New Jobs Posted To TVNewsCheck
April 2nd, 2023 by Paul GreeleyNew jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for a general manager and a creative service director.
WLBT And Gray Television Hosting Tornado Relief Telethon Today
March 31st, 2023 by Paul GreeleyToday, March 31, WLBT, the NBC affiliate in Jackson, Miss., and its parent company, Gray Television, are hosting Gray Day of Giving, a televised donation relief drive following devastating tornadoes in the Mississippi Delta.
Chris Slaughter, Longtime Louisiana Journalist, Retires
March 31st, 2023 by Paul GreeleyChris Slaughter is retiring from WDSU, Hearst’s NBC affiliate in New Orleans, after more than 45 years as a local journalist in Louisiana. Slaughter, who began his career in 1976, has held roles at WAFB in Baton Rouge and WWL and WDSU in New Orleans.
WTKR Norfolk Discovers A Super Hero With A Visit To Third Grade
March 29th, 2023 by Paul GreeleyBlaine Stewart, morning news anchor for WTKR in Norfolk, Va., says while corresponding with a third-grade math teacher, he realized she was something special. Stewart says he can be a pretty cranky old man, “but this one hit me right in the feels.”
WTAE Primetime Special Examines Rail Safety In Pittsburgh
March 28th, 2023 by Paul GreeleyIt has been almost two months since a Norfolk Southern train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, changing its residents’ lives forever. What if something like this happens 40 miles down the track – in Pittsburgh? Chronicle: Trouble on the Tracks will examine these questions in detail.
TV Marketers At ‘Programming Everywhere’ Event To Preview The Future Of Local News
March 27th, 2023 by Paul GreeleyTVNewsCheck’s Programming Everywhere event addresses the programming challenges local TV stations face to fill hours of openings in their schedule with content. TV marketers on site will “get stimulated with lots of concrete ideas to bring back and implement at their stations,” says Michael Depp, TVNewsCheck editor and a moderator at the conference.
New Jobs Posted To TVNewsCheck
March 26th, 2023 by Paul GreeleyNew jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for two evening news anchors, two weekend anchor/MMJs, a local sales manager, an account executive, a director/technical director, a chief meteorologist and a daybreak anchor.
KING’s Female Anchors Write To Themselves To Celebrate Women’s History Month
March 23rd, 2023 by Paul GreeleyIf you could write a letter to your younger self, what would you say? At KING in Seattle, Olivia Roberts, one of KING’s marketing producers, conceived and produced a campaign featuring three of the station’s women anchor/reporters writing a letter to themselves.
Alabama Broadcasters Name Best TV Station And Present Dozens Of Other Awards
March 23rd, 2023 by Paul GreeleyIn addition to “Station of the Year,” Alabama Broadcasters gave awards to TV stations in more than 40 categories including best promotions, local TV commercial, local sports, social media, podcasts, reporter, investigations and weather, just to name a few. You can watch them here.
Sinclair Broadcast Group Focuses On Mental Health Throughout March
March 20th, 2023 by Paul Greeley“I am so encouraged at the life changing and maybe even lifesaving potential that Sinclair Cares mental health support can have,” says Ardis Gonzalez Leon, Sinclair’s director of corporate marketing and promotion. “It’s companywide because mental health is something that affects every single person no matter where you live.”