This is the kind of story you expect to see on 60 Minutes, or at least the national network news. A St. Louis hospital accused of selling new born babies. This story began at Homer G. Phillips Hospital in 1965. That’s when renowned gospel singer Zella Jackson-Price was told her daughter died at birth. We […]
Market Share Tells And Seeks Sales Success Stories
These are the actual results of local TV sales success stories that were reported by the Market Share blog on TVNewsCheck. In Raleigh, it was a grocery store contest: “Almost 419,000 entries was beyond our wildest expectations.” In Baton Rouge, a yard make-over: “…24,000 people entered, calling the contest a success for both the sponsors […]
KWWL Investigates When Trains Go Off The Rails
The Amtrak disaster here in Philadelphia is reminding viewers of just how dangerous, and deadly, it can be when a train derails. In Iowa, it’s not just train passengers at risk but residents who live along and near the train routes. The area is seeing a huge increase in carloads of crude oil due to […]
At KTVT, Creativity Runs In The Hershey Family
A couple weeks ago, I wrote about a new promo from David Hershey, KTVT’s creative service director. KTVT is the CBS O&O in Dallas. At the end of the article, I mentioned that his daughter, DJ, had submitted a video about swing dancing in her school district’s film contest. She won first place last year. […]
Coneheads In Remake Of State Farm Commercial
If you’re of a certain age, you instantly know the Coneheads as the characters from NBC’s Saturday Night Live as played by cast members Dan Aykroyd and Jane Curtin. The duo don their Coneheads in a remake of the popular Jake From State Farm commercial, which was a surprise hit for the brand, becoming a […]
Rex Mark Celebrates 50 Years As WBAY Tech
It’s one of the most memorable plays in Green Bay Packers history. Green Bay’s quarterback sneak by Bart Starr in the 1967 NFL championship game known as the Ice Bowl to beat the Dallas Cowboys 21-17. And the man behind the camera that day was WBAY employee Rex Mark. Mark is celebrating another milestone, 50 […]
WINK Exposes Moving Company That Delivers Bad News
Changing jobs, and therefore locations, is an occupational hazard for many in the local TV business. Lord knows I’ve moved around the country. And I’ve been involved in the process of moving many employees I’ve hired from state to state. There have been a few horror stories. In one case, a young lady hired a […]
WPLG Reporter Earns Murrow Award In Honduras
This is a story about immigration. Unless you are a Native American, you, as an American citizen, are part of America’s on-going immigration story, in some way, shape or form. People have been coming here looking for a better life since the pilgrims came in the 1600s. And that lady standing tall for liberty in […]
WINK Uses Old Photos To Honor Anchors’ Moms
I saw this Mother’s Day promo on WINK’s Facebook feed. WINK is the CBS affiliate in Ft. Myers, Fla., owned by Ft. Myers Broadcasting. I am a big believer in using your station’s call letters. And it’s an easy argument to make when you have call letters like WINK. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua5szPPACF4
Sacramento Woman Has A 100,000 Cigarette Habit
When people call Sally Dolly of Sacramento the Butt Lady, she’s OK with that. Because she is. KOVR, the CBS O&O in Sacramento, Calif., aired this story about a local woman who goes around picking up discarded cigarette butts. And she keeps count of every one. In the past seven months, she’s collected and disposed […]