This holiday season while many of us are looking forward to the festivities or searching for that perfect gift for our loved ones, KVEO Meteorologist Robert Bettes is giving a part of himself to ...
Sinclair Broadcast Group Wednesday announced Wednesday that its minimum hourly wage will increase to $15 for all applicable employees, effective Dec. 29. The increase will affect the wages of employees whose minimum wage was ...
ViacomCBS is beginning its first round of layoffs since merging less than a week ago. The NY Post reports the media company behind Showtime and Nickelodeon is swinging the ax at CBS’ finance department, which ...
Three days after the long-awaited merger of CBS and Viacom closed, the combined company has decided to sell off the fabled headquarters building of CBS known as “Black Rock.” Bob Bakish, CEO of ViacomCBS, confirmed to Deadline, ...
KABC‘s Chopper had a run in with a Drone Wednesday evening. Luckily everyone was OK, the chopper set down as a precaution. Back in 2017 KABC made the trade news when it added Xtreme ...
The “CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell” has moved to the nation’s capital. The program is now broadcast from its new permanent home in Washington, D.C. Since its inception, the 30-minute newscast has been ...
Standard Media Group on Monday announced its agreement to buy nine television stations across six markets from Waypoint Media and Vision Communications for $59.2 million. The transaction includes the following network affiliates: WGBC Meridian, Miss. ...
The public phase of the impeachment inquiry got underway Wednesday morning, as nationally-televised hearings began before House lawmakers into whether President Trump’s actions related to Ukraine merit impeachment. The three major broadcast networks and ...
The last briefing from a White House press secretary occurred 245 days ago and will not resume until President Trump gives the go-ahead. White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham, who has yet to give ...
ABC News anchor Amy Robach was caught on camera slamming her own network for allegedly sitting on the Jeffrey Epstein story three years ago but has changed her tune. In a video clip released ...
As you probably saw Monday night, President Trump was in Kentucky amid the roar of thousands of supporters. As Democrats in Congress continue to conduct their closed door impeachment investigation, it became clear, everyone ...
NBC News’ digital editorial staff have voted to form a union with New York’s NewsGuild, the group announced on Wednesday. In a letter sent to NBC News management, the union cited the network’s handling ...
KXAS (NBC) Dallas photographer Konner Barrick shared a Social media post that is pretty scary. While covering a vigil in Dallas Sunday night, someone took at shot at him, the bullet landing just behind ...
Hot on the heels of Megyn Kelly’s explosive first TV appearance in over a year last week, in which she called for an outside investigation into her former employer NBC News, RadarOnline.com reports the anchor ...
You probably saw the coverage out of Dallas Texas Monday regarding a rare October Tornado. It was interesting to later see the local ND’s take to social media beating their chests about what some ...
Megyn Kelly was back in front of the cameras Wednesday night since her talk show was canceled by NBC a year ago. The former Megyn Kelly Today host, visited with Tucker Carlson on Fox News, from ...
There sure a lot of whispers in the wind that KXXV (ABC) Waco Texas has a new News Director, yet nothing officially announced. We’ve learned Joshua Eure‘s first day at the Scripps owned station ...
Developing late Friday: Shepard Smith announced Friday his departure from Fox News after 23 years on-air; saying he had requested an “immediate release from his contract.” “Recently I asked the company to allow me ...
A Franklin County grand jury has indicted former WBNS (CBS) meteorologist Mike Davis on four felony counts related to downloaded child pornography. The indictment was filed Wednesday in Franklin County Common Pleas Court according ...
The fearless Wendy Chioji, former WESH (NBC) anchor who inspired Central Florida with her frank account of battling cancer, died Monday night. “My beautiful, strong, defiant, bad-ass sister, Wendy Chioji, lost her fight with ...
A kid was taken into custody after shooting WMBD (CBS) /WYZZ (FOX) reporter Matt Sheehan Wednesday, according to the Peoria Star Journal. “I think I just got shot.” That’s what Sheehan told one of ...
The number of TV homes for the 2020 television season in the United States has grown to 120.6 million, according to newly released estimates from Nielsen. Nielsen’s National Television Household Universe Estimates reflect changes ...
BroadcastingCable.com has an interesting read regarding this past years merger between Raycom and Gray Television. Call it a peek behind the curtain if you will. Hilton H. Howell Jr. is the executive chairman and ...
Radaronline.com reports Matt Lauer is finally ready to tell his side of the story about the scandal that cost him his job and his marriage. The shamed former TV host, 61, is set to star ...
