KRGV, the ABC affiliate for Brownsville, Harlingen, McAllen and South Padre Island area of south Texas, recently spent two weeks highlighting diabetes, an epidemic in the Rio Grande Valley. WRGV is owned by the Manship family. KRGV’s Heart of the Valley initiative focused two weeks of full station resources on the issue, according to an […]
WDIV Wins Regional Murrow Award For Continuing Coverage
David Stojcevski died in a Michigan jail after being arrested for a traffic ticket. WDIV, Detroit’s NBC affiliate owned by Graham Media, broke the story and the FBI is now looking into the case. Stojcevski spent 16 days in jail, suffering from serious drug withdrawal and losing more than 50 pounds, before dying on the […]
A Year After Baltimore Riots, WBAL-TV Looks Ahead
On April 27, 2015, protestors demonstrating the death of Freddie Gray by the Baltimore police department turned violent. Thousands of troops from the Maryland National Guard were called in to quell the unrest. But before it was over, more than 300 businesses were damaged, cars and buildings were looted and set on fire and hundreds […]
What In God’s Name Is Happening At WCBS?
That’s what John Oliver has been asking lately on his HBO show, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. He’s been asking the question by showing a compilation video of some of the New York CBS O&O’s 11 p.m. news topicals end page animations with titles like Viagra for Kids, High Heel Self Defense, Inside a Dog’s […]
James Griffel New Promo Manager At WPTV
James Griffel starts today as the promotion manager at WPTV, the Scripps-owned NBC affiliate in beautiful West Palm Beach, Fla. Christine Baron is WPTV’s creative services director. The best part for Griffel and his family is that he knows his way around town, and he won’t have to move since he was already living in West Palm. Griffel […]
WRAL Documentary Examines Teachers’ Pay
WRAL, the NBC affiliate in Raleigh owned by Capitol Broadcasting, is airing Grading Teacher Pay, a documentary which examines the relationship of low teacher pay to educational quality. Grading Teacher Pay airs tomorrow night at 7. It will also be shown at 7 on WILM, the CBS affiliate in Wilmington, N.C., also owned by Capitol. […]
WCVB Wins Two Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards
WCVB, the Hearst ABC affiliate in Boston, won two regional Edward R. Murrow Awards in the large market category for Region 10 which includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. The awards are presented by the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA). WCVB won for Overall Excellence and Best Newscast for the […]
KMBC Wins Three Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards
KMBC, the Hearst ABC affiliate in Kansas City, was awarded three regional Edward R. Murrow Awards by the Radio Television Division News Association. KMBC won for overall excellence, newscast and use of news video in the Large Market Television category for Region 5 which comprises Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska. “These awards define a standard […]
KRON Reporter Catches ‘People Behaving Badly’
KRON San Francisco reporter Stanley Roberts has is really on the radar of some local police chiefs and sheriffs. Seems some of his People Behaving Badly franchise stories got the attention of the San Mateo County Police Chiefs and Sheriff Association, and they wanted him to know what they thought of them. So they gave […]
UPDATE: Vintage 1970s News Promos From WTAE
In a Market Share column earlier this week, we showed some 1970s promos from WTAE, Hearst’s ABC affiliate in Pittsburgh. That generated an email from Fred Young, who was the assistant news director at WTAE at the time the promos were created. Young, who retired from Hearst as the SVP of news, sent the email […]