WBAL, Baltimore’s NBC affiliate owned by Hearst, finished in first place among adults 25-54 in every major weekday newscast in the July ratings. This includes the 4:30, 5 and 6 a.m. time periods as well at 5, 6 and 11 p.m.
WPLG Celebrating 60 Years Of Broadcasting
If you lived in Miami in 1957 and were lucky enough to have a television set, you’d have been able to watch Ed Sullivan, Lucy, Jack Benny, George Burns, and Milton Berle as well as Face the Nation and Meet the Press as well as many other now iconic TV programs. WPLG, the ABC affiliate […]
Spider Stars In TV Reporter’s Live Shot
Spiders creep most people out. Arachnophobia, the fear of spiders, is the No. 1 phobia in the world. So while we might be in awe of the intricate webs they spin in nature, seeing them in the house fills many with dread. Now imagine one crawling on your shoulder, slowly stepping its eight legs down […]
WTTG’s News Lands Multiple Firsts In July
WTTG, the Fox O&O in Washington, seems to be on a roll. “Over the last three-, five- and seven-month periods, almost all of our newscasts have grown to No. 1 in target demos,” said a rep from Fox. WTTG finished first in the morning news, and at 5, 10 and 11 p.m., according to a […]
WSAW-WZAW Take Action After Murder Spree
The murder rate in Wausau, Wis., has averaged just over one per year over the past 15 years. So when four people were murdered on the same day, WSAW-WZAW felt compelled to act. WSAW and WZAW, Gray’s CBS and Fox affiliates, respectively, in the market, helped raise more than $330,000 to benefit the families of […]
‘The Jam’, A New Morning News Choice In Chicago
Today in Chicago, a fresh new approach to morning news begins. It’s called The Jam and it launched on WCIU, The U, an independent station owned by Weigel Broadcasting. Hosted by Jordan Cornette, Felicia Lawrence and Danielle Robay, The Jam airs weekdays from 6 to 8 a.m. “The Jam represents the core of what […]
WRAL Heroin Documentary Gets Real Personal
“In all of my years of documentary production, they were the most gut-wrenching and deeply personal interviews I’ve ever done. They were emotional, moving and eye-opening,” said Clay Johnson, WRAL’s documentary producer. Johnson is talking about the first-person accounts used in the latest documentary from WRAL, Capitol Broadcasting’s NBC affiliate in Raleigh, N.C. Searching for […]
A 3-Day Solution For Your In-House News Drone
The use of drones and the aerial photography they can provide are becoming more and more mainstream in local TV news coverage. And with good reason, as they provide viewers with a point-of-view previously available only via an expensive helicopter.
KTLM Telemundo 40 To Host School Supply Drive
When teachers must resort to panhandling on the street corner, begging for school supplies, as a teacher in Oklahoma did just a few days ago, you know there’s a chronic need across this country for school supplies. Teresa Danks, that Oklahoma third-grade teacher, was accustomed to getting creative when it comes to providing supplies for […]
Seattle’s KING Rules TV Stations’ Social Media
How can you become the market leader in social media? Evonne Benedict, KING’s audience engagement manager, has one word of advice: Listen. That may sound like an obvious suggestion, but here she describes how KING, and all Tegna stations, have turned listening into a science that has led them to rule social media and give […]