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ERIE ANCHOR LEAVES THE DESK TO RUN THE NEWSROOM
From in the front of the camera to behind the camera. In Erie, WJET main anchor Sean Lafferty is going to leave the desk and take over for longtime news director Lou Baxter. Baxter ...
UNIVISION NAMES NEW ND IN CHICAGO
He moved up the ladder quickly.
WABC HAS A MET OPENING
After a decade, this NYC meteorologist is leaving.
HOW TV NEWS IS CHANGING
This is a decent breakdown.
NAACP IS CALLING FOR KTVU ANCHOR TO COME BACK
A letter has been sent to the general manager.
TV JOBS: OCTOBER 2
Here are this week’s job openings from our job bank MedialineTalent.com FOr more information, email us at info@reelmediagroup.com. Chief Meteorologist Columbia, SC 5 years Reporter Sacramento, CA Entry Level MMJ Macon, GA ENtry Level ...
OH MAN, WE WERE THISCLOSE
Word was that Jeff Zucker, a master at “corporate managing up,” was planning to step down from the helm of CNN come December. Fuhgeddaboudit. We are now hearing that Zucker, who was also said ...
FORMER DETROIT REPORTER LANDS IN JERSEY
Syma Chowdhry joins NEWS 12 New Jersey as Monday through Friday Morning Anchor. Chowdhry has also worked at KYW in Philadelphia and most recently was an Anchor/Reporter at WXYZ in Detroit. She additionally has ...
FORMER WOI NEWS DIRECTOR DROPS LAWSUIT AGAINST STATION AND TEGNA
Don’t ask for any settlement details because it evidently is none of your damned business, but former WOI news director April Samp has dropped her gender discrimination lawsuit against the station and Tegna. Samp, ...
MARKING OFF THE DAYS
28 years is a long time to be in one place and it is the rare person who can survive that period of time in one tv newsroom and come out of it with ...
COURIC’S CONFESSIONAL
It’s coming out in late October and it looks to be a barn-burner. Katie Couric, at this stage of her life, has probably decided “Oh what the hell!!” and it certainly appears her book ...
THAT DIDN’T LAST LONG….
It was just last January that, amid no small amount of hoopla, Cory McGinniss joined Disney’s KTRK in Houston as the station’s Race and Culture reporter. He was touted as being part of ABC ...
IN BRIEF….THE GEVERS LINE
Longtime Bakersfield, CA newswoman Suzanne Rodriguez has left Scripps owned KERO after four years at the station, the last two as news director. Rodriguez spent 18 years at cross-town competitor KGET where she was ...
RASCON THE ELDER HANGING IT UP IN HOUSTON
Longtime Houston tv fixture Art Rascon has announced that after 26 years, he is done with tv news. He plans to exit the anchor desk at Disney’s KTRK at the end of the year ...
IN BRIEF….ON THE MOVE EDITION
Sports anchor Bryan Kennedy tweeted that his time Morris Multimedia’s WTVQ in Lexington, KY is coming to a close. “I have accepted a position as sports anchor/reporter for @KMOV in St. Louis. My final ...
WSVN NAMES REPLACEMENT FOR LONGTIME ANCHOR WHO LEFT
WSVN’s Diana Diaz left the Miami morning show to start a new gig last month and replacing her wasn’t going to be easy. She’d been waking up viewers in South Florida for decades. The ...
OUT THE DOOR IN ROCKFORD
After three years in the Quad Cities, meteorologist Justin Ballard has exited Allen Media’s WREX in Rockford, IL. http:// Ballard’s new job in the Sunshine State is at WUFT, the University of Florida’s public ...
FROM PHILLY TO SATX
Graham Media’s KSAT in San Antonio is bringing Stephania Jimenez back to Texas. When we last checked in with her, back in 2018, Jimenez had jumped from KRIS in Corpus Christi into the weekend ...
MEDIA-BASHING FORMER TV ANCHOR GOTS TRUMP ENDORSEMENT
Onetime Phoenix tv anchor Kari Lake, who now aspires to be the next Arizona governor can add Donald Trump to her trophy wall of endorsements. The former KSAZ anchor left her job last March ...
AUSTIN ANCHOR MEETS TROLLING BONEHEAD HEAD-ON
We have to say that we are ok with tv news folks clapping back at trolling viewers rather than sitting and taking the abuse just because the bonehead has access to a keyboard. So ...
31 AND DONE IN THE LOW COUNTRY
As longtime Charleston, SC anchor Dean Stephens put it….”It is time to kick your feet up.” And he did just that this week, putting a cap on a 31-year broadcast career with Sinclair’s WCIV ...
