SYRACUSE LEGEND DIES
He was just a year into his retirement.
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A NEW ROLE AT UNIVISION
Univision anchor Rafael Bello has a new role at Univision in New York. He’ll be working weekdays for Al Despertar and middays Edicion Digital Nueva York. This is a real transition for him. Bello ...
NEWSNATION JOURNALIST CAPTURES DAYLIGHT ROBBERY ON CAMERA
“I went to Home Depot today to buy a new microwave and watched a guy run out with an electric saw and tools.“
CNN+ HAS ITS MARQUEE PLAYER…
FOX NEWS LOST THE LAST OF ITS CREDIBILITY
COVID IN NYC
Sources tell Newsblues that WPIX news director and former WCBS assistant news director Nicole Tindiglia has COVID. She had just received her booster shot, according to someone in the newsroom, and then got it. ...
BUT WASN’T HE FIRED FOR CAUSE?
CNN head Jeff Zucker has been vocal about Chris Cuomo’s firing. He said he deserved it. Chris Cuomo is saying he didn’t — or at least that’s according to the NY Post that says ...
ROSEN LEAVES SINCLAIR AND HEADS FOR NEWSMAX
It’s been confirmed. James Rosen, a former Fox News and Sinclair national correspondent, has joined NewsMax as the chief (Pro-Trump) White House correspondent. Rosen has been with Sinclair since 2017. Newsmax just let go ...
UNIVISION ICON LEAVES THE BUSINESS
She’ll wrap up in the New Year.
WILL TAPPER GET TAPPED?
And other CNN happenings.
A LEXINGTON HOMECOMING
LEX18 anchor Dia Davidson is going to reunite with her hometown team. She’ll reunite with co-anchor Chris Goodman and StormTracker meteorologist Tom Ackerman in the mornings. Davidson will return to LEX 18 News at ...
SIGNING OFF IN MANKATO
Tom Clements, KEYC morning meteorologist is gone. He’s staying in Minnesota. Just another one biting the dust… And that’s a wrap! Today I say goodbye to The Morning Show as I take on new ...
LONGTIME NEWS VET GETS CUT IN GRAY PURCHASE
Oh, Gray takes over today.
NEXSTAR NAMES NEW SAVANNAH GA GM
From Columbus, Ga. to Savannah. Nexstar has moved its longtime Vice President and general manager David Hart to oversee WSAV and all of it’s digital properties. Hart has a 30 year career in broadcasting. ...
SAN DIEGO TV STATION SMACKED WITH ACCUSATIONS OF RACISM
“KUSI will be contacting our NAACP chapter and its president to further discuss this incident.”
HEARST NAMES NEW ORLANDO NEWS DIRECTOR
There’s a shakeup at the Hearst station’s in Florida. Well-respected WPBF news director Stephanie Linton is going to leaving the West Palm station she helped propel to top spot in the market to WESH ...
KRON SECURITY OFFICER DIES
Here’s what reporters are saying about a friend and safety in the market.
BANFIELD SITS DOWN WITH RITTENHOUSE
In his second TV interview since his acquittal, Kyle Rittenhouse sat down with News Nation anchor Ashley Banfield. Banfield’s show right now is the bright star of the network and this get proves that. ...
ONCE THE SALE IS DONE, A NEW GM WILL TAKE OVER
Hopefully on December 1.
SIGNING OFF AFTER 30 YEARS
It’s a new business for him.
PHOENIX ANCHOR CITES HEALTH AND STRESS AS REASONS FOR STEPPING DOWN
“And I began to think about the rest of my life…”
WE’LL BE THE JUDGE OF THAT
Is a fast approach a better approach?
NOTE ABOUT NEW WCBS ASSISTANT ND FROM THE ND
Here’s the internal memo.
THE POST SAYS IT ALL
She sin’t going to continue anchoring.
HOUSTON EP NOW NYC #2
WCBS lost its assistant news director to WPIX earlier this year. Nicole Tindiglia is now the ND at WPIX and finally, her spot at the CBS station across town has been filled. Kevin Lightfoot, ...
RANT OR RELEVANT?
Here’s something you should read if you produce live segments virtually.
CONNECTICUT CHIEF METEOROLOGIST IS ANOTHER VET SAYING GOODBYE
Gray took over and now WFSB chief meteorologist is leaving. It’s not clear if there is a connection but Bruce DePrest will leave at the end of the year after more than four decades ...
