WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO DR. OZ?
It’s getting out of control.
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INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER HEADS FOR THE ANCHOR DESK
KATU, the Sinclair station in Portland, Ore. is launching a 4pm show. The station has selected investigative reporter Wright Gazaway to co-anchor the show alongside Deb Knapp. Gazaway joined the station in 2020 as ...
LAS VEGAS STATIONS LOSES ANOTHER MAJOR TALENT
He had been off the air for a few weeks…
IT’S ALL IN THE WAY YOU SAY IT
In Australia, the word Couch can mean a few things. Short grass that grows in the Bahamas or a … you know what. The double entendre had hosts on TODAY Australia cracking up. This ...
ANOTHER EXIT: ANOTHER BITTERSWEET MYSTERY
Poof.
MOVING UP IN NORFOLK
In Norfolk, a new meteorologist has been named before the current chief leaves. After 40 years on the air at WAVY-TV, Don Slater is preparing for retirement. He’ll spend a year forecasting at the ...
NBC CONNECTICUT REPORTER WITNESSES COUSIN’S OLYMPIC WIN
NBC Connecticut sports reporter Gabrielle Lucivero remembers when her Olympian cousin Lindsey Jacobellis came so close to wining a Gold in 2006. The Connecticut native was competing in Torino when she fell short of ...
AUSTIN’S LATEST HIRE
She only has one job under her belt.
NEW ORLEANS ANCHOR SURPRISES HER TODAY SHOW BFF
The surprise brought Hoda to tears.
WHERE IN THE WORLD IS NEIL CAVUTO?
He hasn’t been on the air since January 10.
LEAVING ST. LOUIS: DESTINATION UNKNOWN
KSDK is losing two – a husband and wife. Reporter Ryan Dean and his wife Show Me St. Louis anchor Dana Dean. He’ll leave in March and she’ll leave in April. Dean had returned ...
ON THE MOVE
Mort Meisner Edition
AUSTIN REPORTER SAYS COVID RECOVERY TOOK WEEKS
KVUE reporter Tony Plohetski got Omicron after his three shots. His story isn’t unlike many others. But he’s sharing that while he experience mild symptoms, the virus took a major toll on his overall ...
TIKTOK FAMOUS NEWS COUPLE EXPECTING
DC based anchors Jeannette Reyes and her husband Robert Burton are going to teach their little one how to do the anchor voice. The couple, who work at Fox 5 DC and WJLA respectively, ...
WE’RE BEAMING…..
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PUTTING NEWS IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR
And where he lands next is still classified, we’re told. Ted Land, an MMJ at KING in Seattle, WA for the past seven and a half years, is done with tv news. http:// Today ...
IN BRIEF…
Todd Reed is leaving Nexstar’s KTVX in Salt Lake City, UT to become the new news director for Scripps’ KGTV in San Diego, CA. He’s been the ND at KTVX for 2 1/2 years ...
ONE-MAN BANDS? NEWS DIRECTORS NEED TO STEP UP
We ran across a column by longtime tv executive Hank Price that we thought worth highlighting what with the recently-revived debate about one-man bands and ensuring their safety. He knows whereof he speaks. Over ...
NBC NEWS NAMES A NEW CORRESPONDENT
After three years of reporting from the field, Dasha Burns can now call herself “correspondent” for NBC News. http:// PERSONAL NEWS: Thrilled to keep pursuing the big stories and working to put *people* at ...
FROM #2 to #1
Nexstar’s KXAN in Austin, TX, has promoted Haley Cihock to news director. She’s a 22 year veteran of the station, first joining in 1999 as a producer. She’s also been the EP and…for the ...
BYRON ALLEN TURNS TO SPORTS OWNERSHIP
Now that it is increasingly apparent that Tegna has slipped through his grasp and into the embrace of Standard General, Byron Allen is turning his attention toward acquiring an interest in professional sports. Specifically, ...
HEADED FOR THE NETWORK
Locally-owned WBBH in Ft. Myers, FL will be waving farewell to weekday and weekend anchor Nate Foy later this month, as he heads to Manhattan and FOX News. Foy has been with the station ...
