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Bloomberg anchor Betty Liu is calling it quits after ten years and will leave the business channel. She’s evidently got something else in the offing – something else that is none of your damned ...
From 1957 to 1992, Dick Westbrook served in a variety of capacities at several radio and tv stations including WAND in Decatur, IL, from reporter, to anchor to director of public affairs to news ...
Could this be a sign that the Department of Justice is preparing to throw a monkey wrench into Sinclair’s grand plans to “save local television,” start up a Fox News competitor (to its right, ...
You can see the Google entry at the top of the page: “Schools in Polk County are taking extra security precautions after last week’s deadly shooting in Texas” Click on the link “Polk County ...
After 14 years behind the anchor desk, Stefanie Hicks signed off from Bahakel’s Alabama News Network (WAKA) for the last time last night. She had announced at the beginning of the month her decision ...
After seven years, “The Chew” has been digested and disposed of in the appropriate manner. In its place on ABC will be a third hour of “Good Morning America.” That extra hour will air ...
Former Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Mark Brunell is joining Graham Media’s WJXT to anchor the station’s 6, 10 and 11pm sportscasts during parts of the year. He will join the station on June 1 and ...
After more than three decades of leading Connecticut Public (Broadcasting), Jerry Franklin is ready to give someone else a shot at it. And by all accounts, the candidates are already lining up despite the ...
It’s not so much a market jump as an Olympic pole vault as Hannah Battah is named the new weekend anchor of “Good Day” at Fox O&O KDFW in Dallas. The successor to the ...
Corporate warfare is fun to watch as long as you don’t have any skin in the game. CBS was back in court Thursday trying to head off a big change in the company’s bylaws ...
Chad Evans returns to Heartland Media’s WLFI in Lafayette, IN as the chief meteorologist, the title he held at the station from 2009 to 2015. He leaves Bayou City’s WEVV in Evansville, IN where ...
Vincent Sadusky, former Media General CEO and at one time a suit at Telemundo, is getting the challenging assignment of breathing new life into Univision. The once-dominant Hispanic network has found itself under siege ...
Dina Kupfer joins the staff of CBS duopoly KOVR/KMAX in Sacramento as an anchor and reporter. Kupfer left Tegna’s Sacramento outlet KXTV in November after five years. She had been morning anchor at the ...
Diane Sawyer and David Muir were among a crowd of co-workers and friends who showed up for the farewell party “20/20” Executive Producer David Sloan threw earlier this week for departing anchor Elizabeth Vargas. ...
Rico Bush joins Tegna’s KSDK in his hometown of St. Louis, MO as a multi-skilled reporter. He leaves Nexstar’s WAVY in Norfolk where he was a morning reporter for the better part of the ...
Possessive pronouns have no apostrophe: hers, its, theirs, yours, whose, oneself. “Who’s” means “who is.” “There’s means “there is.” “It’s” is the contraction for “it is.” >It’s going to cost several hundred dollars to ...
Sports writers across the nation are having a field day with the latest idiocy emanating from the kurvy kouch and the Three Dumbest People On Television (3DPOT), who had help from Lawrence Jones, editor ...
Sure, many of us got into tv news because it seemed like an exciting way to make a living. There is such a thing as TOO exciting and that is evidenced in the video ...
EPA boss Scott Pruitt needs several lessons. In manners. In public service. In honesty. And in how the First Amendment works. Guards barred an AP reporter who was trying to attend a meeting on ...
Jim Dunaway says goodbye tonight at 6 pm on Nexstar’s WIAT in Birmingham, AL. He’s been anchoring the 5, 6 and 10 pm news for the past three years. “These years were a blessing ...
Two men who were injured when the KOMO news helicopter nose-dived off the station’s rooftop near Seattle’s Space Needle four years ago and crashed into their cars will receive $40 million from KOMO, its ...
Brittany Weiner joins Meredith’s WSMV in Nashville as a reporter. She leaves Waterman duopoly WBBH/WZVN in Ft. Myers, FL where, for the past four years, she was an anchor and reporter. Before that, the ...
Gina Quattrocchi, morning anchor at Heartland Media’s WLFI in Lafayette, IN did her last newscast this morning, putting a coda on a near-20-year with the station. She joined WLFI straight out of Purdue in ...
Michael Colaianni joins Raycom’s KOLD in Tucson, AZ as the station’s first digital reporter. He leaves NPG’s KEYT in Santa Barbara, CA where he was a reporter for two years. He’s also worked in ...
