Exclusives
Pittsburgh is known as one of the truly competitive TV markets in the nation, and a new battleground has emerged in the 4 p.m. hour. KDKA (above) has run 4 p.m. news since 2002, while WTAE debuted an hour-long program in July and WPXI did so in mid-September.
Producer Openings In Marketing And Digital Content
New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for a marketing and promotions producer for Cox and a digital content producer for Hearst.
Ryan Houston Joining WPXI News In Pittsburgh
WPXI News Director Leaves For WSB
Cox Media Group-owned WPXI Pittsburgh News Director Suzanne Nadell is leaving next month to take a similar position at Cox’s WSB-TV in Atlanta. Her replacement in Pittsburgh will be in-house: Managing Editor Scott Trabandt.
Former WPXI Cameraman Raymond Weitzel Dies
Pittsburgh Sweep | KDKA, WPXI Tie In 11 p.m. Demo Ratings
WTAE, WPXI, KDKA Claim Nov. Wins
Brittny McGraw Leaving WPXI For WSLS
WPXI A Solid First In Steel City Social Media
WPXI, Cox’s NBC affiliate in Pittsburgh, leads the market in social media actions over the last six months according to data from audience insight firm Shareablee. WPXI has more than 5.3 million actions on social.
Bill Phillips Leaving WPXI For WTOV
WPXI Names Suzanne Nadell News Director
Cox Media moves her from its KOKI Tulsa to oversee news at its Pittsburgh NBC affiliate beginning Oct. 17.
Stations Getting Creative With Facebook Live
In newsrooms across the country, Facebook’s instant video option might be changing the way we consume social media. Reporters need only a smartphone camera and Facebook account to capture live, unedited video that can be viewed on their personal or station’s pages and websites. Consider it the visual equivalent of listening to the police scanner. Above, Kristine Sorensen, host of KDKA’s Pittsburgh Today Live, points out items for the upcoming show as she does a Facebook Live intro before broadcasting starts. (Darrell Sapp photo)
WPXI Reporter Brandon Hudson Moving To WCAU
Cashier Discovers Homeless Man Is Her Father
WPXI Dominates Pittsburgh Social Media
Cox Media Group-owned WPXI holds a commanding lead among Pittsburgh local media outlets’ performance on social media, according to Shareablee data. Over the past six months, it claims the bounty of the market’s total social actions, dominating both Facebook and Twitter, and it has the city’s highest number of fans/followers.
Monday morning’s implosion of a Pittsburgh area 94-year-old bridge was the perfect TV news storm. The logistics of covering this blink-or-you’ll-miss-it event involved reporters and cameras from three stations in pretty much the same locations, but what viewers saw on TV and on the stations’ websites was surprisingly varied.
