Gray Television’s Toledo ABC affiliate is looking for a new news director. Michael Baldwin, promoted to that position at WTVG in 2022, is gone. “I can confirm Michael is no longer at the station and I am looking for his replacement,” said WTVG GM Brad Moses in an email. “Nothing else to expand.”
The veteran TV station executive will succeed Chris Fedele in overseeing Gray Television’s Ohio ABC affiliate.
Gray Television’s ABC affiliate will add an afternoon next month. The 4 p.m. broadcast will be anchored by Christina Williams and Tony Geftos, along with meteorologist Dan Smith.
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Shots Fired At News Vehicle In Toledo
Police in Toledo, Ohio, are looking for a person or people inside a car that fired shots at a WTVG news vehicle Saturday.
Mel Watson Named WTVG News Director
The Ohio news veteran will lead Gray’s CBS affiliate in Toledo, Ohio.
The head of sales for WLEX Lexington, Ky., will now oversee the Toledo, Ohio, ABC affiliate, succeeding Pete Veto, who will continue in his role as GM of WJRT Flint, Mich.
WTOL Holds Social Media Crown In Toledo
Raycom’s CBS affiliate WTOL leads all of Toledo, Ohio, local media on social media in overall actions, according to Shareablee data. But Gray’s WTVG puts up a strong fight, and the ABC affil has captured the largest number of fans/followers in this week’s Social Scorecard.
WTVG Promotes Josh Love To Assistant ND
Gray Closes On Flint, Toledo Station Buys
The $128 million purchase of ABC affiliates WJRT and WTVG was announced in July.
Today, WeatherNation TV Inc., announced that its 24/7 weather news service has been launched as “13abc WeatherNation” by ABC affiliate WTVG Toledo, Ohio (DMA 76), on the station’s ch. 13.3 […]
WTVG Adds Weathercasters, Reporter
Kelly Heidbreder Moves From WNWO To WTVG
Only a week after SJL Broadcasting purchased the ABC affiliate and station officials announced there would be no job losses among the station’s 100 or so employees, approximately two dozen positions have been eliminated.
New GMs At Flint, Toledo Former ABC O&Os
SJL Broadcasting, which officially takes over WJRT Flint and WTVG Toledo tomorrow, is replacing the stations’ longtime general managers, Tom Bryson and David Zamichow. Both executives have opted to leave on their own, says SJL President George Lilly, and both replacements come from within the extended Lilly family. WJRT’s new GM is Peter Veto; WTVG’s is John Christianson.