Tropical Depression Imelda dumped heavy rain over southeastern Texas on Wednesday. The storm formed over the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday afternoon and made landfall near Freeport, the National Hurricane Center said. It is expected to keep ...
The FCC, by a partisan 3-2 vote, Monday approved the $6.4 billion sale of Tribune Media broadcast stations to Nexstar Media Group. In connection with this transaction, the commission also approved the divestiture to ...
A day after it announced its deal to sell a majority stake to Canadian programmer Anthem Sports and Entertainment, AXS TV has laid off at least 40 employees, including most of the workers in ...
Farmers seeking government assistance knew where to make their case: on Fox News, in TV ads with tractors and corn stalks designed to snag the attention of President Donald Trump, reports Bloomberg. U.S. airlines, opposed ...
Well, it wouldn’t be a Hurricane without a few goofs here and there right? Bless the hearts of all the crews in the field, and the staff back at the station for focusing on ...
Dorian wreaked havoc over Grand Bahama Island for hours Monday with residents scrambling for cover, some taking shelter in the attic of their homes as the tidal surge continued to rise. #FREEPORT, BAHAMAS: Family ...
Dorian has thrown forecasters a few curve balls over the past day, the biggest of which is a large shift to the east. While that is good news for Puerto Rico, it is a ...
Broadcasting the news has taken a hit in the information age, as more and more media consumers get their news from digital platforms rather than turning on Fox, CNN or some of the other ...
The Monday episode of “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” the host’s first since he left for what Fox News said was a planned vacation two days after making the remarks on white supremacy, had fewer commercials ...
President Donald Trump went on a tirade against Fox News Sunday afternoon and singled out two of the network’s most notable Democratic pundits as he bemoaned what’s happened to the network, reports Mediaiate. In ...
The ink is barely dry on the merger deal between CBS Corp. and Viacom Inc., with VIA and Wall Street anticipating which moves the combined company will make to bulk up further in an ...
CBS and Viacom are closing in on a deal: The two companies, once a single entity, are working to announce a merger as early as Tuesday, reports Bloomberg, citing anonymous sources. A deal would ...
Erase those question marks behind “Chief Meteorologist” at WROC, Nexstar’s Rochester New York station. And no, it’s not Jeremy Kappell. Eric Snitil is leaving Gray’s WSFA in Montgomery, AL after 8 years to take ...
The 2019 NABJ Annual Convention & Career Fair is under way in Miami. It’s billed as “the premier venue for journalism education, career development and networking opportunity that draws leaders in journalism, media, technology, ...
A tipster tells us some people at WBRC (FOX) are waking up this morning unemployed. The layoffs include several workers who have 14 to 30 years experience at the Birmingham station. Positions cut include ...
The second night of the second round of Democratic debates took place Wednesday in Detroit. Of the night’s many match-ups, none was more anticipated than presidential hopefuls Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. The candidates ...
PBS member stations are joining forces with Google’s YouTubeTV. Broadcasting and Cable reports the online live and subscription video service has agreed to carry any PBS member station that chooses to participate. It is ...
No matter what agenda they follow, TV folk seem to have come to the same conclusion about special counsel Robert Mueller’s testimony before Congress Wednesday morning: Mueller is boring. Deadline has a nice recap of ...
Hold on to your hats, Wednesday will likely be a three ring political circus with live coverage of the Hill testimony of former special counsel Robert Mueller. His report on Russian election meddling, has become ...
The question of who will end up owning Cleveland’s WJW (FOX) should be settled soon, but “soon” could mean a couple of days, weeks or months. The key is how fast government regulatory agencies will ...
Western Kentucky University’s School of Journalism & Broadcasting, is changing its name to “School of Media.” WKU alumni around the country are not pleased. The College Heights Herald reports that alumni are concerned about ...
Well your weather guy has told you about a menacing tropical storm all week which kinda has the same imagery as Hurricane Harvey. Lot’s of rain, potential catastrophic flooding, but like mother natures big ...
Today is a big day for Fox News Host Ed Henry. Henry made an emotional announcement Sunday morning on “Fox & Friends Weekend,” telling viewers that he will donate a portion of his liver ...
Happy 4th of July from your friends at Newsblues.com. We’ll return Friday. In the meantime, if you are off today, make it great day and if you are stuck in an empty TV station ...
You may recall Brandon Lee’s exit from KTVK (Independent) in November of 2018 after about five years at the station. Normally, anchors head to bigger markets, but Lee says he left to “find himself”. It’s ...
