By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Gabriela Quinones, a weekend anchor and multimedia journalist at KTIV, Gray’s NBC affiliate in Sioux City, Iowa, is headed 1,200 miles southeast to WIS, Gray’s NBC affiliate in Columbia, ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Brant Miller, chief meteorologist at WMAQ, NBC 5 Chicago, and his son, Joey Miller, a weather producer at the station, the only father‑son meteorologist team in Chicago television today, ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Regular readers of News Blues may have noticed several articles in the past month or so about graduating college seniors getting their first job at local TV stations around ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com WISN, Hearst’s ABC affiliate in Milwaukee, earned top honors by the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association (WBA) over the weekend. The top honor includes ‘Large Market Station of the Year,’ which ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Quinta Brunson, the creator and star of Abbott Elementary, said her childhood dream was to follow the footsteps of Sue Serio, longtime meteorologist on WTXF, Fox 29, the Fox-owned ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com The National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) has announced its 2026 Hall of Fame class, and NBC 5 Chicago (WMAQ-TV) / Telemundo Chicago (WSNS-TV) Senior Vice President of News ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Hannah Gard announced on Instagram that she’ll be coming to KXAN, Nexstar’s NBC affiliate in Austin from WVUE, Gray’s Fox affiliate in New Orleans, where she spent four years. ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Weigel Broadcasting Co., WCIU, The U, will air two Chicago Sky preseason games in April ahead of their 2026 schedule. The U is the local broadcast television partner of ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com KGNS, Gray’s NBC, CBS, ABC, CW and Telemundo affiliated stations in Laredo, Texas, first went on the air on January 7, 1956, initially on air as KHAD-TV. When KGNS ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com You don’t often see a local TV commercial for an automobile junk yard, let alone one that wins an award from the state broadcasting association. Nathan Ritter, a client ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Lily Coleman has been promoted to traffic anchor of Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 This Morning, weekdays from 4:30 – 7:00 a.m. on WTAE, Hearst’s ABC affiliate there. Coleman is ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Ashonti Ford, a TV news anchor at WBMA, branded as ABC 33/40, Sinclair’s affiliate in Birmingham, signed off by sharing a quote attributed to the founder of the Muslim ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com NOTE: This was posted on social media by Ryan Welton, Adjunct Professor at Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication in Norman, Oklahoma. News Blues is interested in sharing ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Hunter Bertram joined WKYC, Nexstar’s NBC affiliate in Cleveland, as a nightside reporter on March 9th according to Frank Macek’s blog. The Minneapolis native and former KXLY Spokane MMJ ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com CBS Television Stations today announced it will host a live gubernatorial debate, providing voters with an opportunity to hear directly from the top candidates on issues shaping the future ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com WWNY, Gray’s CBS affiliate in Watertown, New York, just east of Lake Ontario, is making on-air changes which viewers will notice starting March 30th. Les Shockley will become the ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Jennifer Dale, the VP of Recruiting for Gray Media, announces the launch of its Gray Media Training Program, a unified internship framework across our stations nationwide. “Today I’m excited ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Madison Myers, a Dallas native, and a graduate of the University of North Texas in Denton, just made the jump from KXXV, Scripps’ ABC affiliate in Waco, to KXAN, ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Three TV news anchors are leaving their respective stations in Birmingham, Seattle and Jackson, Tennessee. Megan Scarano, a well-known Birmingham news anchor and reporter, is leaving WBMA, ABC 33/40, ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Vinny Martorano, a multimedia journalist for the Sinclair-owned CBS affiliate in Austin, Texas, was covering dueling protests at the Texas Capitol on Saturday following the U.S. and Israeli strikes ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Amy Andrews, morning news anchor for WJBK, the Fox-owned station in Detroit, took to social media to share with viewers why she has been off the air again, according ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Shay O’Connor, a TV reporter for WDSU, Hearst’s NBC affiliate in New Orleans, will be leaving the station at the end of the week after six years of ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Jeff Derderian is moving to Miami from New Haven’s WTNH, to accept a reporter position at WPLG, Berkshire Hathaway’s independent station there. “It’s an honor to join one of ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Ellie Byrd’s last day as a morning news anchor for WHNT, Nexstar’s CBS