Millions of women struggle with hormone changes, but there are methods to counteract the effects of this malfunction. All this month on PBS stations across the country, experts on hormone health are sharing new information in an hour-long special, Vibrant for Life. The special brings together leading doctors and authors to share new methods on […]
Comcast Vs. Verizon, Part 1
Watching television is getting expensive. It’s not the TV sets that cost you, relatively speaking, they’re cheap. It’s the delivery system that brings the signal to the set that’s getting pricy. We have Comcast in our house, and the monthly rate has gone up to almost $200. And that’s just for basic service, no HBO, […]
WGNO Gets A ‘Yat’ To Announce Award-Winning Promos
In New Orleans, a ‘yat’ is mostly a term of endearment. It refers to a typical neighborhood character, someone born and raised in New Orleans, who never lived anywhere else, or wanted to. Men “yats” know their way around the kitchen and take good care of their “momma and dem,” otherwise known as their mom […]
KCWI Asks For, And Gets, Viewer Comments
KCWI, the CW affiliate in Des Moines owned by Pappas, wanted to know what viewers were watching specifically. So they created a spot to find answers. “I saw public TV do a ’thank you for watching’ so I thought we’d do a ‘tell us what you’re watching’ spot,” says Ted Stephens, KCWI’s general manager, who […]
WLWT 1st Cincinnati Station To Win News Excellence Emmy
WLWT, the Hearst-owned NBC affiliate in Cincinnati, was given the Special Achievement Emmy Award for News Excellence at the 51st Ohio Valley Emmy Awards last month. It was the first time a station from Cincinnati ever won the award. The Ohio Valley regional awards cover four states — Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and West Virginia — […]
Hurricane Katrina Focus All Month Long On WDSU
People who live in southern Louisiana used to talk about what might happen “when the big one hits,” and when it did, it was all televised in shocking horror for all to see. Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Mississippi 10 years ago. Images of people sitting on the roofs of […]
WTTG Wants You To Tap Its App
WTTG, the Fox O&O in Washington D.C., has an amusing promo for its news app. So when do you like to tap it?
WPVI Partners In Nation’s Largest Free Music Festival
WPVI, the ABC O&O in Philadelphia, is the official media partner for Musikfest, an 11-day concert event in Bethlehem, just an hour north of the city in the Lehigh Valley. Musikfest is presented by ArtsQuest, a nonprofit organization that supports the arts and culture in the Lehigh Valley. Musikfest offers more than 1,500 music and […]
WMAR News Coverage Spurs Change In Law
Local TV news coverage, at its best, exposes wrongdoing that gets the attention of local legislators who then write laws to end the crime. And that’s exactly what happened when WMAR, the Baltimore ABC affiliate owned by Scripps, focused its news coverage on people who want to profit from pretending to be in the military […]
Hearst Stations To Air GOP Presidential Forum
One of the constants about working in local television is change. Creative services departments need to be able to quickly and effectively respond to unanticipated changes. Like the announcement late last week that all the Hearst stations are televising and streaming today’s Voters First Forum, featuring GOP presidential candidates. That meant that 27 Hearst-owned stations’ […]