Andrea Berry returns to NBC’s WCAU in Philadelphia as executive producer for the station’s 11 pm newscast. She’s spent the last three years as the weekend EP for WABC in New York. In addition ...
It’s a return to WBTW in Myrtle Beach, SC for Ryan Webb who will become news director on March 9th. He was an EP here for three years before a two year move to ...
Terry Cole, a former news director and general manager, died January 17 at the age of 63 in Rapid City, SD. A private funeral was held last Friday. He served as ND for at ...
Stacey Pattberg moved up from her job as Assistant ND at News 12 Connecticut to become ND. Stacey’s also worked at WTNH in Hartford/New Haven, CT. She replaces Dave Feuerman who retired at the ...
Helen Swenson has been named Vice President, Content for Spectrum News NY1, the 24 hour cable news operation in New York. Details in this news release. Swenson most recently was an Executive Producer for TEGNA, ...
Doris Lewis has been upped to ND at Scripps’ KGTV in San Diego, CA. GM Leon Clark shared the news with the staff. She’s worked there 20 years, having joined as producer in 2000, ...
Sarah Gray is moving down I-39 to become the next ND for WISC in Madison, WI. She’ll be only the FIFTH news director in the last 42 years for this Morgan Murphy owned station. ...
Kristen Hamilton moves within Sinclair to become the next news director for KGAN in Cedar Rapids, IA. She’s moving from Sinclair’s KHQA in Quincy, IL. Details in this memo from KGAN GM Glen Callanan. ...
Matt Waggoner has been named ND for Scripps’ KSHB in Kansas City, MO. That means he’s leaving Nexstar’s WTTV/WXIN in Indianapolis, IN after just one year as news director and shortly after the ownership ...
Tegna’s duopoly KIDY/KXVA in San Angelo/Abilene, TX has posted a job for news director. Both stations are FOX affiliates. Records show that Cody Broadway has been the ND there since March, 2018, when he ...
At Tegna’s WBNS in Columbus, Jennifer Nickels has been promoted to news director. A Columbus native, Jen has been the Assistant ND there since September 2016 and served as the interim ND since Steve Koles left ...
Mark Haggar has left Standard Media’s KLKN in Lincoln, NE after a remarkable 22 year run as news director. Standard Media acquired the station this summer and installed a new GM, which brings to ...
Val Thompson has resigned as news director for Lockwood Broadcast Group’s WCAV in Charlottesville, VA. He’s been the ND there since December, 2014, and first joined the station in 2012. Thompson has also worked ...
James Warner is off to Florida to become the Assistant ND for WOFL, the FOX o-and-o. This is his second tour of duty for this operation. He’s leaving KSWO-KAUZ in Lawton, OK/Wichita Falls, TX. ...
Quite a bit of movement this week on the news director front as Nexstar fills a couple of empty chairs. Nexstar’s WDAF in Kansas City has hired Sean McNamara as its next ND. Here’s ...
We’re a little tardy in telling you that Brandon Sherer started in October as the new ND for Morris Multimedia’s WWAY in Wilmington, NC. He most recently was the ND for Spectrum’s Central North ...
The search is on for a new news director at KTVE/KARD in Monroe, LA. KARD is owned by Nexstar, which operates Mission Broadcasting owned KTVE. Andy Pederson has decided not to renew his contract ...
Erika Facey-Palmer is the new Manager of Content at Circle City’s WISH in Indianapolis. Her appointment was announced by news director Al Carl, who wasn’t done yet. He also announced that Katie Simon is ...
Matt Stanley moves from one Gray TV owned station to another as he becomes ND for WMBF in Myrtle Beach, SC. He’s been the Assistant ND for Gray’s KSLA-TV in Shreveport, LA, for the ...
Former Phoenix news director Dan Wilson has a new job. He’s working for the Phoenix Police Department, and sent me an interesting note about his new job, including a link to a video the ...
Gray Television made a couple of executive moves at two of its stations. David Hughes is the new GM for WVIR in Charlottesville, VA. We told you a few weeks ago that he was ...
