PULLING DOUBLE DUTY IN MICHIGAN
Sinclair saves a buck or so in the process
Category: Double Duty
SCRIPPS ELEVATES FIVE GMS
The move adds another hat and another layer of management
MOONLIGHTING IN SATX
Popular anchor takes on a second job
SHORT TURNAROUND
The morning guy is the evening guy….for now
DOUBLE DUTY AT THE PEACOCK
Just because she got a promotion doesn’t mean her old duties go away
ADDING ANOTHER NEWSCAST TO HIS CV
He'll continue to pull double duty until his replacement is named
GAYLE KING AND CNN? IS THIS A MATCH?
She re-upped at CBS News but Licht holds out hope
DOUBLE DUTY IN SEATTLE
Evidently, it’s a temporary thing
TAKING ON A SECOND HAT IN ANOTHER COUNTRY
He'll anchor in Mexico City while contributing to CBS News
ANOTHER SHOT AT MUSIC CITY
She’ll wear two hats at WSMV
A PITTSBURGH AND PHILLY DÉTENTE: SHARING A CAPITAL REPORTER
Well two of Pennsylvania’s biggest and most popular tv stations solved a long-standing problem. In what may be a pivotal election year, CBS-owned sister stations KYW in Philadelphia and KDKA in Pittsburgh have pooled ...
PULLING DOUBLE DUTY IN HIS NEW JOB
Freddy Serrano is wearing two hats in his new job at Univision’s WUVP in Philadelphia, PA. He’s both and anchor and executive producer, anchoring the 11 pm newscast and EP’ing both the 6 and ...
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 ...
COURT TV ANCHOR TAKES ON SCRIPPS AFTERNOON PROGRAM
Scripps is trying out a new afternoon “feel-good” information hour at three of its stations. “Afternoon Focus” is hosted by Newsy’s Rob Nelson, late of NewsNation and ABC News and Court TV anchor, attorney ...
SO THAT’S HOW IT’S GONNA WORK…
We initially heard that Chris Wallace would be returning from CNN limbo with a weekly program, Sunday evenings on the cable network. New details now reveal that the Sunday program will be a “Best ...
INDY INVESTIGATOR ADDS ANCHOR TO HER RESUME
Indianapolis, IN investigative reporter Jasmine Minor wants you to know she is dancing her way across Europe before taking on the additional task of anchoring weekends at Circle City’s WISH on October 1. http:// ...
WAGA PLANS A TALK SHOW
FOX-owned WAGA in Atlanta, GA recently found itself with a programming hole with the cancellation of the syndicated yakker “The Real.” So the station turned to noon anchor and reporter Portia Bruner to helm ...
A WBZ REPORTER IS THE NEW MISS MASSACHUSETTS
All of four months after she joined CBS-owned WBZ in Boston as a reporter, Katrina Kincaide is the new Miss Massachusetts. And she is the first Muslim woman to win the title. She arrived ...
AN ANCHOR ROLE WITH AN EMPHASIS ON STREAMING
Gray’s WBRC in Birmingham, AL is adding more commercial avails….ummmm….another newscast – this one an hour-long effort weekdays at 11 AM. And it has named 11-year station veteran Clair Huddleston as the anchor. She’ll ...
PULLING DOUBLE DUTY FOR GRAY
Emily Erikson is putting on a second hat as she moves into the news director’s office for Gray’s WTOK in Meridian, MS. She’ll continue to anchor the evening news in her hometown. http:// She ...
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 ...
SHEP SMITH ANCHORING “NBC NIGHTLY NEWS TONIGHT”
Could this become a regular thing? Set the DVR.
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 ...
MEGYN KELLY GETS SIRIUS
There will be more of her soon.
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 ...
DUAL ROLE IN THE PANHANDLE
Anne Dolan is taking on a dual general manager role for Lockwood Broadcasting’s WPGX in Panama City, FL. and WDFX up the road in Dothan, AL. She has been general sales manager of WRLH ...
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, ...
THE FORECAST IS THAT THE CHIEF MET IS IN CHARGE
Matt Ernst adds additional duties as he is promoted to the news director job for KJTV, the Lamar Communications owned FOX affiliate in Lubbock, TV. He’ll be busy, as he will remain the station’s chief ...
PALM SPRINGS STATIONS CONSOLIDATE (DOWNSIZE) NEWSROOM
Back in 2012, KESQ and KPSP, both in Palm Springs CA, began working under one roof, producing different newscasts with different staff. That’s over. Starting this week, KESQ is producing a simulcast of news ...
MORE FACE TIME IN MILWAUKEE
Nope, doing the 5 and 10 pm weekday newscasts at WISN Milwaukee, WI wasn’t enough. The Hearst station has added the 6 pm edition to the plate of Patrick Paolantonio. That chair was formerly ...
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, ...
“MADE IT, MA. TOP OF THE WORLD!”
Your guess is as good as anybody’s as to why Ana Navarro seemed to yearn to become a part of the panel on ABC’s “The View.” But, bless her, she did and will be ...
A NEW ANCHOR INTRODUCED FOR NBC’S “SATURDAY TODAY”
The worst-kept secret in tv news is now official. Peter Alexander has been sitting in the former “Craig Melvin Chair” on the Saturday Today” set for the past couple of week and now it ...
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 ...
