Moving. It’s one of the occupational hazards of working in local TV news. It can be a benefit or a drawback depending on where you end up geographically, the people you work with, the station management and — if you’re a high-profile manager — the station ownership. Typically, most people in local TV start out […]
Mollie Cooney Says KCCI Career Like Hitting Jackpot
It’s exceedingly rare for a local TV news anchor to have been on the air at the same station in the same market for 40 years. The people you work with through the years become like a second family. So retiring feels like the end of a love affair of sorts, with your co-workers and […]
Facebook Video Of Brawl Peacemaker Seen By Millions
A Facebook video of two teens fighting on an Atlantic City street shot by an onlooker is generating quite a reaction on social media and on local TV news outlets. In the video, which was posted to Facebook last Monday (March 20), Ibn Ali Miller steps in between the two teens urging them to make […]
Louisiana Broadcasters Name KTVE Station Of The Year
KTVE, the NBC affiliate in Monroe, La., was named Station of the Year in the small market category by the Louisiana Broadcasters Association. The Prestige Awards ceremony was held on March 25 in Baton Rouge. The annual competition recognizes excellence in broadcasting and outstanding achievements by Louisiana radio and television broadcasters. This year the LAB […]
WJLP Airing Town Hall Meeting On Heroin Crisis
Tonight at 8, WJLP, the MeTV affiliate licensed to Middletown, N.J., and seen in New York City, is airing a special town hall meeting seeking solutions to New Jersey’s growing heroin and prescription drug crisis. A Jersey Matters Town Hall: The Heroin Crisis, was held at Monmouth University and was co-hosted by […]
UPDATE: WTAE Heroin Special Wins Time Period
WTAE Pittsburgh’s primetime special, Chronicle: State of Addiction, which aired on Wednesday night at 8, was the most watched program all day by women 35-64, according to a statement from the Hearst-owned ABC affiliate. In addition, it was also the top program at 8-9 p.m. among adults and women 18-49 and women 25-54, WTAE says. […]
WTAE Chronicles Pennsylvania’s State Of Addiction
Opioid abuse may be the most covered topic in local news. Hardly a day goes by without coverage of some shocking incident. The problem affects every ZIPcode, every age group, every income. Just last week in Centerville, Ohio, an airline pilot and his wife were found dead from a drug overdose involving opioids by the […]
Christine Baron’s Taking A Hike From WPTV
What an adventure awaits Christine Baron! Frankly, I’m not man enough to attempt what this lady’s mapped out for herself over the next few months. Christine, the creative services director at WPTV, Scripps’ NBC affiliate in West Palm Beach, Fla., is going to hike the Appalachian Trail, alone, carrying a 30-pound pack, from Harper’s Ferry, […]
NFL Head Coach Has Side Job Narrating D-Day Doc
If Bill Belichick decided to wear all of his Super Bowl rings at the same time, he’d proably need two hands — unless one ring fits on his thumb. Belichick, the head coach of the New England Patriots, has achieved what no other coach in the National Football League has: He’s won a record five […]
WREX Gives Rockford Viewers A Drone’s Eye-View
It’s not the cost of a drone camera that’s the challenge. It’s the training, licensing and FAA requirements that are the obstacles keeping drones from being standard equipment in every videographer’s kit. But the day those disappear is not far off. And I think that’s great for local TV news and commercial production operations. https://youtu.be/zReqMiheDgw […]