‘Dayton 24/7 Now’ Innovates, Experiments And Grows News Ratings
Mired in third place in the Dayton, Ohio, news ratings, Sinclair’s WKEF and WRGT — combined and branded as “Dayton 24/7 Now” — were encouraged to experiment with new forms of gathering, delivering and promoting news. It’s working.
TV Jobs In Sales, Creative Services, News, Tech
New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s MediaJobCenter include openings for a chief engineer, a creative services manager, a news director and a local sales manager in markets in Alabama, Alaska and Ohio.
New Openings For Local Sales Managers
New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center are for local sales managers for Sinclair and Paxton Media TV stations in Dayton, Ohio, and Paducah, Ky.
Sinclair Names Michael Nurse GM In Dayton
He moves from WKBW Buffalo, N.Y., where he was also general manager, to oversee WKEF and WRGT.
WKEF-WRGT Adds Reggie Wilson To Sports
Anchor Megan O’Rourke Joins WKEF-WRGT
Exclusives
New News Directors At WKBW, WKEF
ABC affiliate WKBW Buffalo, N.Y., has promoted Lisa Polster from assistant news director to replace ND Polly Van Doren, who’s leaving for the same job at WKEF-WRGT Dayton, Ohio
WKEF Dayton Debuts New Set
Anchor Dan Carroll Gone From WKEF-WRGT
Ex-WDTN GM Now Leads Rival WKEF-WRGT
Lisa Barhorst, former VP-general manager of LIN’s Dayton NBC affiliate WDTN, has left the station to join Sinclair’s ABC-Fox duo of WKEF-WRGT, succeeding Dean Ditmer.
