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WVEC Tune-In Promos Boost Morning And Evening News

WVEC in Hampton Roads, Va., saw increased viewership when the station used tune-in promos for special reports that aired in targeted newscasts.

Brian Gregory Named President-GM Of WVEC Norfolk

He moves from news director at Nexstar’s Denver Fox affiliate to oversee station operations at Tegna’s ABC outlet in Virginia.

Tim Pandajis Returns To WVEC Norfolk News

Doug Wieder Upped To WVEC Norfolk GM

Tegna moves up the executive news producer to oversee the station group’s ABC affiliate in Norfolk.

DMA 44: NORFOLK, VA

WVEC Forecaster Crystal Harper Leaves

DMA 11: TAMPA, FL

Tegna Ups Kari Jacobs To WTSP President-GM

The station group moves the head of its WVEC Norfolk, Va., to oversee its CBS affiliate in Tampa.

RETRANS

Tegna, Verizon Reach Multi-Year Carriage Deal

WUSA in Washington, D.C., WVEC in Norfolk, Va., and WGRZ in Buffalo, N.Y., have returned to the Verizon Fios lineup.

DMA 47: NORFOLK, VA

WVEC Switches To New Logo, Tegna Graphics

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Weather, And Promoting It, Differs Everywhere

If your competitor has the most experienced meteorologists in town, and has marketed that position successfully, you can’t own it. So maybe your best option is to find another position that you can own, one that is unspoken, subtle and not so serious. Here are seven successful weather promotion strategies you can file for a rainy day.

DMA 42

Norfolk TV Welcomes 14 New News Faces

SOCIAL SCORECARD (DMA 42)

WVEC Leads Norfolk’s Social Media Scene

Tegna’s ABC affiliate leads the market in social media by more than a million actions over its nearest competitor in the past six months according to data from audience insight firm Shareablee. WTKR, the CBS affiliate owned by Dreamcatcher Broadcasting, came in second with just over 2 million actions.

DMA 42: NORFOLK, VA

Former WVEC Anchor Velma Scaife Dies

DMA 42: NORFOLK-PORTSMOUTH-NEWPORT NEWS, VA)

WVEC’s ‘Conversational’ A.M. News Promos

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WVEC Takes The Cake For New Marketing Hire

DMA 44 (NORFOLK, VA)

Gannett Names Kari Jacobs GM of WVEC

The Norfolk, Va., ABC affiliate’s former sales manager is upped to the top spot following Brad Ramsey’ promotion to Gannett VP of sales.

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Promo Moves In Norfolk, D.C. And Albany

DMA 44 (NORFOLK-PORTSMOUTH-NEWPORT NEWS, VA)

WVEC Airing Special On Sequestration Impact

Belo Corp. ABC affiliate WVEC Norfolk, Va. (DMA 44), will air Sequestration: Finding Our Future at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 1. The show’s title is an extension of earlier […]

DMA 44

WVEC Norfolk Ups Doug Wieder to Exec. ND

The Norfolk, Va., Belo ABC affiliate  promotes from interim news director.

DMA 44

Me-TV Diginet Adds WVEC NorfolkTo Lineup

The Me-TV Network has signed an affiliate agreement with Belo Television Group’s ABC affiliate WVEC Norfolk, Va. (DMA  44). The station will launch Me-TV on Jan. 16, 2013; it will […]

DMA 44 (NORFOLK, VA)

Belo Names Brad Ramsey To Lead WVEC

The group owner picks the VP-GM of Gray Television’s Charlottesville, Va., triopoly to run its ABC affiliate in Hampton-Norfolk, Va., succeeding Tod Smith.

DIGITAL DMAS (43)

WVBT Raises Ante In Norfolk Digital Battle

In a market that spreads across 10 cities and has a heavy military presence, two newspapers rule the digital roost, but the area’s TV stations, which expect to see a 65% rise in online revenue by 2015, are trying out new ways to bring more visitors to their websites. Among them is LIN Television-owned WVBT, which has launched an online-only show about the local entertainment scene.

DMA 43

WVEC Norfolk Debuts New News Set

Belo’s ABC affiliate WVEC Hampton Roads-Norfolk, Va. (DMA 43), introduced a new set on Oct. 17. The old set, originally constructed in 1990, had lived through several facelifts over the […]

Parkerback Rejoins WVEC Early AM Show

Belo’s WVEC Norfolk is shifting station veteran Sandra Parkerback to its Daybreak newscast on Sept. 28th.  Parker has been part of the WVEC news team for the past 21 years.  In addition to previously serving as an anchor on Daybreak, Parker has also anchored 13News at Noon, 13News Weekend and 13News at Five.

Parker will join anchors LaSalle Blanks and Vanessa Coria, and meteorologist Craig Moeller.  Daybreak airs every weekday from 4:30 to 7 AM.  Parker will also continue co-anchoring 13News at Noon, as well as the popular 13News segment “Does it Work.”

 

 

Longtime WVEC Anchor Jim Kincaid Dies At 76

DMA 43

WVEC Names Flanagan Weekend ‘Daybreak’ Anchor

Belo-owned ABC affiliate WVEC Norfolk, Va. (DMA 43), has named station veteran Joe Flanagan the permanent anchor of its Weekend Daybreak newscast, which airs every Saturday and Sunday from 6 […]