Tribune’s WGN Chicago held its third annual WGN Morning News Drive-Thru Food Drive, with donated food going to the Greater Chicago Food Depository (and a portion going to Northern Illinois Food Bank), according to the station. Over 10,000 pounds of food was donated, more than tripling last year’s total. In addition, viewers donated more than […]
Cop In Freddie Gray Case Talks To WMAR
WFLA Reunites Residents With $2.3 Million
This past Monday, WFLA Tampa’s consumer reporter, Shannon Behnken, hosted a six-and-a-half hour phone bank that netted Tampa Bay residents more than $2.3 million of unclaimed cash, according to the station, Media General’s NBC affiliate. The money is often from dormant accounts in financial institutions, insurance and utility companies, securities and trust holdings. Florida citizens […]
WJTV’s Non-Severe Weather Promo
I can kind of relate to this promo from WJTV, Media General’s CBS affiliate in Jackson, Miss. I live in the Philly area and the weather so far has been warm and balmy. Today will be another sunny day in the 60s. It’s almost December, folks. We’ve had blizzards at this time of year! So […]
WROC’s 14-Hour Facebook Live Goes Global
A 110 year-old grave in a cemetery in Rochester, N.Y., became the unlikely setting for an internet sensation this past Election Day. Before it was over, millions of people from all over the world would be watching, hundreds of news outlets would be writing about it, and a digital reporter for a Rochester TV station […]
WGN Airing Special, ‘Unforgettable: Living With Alzheimer’s’
WGN, Tribune’s independent station in Chicago, will air an hour-long special, Unforgettable: Living with Alzheimer’s on Sunday night at 6. The special will also be streamed on WGNTV.com. Unforgettable: Living with Alzheimer’s takes a look at the growing elder population and continuing growth of Alzheimer’s disease in people’s lives. The special will feature discussions with […]
Comcast’s Xfinity Ad Makes Grandparents Heroes
Being a grandparent myself, I tried not to be offended by the new promo from Comcast Xfinity’s cable and digital service. Offended because the ad implies that we grandparents are so out of touch, digitally speaking, that the family dreads visiting. But I got over it quickly. Apparently, the ad was inspired by real events. […]
Flex Creative Picks Up SuchAGoodDog
Flex Creative, the new creative services agency founded by Peter Martin, has acquired SuchAGoodDog, the Emmy-nominated marketing, promotions, and production company founded by Steve Silverman. “We are actively in expansion mode, and we are thrilled to have Steve’s creative chops here now at Flex,” said Martin. “One of our goals for Flex Creative in the […]
Little Rock’s KARK Wins Election Night Coverage
KARK Little Rock, Ark., “dominated election night coverage winning every quarter hour from 6:30 p.m. to the end of NBC’s coverage at 3 a.m.,” according to a note from Austin Kellerman, KARK’s news director. “For the last four years, we’ve worked extremely hard to build the Your Local Election Headquarters brand.” Kellerman is also news […]
Often Consumers’ Last Hope, WCAU Responds
You’re a consumer with a complaint. You try to handle it yourself. So you call the business. “You’re on the phone, and you go I don’t believe this, are you kidding me? It’s telling you like to hit prompt 1, prompt 2, prompt 3, oh, you’ll have to go to customer service and the next […]