Jim Tortora returns to a newsroom as the Assistant News Director at WHEC, the Hubbard owned station in Rochester, NY. Tortora most recently was news director at WROC in Rochester, NY, a job he left ...
Bryan Luhn‘s foray into the world of corporate communications was short-lived. He’s joined Houston’s KPRC (Graham Media) as EP of Special Projects, where he will lead the investigative team and promotable stories production. Luhn ...
In Tampa, Michelle Calachino moves up from her current role as controller for CBS-owned WTOG to become general manager. Calachino succeeds Stan Gill, who retired earlier this year following six years at WTOG and ...
Colin Benedict is stepping aside as news director of WISC in Madison, WI to concentrate on his other job…that of VP/News for parent company Morgan Murphy Media. That leaves a pretty attractive opening…there have ...
Josh Eure will be the next ND at Scripps’ KXXV in Waco, TX. He previously worked in Baltimore, Miami, Atlanta and Phoenix among other locales. His complete background is detailed on his Linkedin page. ...
Chris Myers, who was the deputy bureau chief of the CBS News Bureau in Los Angeles, died last Thursday. CBS News President Susan Zirinsky shared the news in this email. It had been reported last ...
We’re a little tardy in reporting Tyler Barker‘s promotion to news director for locally owned WOAY in Oak Hill, WV, which he tells me happened in May. He’s been the interim news director since ...
Zoltan Csanyi-Salcedo returns to the Rio Grande Valley as the ND for Manship owned KRGV in Weslaco, TX. He’s been ND at KYTX in Tyler, TX, for just nine months…but before that he spent ...
The ‘dean’ of Seattle news directors announced her resignation today after six plus years as ND and additional time in three different stints at the station. Erica Hill-Rodriguez will leave Nexstar’s KCPQ in Seattle ...
Kelly Peterson is stepping down as ND for Nexstar’s WFRV in Green Bay, WI due to a family illness. She’s been the ND here for about nine months, succeeding Kevin Osgood who left the station ...
Hallie Chouinard is the new News Director for Scripps’ KRTV in Great Falls, MT. Chouinard was working as an EP for Spectrum Cable News in Tampa for the past 5+ years. At KRTV, she ...
Jace Larson was promoted to National Director of Content. Larson was working at KMGH and now oversees content with Scripps’ National News Team in Denver. Katherine Price is the new Director of Local OTT. She ...
Mike Schram returns both to Minnesota and Hubbard Broadcasting as he’ll run the newsroom for WDIO in Duluth, MN. Earlier in his career Mike was the ND for Hubbard’s KAAL in Rochester/Austin, MN. Most ...
Another former ND, Glen Moberg, died last week, also of cancer. He’s a former ND and anchor for WSAW in Wausau, WI, and also worked for many years at WAOW in Wausau, and spent ...
We are very sorry to pass along the news that a veteran news director…who retired in 2015…has lost his battle with cancer. Chuck Bark, who spent more than ten years as ND for WBRZ ...
Megan Jurgemeyer has been promoted to news director at Tegna’s KUSA in Denver, CO. She’s been the managing editor for the last four years and has worked at KUSA since 2013. Megan also worked at ...
WTOL in Toledo, OH is a Tegna station with a first time ND. Lauren Weppler has been promoted from her old role as Assistant ND. She’s been at this CBS affiliate since April 2006, ...
Dana McDaniel is leaving Tribune-soon-to-be-Nexstar’s WDAF in Kansas City to return to California as Director of Content for KFMB, Tegna’s CBS affiliate in San Diego. McDaniel’s previously had been ND at KTVU in Oakland/San Francisco, ...
At WCMH in Columbus, OH, Denise Eck returns to Ohio as she joins the Nexstar station as ND. Here’s the email from GM Ken Freedman. Earlier in her career, Eck was a news director ...