Boy, Saul Garza had really had it uptohere with the tv news business and his early morning shift. While scheduled to work until the end of the month at Fox O&O KDFW in Dallas, ...
Alex Apple moves to Nashville and joins Sinclair’s WZTV, as a reporter. For the past five and a half years, he worked for a couple of firms that specialized in helping clients define and ...
Miguel Bedor is taking the leap into news at KDEN Telemundo Denver from sister station WNJU Telemundo 47 in New Jersey where he had been the weekend weather forecaster for the past two years. ...
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If you’re an insecure tv news anchor who has yet to win an Emmy or an Egbert Roscoe, rest easy. You may very well qualify for a HAIRRY. How? For the folks at getgoodhead.com ...
Now this is what a station should be doing if they were rewarded with a windfall from last year’s spectrum auction. WLVT, a PBS station located in Allentown, PA, 90 miles east of Philadelphia, ...
The FCC shot clock will soon be ticking once more on the Sinclair-Tribune deal. Honest. We know. We’ve been told that several times before but this time… This time all of the tweaking by ...
Mike Janssen is the new weekend forecaster at Tribune’s WGN in Chicago. He replaces Jim Ramsey, who retired after a 30-year tenure at the station. Janssen has been with WGN since 2010 as a ...
When we told you yesterday about the Chicago sad sack who had been arrested for felony electronic harassment of a tv meteorologist and ordered held without bail, we could tell you that the meteorologist ...
Former KSDK reporter Jeff Small has entered a court drug program – the result of being brought up on felony and misdemeanor drug charges. We reported in January when Small was arrested during a ...
They don’t come more diametrically opposite than industry lobbyist/current FCC Chair Ajit Pai and former FCC Chairman/public steward Newton Minow. But the two combined to write an op-ed piece to promote telehealth, uniting two ...
Bay area blogger Rich Lieberman is reporting that another KGO veteran is out the door of a dissatisfied shop. He’d been reporting for the station’s weekday afternoon newscasts. Jonathan Bloom left after seven years ...
Former Pennsylvania Republican Congressman Charlie Dent is set to become another in the seemingly endless stable of CNN political commentators. You can never have too many gasbags when you’re trying to fill time 24/7, ...
Stacey Klein, who has covered the White House beat for the past seven years for NBC News, will now coordinate the division’s efforts at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue as the new senior White House producer ...
Kristin Sanchez is leaving the Gulf Coast and Ft. Myers behind as she makes the cross-state trip to NBC’s WTVJ to become the station’s new morning traffic reporter. Sanchez will join morning team anchors ...
Time has a way of erasing the filter most of us have that keeps us from saying…well..uncomfortable things in delicate situations. And that may be the case with former WGN Radio forecaster Roger Triemstra ...
A 29-year run forecasting weather for Nexstar’s WMBB in Panama City ended this weekend for Jerry Tabatt. Tabatt joined the station in 1989 after a 20-year career as a US Air Force meteorologist. He ...
How do you keep ‘em in the Midwest after they’ve tasted LA? Evidently you don’t – at least in the case of Danielle Robay, a charter member of the lineup for “The Jam”, the ...
Ah, “superfluous” is such a beautiful word. Say it slowly and feel it caress your lips. (Mrs. B is blushing.) Today’s lesson is on and about using words and terms that are superfluous, or ...
We are getting to a point where television stations might…and should….be asking themselves if the money is worth the pain that is caused by running the questionable ads put out during the election silly ...
Dan Delgado will be the next news director for this Nexstar’s KCAU in Sioux City, IA. He’s been the Assistant News Director for sister station KSNT in Topeka. Dan’s been an ND in Laredo and Tyler, TX, ...
Stupid is as stupid does and in the case of a Chicago man on probation, his stupid is doing nicely, thank you. Tony Young was arrested by police at a South Side Chicago residence ...
What is the source of our partisan incivility? To hear West Virginia Democratic Senator Joe Manchin tell it, a Republican FCC that ended the Fairness Doctrine 30+ years ago is at the root of ...
The new “Senior Manager of Broadcast Content” (think Assistant News Director) at Scripps’ WCPO in Cincinnati is Kennan Oliphant. He’s currently the Manager of Coverage and Content for Cox’s WHBQ-TV in Memphis. Oliphant’s had a variety ...
