Category: Coming Soon

IS THIS A NEW HEARST THING?

We couldn’t help but notice the three-anchor morning format when Hearst’s WTAE in Pittsburgh, PA introduced it earlier this year. After, all, following the abrupt departure of longtime anchor Kelly Frey last year following ...

IN CASE YOU’RE INTERESTED…

Lucky Nexstar news directors across the country couldn’t be more pleased to be running promos for any of the latest NewsNation program offerings, some of which compete directly with their newscasts. Like this one ...

A NEW MARKET FOR TELEMUNDO

Birmingham, AL is getting its first Telemundo outlet as Gray announced that the Hispanic network’s programming will be offered on a sub-channel of the company’s newly-acquired WBTM, which is operated in conjunction with WBRC. ...

FROM ORLANDO TO JAX

Jacksonville weather fans, mark September 6th on your calendars. That’s the day David Heckard takes on the assistant chief meteorologist role at Graham Media’s WJXT in Jacksonville after several years in Orlando. http:// He’ll ...

MANY HAPPY RETURNS

Earlier this week, we reported to you that Columbus morning anchor and meteorologist Phil Kelly decided enough family time was enough and announced his return to Sinclair’s WSYX/WTTE in Columbus, OH after departing the ...

THEY GET THE JOBS PERMANENTLY

Or as permanent as anything might be in tv news. While Hearst’s WTMJ scours the nation looking for a new morning meteorologist to replace the just-promoted Brian Niznansky, Tom Durian and Symone Woolridge have ...

LOG-ROLLING IN OUR TIME

Log-rolling: [from a former American custom of neighbors assisting one another in rolling logs into a pile for burning] : the exchanging of assistance or favors specifically : the trading of votes by legislators ...

AN ANCHOR SHUFFLE IN ATLANTA

At Tegna’s (someday Standard Media’s) WXIA, veteran prime-time anchor Jeff Hullinger (right)  is being moved to weekends, making way for Ron Jones (left) to expand his portfolio to include his current 11 pm anchor ...