A deal that would re-combine CBS and Viacom is “probably inevitable,” according to a report from Moody’s Investor Service analyst Neil Begley. BroadcastingCable.com reports merging the companies would fit in with industry trends in which media companies aim ...
Did you watch NBC News’ coverage of the first Democratic debate of the 2020 campaign season Wednesday night? You may have seen a technical glitch that led President Donald Trump to tweet that the ...
CBS Television Stations and CBS Interactive have officially launched CBSN Los Angeles, the second of the Company’s local direct-to-consumer streaming news services in major markets across the country. CBSNLA features 24/7 anchored programming, coverage of ...
What started off as a relatively routine Monday, sure changed in a hurry in Dallas, Texas as a man armed with a rifle took a few shots at the Federal Building. Brian Isaack Clyde ...
Waco Texas area reporter/anchor Emani Payne has shared a horrifying story about having a gun pulled on her while she was on assignment alone in Killeen, Texas. Payne, who is a reporter and anchor ...
She didn’t make it two years. Angela Green is out as news director at Lockwood Broadcasting’s WFXG in Augusta, GA. She joined the station in October of 2017, coming off a four-year stint at ...
CNN’s Jim Acosta, one of President Donald Trump’s least favorite journalists, has a book about covering the administration. “The Enemy of the People” comes out Today from HarperCollins. Trump has called Acosta an “enemy ...
Norah O’Donnell, the incoming anchor and managing editor of the “CBS Evening News,” told the staff at CBS owned and operated station KCBS-TV that the flagship CBS News broadcast will focus on original reporting ...
Fox News’ Chris Wallace interrupted 2020 presidential candidate Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand while she spoke against Fox News, with Wallace saying “frankly, it’s not very polite.” According to Mediaite, Gillibrand was answering a question on abortion ...
In case you weren’t keep score on the Media vs President Trump, CNN Chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta says he has it all figured out. The President’s war with the US press began as ...
Not a typical Memorial Day with limited stories to cover for some stations in Iowa and Ohio Monday. KWWL (NBC) crews were busy chasing an EF-1 Tornado in Floyd County Iowa where damage was ...
For the past decade, Kristen Hampton has been known known to Charlotte, NC tv news viewers as the person who brings them the “Good News” to them via Gray’s WBTV. But one bit of ...
He’s retiring this week after 50 years on-air with WKRG (CBS) and veteran journalist Mel Showers will be awarded the Journalist of Distinction award by the National Association of Black Journalist later this summer ...
We all know that Meteorologist aren’t sorcerers and Monday was one of those days that show the science is still pretty much hit and miss. Forecasters last week started harping Monday was the day ...
When we last heard from Memphis, TN investigative reporter Scott Madaus, he had been cleared of domestic abuse charges stemming from a December 15th incident at his home in Memphis. That was last January, ...
“CBS This Morning” bid a fond farewell Thursday morning to Norah O’Donnell as she winds down on the morning shift, and prepares to take over the “CBS Evening News” later this summer. Over the ...
Brit Moorer will be joining Tegna’s KING in Seattle, WA next month as a weekday morning reporter. For the past three years, Moorer’s been a morning reporter/fill-in anchor at Nexstar’s WIAT in Birmingham, AL.
Hundreds of ad buyers filed into New York’s Carnegie Hall on Wednesday afternoon to watch CBS NFL broadcasters Jim Nantz and Tony Romo make a pitch for that almighty sales dollar. At this time last year, ...
Another interesting read from our friends at RTNDA. Last week we told you Newspapers were in deep trouble, but according to a study, local television news is remaining viable. In fact, local television news ...
We’ll leave to you to decided whether or not Jeff Glor got handed a raw deal with the end of his brief tenure as the face of the “CBS Evening News.” There are as ...
Mark the calendar, Seattle, After 36 years, veteran anchor Lori Matsukawa is calling it a career and leaving Tegna’s KING. “When I graduated from college, I told everyone I wanted a job where I’d ...
We are hearing reports of a so-called “Mass Purge” of media credentials within the Washington Press Corps. Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank had his White House press credentials yanked Wednesday and he says he is not the ...
Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. has reached a deal it valued at $10.6 billion to buy 21 regional sports networks from Walt Disney Co, according to The Wall Street Journal. We mentioned this awhile back. The ...
Just one more book to go (of course) and Mobile, AL anchor mainstay Mel Showers will be hanging it up at WKRG after 50 years. 5-0 And to think he did it all in ...