TRADING UTAH FOR TEXAS
Mitchell Zevallos, an MMJ, has left Telemundo in Utah where he spent two years and is moving to Texas. He’ll now report for Telemundo Houston. Previously, Zevallos worked as a reporter and anchor at ...
REPORTER LOSES FATHER TO COVID
She says her family is being attacked on social
JOB ALERT: Broadcast Professor
One of the nation’s leading Broadcast & Digital Journalism Programs is looking for an experienced educator and researcher. If that’s you, we’d like to talk! Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications seeks ...
ACCIDENT NEARLY TAKES REPORTER’S LIFE
KMPH reporter Shelby Bracho was in a really, really, really bad car accident. The day before her 29th birthday. It happened on the 101 highway in California. Bracho, who turned 29 while in emergency ...
WHERE IS ALL THE FOX NEWS TALENT GOING?
Is Newsmax trying to steal all of the conservative news talent? According to the Daily Beast, yes. The outlet is reporting that Newsmax is trying to lure former Fox News reporter James Rosen away ...
NEW TO THE ANCHOR DESK, NOT PEORIA
WEEK in Peoria, Ill needed to replace morning anchor Simone Doughton, who left the station to take a job with the local police department. The NBC station looked to the sister station in town, ...
SPORTS ANCHOR’S CAR STOLEN DURING GAME COVERAGE
It happened in broad daylight.
ON THE MOVE
This is a jump to a bigger market for a producer job.
THIS IS REALLY THE END OF AN ERA
So many in the business now don’t remember his Nightly days.
LITTLE ROCK ANCHOR DELAYS RETIREMENT, AGAIN
It will be his second time.
TWO NEW FACES IN CHICAGO
WFLD, the Fox station in Chicago didn’t have trouble replacing Brittany Garzillo, who left the station for the network. The station hired WITI reporter Kasey Chronis. It was announced on Friday by station general ...
A SECOND ONE…
KENS just hired a new morning meteorologist, Marina Neuman, and just added another to the roster. Ryan Stoptaugh is joining KENS and a new weekend evening meteorologist. “Ryan is a terrific weather forecaster with ...
MORNING ANCHOR A YEAR OUT OF COLLEGE
WAPT didn’t have to look far for its new morning anchor. Reporter Cecil Hannibal graduated from USC Annenberg, went to Jackson, MS for his first reporting job in 2020 and is now a morning ...
VETERAN METEOROLOGIST FORECASTS….OUTTA HERE
It’s been a long two years for this TV family. Stacey Hanrahan, the meteorlogist at WHP in Harrisburg, PA is saying goodbye to televising after 11 years at the station. This after her husband, ...
TV JOBS: NOVEMBER 8
Here are the latest TV job listings from our sister site MedialineTalent.com. If you want to know more about the position, log on or email us at info@reelmediagroup.com. Weekend Morning Anchor/Reporter Chattanooga, TN 2 ...
GRAY NAMES NEW GM FOR TEXAS OPERATION
Gray the stations in Lubbock, Texas have a new general manager. Greg McAlister will serve as the general manager of KCBD, the NBC station as well as KLCW, the CW station in Lubbock. McAlister ...
SYRACUSE VET ANCHOR IS HEADED FOR THE DOOR
WSYR anchor Dan Cummings basically started the station. “Since 1984, the owners and local managers of NewsChannel 9 have given me the opportunity of a lifetime to grow and learn something new every day,” ...
WSB ANCHOR RETIRING AFTER 39 YEARS
I have loved and a big part of it is all of you..
ANOTHER HEADED FOR HOUSTON
KOCO reporter Patrina Adger is going from Oklahoma City to Houston. She’s the latest reporter to come to the market after a lot of turnover hit the station in the past year. She’ll join ...
GMA ANCHOR BREAKS DOWN OVER JOVITA MOORE’S PASSING
She was a Queen.
JACKSON ANCHOR’S FAMILY HELD AT GUNPOINT ON HALLOWEEN
WAPT anchor Megan West and her family were carjacked the night of Halloween. Police are now searching for at least three men who held then entire family (including her two kids) at 7:15 p.m. at ...
THE KSDK SHUFFLE
Here’s what’s happening at the Tegna station in St. Louis.
LEAVING FOR MORE WORK-LIFE BALANCE
Bryan Shaw is leaving news and meteorology for more work-life balance in Cleveland. This happened recently in Rochester. A longtime journalists who came to WHAM from KVUE in Austin for a full-time anchor gig ...