affiliate in Huntsville, Alabama, was Tuesday, February 22nd. An Auburn native, Byrd joined WHNT in June ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Taryn Asher, who anchors the evening news at 5 p.m., 6 p.m., 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. on WJBK, the Fox-owned station in Detroit, has been off the air ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Kevin Lemanowicz, chief meteorologist at WFXT, Cox’s Fox affiliate in Boston, branded as Boston 25, will be leaving before the end of the month. Lemanowicz started at the station ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Elena LaQuatra has been promoted to co-anchor of Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 This Morning, weekdays from 4:30 – 7:00 a.m. on WTAE, Hearst’s ABC affiliate there. LaQuatra succeeds Michelle ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Leah Hope is an award-winning reporter for WLS, ABC 7 News in Chicago since 1997. On Jan. 2, a little before 1 p.m., Hope was covering the impending closure ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com More than 50 years ago, seeing a Black woman deliver the weather on television was nearly unimaginable. But June Bacon-Bercey changed that reality — and the face of broadcast ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Independently-owned NBC affiliates in medium-sized markets across the country are pulling in some of the strongest viewership of the 2026 Winter Olympic Games from Milan and Cortina this year, ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Michelle Dapper has been promoted to sports director at KCRA, which is believed to be the first-ever female sports director at a TV station in the Sacramento market. “A ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Maggie Laughlin, a former news anchor for KENS, Tegna’s CBS affiliate in San Antonio, said after a few years at KENS, she “felt a pull” towards her new career. ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Avery Tomasco, a meteorologist at KEYE, Sinclair’s CBS affiliate in Austin, branded as CBS Austin, delivers the forecast with a signature sense of humor, according to MySanAntonio.com, or MySA. ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Got questions about getting hired in TV news? Bring them. News Blues is helping spread the word about this live webinar, which will be recorded, the results to be ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com It is a big day at WWLP, as Adam Strzempko is celebrating his 30th anniversary. Adam Strzempko, a meteorologist at WWLP, Nexstar’s CW affiliate in Springfield, Massachusetts, became ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com WISN, Hearst’s ABC affiliate in Milwaukee, will host a debate between the candidates running for the open seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. The ‘WISN 12 Commitment 2026 ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com The final piece of the sports anchor puzzle has fallen into place at WMAQ, the NBC-owned affiliate in Chicago. As reported by News Blues earlier this month, speculation ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Darla Montgomery spent three decades telling the stories of Acadiana before retiring last year after differences over news philosophy from the anchor desk at KLFY, the CBS affiliate ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com In the TV news business, they’re referred to as “year-enders”. News Blues has highlighted how some local TV stations around the country create ‘year enders’ to look back ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Ted Chen, a familiar face on KNBC in Los Angeles since 1995, signed off for the last time this week before setting off on a new path as ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com John DeLuca, who was inducted into the Rhode Island Radio & Television Hall of Fame in September, is departing WLNE, ABC6, Sinclair’s ABC affiliate in Providence, after nearly ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Brian Holmes announces he’s leaving KTVB, Tegna’s NBC affiliate in Boise, during a broadcast of “The 208,” the 5 p.m. show he co-created in 2020. Nearly 6 ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Jared Aarons, a weekday morning anchor/MMJ at KGTV, Scripps’ ABC affiliate in San Diego, posted on social media that his station and company have been leaning into “YouTube ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Jeff Bidwell, the new news director and executive editor at WPSD, Paxton Media’s NBC affiliate in Paducah, Kentucky, said he aims to transform the way WPSD delivers ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Kirsten Stokes, a news anchor at WDAF, Nexstar’s Fox affiliate in Kansas City, competed in a beauty pageant that raises money for a great cause. Stokes, who holds ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com It’s been a year of shuffling for those working in TV news. One way to describe 2025 for San Antonio TV anchors and reporters is a game of ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Local TV stations around the country create ‘year enders’ to look back over the big news stories in their markets from the previous year and to highlight their ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Hanna Conway, A traffic reporter for KSTP, Hubbard Broadcasting’s ABC affiliate serving the Twin Cities area, announced that Friday will be her last day at the station after ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Meteorologist Jake Lambright shared his last weather forecast for Central Louisiana on Dec. 26 Lambright started at KALB, Gray’s NBC, CBS and The CW affiliates in Alexandria, Louisiana, ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Josh White will be the news director at WYMT, Gray’s CBS affiliate in Hazard, Kentucky, starting on Jan. 19 and returns to the region with more than 25 ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Lana Harris will be the Host of HOT 97 News, a daily national live TV show which will feature journalism, conversations, and culture. HOT 97, the legendary hip-hop ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Hanna Battah, after seven years as a news anchor at KDFW, the Fox-owned affiliate in Dallas/Ft. Worth, left the station at the end of October. Since then, ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com KSBW, Hearst’s NBC and ABC affiliated stations in Salinas, California, together with The Salvation Army, are celebrating the success of the 39th annual KSBW Share Your Holiday. The ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Jeff Wilson, Director of Creative and Marketing at WGN, Nexstar’s CW affiliate in Chicago, posted this video on social media, saying “This is What it Means to ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Beginning Monday, Sydney Shadrix joins Nigel Robertson as co-anchor of both the 6 and 11 p.m. newscasts. “I am deeply honored to take on this role,” Shadrix said. ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Yami Virgin, an investigative reporter at KABB, Sinclair’s Fox affiliate in San Antonio, was always told by her family to make a difference and to make it count, ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com WRAL, Capitol Broadcasting’s NBC affiliate in Raleigh, is making three significant additions to its award-winning newsroom, strengthening the station’s ability to serve local viewers with impactful, multiplatform ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Rachel Lucas, who anchors weekdays on WSLS, Graham Media’s NBC affiliate in Roanoke, at 5:30, 6 and 7 p.m., was honored to accept the Outstanding Journalism Award from ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Marty Snyder marks his 20th anniversary as the morning meteorologist at WHAM, Deerfield Media’s ABC and CW affiliate in Rochester. After working in Richmond, Virginia for seven years, ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Kim Khazei, a prominent evening news anchor at WHDH-TV (7News), will be leaving the Boston television station after 25 years on the air. Soon, Khazei will be ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com A few changes are coming to WSMV, Gray’s NBC affiliate in Nashville. Amanda Hara is being promoted to Regional Digital Director for Gray Media. Hara is the current ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Curt Menefee is the host of Fox NFL on Sunday in Los Angeles. From Monday through Friday, Menefee co-hosted Good Day New York on WNYW, Fox 5, the ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com If you tune in to WBRE/WYOU, Nexstar’s NBC affiliate and Mission Broadcasting’s CBS affiliate in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, to catch the early morning news show with co-hosts ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Rob Desir is the new evening news anchor at KXRM Nexstar’s Fox affiliate in Colorado Springs. Desir will anchor all weekday evening newscasts alongside Rachel Saurer ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Carissa Codel, a news anchor for KOLR, the CBS affiliate in Springfield, Missouri, has been reading comments from viewers about her weight out loud, and on-camera, and ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com WCJB, Gray’s ABC affiliate in Gainesville, appoints Bradley Benoit as chief meteorologist following the retirement of long-time meteorologist Mike Potter. CLICK HERE to read about Mike Potter’s ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Mary Kielar, an investigative reporter at CNY Central, which includes WSTM, Sinclair’s NBC affiliate in Syracuse, is moving to Las Vegas for a new TV job. “Beyond ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Salina Madrid, a former morning news anchor for KFOX, Sinclair’s Fox station in El Paso, left the station to become the Public Information Officer for the Las Cruces ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com WXIN, Fox 59 and WTTV, CBS 4, Nexstar’s CBS and Fox stations in Indianapolis, concluded their December 2025 Pack the Pantries campaign, which raised more than $135,000 to ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Tia Trudgeon is the new co-anchor of the 4 p.m. newscast on WCAX, Gray’s CBS affiliate for the Burlington, Vermont–Plattsburgh, New York. Yesterday was her first day co-anchoring ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com You’ll soon see a new face on the KMPH, Fox 26 News at 10. Madison Macay is making a move from Reno to Fresno to be a ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Del Rodgers’ last day as a sports journalist at KCRA was December 1st after 28 years. His farewell message about why he covered high school sports in small ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Even though more Americans now use streaming services – like Netflix – than subscribe to cable or satellite TV, most people who say they get news from television ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Eric Burris has been promoted to weekday morning meteorologist at WESH, Hearst’s NBC affiliate in Orlando. An Orlando native, Burris attended Seminole State College and the University ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com I don’t know Jeff Gianola. But I wish I did. In watching the retirement videos posted by KOIN, Nexstar’s CBS affiliate in Portland, Oregon, I can tell ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Perry Sook, the CEO and chairman of the largest local television and digital media company in the United States, Nexstar, sat down for a series of interviews ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Darren Kramer, longtime news anchor at WTNH, Nexstar’s ABC affiliate in New Haven, Connecticut, has retired after a 40-year career, more than 25 years on Connecticut airwaves. Kramer ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Paige Meyer, a TV news reporter at WAAY, Allen Media’s ABC affiliate in Huntsville, Alabama, is closing that career chapter after almost three years. Meyer is moving ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Lena Tillett joins WCAU, NBC10 Philadelphia, starting Monday, January 12 to anchor the station’s weekday newscast at 5 and 7 p.m. Tillett comes from WRAL, the NBC affiliate in ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Angelo Bavaro, former news anchor at WTIC, Tegna’s Fox affiliate in Hartford, is joining WPIX, the CW affiliate in New York City, as a reporter. Bavaro, who ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Stanton Tang, the former news director at WOOD-TV, Nexstar’s NBC affiliate in Grand Rapids, Michigan, will take a substantial step toward settling a defamation and wrongful termination ...
\By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Samuel Gardner III has more than 25 years’ experience in local and national TV news. He was an assignment editor at local TV stations, at CNN and ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Jeff Derderian is a freelance investigative reporter for WTNH, Nexstar’s ABC affiliate in New Haven, Connecticut. “I try to do long-form stories that I enterprise on my ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Indianapolis’ top five TV news stations could be owned by just two companies in the future — raising questions about what consolidation could mean for local news ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com KOBI, the NBC affiliate in Medford, Oregon owned by California Oregon Broadcasting, is reporting that Jackson County is declaring a local state of emergency amid the ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Beth McDonough, a former TV reporter at KMSP, the Fox-owned affiliate in Minneapolis, says she lost her job after she woke up in jail after her ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Shannon Sims, the singer-turned-anchor at WTMJ, Scripps’ NBC affiliate in Milwaukee, is leaving the station on Nov. 5. Sims anchors “Milwaukee Tonight” and “TMJ4 News” at 10 ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Everybody in broadcasting wants to know what Perry Sook thinks. As founder and chairman of Nexstar, the largest local broadcasting and media company in the United ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com WVTM, Hearst’s NBC affiliate in Birmingham, is shaking up its weekday anchor lineups. Carla Wade will now co-anchor WVTM’s 5, 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts with ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com KCCI, Hearst’s CBS affiliate in Des Moines, took home multiple wins at the Upper Midwest Regional Emmy® Chapter, The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Saturday night ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Debbie Brockman, who works at WGN as a creative services staffer, plans to “pursue all legal avenues available” after being “violently detained” for seven hours before being ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com KSBW, Hearst’s NBC and ABC affiliates in Salinas, CA., is honoring Action News 8 anchor Dan Green for his 30 years of bringing viewers important news coverage ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com In September, a survey of 1,101 adults examined news consumer behavior in Chicago, but it can be taken as a microcosm for what is happening locally across ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com The entire newsroom at KION, the News-Press & Gazette‘s CBS affiliate in Salinas, CA has been dissolved in a merger with KPIX, the CBS-owned affiliate in San ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com An incendiary device found under a local TV news vehicle in Salt Lake City was determined to be real and had been lit but failed to function, according ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Alabama residents can now consume their news on an additional network and news app, according to the Birmingham Business Journal. Spectrum News launched the 24/7 Spectrum News ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Morgan Murphy Media announced three strategic executive promotions in enhanced leadership roles, effective immediately. Chris Cornelius is named Chief Operating Officer. Cornelius joined Morgan Murphy ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com WBAL, Hearst’s NBC affiliate in Baltimore, is adding WBAL-TV 11 News at 7:00 PM, beginning Monday, September 15th. This newscast will be co-anchored by Jason Newton and ...
