WXYZ Cruising Coverage Goes Nationwide
Viewers across the country will be able to watch the classic car special Woodward Dream Cruise on 75 stations with 70% U.S. coverage. It’s being syndicated by Sewee Entertainment.
Scripps Puts WMYD To Work Airing News
The Detroit MyNetwork affiliate, which Scripps bought from Granite earlier this year, has launched a 10 p.m. newscast that goes head-to-head with Fox O&O WJBK, and plans to debut a local morning show later this summer. “We are providing people with choice,” says GM Ed Fernandez.
WXYZ Meteorologist Injured In Fireworks Accident
Detroit’s WXYZ Markets Its War On Potholes
Exclusives
Former WXYZ News Director Phil Nye Dies At 87
WXYZ Names Dave Manney News Director
Scripps taps the managing editor of WNBC New York to lead the news operations of its Detroit ABC affiliate.
Investigative Reporter Scott Lewis Leaving WXYZ
Scripps VP Engineering Mike Doback To Retire
After 42 years in the business, Mike Doback is ready for a retirement that will include a lot of time on the lake at his home in Michigan with family, and, in the short term, planning his daughter’s wedding. Under his leadership, all Scripps-owned stations now have uniform technology for all their news acquisition and production operations.
After a career in journalism that has spanned more than 35 years, WXYZ Detroit (DMA 11) reporter Cheryl Chodun has announced her retirement. Her last day on the air will […]
In the aftermath of one of the worst tornados in U.S. history, Scripps-owned WXYZ Detroit (DMA 11) stepped up to help those affected by the deadly tornado that struck Moore, […]
WXYZ Names Fred Corbus Director Of Sales
The former Grand Rapids, Mich., sales executive joins the Scripps Media Detroit ABC affiliate on May 6.
The ratings services adds Scripps’ ABC affiliates in Baltimore, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Detroit and West Palm Beach, Fla. The expansion makes Cleveland the first top-20 market to have all major TV affiliates subscribing to Rentrak’s local ratings.
Scripps Adds WXYZ, WPTV Station Managers
Mike Murri and Lloyd Bucher will take handle day-to-day operations as the station’s GMs take on more responsibilities as Scripps regional general managers.
Longtime WXYZ Reporter Mary Conway Leaving
WXYZ’s Diana Lewis Retiring After 44 Years On TV
The addition of the Scripps ABC affiliate brings U.S. coverage of the African-American targeted diginet to 55%.
WXYZ Adds David Solano To Weekend Sports
Veteran WXYZ Sports Director Don Shane Retiring
Don’t just complain about sad news – do something about it! That’s what viewers of and staffers from WXYZ Detroit did, using the power of social media in the community. Using the Twitter hashtag #backchannel and Facebook, a group of more than 100 people gathered to help clean up Detroit.
Long-time WZZM Grand Rapids,Mich., morning news meteorologist Hally Vogel has accepted a position at ABC affiliate WXYZ Detroit (DMA 11). Vogel has been with WZZM for seven years working alongside […]
President Obama is again sitting down with local stations for one-on-one interviews, as big-name reporters from Atlanta’s WSB, Cleveland’s WKYC, Detroit’s WXYZ and WTKR in Hampton Roads, Va., are meeting with the president today to discuss issues affecting their local communities.
WXYZ, the Scripps-owned ABC affiliate in Detroit (DMA 11), has purchased two GY-HM790 ProHD cameras from JVC Professional Products Co. for its main studio. With a redesigned studio adapter sled […]
With the city on the rebound, Detroit’s news-producing affiliates WDIV (NBC), WXYZ (ABC) and WJBK (Fox) are investing heavily in their digital platforms to secure core audiences while drawing the newcomers (artists, techies and the like) lured by the chance to build from the ground up. “We are trying to reinvent ourselves along with them,” says Catherine Badalamente, VP of digital media for Graham Media, which owns NBC affiliate WDIV.