Longtime newsman Matthew Zelkind is the new EP for Sinclair’s KATU in Portland, OR. Zelkind is a former ND in Nashville (twice), Las Vegas, and Wichita, worked as a station manager in Richmond, VA, ...
Jennifer Dahl was announced as the next ND for Meredith’s KPHO/KTVK in Phoenix, AZ. GM Kevin James told the staff in this email. It’s a return to KTVK for Dahl, who was a producer ...
Morris Multimedia owned WWAY in Wilmington, NC has an ND opening posted on its website. Our records show Kevin Wuzzardo has been ND here for five years and has worked there for 13. He’s ...
The ‘nationwide search’ for a new news director for Tegna’s WFAA in Dallas ended up…with someone already in the newsroom. Leslie McCardel has been promoted to Executive News Director. The full story is in the station’s ...
Neille-Ann Giffune has been promoted to news director for Sinclair operated WEYI in Clio/Flint/Saginaw, MI. She’s been the Assistant News Director here for the last seven years. Her background is a little different: Giffune ...
Jim Wilson has been upped to ND for Tribune-soon-to-be-Nexstar’s WITI in Milwaukee, WI. Details here. He’s a 30 year veteran of the station, starting as a photojournalist, moving to chief photographer and, in 2017, ...
Lane Kimble is leaving Rockfleet Broadcasting’s WJFW in Rhinelander, WI to be the Assistant News director for Gray’s KYTV in Springfield, MO. Lane’s been ND here since November 2017 and had earlier worked there ...
After just four months on the job, Adam Wilhelm has left Quincy Media’s WBNG in Binghamton, NY. He most recently worked for WOFL in Orlando, and has also worked at stations in Atlanta, Miami, Milwaukee, ...
Rebecca Gaylord is leaving Hearst’s KOCO in Oklahoma City, OK at the end of August. General Manager Brent Hensley shared the news in this email. She’s been there six years and earlier worked for ...
Becky Lutgen Gardner is leaving Sinclair’s KGAN in Cedar Rapids, IA but will stay through the transition. She’s been the news director here for almost six years, putting an end to a six news ...
Michele Gors returns to a newsroom as she’ll take over this Quincy Media’s KTTC in Rochester, MN. Gors told Rick Gevers she’s from northern Iowa so it’s a return to familiar territory. She’s a ...
Sinclair Broadcasting’s KAEF in Eureka , CA is looking for a news director to replace Scott Rates who was both ND and anchor there. Sinclair’s West Coast Group Manager Jeff Parsons says the station is looking for ...
Tonya Estes joins Nexstar’ s WCBD in Charleston, SC as its next news director. She’s been the Assistant ND for Hearst’s WPBF-TV in West Palm Beach, FL, for the past two years, and has also worked ...
Congratulations to ANNA BAXTER who has been promoted to ND for Gray’s WSAZ in Charleston/Huntington, WV. She’s been the Assistant News Director there, and has worked her way up to the top job (with a brief ...
Charlie Haldeman has decided to resign as ND for Scripps’ KXXV in Waco, TX. Here are two emails for you in one simple click: the note from GM Adam Chase as well as Charlie’s to the ...
Keith St. Peter will join Nexstar operated WBRE/WYOU in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, PA next month as its next news director. Keith has been Managing Editor at WHIO in Dayton, OH after almost three years. He previously served ...
Dave Ciliberti is leaving WCMH in Columbus, OH, to take over sister Nexstar NBC station WFLA in Tampa. WCMH General Manager Ken Freedman told his staff via this email. It’s a return to Tampa for Ciliberti, ...
Steve Watt, who’s been the GM for Scripps’ KSHB in Kansas City since April 2017, is returning to Nashville as Director of Sales and Station Manager for Meredith’s WSMV. Here’s the note he sent ...
Gray’s WAVE in Louisville, KY has named Dan Fabrizio as news director. It’s an inter-Gray move for Dan, who’s spent the last eight years as ND for WSAZ in Charleston/Huntington, WV. He’s also been an ...
