Jim Wilson has left Fox-owned WITI in Milwaukee, WI after more than 30 years of service, the last three as news director. Wilson started at the station of as photographer, was promoted to chief ...
Jason Walker started this week as the new Assistant ND for KBTX Gray’s station in Bryan, TX. He’s been the news operations manager and chief photographer at Sinclair’s KEYE in Austin, TX. Coventry Adrian ...
Paul Caron moves within Nexstar to take over as news director for WBTW in Myrtle Beach, SC. Caron has been the ND for Nexstar’s WHNT in Huntsville, AL for the last three years. He ...
Amanda Post becomes ND at Sinclair’s WGME in Portland, ME. She’s a Maine native and a ten-year veteran of WGME. Post has been the Assistant ND and also worked for Spectrum News in Syracuse ...
Brooks Blanton returns to West Michigan starting May 31st as the ND at Tegna-soon-to-be-Standard Media’s WZZM in Grand Rapids, MI. Blanton spent 7 1/2 years as ND for WXMI (now Scripps) before leaving last ...
There’s a new Assistant News Director to tell you about at KOLR-TV in Springfield, MO. Dan Romito returns to TV news after a five-year absence He is the new assistant news director at Nexstar’s ...
Leisha Beard moves from one Nexstar station to another as she takes over at WHTM in Harrisburg, PA. We told you last week…in reporting her departure from KSNF/KODE in Joplin, MO…that her next job ...
Chrissy Mazzone has been promoted to assistant news director from executive producer at Nexstar’s KXAN in Austin, TX. She moved over to the station from Tegna-soon-to-be-Standard Media’s KVUE a little over a year ago ...
Mike Lopez returns to Indianapolis where he’ll be the Assistant News Director for Nexstar’s WTTV/WXIN. Here’s the staff email from ND CJ Hoyt. Lopez is currently the Managing Editor for Graham Media’s KPRC in ...
Greg Schieferstein is leaving KRNV/KRXI in Reno, NV after three years as ND for the proverbial job to be announced soon. Schieferstein is a former ND in Pocatello, Peoria, Augusta, GA, and Missoula, MT. ...
Joe Radske will be the next news director for Gray’s WEAU in Eau Claire, WI. For the last six years, he’s been the ND for KVRR in Fargo, ND, owned for the moment by ...
Letitia Walker returns to the news director’s office as she takes over at Gray’s KPLC in Lake Charles, LA. She’s been working at WWL in New Orleans as a morning EP, but earlier had ...
Second generation newsman Andrew Altenbern returns to Allen Media’s KWWL in Waterloo, IA as ND. Details from GM John Huff. Altenburn has been the Assistant ND for KFSM in Ft. Smith, AR, has worked ...
Jeremy Spearman has been promoted to Streaming EP for Capitol Broadcasting’s WRAL in Raleigh. He had been the 7:00 producer there and has also worked at WNCN in Raleigh. Sam Wood is the ...
Chris Cerbo has been promoted to news director at Scripps’ KIVI in Boise, ID. He’s been the Assistant ND here for the past year, coming from Charlottesville, VA. This note from GM Merri Hanson ...
Miranda Combs completes the Lexington hat trick as she’ll be the next ND for Morris Multimedia’s WTVQ in Lexington, KY. She joined Nexstar’s WDKY last fall as its Assistant ND after a year+ working ...
Clayton Bauman is being promoted to news director for Gray’s WITN in Washington, NC. He’s worked here since 2008, first on air and then in to management. He’s replacing Jessica Bobula, who spread the ...
Jacklynn Boatman gets her first news director job at Block Communications WAND in Decatur, IL. She’s been the Assistant ND there since 2019, and the interim ND since Morgan Schaab left in October to ...
Nicole Hogensen returns to her native Ohio as she will be the next news director for Sinclair’s WSYX-WTTE in Columbus, OH. She left WPTV in West Palm Beach after eleven years, six as ND. ...
