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THE NEWS DIRECTOR REVOLVING DOOR

Here is the latest from Rick Gevers … KTAL-TV, Shreveport, LA…MARCUS STROUD will be the next ND for this Nexstar owned NBC affiliate. It’s another inter-company move as Marcus leaves Nexstar’s WIAT-TV in Birmingham, ...

EXCLUSIVE TV JOBS

Anchor MMJ Weekend Sports Anchor KBMT Beaumont, Texas MMJs (2) WGRZ Buffalo, NY MMJ WWMT Kalamazoo, Mich. These leads are exclusively from our job coordinators at MedialineTalent.com. If you’re interested in seeing more jobs, ...

MOVING UP AT SINCLAIR

Sinclair’s CNY Central…its branded combo of WSTM, WTVH and CW6 in Syracuse, NY, has promoted Tommy Sladek as the new sports director. Sladek joined the station back in 2018 as an MMJ. The Philadelphia ...

IN THE MEANTIME…

A former executive producer at CNN has been hired by NewsNation to help launch “Morning in America.” Wil Surrat will helm the three-hour weekday morning news show, anchored by Adrienne Bankert. It is slated ...

NEWSNATION KEEPS TRYING

By his own admission, Nexstar CEO Perry Sook’s pet project – NewsNation – is totally unfamiliar to 84 % of the country despite high-profile hires (e.g. Ashleigh Banfield) and a promotional push that stretches ...

SWITCHING TIME ZONES

Moving cross-country from the weather center at NBCU’s WRC in the District of Columbia to Morgan Murphy Media’s KAPP/KVEW duopoly in Yakima, WA is Briana Bermensolo. She’ll be chief meteorologist at the station It ...

NEWS DIRECTOR COMINGS AND GOINGS

Here’s the latest from Rick Gevers: WTKR-TV, Norfolk, VA… GERARDO LOPEZ moves from one Scripps station to another as he’s been named news director for this CBS affiliate. Since January, 2020, he’s been the ...

GETTING CLOSER TO HOME

Chief Meteorologist Jesse Gunkel said goodbye to  Nexstar duopoly WVLA/WGMB in Baton Rouge after 14 years to get back to his home state of Wisconsin. Gunkel will do weather reports on Milwaukee’s Spectrum News ...

LOUISIANA ND OUT AFTER 20 YEARS

Letitia Walker is no longer with Scripps KATC in Lafayette, LA. GM Sean Trcalek provided no other details on Walker’s departure. The long-time news director said in a statement, “I’ve spent almost two decades ...

SAYING GOODBYE IN CLEVELAND

After 20 years on the Cleveland airwaves spread over two television stations, meteorologist Beth McLeod is saying goodbye. McLeod, currently with Nexstar’s WJW, is not yet talking about her next act – or even ...

NEWSY MAKES A MOVE

Scripps is moving its Newsy service out of Columbia, Missouri and into Atlanta, GA a move coming just before the streaming service relaunches as a free over-the-air channel. That relaunch is expected October 1st ...

HE LEFT AN IMPRESSION

Jim Murphy left an impression during his two decades at WBZ Boston. Over the course of his career, Murphy scooped up three Emmys for his editing work for the CBS O&O He was a ...

A JUMP FROM TULSA TO DENVER

KDVR is bringing on Tulsa anchor Ashley Ryan as the co-anchor of Fox31 morning news. “Ashley is an experienced and exceptional journalist, and she really connects with an audience. Viewers will enjoy her down-to-earth ...

NEWS MANAGERS MOVING ALONG

Here’s the latest from Rick Gevers… WHIO-TV, Dayton, OH… CARYN GOLDEN has left this Cox Media Group owned CBS affiliate after almost three years as ND. She first joined the station in 1997 as ...