WDIV, Detroit’s NBC affiliate owned by Graham Media, is hosting Decision 2016 Primetime Flashpoint tonight at 8. This election special is designed to give viewers some perspective as they are making decisions about whom to vote for in the upcoming Michigan primary. Host Devin Scillian and the Local 4 News team will be joined by […]
KPHO CSD Gene Robinson Headed To Arizona Public Media
No this isn’t another version of “Old School.” And Gene Robinson isn’t starting up a new fraternity there in Tucson at the University of Arizona. But he will be working as the new director of marketing and communications for Arizona Public Media, the member-supported, nonprofit based there. Robinson is leaving his position as creative services […]
KCPQ Debuts New Set In Seattle
KCPQ, Tribune’s Fox affiliate in Seattle, debuted its redesigned studio and new set on Monday. Designed in conjunction with Broadcast Design International (BDI), the studio uses imagery from Northwest Washington that changes by day-part and by seasons. “Seattle’s status as a world leader in technology is well-known but the unique beauty of the Northwest’s trees, […]
KGW’s Month-Long Food Drive Underway
KGW, Tegna’s NBC affiliate in Portland, Ore., is looking to collect enough food and cash to provide 800,000 pounds of food for area residents throughout Oregon and southwest Washington. The KGW Great Food Drive, in its 13th year, is a major public service campaign. Throughout the month, KGW, Tillamook Cheese, U.S. Bank and local Toyota […]
KVLY Covers Rare Police Killing In Fargo
There was a movie about it and then a TV show. But what happened in Fargo, N.D., on Feb. 11 was not part of any Hollywood script. A policeman was shot and killed, something that hadn’t happened in Fargo in more than 100 years. So you can imagine how an incident like that would rock […]
WCWJ Celebrates 50 Years Of Broadcasting In Jacksonville
If you were around 50 years ago, like I was, you remember what watching your local TV station was like. In Philadelphia, there were local stars like Chief Halftown and Sally Starr, hosts of popular children’s shows on Saturday mornings. One of my favorite kid shows was hosted by Soupy Sales. I could write a […]
Picture This: Beauty Shots Of Your TV Station
Some are on busy city streets. Some might sit alone near a cornfield. Others sit next to busy highways. A few sit on leafy town squares where farmers come once a week to sell their fruits and vegetables. I’ve been inside many TV stations around the country. Some have fantastic facades that stick out and […]
Sean Garcia New Creative Services Director At WFTV
Sean Garcia has been named the creative services director responsible for all marketing and creative advertising for WFTV and WRDQ as well as local client commercial production. WFTV is the ABC affiliate in Orlando and WRDQ is an independent station. Both are owned by Cox Media Group. Garcia comes over from Cox’s TV stations in […]
NBC Peacock In Full Bloom First Day On WRAL
Granted, it’s only the first day. But if WRAL’s performance on Day One as an NBC affiliate in Raleigh, N.C., is any indication of what’s to come, NBC’s probably thinking it should have done this years ago. “This was a great first day. I don’t see how it could have been any better,” said Steven […]
WPIX Launches School Funding Essay Contest
Public elementary, middle and high schools in New York City are hoping to cash in on an essay contest conducted by WPIX, Tribune’s CW affiliate. Its Fuel My School initiative will donate $5,000 each to three winning school principals live on WPIX’s morning news. Students, teachers and parents submitted essays in February explaining how their school […]