GOING CORPORATE
There’s a new news director opening in Dayton, OH at WDTN where Loni Blandford is leaving to join the Nexstar recruiting team. She’s been the ND there for 4 1/2 years and previously worked ...
THE WEEKEND LOOMS
And enough time has passed that we can look at what went sideways in January.
CBS ROLLS OUT A NEW LOOK FOR ITS STREAMING EFFORTS
New faces in the executive suites aren’t the only things the folks on the line at CBS News are getting used to. The former streamer CBSN, now simply CBS News, has also updated its ...
HEADED FOR KC
Call it an in-house move, as Kate Glover becomes the next news director at Gray’s KCTV in Kansas City, MO replacing Karin Movesian. Glover’s been the ND at Gray’s WNDU in South Bend, IN, ...
HEADED BACK TO THE KEYSTONE STATE
After two years on the weather team at Nexstar’s WKRN in Nashville, TN., meteorologist Kristina Shalhoup is headed back north. She’ll be a senior meteorologist at Accu-Weather in State College. http:// Before Nashville, Shalhoup ...
REGULATORS GIVE THUMBS-UP TO WARNER MEDIA-DISCOVERY MERGER
The future may be coming relatively quickly for the 4,000 employees of CNN, at least four of whom have been very vocal in their unhappiness with the ouster of former network president Jeff Zucker. ...
LEX 18 HIRES HOMETOWN ANCHOR
He’s done it all.
THE FOURTH HOUR OF “MORNING JOE” HAS A DEBUT DATE
The previously announced fourth hour of “Morning Joe” is now set to debut on April 4th on MSNBC. Unlike the “Today Show”, the hours are not going to be split up among the members ...
‘I’VE BEEN A PART OF PEOPLE’S LIVES FOR THEIR ENTIRE LIVES’
Bruce Cunningham was hoping to put the sometimes nomadic life of a tv news person behind him when he joined a fledgling WBFF in Baltimore back in 1991. As the sports anchor, and now ...
ATLANTA RADIO PERSONALITY TAKES ON A TV GIG
Atlanta morning radio personality Jenn Hobby has joined Cox-owned WSB to host “The Daily Two,” a sponsored segment focused on entertainment and things to do that airs for two minutes after the station’s noon ...
A BRIEF RUN AT POLITICS AND A FORMER NEWS ANCHOR IS OUT
His hat is out of the ring. Gary Metivier left the anchor desk at Gray’s KWQC in the Quad Cities back in 2018, saying he wants to give more time to his passions of ...
A WORD FROM NEWS DIRECTORS…
This is not a surprise but it’s worth saying again. Today, we spoke to at least three news directors across 50 markets (including one network) and they can not find producers to hire. Young ...
TOP CBS EXEC LEAVES AFTER RUN-IN WITH CO-CEO
He hit a breaking point.
A NEW DC CORRESPONDENT SHOWS UP
More in Univision news… Pedro Rojas has moved to Univison’s Washington D.C. bureau. Rojas will be covering the White House and government. If you recall, Janet Rodriquez, who once in this role, left for ...
CBS NAMES NEW NUMBER ONE IN LA
KCBS-KCAL has filled the vacant VP and news director position. The Los Angeles station has named Mike Dello Stritto as ND. He’s been working at KOVR-KMAX, the CBS station in Sacramento, Calif. “Thankfully, we ...
A CASE OF NEPOTISM MAY LEAD TO LAYOFFS AT CBS NEWS
The cost cutting has began, according to insiders.
HOUSTON REPORTER IS NETWORK BOUND
KXLN Univison Houston reporter Marlene Guzman is leaving the local station for a network gig at Univision. She’s giving up the anchor desk to make the move. In a Facebook post she said, “This ...
NEW ANCHOR JOINS HOUSTON STATION
There are a handful of changes at the Spanish networks in Houston … This time at Telemundo. Telemundo Houston has hired Zalome Briceno as an anchor and reporter. She’s doing the 5 and 10pm ...
BACK TO THE BAY AREA
From one California market to another.
REMEMBER WHEN TEGNA AND STANDARD GENERAL WERE AT ODDS?
It’s true. Here’s a few snippets from stories we covered over the years… Gray, Apollo Media and the Allen Media Group are all avidly pursuing the acquisition of Tegna. And now one of the ...