PROMOTED IN NEW YORK CITY
WNYW, the Fox station in New York City, is promoting three of it’s employees into anchor roles. First off, is the replacement for Rosanna Scotto in the coveted Good Day New York spot. The ...
BREAKING: JOVITA MOORE PASSES AWAY
It caught us by surprise. WSB’s Jovita Moore passed away Thursday night after a short battle with brain cancer. In April, doctors discovered two tumors on her brain. After surgery, the most common type ...
CBS STATIONS ARE LOOKING FOR THIS KIND OF EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Newsblues has obtained an internal memo from CBS stations co-president Wendy McMahon . The note is about recruitment (yes, everyone is feeling the pinch) and an effort to find innovative, creative executive producers. See ...
THE LOCAL AND NATIONAL NEWS RECRUITMENT CRISIS BY THE NUMBERS
Here’s what we found out about the openings.
SINCLAIR STILL IN RECOVERY MODE
Sinclair is still working to recover from last weeks’ cyber attack. Some systems are still disrupted and while all of the company’s local stations and regional sports networks are back on-line and on the ...
VIEWERS STILL GET ANGRY OVER CUTINS
It’s crazy to think this still happens. KMOV was getting it from viewers who missed television shows during severe weather coverage. The storms that passed through St. Louis and caused significant damage. Anchor Paige ...
FOX WEATHER LAUNCHES TODAY
There has been a lot of practice.
CONSERVATIVE HOST CONDEMNED FOR HATE SPEECH AGAINST KPIX REPORTER
Conservative YouTube host Steven Crowder is under attack for making racist remarks against San Francisco reporter Betty Yu. Crowder, who hosts a podcast and show called Louder with Crowder, was doing a segment about ...
FOX ANCHOR TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID
Encourages his viewers to do the same.
TELEMUNDO LANDS IN NEW MEXICO, PRODUCES A SHOW WITHIN A WEEK
They’re using local resources.
LIGHTENING THE MOOD AT SINCLAIR
At WPEC in West Palm Beach, two personalities tried to find the humor in the cyber attack while communicating the technical issues to viewers. Tuesday morning things weren’t quiet back to normal so anchor ...
VAXXED AND PROMOTED AT GRAY
Gray has promoted two of its executives. John Fiorelli will be the new general manger of KOLO in Reno, Nev. He started as a account executive and has elevated over the years. He became ...
SINCLAIR EXPLAINS CYBER ATTACK
Sinclair released a statement today on the cyber attack against its software that took multiple stations across the country offline this morning and the outages rolled into the day. It’s unclear what the cause ...
LEGEND SIGNING OFF IN ST. LOUIS
The most well-known sports anchor in St. Louis is retiring. Rich Gould ran the sports department at KPLR for 34 years. For many in the market, watching Gould was better than anything you could ...
SINCLAIR STATIONS, ALL SYSTEMS DOWN
This started Sunday afternoon…
CARLSON STARTS S*%T AGAIN
And this is proof he perpetuates lies.
FATHER OF SLAIN TV JOURNALIST WANTS THE FEDS TO SLAM DOWN ON FACEBOOK
Alison Parker and her photographer Adam Ward were murdered while doing a live shot for the CBS affiliate in Roanoke. It’s been years. It happened in 2015. The father of Parker has been fighting ...
I CAN’T GET THE SHOT AND I GOT FIRED ANYWAY
Here’s one anchor’s story about what happened.
LONGTIME OREGON ANCHOR DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS
KVAL lost longtime anchor David Walker at Sinclair’s Eugene, Ore. station, has passed at 67 after battling a longtime illness. “David was a great man and a great broadcaster. He was deeply loved by ...
HEADING FOR THE DOOR IN KC
And looking for his replacement on the way out.
SPEAKING OF THE GREAT RESIGNATION
We’re surprised this female exec is leaving.
JUMPING FROM 178 TO MARKET 53
The new normal?
NEWSY’S NEW CORRESPONDENTS
Newsy announced 14 new correspondents with both local and network news backgrounds. The new 24/7 network by Scripps is covering the country with the following bureau locations. Atlanta; Chicago; Dallas; Denver; Los Angeles; Missoula, ...
LITTLE ROCK ANCHOR AND METEOROLOGIST RETURN AFTER DRESS UP INCIDENT
They both issued apologies.
