There’s an abrupt ND change at Meredith’s Phoenix duopoly, KTVK/KPHO. Dan Wilson is gone, effective immediately, after 3 ½ years. Jamie Ioos is serving as the interim ND there. Wilson previously was an ND in West ...
Jenny Toste worked for nearly a decade as a TV reporter and news anchor for KSEE and KGPE in Fresno, CA before ascending to the CEO position of Fresno public television station KVPT last ...
It is the dreaded “404/Page Not Found” for the online bio of weekend anchor Lydia Esparra, formerly of Gray’s WOIO in Cleveland, OH. Sunday she was anchoring, Monday she was gone and her station ...
We mentioned his departure a few weeks back, with some grumbling of concerns, but Steve Mauldin, president and general manager of KCBS-KCAL Los Angeles, retired May 31, wrapping up 40-plus years in television. He’s ...
Another tv news vet has decided to kiss the business to pursue other goals in life. Beau Berman, a Pittsburgh native and Penn State grad has signed off from Hearst’s WTAE in Pittsburgh after ...
WDSU (NBC) weekend news anchor and reporter Juliana Mazza has packed her bags and headed North. The native New Englander has left the New Orleans NBC television network affiliate, where she has worked for the ...
David Lee has left Scripps’ WTXL in Tallahassee, FL after more than five years as ND. He’s a former Assistant ND for KCOY in Santa Maria, CA, and earlier worked at KION in Salinas-Monterey, CA. During his career, ...
And still another member of the “Three Decades + Club” departs. Veteran reporter David MacAnally called it a career at Dispatch Broadcasting’s WTHR Ah…the bittersweetness of it all. “It’s a very bittersweet day for ...
“After careful consideration, Scripps’ WLEX has decided to part ways with Lee Cruse. WLEX is committed to reflecting our diverse audiences through our coverage and to upholding equitable, diverse and inclusive practices in our ...
Longtime Baltimore tv news staple Mary Bubala’s station bio and her picture on the WJZ website were the first to go missing. Now she’s gone. “Mary Bubala is no longer a WJZ-TV employee,” vice ...
Babbel, an online language learning platform is profusely apologizing this morning after an ad turned up on Tucker Carlson‘s Fox “News” whinefest. The Fox News PR department, of course, had a response. “We will ...
To absolutely no one’s surprise – well almost no one – Natalie Morales made it official. In a Good Friday news dump, no less. She’s leaving “Access Hollywood” after three years with the program. ...
Suddenly, and without a shred of explanation, Paul Ossmann’s much-ballyhooed comeback at WGCL is over. It was just a little over a year and a half ago that Ossmann was promoted to the Meredith’s ...
Management at Gray’s WVLT in Knoxville, TN must have some folks waiting in the wings. Otherwise, how do you explain the abrupt severing of ties with chief meteorologist David Aldrich (left) and morning anchor ...
It’s two seasons and out for “Page Six TV,” yet another daily half-hour strip focused on trivial pop poop . Co-hosted by Bevy Smith, Elizabeth Wagmeister and Carlos Greer, “Page Six TV” will remain ...
In the movie “The Usual Suspects”, Verbal Kint was referring to elusive criminal Keyser Soza. The headline quote also applies to anchor Brad Johansen, suddenly and cryptically out the door at Capitol Broadcasting’s WRAL ...
The Sacramento shakeup continues as weekend anchor Ali Wolf bid farewell to Tribune’s KTXL over Monday night. Her next stop is highly classified, it seems but, as she put it on her social media ...
News director Steve Koles is out as Director of News and Digital Content at Dispatch Broadcasting’s WBNS in Columbus, OH. His abrupt departure came Friday and was just 9 months after he arrived at ...
Here’s a career switch you don’t see all that often: Weeknight sports anchor Gabriel Sotelo of Telemundo’s KSTS in San Jose, CA has left the station and the business to become a pastor and ...
Mark Geragos, celebrity attorney who became famous for defending and trying high-profile cases, was fired Monday as a contributor to CNN after multiple media outlets reported he is a “co-conspirator” in a lawsuit filed ...
While a station bio remains cached in one of the Internet’s remote corners, Mark Schofield, anchor for Northwest Broadcasting’s KSWT in Yuma, AZ is evidently no longer with the station, according to a southwestern ...
After 15 years sitting at the anchor desk, Brad Hicks rather abruptly left Tribune’s WITI this week. He’d been off the air in recent weeks. We’re told it’s a family issue by the station ...
