By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com According to a post on social media, Sinclair is on a mission to bring NextGen TV to more homes. And they’re starting in Columbus, Ohio. “We’ve launched a new ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com According to The Hollywood Reporter, Bari Weiss addressed the elephant in the room during CBS News‘ daily editorial meeting Wednesday morning. Late Tuesday night, CBS fired Scott Pelley, the ...
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 Louis Bolden, a 25-year veteran reporter and investigator at WKMG, Graham’s CBS affiliate in Orlando, is leaving the station to return to his hometown of Memphis as the main ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Once the FCC approved Gray Media’s acquisition of WSYM from Scripps, Gray combined the Fox affiliate’s operations with WILX, Gray’s NBC affiliate in Lansing, Michigan. The two stations officially ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Neill McNeill, a news anchor at WGHP, Nexstar’s Fox affiliate in High Point, North Carolina, is to retire at end of 2026, he announced. “Neill McNeill represents the very ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Lauren Weppler-Geissler has been the news director for more than 10 years at WTOL, Nexstar’s CBS affiliate in Toledo, and has been a frequent guest commentator for News Blues. ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Abigail Dye, former reporter at KRIV, the Fox-owned station in Houston, is opening up about her departure from the station and her new career path after leaving TV news. ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Todd Yakoubia, chief meteorologist at KARK, Nexstar’s NBC affiliate in Little Rock, hosts a weekly digital-exclusive interview series, “Too Twisted for TV”, which airs Thursdays and Fridays at 7 ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Dave Fraser, the chief meteorologist at KDVR, Nexstar’s Fox affiliate in Denver, was the center of a celebration in the newsroom at FOX31 and CW2 on Friday, recognizing his ...
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 Gray Media has finalized a transaction that involves acquiring a handful of local television stations from Block Communications, the broadcaster announced on Wednesday. The deal involves local TV stations ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Kristin Walla is Making a move within Tegna and within Texas. Kristin Walla, a meteorologist at KIII, Tegna’s ABC affiliate in Corpus Christi, is departing from the station May ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Who are the new next gen journalists entering into the local TV news arena? Where do they come from? What skills do they have? What are their expectations? Who ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Gray Media and WDBJ, Gray’s CBS affiliate in Roanoke, are launching the Star-Spangled Sing-Off, a contest that invites Americans to send in their best acapella rendition of “The Star-Spangled ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Cynthia Izaguirre, the 51-year-old veteran anchor on the 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. newscasts on WFAA, Tegna’s ABC affiliate in Dallas, is still trying to live down an infamous ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Keith Cate is retiring from WFLA, Nexstar’s NBC affiliate in Tampa, after an extraordinary 44-year career in broadcast journalism. WFLA made the announcement with deep respect, admiration, and gratitude, ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Jorge Perez, an engineer at KTVT, the CBS-owned station in Dallas, has been at the station for 30 years. So to honor his work over the years, the station ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com CBS Detroit debuted the first-ever Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality (AR/VR) technology-driven studio, Monday, April 20, during the 5:00 PM newscast, with AR/VR-enhanced weather forecasting, marking a major investment in immersive ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Who are the new next gen journalists entering into the local TV news arena? Where are they coming from? What skills do they have? What are their expectations? Who ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Jim Koonce began his TV broadcasting career in 1978 as a production manager for KVOS in Bellingham, WA. After spending time at stations in Seattle, Kodiak, Spokane, Tucson, Las ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Larry Audas, a former local TV news/anchor, news director and general manager, founded TruFlex Media in 2025. Audas is an accomplished media consultant, coach, and advocate who assists talent, ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Wes Rodda, the marketing director at KPRC, Graham Media’s NBC affiliate in Houston, and someone who has 25 years working in local TV, posted his thoughts on social media ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Kevin Hayes has been named as regional vice president and general manager for Cox Media’s Pittsburgh and Dayton television stations, effective immediately. Hayes will split his time between the ...
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 NOTE: The following is the beginning of a comprehensive an article published by The Indiana Capital Chronicle, an independent, nonprofit news organization dedicated to giving Hoosiers a comprehensive look ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Taryn Asher, a news anchor/reporter at WJBK, FOX 2 Detroit, the Fox-owned station, for almost 19 years, has been fired, according to Deadline Detroit. An attorney for Taryn Asher ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Brandon Ferguson, a TV reporter for Draper Media, a regional broadcast company based in Salisbury, Maryland, posted a story on social media about how he made a story about ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Craig Jahelka, president of Draper Media, will retire effective May 1, 2026. Jahelka has spent nearly 50 years in the broadcasting industry, 18 of them with Draper Media and ...
