Category: Double Duty

DUAL ROLES IN LA

CBS News correspondent Jamie Yuccas will continue being just that as she also takes on morning anchor duties of a soon-to-debut AM marathon at CBS-owned independent KCAL. She’ll preside over the 7-10 portion of ...

DOUBLE DUTY IN SACRAMENTO

Viviana Paez, a 15-year veteran anchor at Univision’s KUVS in Sacramento, is adding a second hat at the station. She’s now executive producer in the newsroom, overseeing all editorial aspects of the news department’s ...

EL TIEMPO FOX26 CON LENA MARIA

Lena Maria Arango, the newest meteorologist at FOX-owned KRIV in Houston, TX recently announced that she is also doing Spanish-language forecasts, available on social media. The bilingual Arango has been doing this for a ...

TAKE ANOTHER HAT

Nexstar’s Hagerstown, MD president and general manager is taking on additional duties just down the road and inside the Beltway. Andrew Wyatt, in addition to overseeing WDVM in Hagerstown, will now steward WDCW and ...

THAT WAS QUICK

It didn’t take NBC News very long to find a replacement for departed “Weekend Today” Sheinelle Jones. White House correspondent Kristin Welker got the nod. Welker is no stranger to the shift, having filled ...

THE FACES ARE MOVING…

There are quite a few changes at Gray’s WABI in Bangor, ME. Jim Morris who’s been ND and anchor since 2000 is retiring. Jon Small will replace him as ND, and Catherine Pegram will ...

NBCU DOUBLES UP ON MIAMI GM

Jorge Carballo, president and general manager of NBCUniversal’s Telemundo outlet WSCV in Miami, is poised for double duty in the New Year. He’ll become president and general manager of sister station WTVJ on January ...

TWO HATS IN CLEVELAND

Andre Knott is joining the sports team at Tribune-soon-to-be-Nexstar-or-maybe-even Fox’s WJW in Cleveland, OH But he’s hanging on to his current job at regional sports network SportsTime Ohio. He’ll be a contributor to all ...

WEARING TWO HATS IN WAUSAU

At WQOW in Wausau, WI anchor Stephen Kelly has added executive producer responsibilities to his anchor assignment for that Quincy owned station. He’s worked there since 2006 and anchors the 10:00 PM news.

JOURNALISTS COVERING JOURNALISM

Nancy Alvarez, veteran anchor at Cox-owned WFTV in Orlando, FL, will add an extra hat when she takes on hosting duties for pubcaster WUCF’s “NewsNight,” covering local journalism and community issues. The roundtable format ...

PULLING DOUBLE DUTY?

Out in the Bay area, blogger Rich Lieberman reports that CBS-owned KPIX is thisclose to handing chief meteorologist Paul Deanno, a steady anchor role IN ADDITION to his weather duties. The sticking point is, ...

DOUBLING UP IN DENVER

Mark Cornetta adds GM at Tegna’s KUSA in Denver to his resume. He remains an Executive Vice President for the company. At KUSA, he replaces Steve Carter who moves to the same position at Tegna’s KGW in Portland, ...

TRIBUNE HANDS KTLA ND A CORPORATE HAT

Jason Ball, currently Vice President/News Director at Tribune’s KTLA in Los Angeles, is now, in addition, Tribune’s Vice President of Content Development. Which means that Ball will oversee editorial initiatives and create best practices ...