGNT Norfolk-Virginia Beach, Va., will oversee news operations at WJZY (Fox) and WMYT (MNT).
WJZY Uncovers Charges Of Teacher Child Abuse
Fox-owned WJZY Charlotte, N.C. (DMA 22), has hired Brien Blakely as weekday anchor of Good Day Charlotte alongside Page Crawford and Barbara Lash, effective Jan. 11, 2016. Most recently, Blakely was morning anchor and reporter at KCPQ Seattle. Previously, he was the main anchor for WCCB Charlotte.Prior to that, Blakely was morning anchor for KPNX […]
Brian Basham Named WJZY Chief Meteorologist
Brian Basham on Tuesdays was appointed chief meteorologist of Fox-owned WJZY Charlotte, N.C. (DMA 22). He is now contributing to the 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts, Sunday through Thursday. Most recently, he was weekday meteorologist for WHBQ Memphis. Prior to that, he worked as weekday meteorologist for KGUN Tucson, Ariz., and KTSM El Paso, Texas. […]
The former Meredith Corp. executive takes over Fox’s WJZY and WMYT in North Carolina.
WJZY Returns To Traditional Newscast
The Charlotte, N.C., Fox O&O’s bold, experimental news formula didn’t catch on with viewers or advertisers.
Fox Promotes Charlotte GM Karen Adams
A Fox spokesperson confirmed Adams, GM of the Charlotte, N.C., duo of WJZY-WMYT, has been named VPof corporate initiatives for the group. A search is underway for her replacement.
Joshua Sims today was named sports reporter and anchor for Fox O&O WJZY Charlotte, N.C. (DMA 24), effective June 22. Most recently, Sims worked as a sports anchor/reporter at WTEN Albany, N.Y. Prior to this, he was a general assignment reporter with NBC 40 in South Jersey. A graduate of Syracuse University, Sims received his […]
Bill Melugin Named WJZY Anchor/Reporter
Fox-owned WJZY Charlotte, N.C. (DMA 24), has added Bill Melugin as evening anchor/reporter. On Feb. 2, Melugin will debut as co-anchor for the station’s 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts. Most recently, Melugin has been a reporter/fill-in anchor for KFOX El Paso, Texas, for the past two years. Previously, he was a reporter/anchor for Cronkite NewsWatch in Phoenix. […]
