A Local TV CSD’s Job Search Saga
Nexstar Taps Marci Daniels As WLNS VP-GM
The group broadcaster is moving a veteran broadcasting executive with management, sales, and marketing experience from its WETM Elmira, N.Y., to lead is CBS affiliate WLNS in Michigan.
Scot Chastain Named VP-GM Of WLNS
Nexstar chooses the former NBC television and marketing executive to lead its Lansing, Mich., CBS affiliate’s TV and digital operations.
Ex-Staffer Files Harassment Suit Against WLNS
According to a lawsuit, former Assignment Editor Cheryl Fritze is suing Nexstar and its Lansing, Mich., CBS affiliate WLNS for sexual harassment.
WLNS Anchor Jo Anne Paul-Stanton Dies At 57
Exclusives
Anchor Names All US Presidents In Newscast
Evan Pinsonnaul, a morning anchor at WLNS Lansing, Mich., found a unique way to celebrate Presidents Day on Monday.
WLNS To Simulcast Newscasts On WLAJ
New Young Broadcasting’s Lansing, Mich., CBS affiliate WLNS is simulcasting its 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. news shows on ABC affiliate WLAJ with which it has an SSA, starting April 1. The station will also simulcast its morning show from 5 to 7 a.m. on WLAJ starting Monday, April 15.
The radio and TV sales exeutive is hired to oversee sales at Young Broadcasting’s CBS affiliate.
WLNS, Nonprofits To Aid Struggling Families
The Lansing, Mich., CBS affiliate and its local nonprofit partners will launch the sixth annual Day Of Giving on Dec. 13 to collect funds, food and clothing.
Last week it was announced that Bob Simone was leaving his general manager post at Tucson’s KMSB amid the aftermath of the station’s shared services agreement with KOLD. Now, Simone has been named VP-GM of WLNS, Young Broadcasting’s CBS affiliate in Lansing, Mich.
Young Broadcasting’s CBS affiliate in Lansing, Mich., is partnering with MLive.com on a Lansing website, MLive.com/lansing. The two will share content.
