By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com What if every local TV station in the country made a commitment to help raise funds and awareness for a non-profit in their market? A one-day commitment ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com WISN, Hearst’s ABC affiliate in Milwaukee, is launching the new initiative on October 8, 2025, to support local non-profit organizations throughout Southeastern Wisconsin. Called ‘WISN 12 Day ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Local TV stations across the country make critical contributions to their markets and their state by broadcasting live debates between candidates before elections. For example, on Friday, ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com NBCUniversal Local’s 11th annual Clear The Shelters pet adoption and donation campaign helped 160,165 pets find new homes and raised more than $628,000 for participating animal shelters ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Comcast NBCUniversal and NBCUniversal Local announced that a total of $2.5 million has been awarded to 69 nonprofit organizations servicing one of the 11 NBC- and Telemundo-owned stations’ markets ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com KMBC, Hearst’s ABC affiliate in Kansas City, hosted two campaigns over the summer as part of their on-going community project, KMBC 9 Cares for Kids. The summer brought ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com WAVY, Nexstar’s NBC affiliate in Portsmouth, Virginia, raised almost $7,000 to benefit Mercy Chefs, the Portsmouth-based nonprofit providing hot, chef-prepared meals to disaster survivors and first responders. ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com From August 7 through the 17th, more than a million people attend the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines. The fair began in 1854 and is the ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com NBCUniversal Local today announced its annual Clear The Shelters TV special will premiere on NBC stations this Friday, Aug. 8 (check local listings). The 30‑minute program will ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com KTVT, CBS Texas announces that more than $120,000 was raised during “Loud For Love: A Night of Music, Hope, and Healing”, a benefit concert held on ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com WISN, Hearst’s ABC affiliate in Milwaukee and The Salvation Army are partnering for the 12th consecutive year on the ‘Class Act School Supply Drive.’ The inspiring initiative ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com During the school year in Rochester, in any given week, a teacher and a classroom of students are interrupted with a surprise. “That’s the fun part,” ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Clear The Shelters, NBCUniversal Local’s nationwide pet adoption and donation initiative – which has helped nearly 1.2 million pets find new homes and raised more than $5 ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com In June, WDIV, Graham Media’s NBC affiliate in Detroit, held a one-day event to collect bikes to distribute to people who didn’t have one. “We had 2,059 ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Sinclair announced a collaboration with the American Cancer Society (ACS) to launch Sinclair Cares: Help Drive Out Cancer, a nationwide campaign dedicated to raising awareness about the ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com WAVY, Nexstar’s NBC affiliate serving the Hampton Roads area of Virginia, kicked off 10 On Your Side’s Operation School Supplies to help give students across Hampton ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com WISN, Hearst’s ABC affiliate in Milwaukee, is inviting viewers to join their morning news team for coffee Friday, July 18 at a community park. The event is ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Sinclair today announced the launch of Sinclair Cares: Texas Tragedy Relief, a national fundraising campaign in partnership with The Salvation Army, to support those affected by ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com When your station is the media partner for a blues festival, it’s a chance to get creative. That’s exactly what KOIN, Nexstar’s CBS affiliate in Portland, did ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com An initiative by KMGH, Scripps’ ABC affiliate in Denver, has the station going out in different neighborhoods and doing the morning and evening newscasts live on-location. To ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com In response to California’s escalating home insurance crisis, KCAL CBS Los Angeles dedicated an entire week of coverage to help Southern Californians understand their rights, navigate policy changes, ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com What local TV stations do to help their communities around the country could be a daily story. KSBW, Hearst’s NBC and ABC affiliate in Salinas, California, Second ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com George Floyd’s murder in Minneapolis sparked protests, civil unrest, and nationwide calls for police reform. Five years later, FOX 9 Minneapolis examines what has — and ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com WTEN, Nexstar’s ABC affiliate in Albany, New York, has been taking the entire cast and mobile set to various locations around the Capital Region of Albany since ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Beginning Monday, April 28, WMAQ, the NBC-owned affiliate in Chicago, branded as NBC 5, will explore the critical aspects of infant and child safety in a new, ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com ‘An American River’ an hour-long documentary, shines a light on how most Americans live within a mile of a river, but unchecked factors such as climate change, raw ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com WTAJ, Nexstar’s CBS affiliate in Altoona, Pennsylvania, opened its doors to about a dozen high school students from Hollidaysburg Senior High School as part of a program from ...
