Station managers, a new role at Scripps, help with the station’s day-to-day operations and serve as department heads. The latest additions are Whitney Grover, KJRH Tulsa, Okla.; Autumn Jones, WFTX Fort Myers, Fla.; and Vicki Bradley, WTXL Tallahassee, Fla.
Scripps’ ‘Executive Reporters’ Light The Way For Upcoming Journalists
A new “executive reporter” position at E.W. Scripps stations provides storytelling tutelage for younger journalists via close daily collaboration, a model the company hopes will strengthen its reporting corps. Pictured, Channing Frampton at the WTXL Tallahassee.
Scripps-owned ABC affiliate WTXL Tallahassee, Fla., has named newsroom veteran Karah Bailey Sunrise anchor. She has been a staple at WTXL, starting as an intern in 2016 before joining as […]
News Directing While Black
WTXL’s Vicki Bradley: “Being a news director is a privilege. It’s also a position for many that wasn’t the easiest to achieve, especially for African Americans. That’s why I’m sharing my perspective of the challenges that some Black newsroom leaders face today, at a time when many in our communities are hurting.”
Exclusives
Helping Their Communities: It’s What TV Stations Do
Scripps-owned WTXL Tallahassee, Fla. (DMA 109), is introducint weekend morning news to its lineup beginning Oct. 3. Those newscasts will air live on Saturdays from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. […]
Tallahassee’s WTXL Helps Feed Hungry Children
WXTL To Stop Posting Mugshots
Scripps Closes On KXXV-KRHD, WTXL Buy
The spinoffs from the Gray-Raycom merger brings Scripps’ holdings to 36 TV stations in 26 markets and gives Scripps its first stations in Texas and expands its Florida presence.
Collin Gaston remains GM of the group’s WBRC Birmingham, Ala., and will now have oversight of WSFA Montgomery, Ala.; WTXL Tallahassee, Fla.; WPGX Panama City, Fla.; and WDFX Dothan, Ala.
Raycom Closes On WWSB And WTXL
The acquisition expands Raycom Media’s reach and presence in Florida with $68.5 million buy. It also owns Fox affiliates WFLX in West Palm Beach and WPGX in Panama City. Heartland Media steps in to buy the last of Calkins’ stations, WAAY Huntsville, Ala., for $13.5 milllion.
WTXL Deploys New Editing Software For OTT News
Calkins Selling 3 TVs, Exiting Broadcasting
Raycom will buy Calkins’ WWSB Sarasota and WTXL Tallahassee, both Florida, while Raycom duopoly partner American Spirit Media will buy WAAY Huntsville, Ala., which will presumably be operated in tandem with Raycom’s Huntsville NBC affiliate, WAFF. “We came to this decision reluctantly and after a long period of deliberation,” Calkins CEO Mark Contreras says in a memo to employees.
Alison Posey Named WTXL Sports Director
Calkins Media and its Chief Digital Officer Guy Tasaka have retooled its Amazon Fire OTT app to allow for more monetization and discovery opportunities. It has also overhauled its mobile app at WWSB Tampa, Fla., resulting in a 900% increase in video views. The revamped version has since been rolled out at Calkins’ WAAY Huntsville, Ala., and WTXL Tallahassee, Fla.
2 WTXL Anchors Victims Of Hit And Run Driver
WTXL Morning Meteorologist Michelle Rotella Out
David Lee Tapped As WTXL News Director
The former KCOY Santa Maria, Calif., assistant news director joins the Tallahassee ABC affiliate.
The GM of WWSB Sarsota adds oversight of the company’s other two stations to his portfolio.
WTXL, Flight School Partner On Chopper
WTXL, the ABC affiliate in Tallahassee, Fla., has partnered with a local helicopter school to bring the first TV news chopper to its market.
