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TEGNA REQUIRING THE VAXX

Tegna has now joined other station groups in requiring that employees get the vaccine. Back in August, the company asked employees to upload vaccine cards. 9 out of 10 employees at Tegna are currently ...

NAB 2021 PHFFFT!!!

You just knew that as major exhibitors began pullling out of this year’s National Association of Broadcasters’ Las Vegas clambake an even bigger shoe was going to drop – especially when the trickle began ...

HMMMM…..

In Chicago, Robert Feder reports that questions are being raised about the status of  Zoraida Sambolin. The WMAQ weekday morning anchor has been MIA since May. The station says she is on an extended ...

FAREWELL FT. WAYNE

WANE-TV’s weekend anchor is leaving the station and the business. Sierra Tufts is going to move to a digital marketing company. She’s taking on a role as a project manager. Tufts has been at ...

MORE TALK ON CHICAGO TV

Chicago media blogger Robert Feder has flagged two new daytime shows coming to local television: WGN is launching Daytime Chicago. A new lifestyle and entertainment show, will premiere Monday on Nexstar Media WGN-Channel 9. ...

TV JOBS: SEPT 11

Here are this week’s job openings from our job bank MedialineTalent.com FOr more information, email us at info@reelmediagroup.com. Main News Anchor Billings, MT KULR Entry Level Digital Content Producer Salt Lake City, UT KSL ...

EXTENDING THE BRAND

Circle City’s WISH in Indianapolis boasts a more-than-respectable reputation as a tv news operation – a reputation that can be counted in decades. And what do you do in 2021 when you hold such ...

AN ABRUPT DEPARTURE IN RALEIGH-DURHAM

Sports reporter Bridget Condon is suddenly gone from Disney’s WTVD in Durham http:// She’d been with the station since 2017, coming from WCAV in Charlottesville, VA. Next stop is anybody’s guess. The station’s main ...

VEGAS BABY!!

Maria Perez showed up this week as the new principal weather anchor at Telemundo’s Las Vegas operation, KBLR She moved to Sin City from sister station KTLM McAllen, TX, for the past three years.. ...

NOT UNEXPECTED….

In a move that caught next to nobody by surprise, Steven Romo, the weekend morning anchor/reporter at Disney’s KTRK announced he is leaving the station. http:// Romo had earlier announced his intention to head ...

CBS CONTINUES ITS REORGANIZATION

Earlier this year, CBS reorganized its news and station operations into a single unit co-led by Wendy McMahon and Neeraj Khemlani. The reshuffling of executive responsibilities continues with the appointment of veteran news executive ...

OFF THE WEEKENDS IN AUSTIN

Weekend anchor….make that FORMER weekend anchor…Hannah Rucker is pulling up stakes on the Saturday-Sunday dawn patrol at Tegna’s KVUE for the weekday slot. http:// She came to the station last year from Nexstar’s WBTW ...

WONDERING OUT LOUD

Hmmmm……. Veteran newswoman Jennifer Hardy is out the door at Standard Media’s KLKN in Lincoln, NE after 13 months as ND. Standard Media has owned the station for two years and Hardy’s replacement will ...

MOVING UP IN PHOENIX

After just about three years as a street reporter at Scripps’ KNXV in Phoenix, AZ, Zach Crenshaw moved into an anchor role, becoming the weekend evening co-anchor teamed with Danielle Lerner. He’s thrilled. “I ...

NEW ADDITIONS AT WGN (LOCAL)

Veteran Chicago sportscaster Chris Boden has joined the sports lineup at Nexstar’s WGN (the local version for those of you still struggling with the whole NewsNation rebranding of the Television Station Formerly Known as ...

TV JOBS: SEPT 3

MMJ/ Weekend Forecaster Here is your job list for the week! Check out these openings from our Job Bank Medialine Talent. If you want more information about the openings or instructions on how to ...

A NEW NUMBER TWO AT GMA

“Good Morning America’s” new executive broadcast producer is a familiar face to the rest of the staff. The announcement of Christine Brouwer’s promotion may soothe some nerves at “GMA” (and by extension, ABC News) ...

FINDING A NEW ROLE

Much-honored documentary producer Jonathan Towers is the new vice president, development for Fox News Media. In his new role Towers will be working on developing programs for Fox Nation, the subscription video streaming service. ...