KTLA Debuts New Studio And Set To Celebrate 75th Anniversary
November 18th, 2022 by Paul GreeleyThe high-tech set utilizes over forty, 86-inch HD monitors on the back wall video array and several presentation areas. In addition, there are five large LED panel displays for the main anchor desk area, weather center, and additional performance area.
WDIV Identified A ‘Promotable’ Story — Then Owned It
November 14th, 2022 by Paul GreeleyWDIV, Graham Media’s NBC affiliate in Detroit, saw that a story on its website about an upcoming bridge opening got tremendous engagement. The station doubled down and sent a crew of three people four hours away to make it a promotable event for its broadcast viewers.
KSHB Provides Shoes To 1,300 Kids In Kansas City
November 14th, 2022 by Paul GreeleyKSHB 41’s community project Gift of Sole raised $100,800 to help buy shoes for over 1,300 children and teens in the Kansas City metro area. Following a week-long donation drive at www.kshb.com, and a first-time in-person gala with hundreds of people in attendance, the money raised for Gift of Sole doubled in 2022, compared to 2021.
New Jobs Posted To TVNewsCheck
November 13th, 2022 by Paul GreeleyNew jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for a broadcast technician, tower and maintenance technician, director of engineering, general manager and senior marketing consultant.
Ben Bates Upped To Marketing Director At WWL New Orleans
November 9th, 2022 by Paul GreeleyBen Bates has been promoted to marketing director at WWL, Tegna’s CBS affiliate in New Orleans. Prior to WWL, Bates worked in creative services and marketing at stations in Denver, Albuquerque, N.M., and Tegna’s WXIA in Atlanta.
The Story Behind WDJT’s ‘Don’t Watch Us’ News Promo
November 7th, 2022 by Paul GreeleyWDJT’s “Don’t Watch Us” news promo calls out the excess of crime coverage in the market and says that’s not us. “Telling someone not to watch your TV station is going to capture their attention,” says Thomas Wegmann, WDJT’s creative services director. And it’s working.
New Jobs Posted To TVNewsCheck
November 6th, 2022 by Paul GreeleyNew jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for a director of sales, director of strategic marketing, creative services producer and a creative services editor, local sales manager and news director.
WDIV Detroit Celebrates 75th Anniversary With Two-Hour Documentary
November 4th, 2022 by Paul GreeleyTry to imagine the beginning of television. Images and sound floating through the air to land inside a little box in your living room. It must have appeared magical. Going 4 It, is a nostalgic retrospective revealing the inside story of the rise of WDIV Detroit.
ABC Owned Stations Reveal Housing Appraisal Inequalities In New Doc
October 31st, 2022 by Paul GreeleyOur America: Lowballed was triggered by the story of how one Black family “whitewashed” their home — stripped it of family photos, artwork, even toiletries — and had a White friend stand in during an appraisal. The appraised value of their home jumped nearly $500,000 from the previous one.
New Jobs Posted To TVNewsCheck
October 30th, 2022 by Paul GreeleyNew jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for two Local Sales Managers, an Assistant News Director, a Multi-Media Consultant, Creative Services Producer, Creative Services Editor, a Maintenance Support Engineer and a Building and Grounds Maintenance person.