In Harrisburg, PA, Ed Albert joins Tribune’s WPMT as an executive producer. He had been a producer at Nexstar’s WHTM in York. Albert has also been a producer at KDKA, Pittsburgh and WJAC, Johnstown. He replaces Toshi ...
This is the second time that WJAC meteorologist Mary Ours has had to put up with a cyber moron over her pregnancy. “Will people ever learn to be nice?” the Johnstown morning meteorologist said ...
Then we travel down the road to Pittsburgh and Hearst’s WTAE where morning meteorologist Ashley Dougherty’s moronic correspondent lacked the courage to sign his/her letter. “You really should consider one size larger in clothing. ...
ABC News is beginning to use the dot.abc web-address for news platforms. “Good Morning America” switched over to a new short domain for its URL shortening (gma.abc). Six years ago, ICANN, the international organization ...
On the legal front, last week was a very good week indeed for Fox News and its parent corporation 21st Century Fox. 19 job and sexual harassment cases were settled for a piddling $10 ...
We’re told that last week’s legal brouhaha that broke out between CBS CEO Les Moonves and his allies, and majority stockholder Shari Redstone had its roots in a demand letter sent in 2016 by ...
We’ll pass along this item from RTDNA executive director Dan Shelley, who recently received a plea for help from the Library of Congress. Hi Dan— And hello from the Library of Congress. We need ...
As veteran meteorologist Steve Browne prepares to step down from his #1 position at Graham Media’s KSAT in San Antonio, his successor has been named. Adam Caskey will be the new chief forecaster after ...
This morning, after much fanfare, at Tegna’s WTLV in Jacksonville, “First Coast News” anchor Lewis Turner shed his much-discussed beard. But since sweeps is over, it was best to put a community service face ...
Not since “The Dress” has local tv news been so consumed with….well, nothing. This “nothing” is whether you hear “Yanny” or “Laurel” and it consumed far too much of our time in the past ...
For the first time ever, a woman is in charge of a cable network. And ironically, it is Fox News, once the misogynistic boy’s club on television. Suzanne Scott, who was a charter member ...
As far as that “boys’ club” thing under the Roger Ailes regime, Suzanne Scott is not without baggage. Unmentioned in the glowing press release about her promotion to CEO, however, was the fact that ...
Score one big one for the Redstones and start taking bets on the size of Les Moonves’s package – his exit package. His golden parachute Grow up. In what looks and feels like a ...
A PAC founded by Ronald Reagan back in the 70’s is lining up to oppose the merger of Sinclair Broadcast Group with Tribune Media. Citizens for the Republic has joined with the Coalition to ...
When it comes to the Sioux Falls, SD market, Gray Television would like the FCC to forget about the “Big Four” rule that bans broadcasters from owning two top-four-rated stations in the same market. ...
When you have a guy who speaks British like a native, of course you’re going to send him to the Royal Wedding. Of course, WDIV’s Tim Pamplin IS a native Brit and the Graham ...
ABC News hopes to get a leg up on the competition covering the Royal Wedding tomorrow with something called “augmented reality.” During “Good Morning America”, the effect was rolled out by having an augmented ...
Quincy Media’s WPTA in Ft. Wayne, IN is strenuously objecting to a political commercial in which a PAC used footage from the station’s newscast. The television ad was paid for by the Senate Majority ...
Tara Puckey will be the first director of strategic initiatives for RTDNA Pucky will assist the RTDNA and RTDNF as well as Dan Shelley in cultivating and managing business partnerships. We used to call ...
Fox O&O WFLD in Chicago evidently made a popular move with Shae Peppler. After it was announced she has moved up to full-time sports reporter and weekend sports anchor at the station, there was ...
The contract of Natalia Cruz, anchor/reporters for Univision News and “Primer Impacto” was not renewed. She’s out the door after having just marked her 12th year with the company. She joined Univision in March ...
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Victoria Wood is the new weekend sports anchor at Gray’s WDBJ in Roanoke, VA. The area native moved over from sister station WHSV in Harrisonburg She succeeds Zac Glover, who left the station last ...
Legendary Chicago anchorman Ron Magers, who retired from Disney’s WLS in Chicago two years ago this month, will be back on the air at the station later today. While Ryan Chiaverini is away, Magers ...
By a 52-47 vote, the Senate Wednesday delivered a rebuke to industry lobbyist/FCC chair Ajit Pai, as it set the ball rolling to keep in place so-called “net neutrality” rules that prevent internet providers ...