KTAB/KRBC in Abilene, TX Travis Ruiz is joining the Nexstar recruiting team and thus leaving this sister Nexstar operation (Nexstar owns KTAB/CBS and operates KRBC-NBC). He’s been ND here for five years, worked for ...
Jamie Burch returns to the news director chair as he takes over at Sinclair’s KVII in Amarillo, TX. Burch spent the last year or so as the Assistant ND at Scripps’ KXXV in Waco. ...
Jessica Bobula continues her tour through Gray TV as she returns to KOLD in Tucson, AZ as ND. She was an EP here earlier. She’s currently ND for WITN in Greenville, NC and also ...
WDJT in Milwaukee has hired Tony Capriolo as its new assistant news director. Here’s the memo from WDJT news director Jessie Garcia. Capriolo joins the Weigel owned station from NBC’s WMAQ in Chicago, where ...
Zach Wheeler is adding additional duties as news director at Nexstar’s WETM in Elmira, NY. He’s been at WETM 15 years, and has been the main anchor and managing editor for the last 3 ...
Todd Reed is leaving Nexstar’s KTVX in Salt Lake City, UT to become the new news director for Scripps’ KGTV in San Diego, CA. He’s been the ND at KTVX for 2 1/2 years ...
Nexstar’s KXAN in Austin, TX, has promoted Haley Cihock to news director. She’s a 22 year veteran of the station, first joining in 1999 as a producer. She’s also been the EP and…for the ...
Call it an in-house move, as Kate Glover becomes the next news director at Gray’s KCTV in Kansas City, MO replacing Karin Movesian. Glover’s been the ND at Gray’s WNDU in South Bend, IN, ...
At Gray’s KBJR in Duluth, MN, Briggs LeSavage now wants to concentrate on her anchoring and reporting duties, and so is giving up the news director part of her job when her replacement is hired. ...
Michael “Mace” Maciejewski returns to Orlando as an Executive Producer for “Live Now on Fox.” He’s been the Assistant ND at Nexstar’s WNCN in Raleigh for the last two years, but spent five years ...
Pat Peterson gets a new job but stays in Mississippi as he’ll be the next ND for Allen Media’s WTVA in Tupelo, MS. He’s spent the last five years as ND for WTOK in ...
Nexstar’s KIAH in Houston, TX is advertising for a new news director. Scott Fitzgerald, who’s been the Director of Operations and de facto ND, is leaving to become Regional Sales Manager Southwest for Newtek, ...
Craig Hume joins Nexstar’s WBRE/WYOU in Wilkes-Barre, PA as the next ND. Hume most recently was ND for Hubbard’s KAAL in Rochester, MN, a job he left last November after two years, the latest ...
Kelly Boan is being promoted out of WLNE in Providence, RI to the corporate level to work on a new project. It’s a quick rise to corporate for Boan, who joined this Standard Media ...
Hubbard’s KAAL in Rochester, MN has promoted Brianna Cook to news director. Cook is currently the morning anchor for this ABC affiliate, where she began her career in 2009. She left for a year ...
“It’s been a helluva ride,” Mike Lucas tweeted as he announced his departure from Tegna’s KAGS in Bryan, TX. He’s been at the station since 2018. He’s evidently not yet ready to share the ...
In Fresno, CA, Univision hired Isis Chaverri as ND for KFTV. GM Steve Stuck sent this note to the staff. Chaverri is a former ND for Univision’s WGBO in Chicago, a job she left ...
It’s home again, home again for Michelle Germano, who returns to her home town as news director for Sinclair’s WOAI. Here’s the memo to staff from General Manager Dean Radla. Germano has been serving ...
It’s been a busy two years for Michael Baldwin, who’s been promoted to news director for Gray’s WTVG in Toledo, OH. Here’s the memo from GM Chris Fedele. Baldwin joined WTVG just this past ...