Meredith Corp, best known for its lifestyle magazines such as “Better Homes and Gardens”, is preparing to explore a sale of its portfolio of local U.S. broadcast stations as it looks to streamline its ...
The Justice Department Mueller’s Russia report is set to be released to the public and Congress later this morning. The Justice Department said Attorney General Barr’s press conference will be held at the department ...
The big story of the day Monday was the famous Notre Dame Cathedral burning. A massive fire engulfed the upper reaches of Paris’ soaring Notre Dame Cathedral as it was undergoing renovations, threatening one ...
Marshall Broadcasting Group (MBG), which is owned by Pluria Marshall, has filed suit against Nexstar Broadcasting in the New York State Supreme Court. BroadcastingCable.Com reports allegations in the nine-count suit include Breach of Contract and ...
Sometimes when you work for an organization you see people on the so-called “fast track”, and that certainly has been the case with CBS anchor Norah O’Donnell who it seems was just not long ...
Well, we are just a few days away from NAB 2019, where News Directors, Station Managers, Chief Engineers and Sales folk “work” in Vegas while the rest of the Station is back in mid-market ...
A police pursuit that started in the South Bay area of San Diego ended in front of the KFMB (CBS) studios in Kearny Mesa Sunday morning. National City police received reports of a car ...
You may recall back in February a weather forecaster was axed over a little game played on-air. We had the story, as did thelostogle.com which was the first to report Meteorologist Mandy Bailey was ...
So, since Sunday, no matter what side of the aisle you stand on, there has been constant coverage of the Mueller report. Forget that it was announced over the weekend that ISIS was 100% ...
Thursday, FOX chairman and CEO Lachlan Murdoch addressed Fox Corp.’s 7,500 employees at a town hall meeting held on the Fox lot in Los Angeles. It was also available via webcast to employees in ...
The Washington Post broke news Wednesday afternoon that the Democratic National Committee would be banning the Fox News Channel from hosting a 2020 presidential primary debate in light of a story by The New Yorker’s Jane Mayer ...
Tornadoes hit Alabama, Georgia and Florida on Sunday, causing destruction and at least 23 deaths in Lee County, Alabama. Dozens of people were sent to hospitals on Sunday with injuries, with at least two ...
Last week we gave you a very good reason why your local television station will never be at the forefront of campaign finance reform So if you’ve been one of those who’d like to ...
CBS Corp. is encouraging its veteran employees to retire early with buyout offers which started to go in February. The voluntary buyouts are being offered to longtime workers whose age plus the number of ...
The Univision network says six of its staffers, including veteran anchorman Jorge Ramos, were detained briefly at the presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela Monday. The network said Ramos was there to interview embattled Venezuelan President Nicolas ...
CBS News is reportedly considering replacing current “CBS Evening News” anchor Jeff Glor with “CBS This Morning” host Norah O’Donnell amid disappointing ratings. Several unidentified sources told Variety that the network is also considering moving its evening newscast, which ...
Lara Logan wasn’t too kind recently to the MSM in general, which is interesting considering she’s a card carrying member working as foreign correspondent for CBS News and 60 Minutes. She offered her remarks ...
Happy Valentines Day! It’s the day your newsroom turns into a virtual jungle as big bouquets of roses, flowers, balloons or stuffed animals invade the work space. We are sure there will be all ...
A lot of people are making the argument these days that cellphone cameras, used properly are just as good as traditional broadcast cameras and if you are a ND with a budget, you know ...
Austin Kellerman, longtime news director at Nexstar’s KARK in Little Rock AR is leaving the station next month to move to corporate HQ. There, he will be director of digital content at the mothership. ...
Bill Owens has been tapped to replace Jeff Fager as the executive producer of CBS’ 60 Minutes. The appointment makes Owens only the third person to lead the 51-year-old broadcast. Susan Zirinsky, who was briefly rumored to ...
CBS has whittled down its list of proposed CEO candidates to fewer than 10 — even as its list of potential merger partners grows, reports The NYPost. The CBS board — looking to replace disgraced ...
A lot of the news this week has focused on the polar vortex plunging across the Midwest dropping temps to record lows. How cold is it? During a live shot AccuWeather‘s reporter Jonathan Petramala ...
Well, if you are reading this in a live van or maybe a slightly warmer newsroom somewhere across the Midwest today, you’ll agree it’s mighty cold. Wind chills in northern Illinois could fall to ...
