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MYSTERY ND IN MS

In Greenville, Mississippi’s WABG, WXVT, WNBD and WABG this Cala Broadcasting owned operation (which operates affiliates of all FOUR major networks) has filled its news director opening, and yet, it has not yet been ...

DOUBLE DUTY IN HARRISONBURG

Gray Television has promoted Jay Webb to general manager of WHSV (ABC) and WSVF (CBS/Fox) in Harrisonburg, Va. (DMA 175). He succeeds Sacha Purciful, who recently became general manager of Gray’s KSLA in Shreveport, LA. ...

MOVING UP IN THE WINDY CITY

Colin Evans, weekend morning news producer at ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7, has been promoted to the newly created position of weekend daypart executive producer – according to Chicago icon Robert Feder. A Chicago native and ...

ALOHA HAWAII NEWS

After 20 years in the broadcast journalism industry, Hawaii News Now’s Lisa Kubota is saying aloha to the world of television news. She’s been with the Hawaii News Now team since its inception. She’s ...

RESETTING THE ALARM

A new routine starts this morning for WTOL’s Melissa Andrews. She’s no longer morning co-anchor for Tegna’s Toledo station. Instead, she is flipping her schedule and is moving to the station’s four evening newscasts ...

A SHOCKING LIVE SHOT

When it comes to weather coverage, meteorologists and reporters will sometimes put their lives on the line to bring viewers the latest information to keep them safe. Whether it’s falling branches or flying stop ...

WELL THIS CAN’T BE GOOD

Ex-Telemundo Denver news anchor Miguel Bedoy claims that he was fired after being subjected to labour exploitation, homophobia and racism by his former boss Griselle Sierra – according to PinkNews.. Bedoy filed a lawsuit ...

MOVING UP IN ALBANY

Mary Wilson has been named weekday morning anchor at NEWS10 ABC/FOX 23, filling the spot vacated by Nicol Lally. Lally left WTEN earlier this summer after more than a decade with the station – ...

KING HAS AN EP

Tegna’s NBC affiliate in Seattle is building up with another key brick in the wall.  KING-TV, has filled its vacant executive producer position by hiring Mason Waldvogel from KTUL-TV in Tulsa. He’s been the Assistant ND ...

VENEGAS FLOORS IT OUT OF EL PASO

At El Paso, Texas’ KTSM-TV, it’s vamos Victor Venegas.  He’s has left this Nexstar owned NBC affiliate. He’d been the news director there since December, 2018, when he was promoted from Nightside Executive Producer. He’d earlier ...

MARISSA MITCHELL JOINS FOX 5 DC

Marissa Mitchell has joined FOX 5 DC, announced station Vice President and News Director, Paul McGonagle. Effective September 2020, she will serve as an anchor for “FOX 5 Mornings,” alongside Wisdom Martin, Holly Morris, Erin ...

A PARTING SHOT

Remember that scene in ‘Half Baked’ when Chapelle’s buddy quits his job with “F-You… F-You… F-You… You’re cool…”   Neither do we.  Never saw the film.  Why would you even bring it up??? Having ...

MOVING UP TO THE NETWORK

According to Robert Feder, Meagan Fitzgerald, weekend morning news anchor at the NBC-owned station in Washington, D.C., has been named Chicago-based correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC. “A heartfelt and sincere honor,” Fitzgerald tweeted today ...

OPENING NIGHT APPROACHES

After weeks of rehearsals, Nexstar Media’s new national newscast on WGN America is just about ready to go according to Multichannel.com. The crew is making last-minute adjustments to some of the graphics and fine-tuning ...

PACK YOUR BAGS

At Lake Charles, Louisiana’s KPLC-TV, the new ND for the Gray Television owned NBC affiliate is Greg DeBrosse. Greg has been the Assistant News Director for Cox Media Group’s KOKI-TV in Tulsa for the last seven ...

HOUSTON VET SAYING BUH-BYE

Reporter Deborah Wrigley is leaving ABC13 KTRK in September according to social media chatter. “Deborah is an icon of broadcasting and a true journalist Houstonians will always remember,” KTRK News Director Rehan Aslam said in ...

CNN CUTS AWAY FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP

As Donald Trump addressed delegates at the Republican National Convention on Monday, CNN cut away from his speech, with anchor Anderson Cooper explaining that the president’s speech was “the most recent greatest hits and false ...

NOT JUST LESTER’S SON

After four years at WNBC in New York, Stefan Holt is moving back home to Chicago and returning to WMAQ-Channel 5 as a Monday-through-Friday main news anchor, the NBC-owned station announced today according to ...

MOVERS & SHAKERS

It looks like David Jones is the next ND at WLNE-TV in Providence, Rhode Island. Jones comes from WNYT-TV, Hubbard’s NBC affiliate in Albany, NY. He’ll replace Kelly Johnson. Standard Media has also named Jennifer Hardy ND ...