The ratings cellar is not a fun place to be and if you are the most visible component of a newscast, you’re the most vulnerable. And post-sweeps ’tis the season to be at your ...
Dallas-Ft. Worth’s first African-American tv news anchor signed off at the end of the book (and the week) John McCaa said goodbye to the WFAA audience for the last time after 35 years at ...
Reporter and fill-in anchor Emily Kinzer left Nexstar’s WISH in Indianapolis, IN last month after two years with the station. Of course it’s bittersweet but a new adventure beckons. “I have some bittersweet news ...
Chelsea Edwards is now a FORMER reporter for Disney’s KABC in LA. And it’s oh! So bittersweet… “I’ve got some bittersweet news to share! After more than 3 years with ABC7, I am moving ...
KXAS (NBC) early morning co-anchor Marc Fein made it official late last week, announcing via social media that Friday was his last day at the station. “That’s a wrap! Today was my last ...
It wasn’t even two years ago that Tribune’s KDVR excitedly trumpeted the return of long-departed Denver tv new vet Ernie Bjorkman to an anchor chair. Now, as Corey Lewandowski might say….”WOMP WOMP”. Bjorkman was ...
WRAL (CBS) chief meteorologist Greg Fishel no longer has a job, the station announced in an on-air statement Wednesday evening. The company cited a “personnel matter” as the reason for Fishel’s departure. The statement ...
Guess who appears to be out the door at Disney’s WABC after nearly thrity years? Bill Evans had been senior meteorologist at the station and a community fixture. But his social media is shut ...
You’ll just have to be patient to hear about her next move, but after ten years, CNN tech correspondent Laurie Segall has packed it in. “Some personal news… my documentary on Facebook airing this ...
No doubt with a little help from the higher ups, Andres Chaparro has exited Telemundo’s KDEN in Denver. “Andres Chaparro has decided to move on from Telemundo Denver. We wish him well in his ...
Bob Costas’ 40-year career with NBC Sports is over. “It’s all settled quietly and happily for all concerned,” Costas told the New York Post in an interview that was published Tuesday. An NBC representative confirmed with ...
We’re getting reports that Mona Kosar Abdi has left Scripps’ WEWS in Cleveland, OH after two years. She was the weekday reporter and weekend morning anchor, coming to the station from WSET in Roanoke, ...
Over the weekend, a Phoenix tipster confided that both anchor/reporter Brandon Hamilton and sports reporter Tresa Tudrick out at Tegna’s KPNX. We checked and, sure enough, an attempt to bring up their station bios ...
After 23 years of calling the weather shots at CBS-owned KDKA in Pittsburgh, chief meteorologist Jeff Verszyla had a surprising Twitter message for viewers. “FYI to all my faithful viewers for the last 23 ...
And the revolving door continues to spin at Tegna’s KARE in the Twin Cities. The latest to leave is Jeff Edmondson, one of the few meteorologists of color the market has seen, is out ...
Tribune flagship WPIX in New York, is losing a longtime member of the team. Reporter Lisa Mateo’s fitness business has grown to the point that she is leaving after 18 years on the Am ...
Jennifer Schulze is out at executive producer- new media at the “Chicago Sun-Times.” Schulze, a former news director at WGN back in the 90’s, was hired only last February by Carol Fowler, another former ...
Conservative commentator Dan Bongino will reportedly no longer be with the National Rifle Association’s media affiliate, NRATV, after the network opted not to renew his show. The Daily Beast reported Monday that NRATV declined to renew ...
She’s staying in Bismarck, but her future is evidently not in television. Marcie Bollinger, evening anchor-producer at Gray’s KFYR in this North Dakota market signed off last week after a couple of years, and ...
Say goodbye to opinionated gasbag Marc Lamont Hill, who’s been dumped by CNN after his anti-Israel comments made in a speech at the UN went viral. Hill urged countries to boycott Israel in a ...
Tight lips all around at Scripps’ WRTV in Indianapolis, IN after the sudden disappearance of reporter-anchor Ericka Flye But after 18 years at the station, Flye has flown the coop, leaving an empty slot ...
After seven years, five of them as prime-time co-anchor, at Nexstar’s KTVX in Salt Lake City, Kim Fischer signed off last week to begin another career in early childhood development. “I just want to ...
Call it a year and out for John Henry Smith, former sports director for NBC-owned WVIT in Hartford, CT. Smith’s abrupt departure comes just shy of a full 12 months at the station. He ...
