All Aboard! KNTV Investigates San Fran’s Dangerous Trains
December 12th, 2019 by Paul GreeleyThe Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), San Francisco’s transportation network, serves more than 420,000 commuters each day. KNTV’s investigative unit spent months recording on BART trains at all hours to explore how a once-renowned transportation network became one of the most dangerous in the country.
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.
NewsNet Debuts New Studios, New Set
December 10th, 2019 by Paul GreeleyNewsNet, the 24-hour news diginet focused on delivering headlines without talk and opinion-based programming, overhauled its on-air look this week with the debut of the first of their new studios, broadcasting from a new facility that has been under construction since May.
Graham’s WDIV Goes All Things Hoffa For Podcast
December 5th, 2019 by Paul GreeleyHoffa’s disappearance is one of the most notorious unsolved crimes of the 20th century. He lived most of his life in Detroit and was last seen 20 miles north of the city. Interest in what happened to Hoffa has never waned, and the mystery only deepens as the decades pass. Recent projects, including a Martin Scorsese film on the subject, are sparking a new wave of theories, investigation, and excitement about what seems to be the ultimate cold case.
WCPO Documentary Revisits The Who Concert That Killed 11
December 3rd, 2019 by Paul GreeleyOn Dec. 3, 1979, 11 young people were killed before The Who concert started at Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati. Band members Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey share detailed personal accounts of what happened, and the pain of the losses they have lived with for 40 years.
WRAL Partners With Fact Check Site PolitiFact
December 2nd, 2019 by Paul GreeleyThe new segment will make fact-checks available to more people in North Carolina than ever before. “This new partnership will help North Carolinians decipher truth from fiction in a non-partisan format,” said Ashley Talley, WRAL’s enterprise executive producer.
KWWL Special Focuses On Iowa’s Family Farms
November 27th, 2019 by Paul GreeleyGrowing Forward: The Future of Farming In Iowa examined the impact of the trade war, the stresses of the business and the changing technology, as well as the issue of what happens to the family farm if nobody’s left to work it.
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.
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.
WDRB Overcomes Marketing Obstacle To Win at 5 O’Clock
November 22nd, 2019 by Paul GreeleyScott Brady, the creative services director for WDRB, faced a difficult marketing dilemma in September. He had to promote the station’s new 5 o’clock newscast without mentioning the name or showing the face of one of the newscast’s anchors.