Newly created Nexstar duopoly WWDCW/WDVM in Washington, DC has hired Ben Dobson to launch the news department. Dobson most recently was the ND for NBC’s WBTS, in Boston, a job he left in September after ...
KTLA, Nexstar’s CW station in Los Angeles, has filled its open morning executive producer position by hiring Robin Radin. News Director Peter Saiers told the staff about the hire via this email. His note tells some ...
Andy Miller is returning to his former job as ND for Nexstar’s WCIA in Champaign, IL, a job he held for eleven years until he was named Director of Local Content Development for Nexstar ...
While staying in Wisconsin, a WTMJ manager leaves for a new ND job. Ryan Scott transfers north to become ND for Scripps sister station WGBA in Green Bay. He started at WTMJ as a ...
Maureen Jennings Caruso is moving across town to become ND for Scripps’ WRTV in Indianapolis, IN. As you’ll learn in this note from GM Lana Durban-Scott, Caruso is currently the Assistant ND for Nexstar’s ...
Back in February, veteran reporter David Goins split with Tegna’s WFAA in Dallas after six years at the station. Viewers now will be seeing him on NBC-owned KXAS in the market. He’s signed on ...
Longtime news manager Allison Gibson’s last day at KWWL in Waterloo, IA, recently acquired by Allen Media, was Friday. She’s headed west to be closer to her family after the death of her mother ...
Mandi Mendoza has joined USAA in San Antonio as Director of Media Production. Wikipedia can explain what USAA is better than we possibly could! (Short Version: It’s and insurance and banking outfit.) Mendoza is the ...
Sarah Zak starts November 15th as ND for Nexstar’s WAVY in Norfolk, VA. She most recently was ND for Scripps’ WFTX in Ft. Myers. She left in September after 3 1/2 years. Zak has ...
Stan Kowalski adds oversight of Altice’s News 12 in Westchester/Hudson Valley, New York. He’s been running the Bronx/Brooklyn newsroom for this hyper local cable channel. Here’s the note from SVP/GM Jacques Natz. Autumn Jones ...
Jeff Lenk left Sinclair duopoly KBAK/KFBX in Bakersfield, CA in early September. He was news director for the last five years. Lenk was with the station for 14 years, first as a producer and ...
Brittany Burtscher returns to Scripps owned KJRH in Tulsa, OK as news director. She had been the Assistant ND here until 2019 when she went to Meredith-soon-to-be Gray’s KTVK-KPHO in Phoenix as an executive ...
Kelly Hatmaker is moving to a new role within Cowles, helping develop a new streaming product for the company. He’s been the ND at KHQ in Spokane, WA for 2+ years and had been ...
Rob Taylor gets his first ND job at Nexstar duopoly WFFF/WVNY in Burlington, VT. He’s currently the Assistant ND for sister station WJTV in Jackson, MS. Taylor is a veteran of the Chicago market, ...
Rob Heverling returns to Duluth as the ND for Hubbard’s WDIO in Duluth, MN. He just spent several weeks as the interim ND for Scripps’ WXMI in Grand Rapids and had been the ND ...
Congratulations to longtime news director Sue Stephens who has announced her retirement. She’s been the news director for Hearst’s WVTM in Birmingham for the past six years and ran the news department at Hearst’s ...
Gavin Maliska has left Quincy owned WEEK in Peoria, IL after not quite a year as news director. WEEK does separate newscasts on a digital sub channel called HOI-ABC Krystal Swann has been promoted ...
Here’s the latest from Rick Gevers… WBFF-TV, Baltimore, MD…DAVID JOHNS stays at Sinclair as he becomes news director for this FOX affiliate. Here’s the note the company’s SCOTT LIVINGSTON sent to the other NDs. ...
Mitch Jacob made it to 28 months, give or take, as news director at Meredith’s (soon-to-be Gray’s) WSMV in Nashville, TN. That’s considerably more than his processor, Denise Eck, who held the job for ...