Chris Turner has left Nexstar duopoly WJTV/WHLT in Jackson/Hattiesburg, MS after one year as ND. Both are CBS affiliates. Turner is a former news director in Cheyenne, WY, who also spent more than 20 years at ...
Pamela Padilla is out the door at Telemundo’s KDEN in Denver. She had been the station‘s evening news anchor for the past three years, after joining the station in February 2015 as an MMJ. ...
The first incarnation of the year-old “Late Feed” news experiment at Tegna’s WXIA in Atlanta ended last night as original anchor-host Vinnie Politan signed off….leaving the station he joined four years ago. “Late Feed” ...
The latest non-person in a tv newsroom comes at Tegna’s WFAA in Dallas where anchor Alisha Laventure suddenly went “ppphhhhhffft” after just over two years. Laventure joined the station in 2016 from News 12 ...
Camille Williams is already a memory as weekend co-anchor at Tegna’s KARE in the Twin Cities. After three years at the station, she announced via Twitter that she is no longer co-anchoring with her ...
Although her official exit date is November 2, it would seem that Sandra Salazar is already out the door at KVEA, the Los Angeles Telemundo outlet. Salazar was assistant news director at the station ...
After 13 years over two stints, the last five of them as morning show anchor at Tegna’s WKYC in Cleveland, John Anderson bid farewell via social media to viewers Friday. Anderson returned to WKYC ...
Yeah, the tv business is like that. One day, you’re being welcomed on the set of the morning show you’re now a part of and suddenly….your station bio goes “404 page not found”. Such ...
Brett Kavanaugh is now a US Supreme Court justice – for life. The Palm Springs, CA anchor who imprudently came to Kavanaugh’s defense several weeks ago in a lengthy Facebook post is out of ...
33 years was enough for veteran Philadelphia investigative reporter Dave Schratweiser to call it a career. He’s leaving Fox-owned WTXF. He announced his departure on Twitter. “Just wanted to say Thanks Philadelphia for 33 ...
After a little more than two years, it looks like sportscaster Drew Goldfarb is no more at Nexstar’s WOWK in Charleston, W. VA. While you can still find his bio in archived corners of ...
Siera Santos was once the White Sox reporter for NBC Sports Chicago. But recently, she had been handed other duties. So after three years, she wrapped it up Friday, sending out the news via ...
We told you a little over a month ago that WTAE weekend forecaster Ray Petelin was headed for the door. His contract with the Hearst station In Pittsburgh was not renewed. He signed off ...
It’s an oft-repeated phrase on the local level when a newsie decides the hours are too weird or the front office decides that a contract won’t be picked up. You rarely hear it at ...
Houston blogger Mike McGuff reports that anchor Sara Donchey is no longer with Graham Media’s KPRC. She’s been anchoring the 4 pm newscast after joining the station in 2015. Donchey’s been on maternity leave ...
KTSM chief meteorologist Chuck DeBroder was fired this week after 23 years with El Paso, TX Nexstar station. The El Paso Times reports his Sunday 10pm weathercast was very uneven, he appeared stiff and ...
A little more than 2 ½ years after joining Tegna’s KTHV in Little Rock, AR, reporter Katlyn Gardenhire is leaving the station for unspecified health reasons. She posted her news on Facebook a day ...
After nearly ten years, weekend weathercaster Beth McLeod has left Raycom’s WOIO. She posted a goodbye note on her Facebook page, and her bio is already gone from the station’s website. Prior to WOIO, ...
Citing unspecified “health reasons” Craig Colson announced late Tuesday he is stepping down after six years as news director at Rockfleet Broadcasting duopoly WVII-WFVX in Bangor, ME. Colson came to the television station after ...
After just over two years, this week marked the final week for KSNW sports director Elliott Polakoff. He signed off after two years at the Nexstar station. He previously worked in Illinois and interned ...
After eight years in the chair, Anne Linaberger is out as news director at CBS O&O KDKA in Pittsburgh, PA. Relatively new GM Jay Howell evidently wanted his own person on the job, but ...
For the past 15 years, “Get Marty” has been a signature consumer advocacy franchise for CBS-owned KDKA in Pittsburgh. No more. Reporter Marty Griffin left the station at the end of the July for ...
A career in real estate awaits former WPEC anchor Eric Roby, who left the station after sitting in the morning anchor chair for 17 years. Roby signed off the Sinclair West Palm Beach, FL ...
