There are three cities with two ABC affiliates in the multi-hyphenated market. Nexstar’s NBC affiliate WOOD dominates thanks to a robust breaking news game plan and its investigative reporting.
Rather than simply reporting on the increase in youth crime, Scripps Fox affiliate WXMI Grand Rapids, Mich., is leading an initiative, A Path Forward, that seeks to connect families with crucial resources, address obstacles, celebrate successes and create lasting change.
Scripps-owned Fox affiliate WXMI Grand Rapids, Mich., has moved Michelle Dunaway, who has been a Fox 17 Morning News anchor since November 2021, is moving a new role — on […]
Elliot Grandia, who started at Scripps-owned Fox affiliate WXMI Grand Rapids, Mich., in January, will be able to sleep a little later. Beginning Aug. 8, he will join co-anchor Tessa […]
Exclusives
He joins the Scripps Fox affiliate from cross-town rivals WOOD-WOTV-WXSP.
WOTV, WWMT, WOOD, WXMI, WXSP-CD and WOLP-CD are now broadcasting with ATSC 3.0 technology.
News, Sales Jobs At Scripps, Hearst, Weigel Stations
New TV jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for account execs and an investigative MMJ in Florida, Michigan and Indiana at Scripps, Hearst and Weigel stations.
Bite-Size Content Puts WXMI Ahead On Facebook
This week, Social Scorecard is in West Michigan’s largest city, Grand Rapids, just 30 miles east of Lake Michigan, to find out what WXMI is serving on Facebook to make it the most engaged. The secret ingredients are an appetite for food and short, easily digested videos.
WXMI Names Chris Legg Director Of Sales
The Tribune-owned Fox affiliate in Grand Rapids, Mich, has appointed Chris Legg to oversee the station’s sales team and revenue.
Longtime WXMI Anchor Michele DeSelms Leaving
Tribune Broadcasting on Tuesday announced that it reached a comprehensive, multi-year agreement with Fox Broadcasting to renew the existing Fox affiliations of six Tribune Media stations: KSWB San Diego; KTXL Sacramento, Calif.; WXIN Indianapolis; WTIC Hartford, Conn.; WXMI Grand Rapids, Mich.; and WPMT Harrisburg, Pa. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
WXMI Cleans Up With ‘Maid For Moms Giveaway’
Tribune Broadcasting’s Fox affiliate WXMI Grand Rapids, Mich. (DMA 40), has hired Garry Frank as a meteorologist for its Fox 17 Morning News. Frank will be introduced during the morning […]
Mike Avery and Deanna Falzone anchor the new Fox 17 Midday newscast that airs at 11 a.m. on the Tribune Media-owned Fox affiliate in Grand Rapids, Mich.
WXMI Facebook Page Explodes After Apology
Meteorologist Rick Mecklenburg Out At WXMI
WXMI Names Deanna Falzone Morning Anchor
WXMI Tries To Undo 15-Year-Old Branding
WXMI To Launch 11 P.M. Newscast
The Grand Rapics, Mich., Fox affiliate, whose slogan has been “at 10 it’s news, at 11 it’s history,” is changing its tune. WXMI on June 2 will launch an 11 p.m. news program seven days a week.
WXMI Photog Recovering After News Truck Crash
User Engagement Is Digital Mantra In Mich.
In Western Michigan, online engagement has long been part of the local media mission. And with local TV sites and statewide behemoth MLive.com — which represents Advance Publication’s area newspapers — all fighting for the market’s online audience, the battle often comes down to who is forging the most resonant connections with users.
Tribune Stations Renew Six Fox Affiliations
The new contracts cover KCPQ Seattle; WTIC Hartford, Conn.; WXIN Indianapolis; KXTL Sacramento, Calif.; WXMI Grand Rapids, Mich.; and WPMT Harrisburg, Pa.