MEET THE NEW ND IN LA

At KABC-TV (ABC, obviously) in Los Angeles, Pam Chen has been promoted to News Director. She first joined KABC in 2004, and has served as Assistant News Director since 2004. Pam’s career path is detailed ...

BYRON ALLEN SNAPS UP HAWAIIAN TV STATION

According to Deadline, Byron Allen is acquiring Honolulu ABC affiliate KITV from SLJ Broadcasting for $30 million, boosting his Allen Media Group’s owned and operated big-four network affiliates to 16 stations in 12 markets. The acquisition, through AMG’s Allen ...

SC’s NEW ND

Sharranda Neal has been promoted to news director at Columbia TV station WLTX, a CBS affiliate of broadcasting company TEGNA. Neal has been the station’s content manager for the past 10 years. She will ...

TOGETHER AGAIN

Reunited and it feels so… awkward being six feet apart. After nearly five months apart due to the pandemic, both in work from home sets or in flash studios, CNN’s New Day anchors John Berman and Alisyn Camerota reunited back ...

FROM TWIN CITIES TO CNN

Minneapolis’ KARE reporterAdrienne Broaddus announced she is joining CNN as a Chicago bureau correspondent. “In a world that tells people like me I can’t, I hope I have been a visual of what is possible,”she said in her ...

O.T.M.

At Providence, Rhode Island’s WLNE-TV, the Standard Media owned ABC affiliate is looking for a new news director. Kelly Johnston had been the ND for the last four years in her second tour of duty ...

COKIE ROBERTS TO ENTER HALL OF FAME

Cokie Roberts, the trailblazing political reporter and analyst for National Public Radio and ABC News, will be inducted posthumously in the Radio Hall of Fame. Roberts, who died of breast cancer last year, was among the winners announced today ...

“THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING”

In an internal memo to Fox News staffers, obtained by TheWrap, CEO Suzanne Scott laid out the network’s plan for the Republican and Democratic conventions, telling employees, “America and the world will be watching.” ...

TOO HOT FOR TIK TOK?

TIK TOK may be going the way of the dodo thanks to an unnamed certain someone. But we’ll always have its news bloopers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nRJ0TScEo4&feature=youtu.be

O.T.M.

At Ft. Wayne, Indiana’s WANE-TV, Jenna Huff is moving north (and closer to her native Michigan) as she’s been named ND for this Nexstar owned CBS affiliate. . For the last nine years, Jenna has ...

MIKA OFF THE RAILS

MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski went off Friday morning, urging supporters of President Donald Trump not to be so “stupid” and Republican lawmakers to “wake up” about the ways she says the president is dangerously impacting ...

SARA HAINES RETURNS

Sara Haines will be returning to “The View” in September as a co-host for Season 24 of the ABC daytime talk show according to Variety. Haines, 42, is no stranger to the Hot Topics ...

STILL ON THE MEND

CBS 21 anchor Rob Hanrahan tweeted for the first time on Friday since suffering a massive heart attack back in June. “Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers,” Hanrahan wrote on Friday afternoon. ...

HE’S BA-ACK!!

Tegna-owned CBS affiliate KTHV Little Rock, Ark. (DMA 62) announced that longtime anchor and meteorologist Tom Brannon will return to the station as Chief Meteorologist. The news comes alongside the announcement that Ed Buckner ...

RESURRECTION OF THOMAS ROBERTS

Award winning journalist Thomas Roberts has today been announced as the host of season four of DailyMailTV. Roberts most recently was the evening news anchor at WGCL-TV (CBS46) in Atlanta, Georgia. Prior to CBS46, ...

MOVING UP IN BUFFALO

Buffalo’s WIVB-TV (Channel 4) didn’t have to look too far to replace meteorologist Stevie Daniels. Jonathan Cubit, who has been a digital meteorologist at Channel 4 since December and has occasionally been allowed to ...

BIG CHANGES IN SAN ANTONE

KSAT 12 viewers will notice big changes to the San Antonio TV station’s morning newscasts. On Thursday, KSAT announced Stephanie Serna as the new “Good Morning San Antonio” anchor. Serna will join fellow anchor Mark ...

COVID & QUITTIN’ TIME

The layoffs, firings and buy-outs were a predicted ramification of the consequences of a global pandemic.  After all, advertising revenue going down will inevitably lead to pink-slips.  It might not come tsunami style as ...

BLOOMBERG LP FACES SEX SUIT

Bloomberg LP is again being accused of discriminating against women, and now against non-white staff members, according to a new lawsuit. Nafeesa Syeed, who worked as a national security reporter and Middle East reporter ...

VICE EXPANSION

According to Deadline, Vice has hired and promoted 20 people to help strengthen its ever-expanding global news and audio operation. This includes Arielle Duhaime-Ross who is set return to Vice News as an on-air ...

O.T.M.

At Sarasota’s WWSB-TV (part of the Tampa marke), Jeff Schlesser moves within Gray to become ND for this ABC affiliate. It’s a return to Tampa for Schlesser, who spent eight years at WTVT-TV. He’s ...