The endless “drip-drip” drain of Univision executives and talent continues with the layoff of Merijoel Durán, morning anchor at WXTV Univision 41 in New York. Durán’s position was eliminated as part of the recent ...
This time it’s John Eck who, as Chief Local Media Officer, was in charge of the troubled company’s 126 tv and radio stations nationwide. He’ll be gone by the end of the month. He’s ...
We told you a week ago about Yuma reporter Vanessa Dillon’s arrest on a domestic violence charge. Now, the investigative reporter for News Press and Gazette’s KYMA has resigned, according to the station. She ...
Scott Levy, who’s been the news director for Meredith’s KCTV in Kansas City since August, 2016, has left the station. The other Meredith news directors learned of the change in a remarkably terse email from ...
Des Moines sportscaster Andy Garman made good on his promise to leave the business, signing off last week from Hearst’s KCCI . Profuse thanks and platitudes marked his final on-air appearance. “Sitting in this ...
Nexstar’s KSNT sports director Matt Gasper (left) is leaving the Topeka, KS station. “Signing off from KSNT News! Thanks everybody,” read his Twitter message. So is sports reporter and weekend anchor Jonathan Polasek, (right) who ...
So much for the notion of transparency – in an organization that insists on it in others. The former managing editor of Snopes.com, the fact-checking website, says she still doesn’t know why she was ...
After 15 years of anchoring WCPO’s “Good Morning Tri-State”, Kathrine Nero was unceremoniously kicked to the curb by the Cincinnati Scripps flagship after her program Monday. In total, she had spent 20 years at ...
Just days after a published report detailing connections between Chicago radio host Maze Jackson (on the left) and a political consultant working for the Bruce Rauner’s re-election, Jackson’s co-host, former WLS political reporter Charles ...
In another departure from the Scripps station, reporter Ann Sterling said on Facebook Monday that it was her last day at WTMJ. The Florida native didn’t detail where she’s heading, but alluded to her ...
The door out of the executive suite continues to revolve at Univision. The latest to go is Chief Revenue Officer Tonia O’Connor, who spent ten years with the company. She just took on the ...
After the initial reports made it seem that Kimberly Guilfoyle’s departure from Fox News was due to a really swell opportunity to hook up with a Trump PAC and work even closer with her ...
According to The Lost Ogle blog, it’s 23 years and out for Lance “Danger” West, anchor/reporter for Tribune’s KFOR. West suddenly stepped down Tuesday afternoon, just hours after a short-lived Twitter account named “JustaGirl35” ...
Another quarter-century run is over and out at Tegna’s WGRZ in Buffalo, NY where veteran weather guesser Kevin O’Connell is out. Contract negotiations ended rather abruptly after O’Connell testified for a law firm whom ...
Because why in the world would you want kids to get into the habit of watching tv news? The classroom tv service provided by Houghton Mifflin actually had its last broadcast in May, at ...
Well, we knew it was just a matter of time didn’t we? From the day Brian Ross was handed a month-long suspension by the bosses at ABC News, the clock was ticking on the ...
Bay area blogger Rich Lieberman looked up from composing one of his blistering posts about the sad state of local radio and noted that Deb Monroe, news director at News-Press and Gazette’s KION-Telemundo operation ...
WANE weekend anchor Rod Hissong says his contract is up so he’s stepping down and, presumably, out of the business.. “This will be my final newscast at NewsChannel 15 where I spent 8 years,” ...
We won’t know until later this week where Hawaii News Now sports anchor/reporter Taryn Hatcher is going to end up. But we do know she is definitely out the door at Raycom triopoly KGMB/KFVE/KHNL. ...
Tuesday was the last day for meteorologist Ronelle Williams at Meredith’s KCTV in Kansas City, MO The station wasted no time erasing all signs of his affiliation, dropping his bio and deactivating his station ...
Bet you didn’t know that the much (and justifiably so) maligned “tronc” handle was supposed to shorthand for “Tribune online content,” did you? Not many people did and generally (as we did yesterday) made ...
Six months after she gave birth to her first child, a daughter named Bridgette, KCBS/KCAL weather anchor Jackie Johnson announced she’s not coming back to the job, and will stay at home as a ...
Borja Echevarría has packed up and left his job after four years as VP and Editor-in-Chief at Univision News Digital. His last day at Univision was Tuesday. Echevarría has returned to Spain to be ...
A week ago we reported that KSHB sports reporter Dee Jackson was the second person to file a discrimination lawsuit against the Scripps Kansas City, MO station This week, the FIRST person to file ...
