By Paul Greeley Tina Commodore posted on social media that she’s “happy to share that I’m starting a new position as News Director at WREG-TV. WHEG is Nexstar’s CBS affiliate in Memphis. Tammy Phillips, ...
By Paul Greeley NOTE: I got an email from Jill Collins, the office manager at KCAU for more than 25 years. News Blues does publish open TV jobs found on the Job Openings page ...
By Paul Greeley Nexstar television stations serving Kansas will air an exclusive live, multi market telecast of a debate between candidates seeking the Democratic Primary Party’s nomination for Governor of Kansas. The debate, titled ...
By Paul Greeley A former journalist with Nexstar Media Group’s television station in Grand Rapids was responsible for publicizing a controversial memo that urged reporters to pull back on their coverage of Pride Month ...
By Paul Greeley Blake Holland has joined KXAN, Nexstar’s NBC affiliate in Austin, as a streaming anchor and digital producer, the station’s newest addition to its digital news team. Holland announced the move Wednesday ...
By Tracey Compton, the Indianapolis Public Editor Two local TV stations in Indianapolis, WXIN and WTTV, both owned by Nexstar, say both stations are thriving according to The Indiana Capital Chronicle, an independent, nonprofit ...
By Paul Greeley Mike Biard, Nexstar’s COO, did not hesitate when asked if he had any second thoughts about the company’s decision to declare its $6.2 billion merger with Tegna closed mere minutes after ...
By Paul Greeley Nexstar announced that the Nexstar Media Charitable Foundation is making a $5,000 contribution to both the Marion County Humane Society and Kids with Courage as part of the company’s “30 Days ...
By Paul Greeley In an article originally published by Fortune, Nexstar’s CEO, Perry Sook, writes that just as big tech swallowed local newspapers, local TV could be next. Sook makes some compelling arguments about ...
By Paul Greeley News Blues does not have a classified ad option, although maybe we should. This opening was emailed to me from KCAU. News Blues does post free TV job openings found on ...
By Paul Greeley Jessica Gertler, a Tv anchor at WREG, Nexstar’s CBS affiliate in Memphis, will be leaving the station, her last day is June 11. Gertler has been with the TV station since ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Nexstar Media Group, Inc. announced that the Nexstar Media Charitable Foundation is doubling the size of its “30 Days of Giving” initiative, held during the month of June, and ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Travis Ruiz, senior corporate recruiter for Nexstar, posted on social media the news that Nexstar has named two new news directors. “I had the opportunity to do a training ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Nexstar Media Group is asking an appeals court to scale back a lower court injunction tied to its acquisition of TEGNA — but stopped short of asking the court ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Nexstar CEO Perry Sook addressed the TV station group giant’s ongoing legal battle over its newly acquired rival media company, Tegna, during an earnings call with analysts Thursday, according ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Karina Prieto is thrilled to continue bringing informative stories to Michigan communities — this time from the West Side. Prieto joined WOOD, Nexstar’s NBC affiliate in Grand Rapids as ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Lauren Avenatti is a new face behind the anchor desk for the 4 p.m. newscast at WFRV, Nexstar’s CBS affiliate in Green Bay. Avenatti made her debut April 20, ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com A federal judge has sided against Nexstar Media Group in a lawsuit filed by two of the broadcaster’s former news directors, finding the ex-employees have provided enough evidence to ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Nexstar Media Group announced that it has selected Ms. Becca Stevens as its 2026 “Remarkable Woman of the Year.” In a powerful tribute to resilience, leadership, and unshakable hope, ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Nexstar Media Group has launched a nation-wide news initiative that spotlights economic development and infrastructure investments across the country, according to The Desk. The initiative, called “Investing in America,” ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Nexstar Media Group has eliminated creative services positions at stations across its portfolio, according to accounts shared on social media by affected employees, and as reported by Newscast Studio. ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Nexstar Media Group has furnished documents to federal regulators about its proposed $6 billion acquisition of TEGNA and now expects the transaction to close in the second half of ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Calyn Thompson, an anchor/reporter at WHO, Nexstar’s NBC affiliate in Des Moines, posted on social media the station has started a new series on the WHO 13 Digital Desk ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Nexstar’s television stations serving Illinois will carry an exclusive live multi-market telecast of a debate between the leading candidates running for the Democratic Party nomination for United States Senator ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Tonight, New Year’s Eve, Nexstar is airing an exclusive live New Year’s Eve special, “Coast-to-Coast Countdown 2026,” from 8:00 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. PT. The broadcast will be ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Nexstar CEO Perry Sook said he still fully expects the local TV giant’s pending deal to acquire rival Tegna will get approved despite some surprisingly adversarial comments recently ...
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 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 Nexstar Media Group announced today that its Board of Directors extended the employment agreement of its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Perry A. Sook, through March 31, ...
