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WQAD, Tegna’s ABC affiliate in the Quad Cities of Moline-Rock Island, Ill., and Davenport-Bettendorf, Iowa, has added Corey Spencer as news director.

See 14 Happy Holidays commercials from big brands and promo gems from TV stations over the years. Even Roto-Rooter got on the bandwagon.

AI is changing media sales. ChatGPT automates tasks and creates efficiencies, but OpenAI’s leadership changes show the need for a strategic approach to AI integration. ShareBuilders offers tailored AI solutions prioritizing data safety and flexibility.

New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for a director of sales in an East Coast beach town and a key accounts manager in the third-best place to live in the country.

WWL in New Orleans used its 65^th anniversary to take stock of itself. “In this business, at certain points, you have to make certain that you are still hitting the mark that needs to be hit,” says Tod Smith, WWL’s general manager.

How WDIV Detroit’s investigation into an underwater oil pipeline became a broadcasting and digital event is the result of quality content delivered where people want to be served.

Heath Myrick joins from Hearst’s ABC affiliate in West Palm Beach, Fla., WPBF, where he’s been the CSD for 25 years.

Reviving a 1991 music image campaign goes against the “grain of what television news is nowadays, but that is what we wanted to do,” says Cyle Dickens, creative services branding specialist at Gray’s NBC affiliate.

New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for a maintenance technician, executive news producer, assistant engineer, reporter/MMJ, local sales manager, content manager and marketing consultant.

Nicknamed “Weatherman J” by his teammates while playing football and pursuing a degree in meteorology at the University of Oklahoma, Jaden Knowles wanted to be a broadcast meteorologist as far back as he can remember.

To promote a time change for the morning meteorologist, WCAX Burlington, Vt., used the most famous time travel machine in movie history.

New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for a digital director, general sales manager and news director.

You remember the story: police raided a small-town newspaper in Kansas, seizing computers and phones. Pilar Pedraza, a political reporter for KAKE Wichita, got an exclusive sit-down with the woman at the center of the story.

Steve Noviello, Fox O&O KDFW’s consumer reporter, and John Kukla, the Dallas station’s creative services VP, look back through 20 years of collaboration featuring Noviello’s stories and Kukla’s marketing.

New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for two director of sales positions and an assistant news director.

The campaign, “Know My Neighborhood,” introduces viewers to an inside perspective and guided tour of area neighborhoods conducted by people who know them best, the residents.

A new historical documentary from WRAL Raleigh, N.C., Ghosts in the Stadium, examines the unknown past of four iconic football stadiums in the Carolinas. “I had no idea the secrets we’d uncover at these sites,” says Cristin Severance, WRAL investigative documentary producer.

In a breaking news market like Houston, KPRC’s in-depth investigations stand out. “It’s stories not everyone can commit to doing,” says Natalia Vasquez, the Graham NBC affiliate’s creative director.

Demi Gough, a national news writer and producer at Sinclair’s corporate news hub, says attending Sinclair’s Producer Academy back in 2017 set her on a path to success.

New jobs posted on TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for a broadcast maintenance technician. Other existing job openings include an anchor/producer, multimedia journalist (MMJ), sales manager, executive news director, evening anchor/managing editor and promotion manager.