AFTER DECADES IN THE FIELD, PHOTOGS START TURNING IN THEIR GEAR
Twice in a week we’re hearing of top ENGs moving on. First, at WPIX. Paul Rosenberg had been living in his truck, van, car for News 12 and PIX11 as a photog for 30 ...
TEGNA CLOSER TO A DEAL
It seems that Tegna is closer to being purchased. Standard General is in advanced discussions of a potential buyout at about $24 a share. If the deal goes through, Apollo Global Management will back ...
FORMER FOX NEWSER FINDS A NEW HOME
“I don’t want to feel like I am betraying a trust that I had by being a Fox News contributor.”
JUST TIME FOR ELECTION SEASON, A RETURN TO MSNBC
She made a mark for four years at the network.
TULSA METEOROLOGIST CHRIS BOONE DIES
Here’s what we know about what happened
FORMER ATLANTA ANCHOR NOW WITH WWE
From ATL to WWE. Former Fox 5 Atlanta anchor Sudu Upadhyay has joined the network as a correspondent. But you won’t recognize his name. He’s changed it. He’s going by Sudu Shah. Prior to ...
DONE IN LOUISVILLE…NEXT ADVENTURE TBA
WHAS weekend anchor Rob Harris is leaving after three years as weekend anchor in Louisville, Ky. For his viewers, Harris is put together a recap of his anchoring … And in his goodbye ...
DC ANCHOR TAKING TIME OFF AFTER DUI ARREST
He was charged with six misdemeanors this time around.
GRAY BUYS A SECOND ATLANTA TV STATION
Gray Television is taking over a station in Atlanta. The company is going to acquire WKTB-CD Atlanta which broadcasts Spanish and Korean networks including Telemundo. It has a reach of over one million viewers. ...
SINCLAIR BRINGS BACK “CONNECT TO CONGRESS”
At a time when Americans need to be connected most to what’s happening in Washington, Sinclair has decided to relaunch its Connect to Congress initiative. Sinclair’s local market viewers will get to watch what’s ...
GET YOUR J-SCHOOL EDUCATION FROM WGN ANCHOR LARRY POTASH
WGN is schooling viewers in overused, annoying words too many newscasters use. Morning anchor Larry Potash put together a little video in a segment he does called The List to explain more.
RETIRED ANCHOR BACK FOR OLYMPICS DUTY
The station has made a decent investment in this short term return.
THIS HOUSTON STATION GOT A NEW SET TOO
KXLN the Univision station in Houston has unveiled a new set too. It’s a state of the art studio with all the bells and whistles … oversized LED screens, a weather center, state-of-the-art monitors ...
THEN WHY ARE SHAMROCKS OK?
t WWL, we embrace diversity in the people we hire.
A SIT-DOWN WITH THE LAST ORIGINAL AT NEWS 12 LONG ISLAND
He talks about what it’s like to be the only one left at the station (with a promotion).
MONTGOMERY SPORTS OPERATION GETS A MAKEOVER
WSFA 12 News is welcoming a new sports crew. Rosie Langello and Jahmal Kennedy Will join the team in Montgomery, Ala. “I’m thrilled to be joining WSFA 12 News as the new Sports Director! ...
ICONIC TAMPA ANCHOR READY TO LEAVE AFTER 37 YEARS
Back in 1985, Kelly Ring walked into the WTVT newsroom to start her third job in the tv news business. She was a reporter who quickly earned a reputation around Tampa-St. Petersburg for her ...
WFAA DEBUTS NEW STUDIO
It’s probably one of the more advanced studios in local.
ANOTHER ANCHOR WITH BAGGAGE IS HIRED BY NEWSMAX
It’s surprising she’s back on TV.
ON THE MOVE: IF MANAGEMENT
MIREYA VILLARREAL recently joins ABC News as a Dallas-based correspondent from CBS News. JEFF BERARDELLI joins WFLA in Tampa as Chief Meteorologist after 4 years at CBS News. TASHANEA WHITLOW signs a new deal ...
FORMER TV NEWS SEES HER FIRST NOVEL OPTIONED BY OPRAH
Charmaine Wilkerson was a reporter at WTNH in Hartford-New Haven several decades back when she left to pursue fiction writing. No bad jokes, please. Wilkerson now finds herself back in the media spotlight with ...