Brian Neal joins WLEX in Lexington, KY, owned by Scripps, as its next news director. He’s been the Assistant ND for Hearst’s WXII in Winston-Salem, NC, for the past eight years. Brian’s also worked ...
Angela Green will be the new morning anchor at Scripps’ WTXL in Tallahassee. We told you a few weeks ago that Green was leaving her news director’s job at Lockwood Broadcasting’s WFXG in Augusta, GA. She ...
Mike Canan is the new news director for Scripps’ WCPO in Cincinnati. Canan’s been the interim ND there for the last month or so since Chip Mahaney returned to the Scripps mother ship across town. ...
David Williams reunites with Denise Vickers as he’s been named news director for Lockwood Broadcasting’s WFXG in Augusta, GA. He’s currently the ND for Gray’s KCBD in Lubbock, is a former ND in Lake Charles, LA, ...
Taz Painter’s leaving Tegna’s WBIR in Knoxville, TN in early August. General Manager David Hunt shared the news with the staff in this email. This is Taz’s second stint at WBIR: he was managing editor ...
Ryan Minnaugh has left his job as news director for Nexstar’s WFLA in Tampa. He’d been there just over one year following a 2 1/2 year stint as ND for WTKR in Norfolk. There, he ...
Steve Koles has re-emerged as the new news director for Nexstar’s WROC in Rochester, NY. Koles most recently worked as ND for WBNS in Columbus, OH, a job he abruptly left in March after a ...
Amy Waldman, most recently ND for New York’s WPIX, is serving as the interim director for the New York chapter of NATAS. Amy left ‘PIX in March. She became ND there in 2015 after ...
At Los Angeles’ KNBC, Renee Washington has been promoted to news director. She’d been the Assistant ND there since last fall, when she crossed the street from the same job at KABC. She’s worked for ...
Greg Retsinas moving into the big office at Tegna’s KGW in Portland, OR. He’s been at the station for five years in digital roles. His non-traditional background is detailed on his Linkedin page. Greg ...
Veteran news director Nancy Bauer heads east as an inter-Scripps company move to become ND for KTNV in Las Vegas, NV. She’s spent the last two years as ND for Scripps’ KERO in Bakersfield. Nancy replaces ...
Another Tegna station, another news director opening as Linda Kotsaftis is leaving KUSA in Denver, CO. She’s a 20 year veteran of the station and has been News Content Director since last July. Her replacement will ...
A veteran news manager takes his SIXTH job (by our count) with the same company. And he’s never had to move. Chip Mahaney is leaving his job as news director for Scripps’ WCPO in Cincinnati to ...
Carolyn Mungo, who’s been ND for Tegna’s WFAA in Dallas since early 2012, is now the station manager there. Her promotion was announced along with one for the station’s general manager, Brad Ramsey, as detailed ...
Kyle Brinkman moves within Nexstar to become news director for WSPA in Greenville/Spartanburg, SC. He’s spent the last 2+ years as ND for the company’s WCBD in Charleston, SC, and earlier was ND for just ...
John LaPorte, who’s been VP/News for Tribune’s WITI in Milwaukee since September, 2010, is leaving that FOX affiliate. That’s according to this note from General Manager Chuck Steinmetz. As alert readers may have noticed, the ...
There’s a new Assistant ND for Gray Television’s WBTV in Charlotte. Molly Kelleher has been promoted to fill the vacancy created when Kim Saxon was promoted to news director. Saxon sent this note to the staff. Kelleher’s ...
Adam Wilhelm joins Quincy-owned WBNG in Binghamton, NY as news director. He most recently worked for WOFL-TV in Orlando, and has also worked at stations in Atlanta, Miami, Milwaukee, Cincinnati, and Louisville. At WBNG, he replaces John Laughrin who ...
A veteran news director who spent more than 20 years as ND for one station lost his battle with cancer this week. Ed Wickenheiser was 80 years old when he died Monday in his hometown ...
