Antoniotti Named WTAE News Director
Hearst moves Justin Antoniotti from its WYFF Greenville, S.C., to replace Alex Bongiorno at its Pittsburgh ABC affiliate.
WTAE News Chief Alex Bongiorno To Leave
Alex Bongiorno, news director at the Hearst-owned Pittsburgh ABC affiliate WTAE since March 2009, will depart the station next week. “Alex has decided to leave. I’m not sure if she is going to another job,” said the station’s GM Michael Hayes. “She decided to leave the market for personal and family reasons.”
WTAE Adds Andrew Del Greco As Reporter
WTAE Names Chuck Wolfertz Gen. Sales Mgr.
The former sales director at WHAS Louisville, Ky., is chosen by Hearst to oversee sales at it Pittsburgh ABC affiliate.
Ashley Dougherty New WTAE Meteorologist
Pittsburgh Media Players Catch Up In Digital
Digital spending is slightly behind the national average in Steeler Nation, but two newspapers and a market leading ABC affiliate WTAE are making big moves to capitalize on inevitable growth, as local online spending in the Steel City is expected to grow 74% by 2016.
Exclusives
WTAE, Staff In Contract Disagreement
Those who deliver the news are raising their voices. The Pittsburgh ABC affiliate’s on-air staff has launched a social media campaign to protest what it says is unfair treatment by Hearst Television management.
News directors of WPXI, WTAE and KDKA are considering signing a joint agreement on coverage policies regarding Pittsburgh’s black community as part of an effort to add positive messages to the news as an offset to crime coverage.
The group broadcaster taps Michael Hayes, the GM of its WTFF Greenville-Spartanburg, S.C., to succeed the retiring Rick Henry as head of its ABC affil in Pittsburgh.
The president-general manager of Hearst’s ABC affiliate, is retiring after almost nine years in the post and more than 40 years with Hearst. Henry, who said it was time, will step down in early March.