NO TEGNA FOR YOU
Apologies to Seinfeld’s soup nazi, sorta…
GRAY AIN’T BLUFFING
The official toll of Gray Television staffers dropped due to their refusal to get the COVID-19 vaccine jab now stands at three. Veteran KYTV (Springfield, MO) reporter Linda Simmons is the latest to get ...
IS IT REALLY “THE GREAT RESIGNATION?”
We’ve mentioned this before. News Directors now more than ever are having a hard time recruiting talent in lower and mid-level markets. Either talent isn’t coming it (meaning the 200+ reels they used to ...
DID YOU HEAR ABOUT NATALIE MORALES?
It’s not entirely surprising.
IT’S LIKE A SINKING SHIP – ANOTHER VET GOES
This time in Illinois.
ERIE ANCHOR LEAVES THE DESK TO RUN THE NEWSROOM
From in the front of the camera to behind the camera. In Erie, WJET main anchor Sean Lafferty is going to leave the desk and take over for longtime news director Lou Baxter. Baxter ...
UNIVISION NAMES NEW ND IN CHICAGO
He moved up the ladder quickly.
WABC HAS A MET OPENING
After a decade, this NYC meteorologist is leaving.
TV JOBS: OCTOBER 2
Here are this week’s job openings from our job bank MedialineTalent.com FOr more information, email us at info@reelmediagroup.com. Chief Meteorologist Columbia, SC 5 years Reporter Sacramento, CA Entry Level MMJ Macon, GA ENtry Level ...
SIGNING OFF AND OUT OF THE BIZ IN CONNECTICUT
People keep leaving. The business that is… That latest is Fox 61 Margaux Farrell in Connecticut. Farrell had been off the air after contracting a breakthrough case of Covid-19 earlier this month. She returned ...
KCCI REPLACES METEOROLOGIST WHO SUDDENLY LEFT
Yesterday, we told you that KCCI’s morning meteorologist would step down for good after losing her mother. A day later, the station in Des Moines, Iowa, named her replacement. Jason Sydejko will move to ...
BREAKING: NO NEWS MONDAY
KATU, the Sinclair station in Portland, Ore., has done something no other station has done before. They preempted Monday’s morning and afternoon newscasts so the entire newsroom can attend a seminar to help deal ...
PEORIA ANCHOR IS HEADED FOR “A NEW CITY”
He announced the move himself.
RTDNA CONFERENCE GOES ON, NEW CHAIR ANNOUNCED
The Radio Television Digital News Association announced on Friday at the RTDNA conference in Denver that Allison McGinley, WKMG-TV news director will become the organization’s news chair. “It has been a privilege to take ...
TEGNA’S UP FOR SALE
Here’s what we know about the $8 billion dollar offer.
NEW ADVENTURE COMING RIGHT UP
It’s like they always say..
OH LOOK…A NAKED GUY AT 30 ROCK
No, really.
MEET THE NEWS DADDY
This is more of a shout out than a story. NewsNation Florida correspondent Brian Entin has owned the Gabby Petito story. So much so that that his live’s from outside Brian Laundrie’s house (where ...
FIRED AFTER REFUSING VAXX
After 30 years at the station, weatherman Karl Bohnak was fired from WLUC after he said no to getting the Covid-19 vaccine. Gray Television, the company that owns WLUC in Marquette, Mich., recently made ...
WESH HIRES HOMETOWN WEEKEND ANCHOR
WESH in Orlando, Fla. has hired a two time Emmy-Award winning anchor and Central Florida native to come home and anchor the weekend news. Luana Muñoz started this weekend at the station and anchored ...
TEGNA REQUIRING THE VAXX
Tegna has now joined other station groups in requiring that employees get the vaccine. Back in August, the company asked employees to upload vaccine cards. 9 out of 10 employees at Tegna are currently ...
BUFFALO ANCHOR WELCOMES BABY OVERNIGHT
Everyone is well.
IT’S FINALLY OFFICIAL IN PHILLY
This wasn’t a crazy secret.
AND HOW LONG WILL THIS LAST FOR THIS FORMER PITTSBURGH ANCHOR?
It could be six months … a year … or less.
FROM LOCAL TO SPORTS BETTING NETWORK
It’s no secret sports betting has become a big part of sports broadcasting. Former local newest Femi Abebefe has joined VSin, The Sports Betting Network in Las Vegas as Host of Point Spread Saturday ...