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.
Hollywood Star Lends His Voice To WRGT Dayton Promo
January 9th, 2020 by Paul GreeleyDayton, Ohio, had a difficult year in 2019. So when WRGT wanted to do a year-ending message, it needed something special, something that summed up all the area had gone through. It needed a personal touch for the spot, something that would show the town support and love. And it came from Hollywood.
10,000 Milwaukee Kids Have Coats Thanks To WITI
January 8th, 2020 by Paul GreeleyWinters can be brutally cold in Milwaukee. Like minus 26 degrees below zero, the coldest temperature recorded there. This year, WITI’s FOX6 Coats for Kids drive is expected to deliver more than 10,000 coats to area children.
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.
Main Talent At WAVY Bring Combined 111 Years’ Experience
December 27th, 2019 by Paul GreeleyCarol Ward, general manager of WAVY and WVBT said, “It is an incredible asset to have these professionals on our side.” According to Ward: “WAVY is Hampton Roads‘ leading source for news, weather, traffic and sports and it is no doubt due to the daily contribution of Don Roberts, Don Slater and Bruce Rader.”
Newly Renovated Studio Stars In WNYW Promo
December 26th, 2019 by Paul GreeleyIn one sweeping, unedited shot, the Fox New York O&O’s promo shows off the anchor desk, entertainment nook, cooking station, performance stage, weather station, traffic station and interview couch.
In Bangor, Maine, You Can Binge Watch The News
December 17th, 2019 by Paul Greeley“We are a very small company,” said Michael Palmer, WVII and WFXV’s general manager. “We are unencumbered by layers of bureaucracy. So we came up with this idea and we made it happen. I think we came up with a winning formula.”
KMSP Focuses On Minnesota’s Farming Crisis
December 10th, 2019 by Paul GreeleyTom Lyden, a KMSP Minneapolis reporter, has spent the past 10 months investigating the crisis facing Minnesota farmers, which culminated in a primetime, hour-long special entitled, FOX 9 Presents, The Last Harvest.
Local TV Sales Manager Openings In Great Places
November 25th, 2019 by Paul GreeleyNew job posts to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for local TV sales managers for Tegna and Nexstar stations in Arizona and along the southeast Atlantic coast.
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.