How a person can conceive a Halloween spot involving super heroes carving a pumpkin is really a tribute to human imagination. Ardis Gonzalez Leon sent me this “Happy Halloween” spot from WSFL, Tribune’s CW affiliate in Miami. Leon came up with the idea and we have to give her staff credit for producing it. Bob […]
WLS Halloween Story Will Make Your Day, Guaranteed
Halloween is this weekend and I saw this story that I just had to share. It must have been very hard for the reporter, Frank Mathie, to have told this story without showing some emotion. But maybe that was his point — to showcase the courage and devotion these parents have for their son. I […]
WTVD Food Drive Collects A Million Meals In A Day
WTVD’s ABC11 TOGETHER Hurricane Relief Food Drive started early in the morning and by the end of the day, 15 large trucks were full of food and more than $135,000 was raised. WTVD is the ABC O&O in Raleigh, N.C. Thousands drove up, walked up, and stepped up to help at WTVD’s newsrooms in Raleigh, […]
Univision Equipping Students To Be Next-Gen Journalists
Students as young as 12 years old are writing, shooting, editing and starring in videos that have been shown in news programs on Univision-owned WXTV New York. “It’s an incredible opportunity for kids to have a voice on social and community issues that impact them,” said Dominic Cipollone, principal at New Venture Community School in […]
Raycom Producing Senate Debate For Louisiana Stations
Raycom will produce a debate featuring all six candidates for the Louisiana’s open U.S. Senate seat that will air live on its stations in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Lake Charles, Shreveport and Alexandria. Viewers can watch the debate from Dillard University in New Orleans on Nov. 2 from 7-8 p.m. on WAFB (CBS, Baton Rouge), […]
WCPO’s Drone Gives News Birds-Eye View
WCPO, Cincinnati’s ABC affiliate owned by Scripps, now has a drone to go along with its helicopter. “Sometimes the chopper is the better picture,” said Jeff Brogan, WCPO’s general manager from a statement from the station’s website. “Sometimes the ground crew is the better picture, and there’s going to be many times where Sky 9 […]
Sparks Fly, Ratings Soar For Senate Debate On WPVI
Other than who will be elected president in 2016, it may be the most contested election in United States history. And the most expensive ever for Congress. The race to win the Pennsylvania Senate seat between Republican Incumbent Pat Toomey and Democrat Katie McGinty is costing more than any in Pennsylvania ever, $100 million, according […]
NBC/Telemundo Stations Win 51 Texas Emmys
NBC and Telemundo-owned stations in Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston and the Rio Grande Valley took home a total of 51 Emmy Awards at the The Lone Star Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences annual gala held on Oct. 15 in Fort Worth. “I applaud our journalists and our news teams for their […]
Tegna Stations Deliver For ‘Make A Difference Day’
Make a difference. It’s a phrase you hear often. Maybe one you’ve used to describe a goal in your life. Who doesn’t want to somehow, some way, make a difference to improve the lives of others? This past Saturday was Make A Difference Day, one of the largest annual single-days of service nationwide. Volunteers, no […]
America’s Only 100% Local Television Channel?
Cable channel JTV in Jackson, Mich., is unique, writes Bart Hawley. “We make the claim of being ‘The World Leader in Local High School Sports Television’.” In addition, claims Hawley, JTV is the “only 100% local television channel, producing 100% of our completely hyper-local content in-house. We are locally owned and employ 14 full time […]