FINALLY…A NEWS PROMO WE CAN WATCH!
And while we are on the subject of going outside the box in relating to the public, we admit to fatigue with those breathless promos urging us to watch Station X because they are ...
ON TO THE INEVITABLE “NEXT ADVENTURE”
Houston, say goodbye to Marla Carter. A reporter for the past six years at Disney’s KTRK, she signs off Friday. “I’m so excited about my new adventure!!” Carter came to the station from KJRH ...
THE MASKED ANCHOR
The promo won an award.
NEW BUFFALO REPORTER HIT BY CAR WHILE REPORTING
She’s in the hospital.
CNN BRINGS ON A PROFESSOR TO HOST A SHOW
Recruiters are looking beyond traditional TV talent for CNN+
SIGNING OFF AND OUT OF THE BIZ IN CONNECTICUT
People keep leaving. The business that is… That latest is Fox 61 Margaux Farrell in Connecticut. Farrell had been off the air after contracting a breakthrough case of Covid-19 earlier this month. She returned ...
ANCHOR ENDS IT. EXACTLY WHERE CAN I FIND THIS SALES JOB?
It’s worth taking a shot.
NEW NEWS DIRECTOR IN THE QUAD CITIES
It’s a new job title for this one.
THE PASSING OF THE TORCH AT TELEMUNDO MEANS A NEW LOOK
It’s prettier.
KCBS-KCAL HAS A NEW GENERAL MANAGER
The former GM was fired.
JOSE DIAZ-BALART LAUNCHES HIS MSNBC SHOW
He’ll anchor in two languages.
KCCI REPLACES METEOROLOGIST WHO SUDDENLY LEFT
Yesterday, we told you that KCCI’s morning meteorologist would step down for good after losing her mother. A day later, the station in Des Moines, Iowa, named her replacement. Jason Sydejko will move to ...
A MOVE FROM RICK GEVERS…
Tegna has made a new news director hire.
ON THE MOVE – HOMETOWN ADDITION
WTAE in Pittsburgh, PA has hired it’s former intern Ashley Zilka as a reporter. Zilka, who grew up in the area, comes to Pittsburgh from KSTP. Prior to Minneapolis, she did stints in Cincinnati, ...
COMMITMENT METEOROLOGIST UNDERGOES FINAL CANCER TREATMENT
He had been doing weather hits from a hotel room for almost a year.
SUSPICION SURROUNDS HOUSTON ANCHOR’S DEPARTURE
He’s a legacy in the market.
BREAKING: NO NEWS MONDAY
KATU, the Sinclair station in Portland, Ore., has done something no other station has done before. They preempted Monday’s morning and afternoon newscasts so the entire newsroom can attend a seminar to help deal ...
HE WAS A WELL-LIKED NEWS DIRECTOR
But he’s since been let go following a controversial incident.
MICHIGAN ANCHOR LEAVES AFTER REFUSING TO GET VAXXED
But it turns out there is so much more…
NEWSNATION HIRES NICK SMITH AS NEWEST CORRESPONDENT
He says it’s been a dream but he wasn’t sure he’d get there.
SOMETIMES YOU JUST NEED TO LEAVE
This Chicago anchor has tried hard to stay.
PEORIA ANCHOR IS HEADED FOR “A NEW CITY”
He announced the move himself.
DES MOINES FORECASTER QUITS
The reason is devasting.
ONCE HE WAS MIA WITHOUT EXPLANATION> NOW HE’S SUSPENDED
It’s officially a saga. Longtime San Francisco anchor Frank Somerville has been suspended. This comes after Somerville took a leave after slurring his words on the air. It was first reported by local blogger ...
RTDNA CONFERENCE GOES ON, NEW CHAIR ANNOUNCED
The Radio Television Digital News Association announced on Friday at the RTDNA conference in Denver that Allison McGinley, WKMG-TV news director will become the organization’s news chair. “It has been a privilege to take ...
FROM AN INTERN TO EMPLOYEE
It only took two jobs for her to get to the dream market.
IN BRIEF….THE GEVERS EDITION
Mike Friedrich returns to TV and Sinclair as he’s been named ND for KUTV in Salt Lake City, UT. He’s been out of TV for three years, after leaving his last job as Assistant ...
AN UPWARD CAREER ARC
Kelsie Cairns joins Gray’s WWSB in Sarasota, FL as Monday through Friday Morning Anchor. Cairns, who is a graduate of Penn State University (Ed. Note: WE ARE…!!!) most recently worked at the Tegna’s WATN ...