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 Hema Mullur spent 17 years as a news anchor/reporter at stations in Midland-Odessa, El Paso and Denver before spending nine years as the primary news anchor for the 5:00, ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Local television broadcaster Sinclair, Inc. says it will consolidate the newsroom operations at two of its stations in the Tulsa market, with one station moving away from the traditional ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Sara Sanchez, a news anchor at WTIC, Fox61, Nexstar’s Fox affiliate in Hartford, is leaving the station and the industry next month because she no longer has the energy ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Ernie Zuniga notched his first full year at KSAT, Graham Media’s ABC affiliate in San Antonio, after joining the station in February 2025. Zuniga said the latest chapter for ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Once the primary source of community news and information, local TV news stations are struggling with their own tough story, one marked by declining ratings, stagnant revenue growth and ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com WVUE, Gray’s Fox affiliate in New Orleans, began FOX 8 News at 6PM, a streaming-only live newscast available on the FOX 8 News app, and FOX8Live.com beginning today. “This ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Camille Bermann has been promoted to Vice President and Director of Sales for KTVU/KICU, the FOX-owned duopoly in San Francisco. She has been with FOX Television Stations since 1999, ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Scott Rates has been promoted to vice president of news for CBS Northern California’s Sacramento stations, KOVR-TV and KMAX-TV, effective March 23. In his new role, Rates will oversee ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Lindsey Slater, an early morning meteorologist at WISN, Hearst’s ABC affiliate in Milwaukee, has hired a longtime attorney who specializes in non-compete contracts following her departure from the station ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Gray Media pulled more than 200 of its local television stations from satellite provider Dish Network after the pay television company made an unusual demand to the broadcaster during ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Jeremy Jojola, a TV journalist for 27 years, the past 15 of them at KUSA, Tegna’s NBC affiliate in Denver, is betting on a format that he thinks could ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Longtime personality Darla Montgomery, who joined KADN, Allen Media’s Fox affiliate in Lafayette, Louisiana, will move into Marcelle Fontenot’s spot on the anchor desk said Jim Parker, KADN ‘s ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com John Perik, a reporter for WJAR, Sinclair’s NBC and ABC affiliated stations in Providence, Rhode Island, reported from his family’s house in Jamestown throughout the historic Feb. 22-23 blizzard, ...
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 Elena LaQuatra is the morning news anchor at WTAE, Hearst’s ABC affiliate in Pittsburgh. LaQuatra lost her hearing in a bout with bacterial meningitis as a child, according to ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Tegna posted its fourth quarter (Q4) earnings report for 2025 and while ad revenue climbed, distribution income dipped, according to The Desk. Tegna saw its overall advertising revenue increase ...
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 ...
Reporter Alex Jokich is leaving KSTP after seven years reporting for the station. Bring Me The News.com first reported her departure, her last day was on Sunday. On her social media post, Jokich does ...
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 Bucking the trend of TV watchers cutting their cable connection, Charter Communications added 44,000 video customers in its fourth quarter, according to the Hollywood Reporter. According to Adwave, ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com If I could give every college student one word of advice, it would be ‘internship’. Students who complete an internship for college credit within their chosen field may ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com NOTE: This column was written by Leslie Bridgers, a columnist for the Portland Press Herald, and printed by CentralMaine.com, the online hub for news and information ...
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 Joyce Lupiani, a digital content producer at WAGA, the Fox-owned affiliate in Atlanta, has given permission to News Blues to share her commentary with our readers. Lupiani ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Bret Buganski has left WCPO, Scripps’ ABC affiliate in Cincinnati after more than three years on the air he shared via social media on Nov. 30. “It’s been ...
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 Local TV marketing and creative services staff love to see what other local TV stations are creating to promote their local news. Especially the best ones. And seeing ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com The FCC, led by Chairman Brendan Carr, has started a proceeding that will examine the relationship between networks and their affiliated stations. In a new proceeding announced ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com If you’ve ever watched a police pursuit in Los Angeles, chances are you’ve heard Larry Welk’s voice from above. Welk was in the helicopter for the very first ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com A local TV station in California has taken video recordings and millions of feet of 16mm film including the station’s footage of fires, floods, car crashes, ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Hugh Johnston is ready to go 12 rounds — maybe 15. The Disney CFO said on CNBC on Thursday morning that his company, in the midst of a ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Sinclair, one of the U.S.’s biggest TV station groups, saw a significant drop in revenue and swung to a net loss for the third quarter of 2025. ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com KDKA, the CBS affiliate and WPKD, an independent station in Pittsburgh, have eliminated a dozen positions under the new ownership of Paramount by Skydance. Most of the ...
The E.W. Scripps Company is parting with one of its key Midwest properties, announcing the sale of WRTV, its ABC affiliate in Indianapolis, to Circle City Broadcasting for $83 million.