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 KXAN, Nexstar’s NBC affiliate in Austin, has just released two new promos, one for the investigative unit and the other for the morning news, that make liberal use ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Joany D’Agostino was under a lot of pressure, and she knew it. “I joked this had to be the best promo I ever made,” D’Agostino says. “When ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com WGN, Nexstar’s CW affiliate in Chicago, is launching a new hour-long weekday show called WGN Take Two, starting Monday, September 8 at 2pm CT. From viral moments ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com For 18 days, from June 9th through June 27th, Nexstar’s NBC affiliate in Elmira, New York, WETM, made local TV broadcasting history by being the first ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com During the school year in Rochester, in any given week, a teacher and a classroom of students are interrupted with a surprise. “That’s the fun part,” ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Jessica Haynie has been promoted to Vice President and General Manager of Nexstar’s Billings, Montana broadcast and digital operations (DMA #165). In her new role, Ms. Haynie ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com At the 88th Annual Virginia Association of Broadcasters (VAB) Summer Convention, Carol Ward, WAVY’s GM, and Eather White, Traffic Manager, were presented with awards. WAVY is Nexstar’s NBC ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Spencer Lane has been named vice president and general manager of Nexstar’s duopoly in Erie, WJET (ABC) and WFXP (Fox), according to the stations’ website. Lane ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Tina Castano has been promoted to VP/GM for Nexstar’s Fox affiliate in Burlington, Vermont, WFFF, Fox 44. Castano was the GM for Nexstar’s stations in Elmira, WETM, an NBA ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Bailey Brautigan joins Nexstar’s ABC and Fox affiliates WJET and WFXP in Erie as news director after serving as Assistant News Director at WOWK, Nexstar’s CBS affiliate ...
By Paul Greeley, 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Derek Bavin is the new Executive Producer of Digital Marketing at KRON, Nexstar’s CW affiliate in San Francisco. Bavin moves to the Bay Area from KTXL, FOX40, Nexstar’s Fox ...
Nexstar’s KTLA is still trying to defend its botched handling of two weekend anchors, but the Los Angeles station has more than the Lynette Romer-Mark Mester drama on its list of “Things We Really ...
After being pushed out of primetime by the pending October addition of Chris Cuomo to the NewsNation prime-time lineup, Marni Hughes, a charter member of the Nexstar station’s news effort is experiencing something of ...
We’ve seen several reports now that the internal reaction at Nexstar’s NewsNation to the hiring/rescue of disgraced anchor Chris Cuomo is less-than-enthusiastic. In fact, staffers are said to be resisting, if not outright refusing, ...
Cable news veteran Jake Novak is one of several new hires announced by Nexstar’s NewsNation as the ratings-challenged continues to expand staff and production facilities in Chicago, New York and Washington, D.C. And presumably ...
No regulatory approval needed here. Nexstar now owns 75% of The CW and is already promising profits by 2025. Cheaper programming appealing to a broader audience and, most likely, a heaping dose of the ...
After Nexstar shelled out $130 million last year for DC digital news operation “The Hill” the question was….what would the company do with it. Meet The Hill TV, a streaming channel that features a ...
It’s none of your damned business what Perry Sook will be paid under the terms of his brand-spankin’ new contract extension at Nexstar. Just accept that he’ll be sticking around at least through 2026, ...
Well any day now…really…ANY. DAY. NOW we are told, expect to see Nexstar complete the deal that gives it majority control of The CW. Under the deal, Nexstar would own 75% of the network ...
It’s not just your Hagerstown tv station anymore. It’s DC News Now Nexstar is investing in duopoly WDVM/WDCW soon to be launched at DC News Now, hoping to make a dent inside the Beltway ...
While Nexstar CEO Perry Sook dreams of one day owning a broadcast network, he still has some issues to resolve with his ratings-challenged Chicago-based superstation NewsNation. Starting Monday, June 27th, NewsNation is adding an ...
It’s a full-time job keeping the executive suites at Nexstar’s stations occupied. One-time news director Joe Abouzeid moves within Nexstar to helm WIVB in Buffalo. His appointment puts the kibosh on rumors that the ...
Up to this point, Nexstar’s WDVM/WDCW in the hyphenated Hagerstown, MD-Washington, DC market has been sitting on the sidelines while the bigger, more established stations in the market duked it out. That’s about to ...
We have to give Nexstar some credit. They keep trying to get people to pay attention to ratings-starved NewsNation with high-profile hires. So far it hasn’t worked, but adding Dan Abrams to the mix ...
After telling you about the “roses and rainbows” portion of Nexstar’s first-quarter report, now is the time to look at a bud Mr. Sook and company hopes sprouts from the ratings-challenged thorn that is ...
First it was Gray, then came Tegna s/t/b Standard Media. And now it is Nexstar’s turn. The first quarter of 2022 saw the company’s net revenue rise 8.6% from the same quarter of 2021 ...