SEE WHAT HE DID THERE?
On 2/22/2022 at 2:22 PM, Jim Toellner, general manager of Tegna’s WGRZ (Channel 2!!) sent out a memo to staff to tell them that he is retiring from the station in…wait for it…..2 months. ...
“IT JUST REALLY AGGRAVATES ME. IT’S JUST STUPID. IT DRIVES ME NUTS.”
What was grinding WGN reporter Eric Runge’s gears are Chicago drivers who don’t brush newly-fallen snow off their cars before taking off in a blinding fog of flakes. While out reporting on a storm ...
A PODCAST ABOUT BROADCAST (NEWS)
“Broadcast Bulletin” is a podcast put together by two guys “who share a passion of the television news industry. Both of us knew we wanted to be involved in the industry from a young ...
WHEN IT’S A LITTLE MORE THAN YOU MIGHT HAVE BARGAINED FOR
At Gray’s KBJR in Duluth, MN, Briggs LeSavage now wants to concentrate on her anchoring and reporting duties, and so is giving up the news director part of her job when her replacement is hired. ...
EXITING THE ANCHOR SLOT IN DFW
Just shy of 2 years into his second go-round of tv news in Houston, TX, Kris Gutierrez has left the building. Gutierrez has left the main anchor desk at Graham Media’s KPRC, a job ...
SIGNING OFF AFTER 30 YEARS
Friends, family, and co-workers present and past are saying goodbye this week to anchor Tom Britt, who is wrapping up 30 years at Bahakel’s WBBJ in Jackson, TN. Britt had 20 years of radio ...
DUNN’S MANAGERS ARE PRETTY MUCH DONE
It would seem that CBS is finally putting the Peter Dunn era behind it, with one of the last execs hired by Dunn hitting the exit in the Bay Area. Kevin Walsh has retired ...
MAYBE SOMEDAY SHE WILL FILL IN FOR MOM
Rebecca Schuld, a meteorologist with Weigel’s WDJT in Milwaukee, WI, had just returned from maternity leave and was about to inform viewers of an approaching winter storm. “I was just minutes away from having ...
THE ZUCKER ERA ENDS….BADLY
It was a stunning end to Jeff Zucker’s 9-year run at CNN…and perhaps an end to his days as a high-profile media player. Zucker abruptly stepped down Wednesday morning, citing his failure to disclose ...
NOW AS FOR ALLISON GOLLUST….
Zucker didn’t name the “senior executive” in his memo, but Allison Gollust’s name quickly surfaced. She’s CNN’s evp and chief marketing officer whose history with Zucker goes back to his days running NBCUniversal, where ...
AND NOW WHO IS RUNNING THE SHOW AT CNN?
The fact that it took only hours to name Zucker’s replacements (yes, plural) at the top indicates this parting was days in the making. Left to right, Michael Bass, Amy Entelis and Ken Jautz ...
ZUCKER’S PARTING EMAIL TO THE CNN STAFF
February 2, 2022 As part of the investigation into Chris Cuomo’s tenure at CNN, I was asked about a consensual relationship with my closest colleague, someone I have worked with for more than ...
THE GOLDBERG VARIATIONS
“The View” host Whoopi Goldberg is now serving out a two-week suspension, the result of her ill-informed assertion to her “View” colleagues that the Holocaust was “not about race.” Despite a robust apology that ...
HER NEW ADVENTURE BEGINS
After three years of doing jobs from MMJ to anchor and everything in between at Gray’s WGGB in Springfield, MA, Lindsey Kane is excited to be back in her adopted hometown of Hartford, CT ...
NOW IF SOMEONE WOULD EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHAT “ON YOUR SIDE” MEANS
It’s one of those tried and true and often tiresome phrases one hears in tv news promos “Watching Out For You” You’ve heard it and seen it ad nauseum in markets all over the ...
TUCKER MADE HIM LEAVE FOX….NOW HE’S WITH NBC NEWS
Former FOX News analyst Stephen Hayes debuted over the weekend in his new role as a contributor and analyst for NBC News, sitting down with Chuck Todd on “Meet the Press.”. Hayes and fellow ...