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Nick Hasenecz is the new general manager at WNDU, Gray’s NBC affiliate in South Bend, Indiana, starting December 1, 2025. Hasenecz is a veteran broadcast television executive with ...
WWTV, Northern Michigan’s CBS and FOX affiliate, has completed a major upgrade that connects its Traverse City newsroom with its main control room in Cadillac, nearly 50 miles away.
By: Jessica DeWeese | jessica@newsblues.com The local news crisis in America has reached a historic low point, according to the Medill State of Local News Report 2025. The report from Northwestern University’s Medill School ...
A new Pew Research study has confirmed a major shift in how Americans consume their news: a quarter of adults aged 30–49 now say they regularly turn to TikTok for news — a jump ...
The Denver Nuggets and Colorado Avalanche will return to local over-the-air television this season through a renewed broadcast partnership between Kroenke Sports & Entertainment (KSE) and Tegna.
The E.W. Scripps Company has reached a $40 million agreement to sell WFTX, its Fox affiliate in Fort Myers, Florida, to Sun Broadcasting, a privately held company with deep ties to the Southwest Florida ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com WCIU, THE U, a Weigel Broadcasting Co. station, is proud to announce its addition to DIRECTV’S streaming lineup, starting August 28. This strategic move reflects WCIU’s commitment ...
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 Gray Media’s $80 million acquisition of Block Communications’ television stations represents a calculated move to cement its dominance in the Midwest, according to AInvest. Gray’s acquisition of ...
ABC has officially launched its programming in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale television market through a new affiliation with Sunbeam Television Corporation.
WXMI, E. W. Scripps' Fox affiliate in Grand Rapids, is shaking up the traditional local news model with a bold experiment: neighborhood-based reporting.
NOTE: This is from the latest edition of “The Topline” from TVND.Com, written by Kirk Varner. We have published fifty original articles on “The Topline” so far, and none of them has generated the ...
As TV newsrooms gear up for a wave of technical upgrades—like cloud-based editing and faster video sharing—there’s also a chance to rethink how stories are chosen and covered.
By: Jessica DeWeese | jessica@newsblues.com Tegna Inc. is significantly expanding its local news footprint, rolling out more than 100 additional hours of daily live programming across over 50 markets. According to TVNewsCheck, the expansion ...
Media mogul Byron Allen is shaking up his broadcast portfolio, putting all 28 of his local TV stations up for sale as part of a broader effort to reduce debt and reassess the company’s ...
WBNS (10TV), Tegna's CBS affiliate in Columbus,Ohio, has welcomed Breana Albizu as its newest traffic anchor, joining the morning news team with a wealth of experience and a passion for storytelling.
After decades of serving the broadcast news business Sandra Connell is leaving Talent Dynamics next month. In June 2022, she sold the company to Glass City Talent, LLC owned by Patrick McCreery and Gary Brown. We are eternally grateful ...
By: Jessica DeWeese | jessica@newsblues.com The CW Network will continue airing Pac-12 college football in 2025, renewing its deal to broadcast nine home games featuring Oregon State and Washington State. The second year of ...
NBCUniversal Local is set to premiere a moving new documentary, Animals in the Aftermath, which captures the emotional and daring animal rescue efforts during the devastating 2025 Los Angeles wildfires.
Paul Yura, the longtime warning coordination meteorologist at the National Weather Service’s Austin-San Antonio office, is stepping down earlier than planned.
As major league sports increasingly return to over-the-air TV following the regional sports network shakeup, local broadcasters like Scripps, Gray, Sinclair, and Fox say they’re seeing impressive audience gains—but advertising dollars are still catching ...
A recent study reveals why local news outlets maintain trust among Americans, even as faith in national media, government, and other institutions dwindles.
By: Jessica DeWeese | jessica@newsblues.com Nexstar Media Group is drawing scrutiny after directing its 160+ local television stations to air segments supporting deregulation of FCC broadcast ownership rules—an effort some insiders are calling a ...
East Texans are getting a fresh way to catch up on local news with the launch of Inside East Texas, a new streaming show from KYTX (CBS19), Gray's NBC affiliate in Springfield, Missouri.
Minnesota Twins fans will once again have the opportunity to watch their team on free, over-the-air television, thanks to a new multi-year partnership between the Twins, KMSP Minneapolis (Fox 9), and Gray Media.
Seattle Storm fans will now have more ways to watch their favorite team, as the four-time WNBA champions have secured a multi-year television deal with Sinclair's KOMO (ABC) and KUNS (CW).
WLWT (News 5 ), Hearst's NBC affiliate in Cincinnati, is adding a fresh face to its sports team, welcoming Jaron May as a sports reporter and anchor this April.
WPLG, Berkshire Hathaway's ABC affiliate in Miami, is making a significant leap in local broadcasting, ramping up its live news and sports programming to 93 hours per week starting August 4.