The sudden turn toward open warfare between CEO Les Moonves/the CBS Board and majority stockholder Shari Redstone/National Amusements is not unexpected, but it certainly escalated at a breath-taking pace. As both sides prepare to ...
There’s no need to get defensive – we know a LOT of people still watch local news. In fact, more people watch their local station than watch the national cable news prime-time shoutfests, which ...
No, life has not returned to normal for the folks at Fox News focused on Laura Ingraham’s 10 PM hour. Advertisers continue to stay away in droves – the program is running roughly a ...
For a company that kept insisting it had no desire to compete against Fox News, Sinclair is doing its damnedest to recruit key Fox players –past and current – for an as-yet-unannounced network.. In ...
KTMD Telemundo Houston is sending lead sports anchor Ubaldo Martinez and a photographer to Russia next month. Their assignment? The 2018 World Cup of soccer. “I mean I’ve covered a lot of great sporting ...
Is there something along the line of a sports bar where one can go and watch the Royal Wedding in a crowd of like-minded people? Asking for a friend. The big event is on ...
After just two months at Nexstar’s KSNW in Wichita, KS, word is that weekend meteorologist Derrick Jackson is already gone from the station. His bio has been scrubbed from the station website, but his ...
We’ve never gotten used to the idea of commercial breaks that run up to four minutes or more. While it’s handy for getting chores done around the house or make bathroom breaks less frantic, ...
WCPO traffic reporter Jaclyn DeAugstino will be back on the football field for a second season as a Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader. “The past year was definitely challenging with my schedule, but there were so ...
Seven years after leaving the anchor desk at KVUE in Austin, TX, Olga Campos has entered the wonderful world of PR. She’s joined marketing and public relations agency Bloom Communications as Community Development Director. ...
Irregular verbs can be stumpers. Use your dictionary if you aren’t sure what the past tense or past participle is. “See, saw, seen” is like “swim, swam, swum.” “Saw” is the past tense. >I ...
And it ain’t good. We don’t have to travel far from our current home to watch TV news in Johnstown – in fact our news career began in the market back in the days ...
Meredith Corp. has promoted Patrick McCreery as the new president of Meredith Corp.’s Local Media Group. He will succeed Paul Kapowicz, who will retire at the end of June. It’s the second time in ...
Yesterday we told you about WGHP morning anchor Kerry Charles’ pending departure from Greensboro for Atlanta. But at the time, his exact landing spot in the city had not been divulged. Today, thanks to ...
It fell far short of the $60 million figure being thrown around last summer, so in a way, Fox News’ settlement of claims in at least 18 racial and sexual harassment cases might be ...
A high-powered NYC law firm representing 24 plaintiffs against Fox News cited an ‘irrevocable breakdown of the client-attorney relationship’ in seeking to drop private eye Rod Wheeler and wanna-be tv pundit Scottie Nell Hughes. ...
Crowdpac, a nonpartisan political crowdfunding site on Tuesday cut ties with CEO and co-founder Steve Hilton, a Fox News weekend host. The company also temporarily suspended all fundraising on its platform for Republican candidates. ...
In the high drama surrounding the just-filed lawsuit by CBS against its majority shareholder, the quiet doesn’t come from Shari Redstone, the shareholder or Les Moonves, the CBS CEO who would like her to ...
When original host John Fugelsang stepped away from the syndicated “Page Six”, the producers tried out guest hosts for the next seven weeks, and came up snake eyes. So it allowed its trio of ...
CBS News is now fully up-to-date in its DC studio. It’s redone its flashcam! The new look features a blue wall with a world map inspired by the Cronkite-era map used as an element ...
The charitable arm of Tegna (yes, Virginia, they have one), just announced a block of nine grants to various organizations to support professional development opportunities and training for the next generation of diverse journalists. ...
We have a tipline. Anonymous. Untraceable. And a way to get the word out. It’s over there on the right hand column right under the video of the day. If you have something, send ...
WBZ has been making quite a show of its 70th anniversary. Recreating vintage promos, an avalanche of archive clips, endless reminiscences. . And this is “Legendary Anchors Week.” Jack Williams, Liz Walker, Bob Lobel, ...
We knew that Les Moonves and CBS were reluctant parties to talks aimed at recombining the networks with Viacom. But, boy they REALLY don’t want to do this. To the extent that CBS is ...
