CBS Shows Some Love To Its Station’s News Producers
When CBS heard from their stations’ news producers that they weren’t being heard, the network leadership dove in deeper to find out why, and how they could be better.
New Jobs Posted To TVNewsCheck
New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for a reporter in coastal California and a media salesperson to work remotely.
Kerri Sutton Named News Director At WVTM Birmingham
Kerri Sutton has been appointed news director of WVTM, Hearst’s NBC affiliate in Birmingham, Ala. She succeeds Baylor Long, who recently returned to Pennsylvania to serve as news director at WTAE, Hearst’s Pittsburgh ABC affiliate.
Fear of the number 13 is called triskaidekaphobia. But at WLWT, Hearst’s NBC affiliate in Cincinnati, the number 13 isn’t to be feared but celebrated.
“Know My Neighborhood” airs live from different neighborhoods once a month during KSAT’s hour-long 6 p.m. newscast. The initiative started in October 2023.
New Jobs Posted To TVNewsCheck
New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for a media engineer supervisor, a national advertising sales account executive and a broadcast maintenance technician.
Sean McNamara Joins KDVR Denver As News Director
Sean McNamara is the new news director at KDVR and KWGN, Nexstar’s Fox and CW affiliates in Denver. He joins from WDAF, Nexstar’s Fox in Kansas City where he has been the news director since 2019.
It’s got to be the first time a local meterologist ever delivered a forecast live on TV, complete with graphics, while riding a bike.
WVIT’s Creative Promo About A Noise Driving Residents Nuts Drives Ratings For Late News
What’s that sound? A creative promo for NBC’s WVIT Hartford, Conn., about an incessant noise driving residents nuts resulted in big ratings the night the story aired.
Letitia Walker Named WBRZ Baton Rouge News Director
More than a dozen Sinclair-owned TV stations across the country participated in this year’s 34th Souper Bowl of Caring, collecting food and money to donate to local charities fighting food and nutrition insecurity.
For the past 10 years, Sandra Perez has been a presence in the newsroom at KSTS, serving in various capacities, including assistant news director, managing editor, senior producer and morning content producer.