UMMMMM….YEAH…APOLOGY ESSENTIAL
We ran across this recent blog post that clearly demonstrates that in 2021, anchors still haven’t quite figured out the boundaries of “Happy Talk.” It seems that Sinclair’s KATV news team wanted to make ...
A SNEAK PEEK
We told you yesterday that CBS is retiring the seven-year-old CBSN brand in favor of CBS NEWS – and let’s face it, they came up with CBSN back then because they weren’t absolutely sure ...
DROPPED ANCHOR NOW SEEKING POLITICAL OFFICE
Last March, reporter/anchor Gerard Ramalho was one of 14 employees dropped by Sinclair’s KSNV as part of a nationwide belt-tightening. He’s been with the station just two months shy of 21 years when the ...
NEW EP AT NIGHTLY NEWS
Meghan Rafferty’s interim title as executive producer of “NBC Nightly News” is now permanent. Rafferty, who has been interim executive producer since Jenn Suozzo’s departure last month, got the nod from NBC News President ...
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
This coming Monday (September 27th) will see Nexstar’s “NewsNation” add another 20 hours of programming to its weekly lineup with the debut of two new programs. Starting off the day will be “Morning in ...
NOW HIRING IN CLEVELAND….TELEMUNDO BY WAY OF GRAY
It seems odd that a market the size of Cleveland, OH, with a hugely diverse population is just now planning to launch a Spanish-language television station. But there you are. And here comes Telemundo ...
“AFTER 45 YEARS, IT’S TIME.”
And with those words, written on Jefferson-Pilot stationery, reporter Steve Ohnesorge let his bosses at Gray’s WBTV in Charlotte, NC know he was leaving. Not retiring, mind you….just….leaving. (FYI, Jefferson Pilot owned WBTV from ...
CBSN HEADED FOR RETIREMENT – REPLACED BY CBS NEWS BRAND
The remaking of CBS News isn’t just about moving personnel around and out. The company that was in the forefront of establishing a beachfront in the streaming world is about to ditch the 7-year-old ...
KSDK BRINGS BACK THE NOONER
Coming October 4th, it is a revival in St. Louis as Tegna’s KSDK re-launches it’s noon newscast, last seen in 2017. As before, Ryan Dean (right) will co-anchor the restored program and will be ...
ANOTHER VETERAN IS CALLING IT A CAREER
For the past 31 years, Tom Messner has been calling the weather shots at Hearst’s WPTZ in Plattsburgh, NY/Burlington, VT. There won’t be a 32nd year. Messner is calling it a career and will ...
SEATTLE-BOUND
Brian MacMillan, meteorologist at Meredith’s KPTV in Portland, OR has some bittersweet news to share (it’s ALWAYS bittersweet, isn’t it?) http:// MacMillan also runs a video production company….evidently a boutique operation that he is ...
FOX BUSINESS TO SHIFT PRIMETIME PROGRAMMING FOCUS
Larry Kudlow and Kennedy will still be offering up their spin on current events, but the execs at FOX Business Network have decided to let sister network FOX News do the heavy lifting on ...
A NEWS VET IS THE NEW EP AT KTRK
After nearly two decades of working exclusively in Spanish-language news media, Uriel Posada is taking his first job in English-language media. Posada is leaving his job as regional news director for Univision based at ...
WHEN YOU CAN’T GET THEM TO COME TO YOU…GO TO THEM
Tired of sitting idly and fretting about how to stem its over-the-air audience drain and dreaming about luring millennials back to the tv set, Hearst has finally decided a better way is to bring ...
A NEW FORECASTER IN BUFFALO
This will be her second job.
TEGNA’S UP FOR SALE
Here’s what we know about the $8 billion dollar offer.
SWITCHING OUT AMARILLO FOR TYLER
It’s where she wants to be.
A VERY RARE THING HAPPENED IN SAN ANTONIO SATURDAY
Let’s just say it involved double duty.
ANOTHER BURGH REPORTER CROSSES THE STREET
They’re swapping.
QUITE THE BUFFET FOR THIS RETIRING ND
She’s someone who’s email everyone wanted!
YOU KNOW THOSE TROLLS WHO LIKE REPORTER FEET?
What will they think of these?? WABC reporter Kristin Throne has been in Florida covering the Gabby Petito story in North Port. She spent the day with police as they search for Brian Laundrie. ...
TWIN CITIES FOX O&O STAYS IN-HOUSE FOR NEW NEWS DIRECTOR
It was an obvious but smart choice.