MEANWHILE, CHRIS CUOMO WANTS HIS SEVERANCE CHECK
Meantime, former CNN prime-time centerpiece Chris Cuomo is wondering where his $18 million severance check is. It was Zucker who canned him after discovering he helped cover up his embattled brother Andrew Cuomo‘s sex ...
WRC REPORTER SPOILERS WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TEAM NAME REVEAL
The new team logo was caught on chopper video.
VALARI STAAB NAMED CHAIRMAN OF NBCUNIVERSAL LOCAL
NBCUniversal is restructuring its executive team and has appointed Valari Staab to be the chairman of NBCUniversal Local, a division that includes NBC owned-and-operated local stations, Telemundo-owned stations and NBC regional sports networks. She’s ...
THE FUTURE AND REALITY OF PAY FOR THE MMJS
Here’s a deep dive into what you can expcect.
NOW IT’S LEMON’S TURN TO GET A CNN+ SHOW
There’s going to be an audience … read on.
BELOVED ANCHOR (AND HODA KOTB’S BFF) IS LEAVING NEW ORLEANS NEWS
WWL, the Tegna station in New Orleans, is losing its most tenured and recognizable female anchors. Karen Swensen is going to retire from local news to follow other passions, including her building her own ...
MOVING BACK TO SMALL TOWN TEXAS FOR SPORTS
It’s been to hear that small stations are still hiring news directors. Rubén Juárez will return to Texas where he started from WOOD in Grand Rapids, Mich. to become KVEO/KGBT’s sports director. He was ...
WLS GOES STREAMING
It’s 1 of 8 stations jumping on the stream train…
A MAJOR SHAKEUP IN PITTSBURGH
There are more shakeups at WTAE in Pittsburgh, Pa. Last fall, Kelly Frey left the Hearst station abruptly. Now, Janelle Hall – who most recently anchored the 6 and 11pm shows – will move ...
NEWS 12 ANCHOR SAYS SHE HAS CANCER
There has been a lot of news coming out of Long Island lately. This time it’s about longtime anchor Elizabeth Hashagen, who says she has skin cancer. Hashagen, who anchors the News 12 morning ...
RICHMOND ANCHOR SCHOOLS BONEHEAD
A viewer comment in Richmond, Virginia has more than 4K shares on Facebook and 3k comments. It’s about a read NBC12 anchor Curt Autry did about Jeopardy’s champion Amy Schneider. Amy, is a transgender ...
WASHINGTON ANCHOR SUSPENDED AFTER DUI ARREST
Police are investigating what happened over the weekend.
AN OVERDUE MAKEOVER
It’s been years in the making. They’re taking tips from NY and Chi.
NOT ALL TEA AND ROSES WITH MSNBC’S SCHEDULE SHAKEUP
Axios is reporting that the publication broke the news about MSNBC’s morning lineup shakeup before execs could talk to employees. Reports that Morning Joe will potentially expand an hour, filling the 9am left vacant ...
ABC JUMPS INTO THE LIVE LOCAL STREAMING ARENA
ABC has finally jumped on the streaming wagon. Now, eight of its local stations are streaming 24/7. ABC’s new President of ABC stations, Chad Matthews, made the announcement on Monday. In order to watch, ...
HEADING FOR MEMPHIS
KENS5 reporter Jordan Foster will leave the station to follow his dream to lead a morning show. He’ll stay within the Tegna organization and join ABC24 WATN in Memphis, Tenn. He started in San ...
SHUFFLE ON DALLAS MORNINGS
Karen Borta is leaving CBS11/KTVT after being on the morning show for seven years. But it’s a good thing. “They were some of the most wonderful years of my career, but am so excited ...
TALKING ABOUT MMJ SAFETY
Over the weekend, industry leaders and MMJs around the country got together on Zoom to discuss the safety concerns related to working alone in the field. This was in specific response on WSAZ MMJ ...
NEWS 12 SAYS THEY HAVE A NEW ALL-STAR LINEUP
News 12 has announced new hires just two weeks after letting go almost all the original talent at the Long Island based network. In a release, the company said it marks the ‘homecoming for ...
