New News Promos To Start 2020
January 22nd, 2020 by Paul GreeleyA search of YouTube reveals some recent news image spots on the air in Australia, Cleveland, Fort Wayne, Sacramento and Jacksonville.
WITI Milwaukee Anchors ‘Get Ready’ For Super Bowl
January 21st, 2020 by Paul GreeleyAnne Brown, marketing director for WITI, Nexstar’s Fox affiliate in Milwaukee, offered to share her station’s Super Bowl promos. If any Fox affiliates want to share their creative efforts, please let me know. My phone number and email address are always listed at the top of the column.
Gray Stations Collect Enough For 300,000 Meals In Wausau
January 7th, 2020 by Paul GreeleyGray’s CBS and Fox affiliates in Wausau, Wis., collected donations totaling more than $100,000 as part of their annual Share Your Holidays campaign. This is the 17th year for Share Your Holidays and brings the total for all the years combined to more than $818,000.
KLAS New Year’s Eve Special Airing Across 14 Cities
December 31st, 2019 by Paul GreeleyThe four-and-a-half-hour broadcast will ring in 2020 with viewers in Nevada, California, Washington, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Hawaii and Oregon.
WTTV 70th Anniversary Promo: Proud And Classy
November 27th, 2019 by Paul Greeley“We’ve gotten great feedback from our viewers who have grown up watching this iconic local station and have enjoyed revisiting these fond memories from over the years,” said Katie Warthan, WTTV Indianapolis’ promotions manager.
WPEC Lets Anchors Talk In ‘Authentic’ Promos
November 19th, 2019 by Paul GreeleyDuring the November sweeps, to promote the special reports, WPEC wanted the promos to have a tone of authenticity. “The entire promos are taken from the anchor’s answers, sound-bites, and an announcer tag,” said Brent Struense, WPEC’s creative services director.
TV Marketing Openings For Brand Manager And Producer
November 18th, 2019 by Paul GreeleyNew job posts on TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include an opening for a brand manager at a broadcast group’s headquarters, and a writer/producer for a station in the nation’s capital.
FBI Mob Tapes Latest In WPRI’s Digital Series
November 14th, 2019 by Paul GreeleyAn audio recording by the FBI inside a home in a quiet Massachusetts neighborhood captured the secret induction ceremony of a Mafia crime family as they took the oath of secrecy to join La Costa Nostra. That recording is the subject of the latest episode of the digital-only series, 12 On 12, by WPRI, Nextar’s CBS affiliate in Providence, R.I.
Managing Editor, Account Exec And GSM Openings
November 11th, 2019 by Paul GreeleyNew job openings posted to TVNewsCheck‘s Media Job Center include a managing editor position at a network O&O in Los Angeles, an account exec opening in Memphis and a general sales manager opening in Cincinnati.
GM & News Director Openings At Morgan Murphy Media
November 4th, 2019 by Paul GreeleyMorgan Murphy Media, a privately-held broadcast group, has rare openings for a general manager and news director at its Madison and La Crosse, Wis., TV stations. Morgan Murphy is committed to quality journalism, and has won five national Edward R. Murrow Awards from the RTDNA in the past four years, including the top prize for overall excellence in 2016.