FROM RICK GEVERS… WNEM-TV, Flint/Saginaw, MI… JAYNE HODAK returns to TV at this Meredith (but being sold to Gray) owned CBS affiliate. More in this note from GM KEN FRIERSON. Jayne spent 16 years ...
Eric Olsen has left Scripps owned WTKR in Norfolk, VA after 2 1/2 years as news director. He’s a former ND in New Bern, NC, but before that was as EP for Tribune’s WGHP ...
Henry Chu is retiring after 14 years as news director for this Gray’s WBKO in Bowling Green, KY. He’s also been an ND in Oklahoma City, Austin,TX, and Harlingen, TX and has worked in ...
Laura Matovina is the new broadcast director at WTMJ, the Scripps station in Milwaukee, WI. She will be reporting to news director Tim Vetscher. Vetscher sent this note to the staff outlining Laura’s new ...
Daniel Brown will leave Tegna owned KBMT in Beaumont, TX in a few months and, in the process, will leave television news, as least for a bit. He’s been the news director at the ...
Calling it a career after 40 years on the street for Sinclair’s WSBT in South Bend, IN is Ed Ernstes. He signed off for the final time midweek. You don’t work in the biz ...
There’s always a time to retire. For WVVA general manager Frank Brady, it’s after 15 years at the station and 47 years at broadcasting career. Brady has led the ratings leader in the Bluefield-Beckley, ...
Rick Gevers is reporting the following move: WDAM-TV, Hattiesburg, Miss. Galean Stewart-James is leaving this Gray TV owned NBC/ABC affiliate after more than 3 1/2 years as news director. She’s off to West Palm ...
At Columbus, Mississippi’s WCBI-TV, Joey Barnes was promoted to ND in November. He’d been the Assistant ND and anchor for the Morris Media owned CBS affiliate. He began as an intern, worked his way ...
STACEY NOGY is now in charge of the newsroom for Tegna’s KARE in Minneapolis, MN. She’s a 28 year veteran of the station and moves up after Stuart Boslow (whose title was Director of ...
Melissa Dart gets her first ND job at Hearst owned WDSU in New Orleans, LA. Hearst often promotes from within, but Melissa is new to the company. She’s been the Assistant ND for Scripps’ ...
At WGCL-TV in Atlanta, the station has hired Brian Kanziger as its next Assistant News Director. He joins this Meredith owned CBS affiliate from Seattle, where he was an executive producer for Cox Media ...
At WTVO/WQRF-TV in Rockford, IL, Matt McConico is the new ND for this ABC/FOX duopoly. He most recently spent four years as the ND for WPMT-TV in Harrisburg. Matt’s a former ND in Reno, ...
WOFL-TV, the FOX o-and-o in Orlando, has hired Zac Prudhomme as its next executive producer. Zac’s a former executive producer for KTNV (Scripps/ABC) in Las Vegas, a job he left in October, 2018, when ...
News from Hawaii – where former general manager Rick Blangiardi was elected Mayor of Honolulu. He most recently was GM for Gray’s duopoly there, KGMB/KHNL-TV. He’s also been a GM in San Francisco and ...
At KION-TV in Monterey/Salinas, California, Stacy Sakai will be the next news director for this News Press & Gazette owned operation. She replaces Ron Keller who left in September to become an executive producer ...
Andrea Azzo joins WLUK-TV (Fox/Sinclair) in Green Bay, WI, as an executive producer. She’s been working as a producer for WWMT-TV in Kalamazoo, and has also worked in Austin, Rockford, IL, and for another ...
At Spectrum News Charlotte in Charlotte, NC, Kerwin Speight is the new Managing Director for this 24 hour cable news operation. It’s a return to North Carolina for Kerwin, who worked at WRAL-TV earlier in ...
Another Seattle station, another executive producer hire. KCPQ-TV (FOX) has hired Jessamyn McIntyre as an EP. McIntyre’s been working as an on-air personality and producer for the 710 ESPN radio station in Seattle. She ...