By Paul Greeley, 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com WDBJ, Gray’s CBS affiliate in Roanoke, begins “In Our Hometowns”, a new initiative dedicated to shining a light on the stories shaping our local communities. “In Our Hometowns ...
By Paul Greeley, 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com WISN, Hearst’s ABC affiliate in Milwaukee, is hosting the Wisconsin Supreme Court debate on March 12th at 7 p.m. The debate takes place ahead of the election on April ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com KCRA 3, KQCA My58 and the California Gold Country Region Chapter of the American Red Cross partnered on a disaster relief drive that raised more than $940,000 to support ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com WSB, Cox’s ABC affiliate in Atlanta, partnered with One Warm Coat, a non-profit organization that provides free coats to children and adults, to give away more than 7,000 ...
By Paul Greeley, 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com NOTE: Happy Holidays from News Blues. News Blues is a subscription-based news source. However, on occasion, we offer articles, some which have previously been published, for free so that non-subscribers ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com KSBW, Hearst’s ABC and NBC affiliates in Salinas, California, held a broadcast and online fundraiser, its 38th annual KSBW Share Your Holiday. “KSBW’s collaboration with the Salvation Army provides ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Giving Tuesday, December 3, KCCI, Hearst’s CBS affiliate in Des Moines, launched Food Bank of Iowa’s largest annual fundraiser: Hunger-Free Holidays. The all-day telethon raised $439,829 for the month-long ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Before Tegna announced that it was laying off all its creative services and marketing staff at its 68 television stations in 54 markets, and centralizing the marketing, ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com First Coast News, the newsroom of WLTV and WJXX, the NBC and ABC affiliates in Jacksonville owned by Tegna, held an all-day telethon to raise funds during its ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com A common refrain from local TV news viewers is that the news is so negative. Why can’t there be more good news? Jason Martinez, WTXF, Fox 29’s ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com WAVY, Nexstar’s NBC affiliate serving the Hampton Roads area of Virginia, is once again returning to its “10 On Your Side Coats for Families” drive, dedicated to keeping ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com You must admire Donna Bell and Jessica Foster at WJHG. Bell is the news director, and Foster is the assistant news director at Gray’s NBC affiliate in Panama ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Earlier this month, Sinclair launched Sinclair Cares: Hurricane Relief, a fundraising partnership with The Salvation Army to assist with humanitarian relief efforts on the ground in Western North Carolina, ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com WRAL, Capitol Broadcasting’s NBC affiliate in Raleigh, North Carolina, partnered with Raleigh’s Red Hat Amphitheater to host the Music for the Mountains concert on Sunday, an event ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com WISN, Hearst’s ABC affiliate in Milwaukee, is televising a half-hour special Tuesday night, October 15, titled ‘Project CommUNITY: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage’ on the final day of National Hispanic ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com WISN, Hearst’s ABC affiliate in Milwaukee, partnered with the American Red Cross, to hold the ‘WISN 12 Hurricane Relief Drive’ to provide critical support for people devastated by Hurricane ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com WCIV, Sinclair’s ABC affiliate in Charleston, South Carolina, is taking much needed supplies to western North Carolina. WCIV employees and their families donated many items for ...
By Paul Greeley, 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com As students return to the classroom in schools over the country, local TV stations have been stepping up to organize and host drives to collect money for ...
By Paul Greeley, 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com WAVY and WVBT, Nexstar’s NBC and Fox affiliate in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia, are giving students Roads a fresh start in the classroom with their “10 ...
