At 56 feet high, the Erie Land Lighthouse tower features breathtaking views of current weather conditions over Presque Isle State Park, Lake Erie, Presque Isle, and Misery Bays, and along the city’s Lake Erie shoreline.
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KOAT Continues 33 Years Of Giving Coats To New Mexico Kids
New Mexico families have suffered sky-rocketing inflation leading to increased economic hardship. The KOATs for Kids drive asks the community to come together to get new coats into the hands of New Mexico’s kids.
Veteran Broadcasters And College Students Put New CBS Affiliate On The Air
WZMQ, Lilly Broadcasting’s new CBS affiliate in Marquette, Mich., spent almost a year turning a 150-year-old building into a 21st century television studio. On Oct. 3, the station started airing nightly newscasts at 6 and 11. “We had to build this whole thing from the ground up,” says Brian Trauring, the EVP at Lilly.
New Jobs Posted To TVNewsCheck
New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for a Broadcast Maintenance Engineer, Executive Producer, Digital Content Promotions Producer, two Promotions Producers, IT Support Technician, Chief Political Reporter, Reporter and News Producer.
Weatherman’s Son Stars In WCNC’s New Promo
Brad Panovich, WCNC Charlotte’s chief meteorologist, has had a passion for weather since he was 6 years old. The station found the perfect actor to play Brad as a youngster in a new promo — Panovich’s son Kyler.
Nexstar Quietly Starts ‘DC News Now’ From Scratch
Nexstar put news operations of two of its stations together at one location in the nation’s capital and branded it as DC News Now. Now, 100 days into the expansion, it has begun a branding campaign that outlines the central points of its news coverage philosophy.
New Jobs Posted To TVNewsCheck
New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for a director general of the largest broadcasting organization in Canada, United States and Mexico, a corporate opening for a director of news management recruitment and station openings in engineering, IT, meteorology, digital and news.
WWL Documentary Explores Solutions To New Orleans Crime
WWL in New Orleans aired an hour-long documentary in September that examined crime in the city to see what solutions may exist. Nicole Waivers, WWL’s executive producer, says the station wanted to cover the crime problem “in a deeper way instead of just the political finger pointing.”
WRTV Earns ‘Station Of The Year’ Honor From Indiana Broadcasters
See all the Indianapolis-only winners in the Indiana Broadcasters Association Spectrum Awards. In addition to Station of the Year, other categories include investigative, feature story, general news story, sports coverage, community involvement, weather coverage, station promotion and local commercial.
Ginger Zee’s ‘Boots On The Ground’ Coverage From Hurricane Ian’s Eyewall Was No Vacation
Ginger Zee, chief meteorologist for ABC News, provided her millions of social media followers with behind-the-scenes updates before and during Hurricane Ian as well as live reports on ABC World News Tonight and Good Morning America.