Adam Henning will be the next ND for Cox owned WHBQ in Memphis, TN. Details in this official news release. We told you last month that Henning was leaving Sinclair’s WPECin West Palm Beach after ...
Samantha (Sam) Cohen will be the next Chief Content Officer for Rocky Mountain Public Media in Denver, CO, a PBS news operation. CEO Amanda Mountain (perfect last name, don’t you think?) sent this email ...
Molly Miossi has been promoted to Senior Manager of Editorial Operations at Scripps’ WCPO in Cincinnati. She returned to her hometown of Cincinnati back in 2016 from WBBM. At that time, she came on board as ...
News 12 Westchester has a new assistant news director. Pauline Chiou joins the Altice owned 24 hour news operation from CNN International, where she was an anchor and correspondent. She’s also worked for CBS News, ...
Larry Price died over the weekend at his Rhode Island home. He was 71 and passed away with his family, including his wife of 49 years, Charlene, at his side. His former AP colleague Bob ...
Stan Kowalski will run Altice-owned News 12 cable news in The Bronx/Brooklyn cable news operations. He’s spent the last eleven years as the Assistant ND for sister operations News 12 Westchester and Hudson Valley. News ...
Todd Mokhtari heads down I-5 to become GM of the NBC stations in San Diego, KSND/KUAN. He’s an NBC veteran, having spent the last seven years as ND for KNBC in Los Angeles, where he ...
Congratulations to 27 year station veteran Dave Overacker who’s being promoted to ND for Hubbard Broadcasting’s WHEC in Rochester, NY. He most recently has been the Assistant ND here, and started at the station ...
Craig Hume is headed north to be ND for Hubbard Broadcasting’s KAAL in Rochester/Austin, MN. Here’s the station’s news release. Many of you know Craig, whose career as taken him from ND jobs in Los ...
Scott Saxton will leave this Gray Television’s WECT in Wilmington, NC when his contract expires in May. Saxton says he and his wife have bought the local franchise for Soccer Shots, which he describes as Soccer ...
Les Vann, who’s spent the last years two years as GM of Meredith’s WHNS in Greenville, SC, told his staff this afternoon that he is leaving to concentrate on his battle against Parkinson’s. More in ...
We told you last week that veteran tv news executive Kirk Varner was headed for Minneapolis and the ND chair at Hubbard’s KSTP. Let us now remind you that Varner is leaving Nexstar’s WSPA ...
Kristen Shill is being promoted and will replace Dan Schillinger as the ND for Quincy owned WQOW in Eau Claire, WI. She’s currently the Assistant ND there as you’ll learn in this memo from GM Dave ...
Kirk Varner heads north to become the next news director for Hubbard Broadcasting’s KSTP in Minneapolis. Here’s the news release distributed moments ago by the station. We told you yesterday that Kirk was leaving his ...
Kirk Varner has announced that he is stepping down as news director of Nexstar’s WSPA/WYCW in the multi-hyphenated Greenville/Spartanburg/Asheville/Anderson market. Kirk has been with the stations since August, 2015, arriving there after a four and ...
Darcy Bonfils has joined Hubbard’s WNYT in Albany, NY, as its assistant news director. She’s worked in New York City, most recently as an EP for Spectrum NY1. She’s also worked at WABC, WGCL in ...
John Kirby is the new news director for Nexstar’s KREX in Grand Junction, CO. Kirby has what you could easily call a non-traditional background for a news director. He replaces Geoff Roth who left earlier ...
Dan Schillinger is retiring after a long career, the last five years of which were spent at Quincy owned WQOW in Eau Claire, WI. He’s calling it a career after 46 year in the business, ...
Vickie Burns has been named news director for Tribune’s WPIX in New York City. According to her Linkedin page, she worked as a consultant for Tribune from 2013-2015. Burns has run newsrooms for NBC owned ...
This time it’s Dean Elwood, the soon-to-be former VP/News for Tegna’s KFMB in San Diego. He’s gone at the end of this month. Here’s the memo from General Manager Alberto Mier Y Teran. Dean’s been ...