NEW ADVENTURE COMING RIGHT UP
It’s like they always say..
OH LOOK…A NAKED GUY AT 30 ROCK
No, really.
TRADING SPORTS FOR LOVE
It’s a good thing for him.
MIA NO MORE
She was gone for four months.
MEET THE NEWS DADDY
This is more of a shout out than a story. NewsNation Florida correspondent Brian Entin has owned the Gabby Petito story. So much so that that his live’s from outside Brian Laundrie’s house (where ...
VETERAN JOURNALIST JOINS WPIX
She’s not new to the city.
A GREAT STORY AND CREDIT RICK GEVERS FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION
Stations aren’t always competitive.
NEW MORNING FACES IN GRAND RAPIDS
This is good news concerning the hiring market.
NEXSTAR’S WGN (THE LOCAL VERSION) NAMES A NEW ANCHOR
She started as a freelancer.
SEARCH IS ON FOR A NEWS DIRECTOR IN CHICAGO
The spot is open because she’s moving up.
ALBANY GM SETS RETIREMENT
He says it’s time for someone younger, fresher.
FIRED AFTER REFUSING VAXX
After 30 years at the station, weatherman Karl Bohnak was fired from WLUC after he said no to getting the Covid-19 vaccine. Gray Television, the company that owns WLUC in Marquette, Mich., recently made ...
REPORTING LEGEND RETIRES IN BOSTON
Who will they replace him with?
WESH HIRES HOMETOWN WEEKEND ANCHOR
WESH in Orlando, Fla. has hired a two time Emmy-Award winning anchor and Central Florida native to come home and anchor the weekend news. Luana Muñoz started this weekend at the station and anchored ...
GRAY ROLLS OUT ITS INVESTIGATIVE TV PROGRAM
It’s a complication of investigations across the network.
RECOVERING FROM A BREAKTHROUGH CASE IN CONNECTICUT
And she’s sick of people having opinions about her being sick
THE UNSOLVED MYSTERY CONTINUES
We were working at station in the Upper Midwest 27 years ago when we heard of the disappearance of Jodi Huisentruit, morning anchor in Mason City, IA, just a couple hours east of where ...
IN BRIEF….THE MOSTLY GEVERS EDITION
Kelly Hatmaker is moving to a new role within Cowles, helping develop a new streaming product for the company. He’s been the ND at KHQ in Spokane, WA for 2+ years and had been ...
NEWSY UNVEILS LINEUP AHEAD OF ITS OCTOBER LAUNCH
It’s free, it’s over-the-air, it’s 24/7 and it’s coming soon. Scripps’ revamped and repurposed Newsy will launch in roughly 90% of U.S. television homes — and in all major markets — on Oct. 1. ...
NEW NETWORK MORNING SHOW LAUNCHES THIS WEEKEND
If you have been anxiously awaiting Univision’s launch of a weekend morning news program, wait no more. “Despierta América en Domingo” premieres this Sunday at 8 am. The new morning show is hosted by ...
BUH-BYE TO NEWS AFTER 30 YEARS
After 30 years in tv news, the last three of them as morning anchor on Gray’s WEEK in Peoria, IL, Semone Doughton figured it was time for a change. So she is shutting off ...
A NEW MORNING TEAM IN ALBANY
One familiar face will be joined by a new face when Hubbard’s WNYT in Albany, NY unveils its new AM news lineup on September 27th. Longtime sports reporter Chris Onorato (he’s been with the ...
IN “DOG BITES MAN” NEWS….
Knock us over with a feather. Piers Morgan and the Murdochs are back together. The former (and largely unlamented) CNN and “Good Morning Britain” host has signed on to a global deal with Fox ...
NEXSTAR REACHES INTO SCRIPPS FOR ITS NEW CHARLOTTE GM
Veteran station executive Lloyd Bucher is the new Vice President and General Manager of WJZY, WMYT and fox46.com in Charlotte, NC. For the past 6+ years he’s been serving in that same capacity at ...
BAY AREA VET RETIRES…BUT DID HE GET A NUDGE OUT THE DOOR?
He announced his retirement after 3 decades reporting for Disney’s KGO in San Francisco. Before that, he had been starting in 1981 and worked for CBS News. For the record, Wayne Freedman says it ...
AND NOW IT HAS A NAME
Tom Llamas‘ daily streaming newscast launches next Monday, so it’s probably a good thing the powers-that-be came up with a name. “Top Story with Tom Llamas” will stream live from 7 to 8 p.m. ...