WSLS’s Newscasts To Pop Up In Different Towns
April 29th, 2021 by Paul GreeleyIt’s not easy for local TV stations to broadcast its newscasts outside the station’s usual studio. But that’s exactly what WSLS, Graham Media’s NBC affiliate in Roanoke, Virginia will be doing every other Friday starting in May and ending in November in a new initiative called, WSLS 10 In Your Town.
WCAU And WWSI Hosting Bilingual Vaccine Phone Bank
April 27th, 2021 by Paul GreeleyWCAU and WWSI, the NBC and Telemundo stations in Philadelphia owned by NBCUniversal, are partnering with the New Jersey Department of Health and the Pennsylvania Department of Health to host a bilingual COVID-19 vaccine informational phone bank tomorrow.
Local TV Sales Exec Offers Lessons Learned Over 36 Years
April 15th, 2021 by Paul GreeleyLee Sucherman is retiring after 36 years as a local TV sales account exec in New Orleans. He shares how he got his start, what strategies worked for him consistently over the year, and what advice he has for others in the field.
Promotions Manager And Producer Openings
April 12th, 2021 by Paul GreeleyNew jobs listed on TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for a promotion manager in Lincoln, Neb., and a promotions producer in Nashville.
2020’s Outstanding Local TV News Investigations Announced
April 9th, 2021 by Paul GreeleyInvestigative Reporters and Editors (IRE), announced the winners of their 2020 awards this week.
KTVE Earns Best Newscast, Weathercast Awards In Louisiana
April 7th, 2021 by Paul Greeley“Without team work none of this could ever happen, everything we do we do together, everything we win – we win as one,” says Rick Boone, KTVE’s news director.
WVTM And Red Cross Raise Funds For Tornado Victims
April 6th, 2021 by Paul Greeley“Central Alabama has experienced a one-two punch the last few weeks with tornadoes and severe weather,” says Susana Schuler, GM of WVTM Birmingham, Ala.
KNTV Tackles Bay Area Housing Crisis From ‘Moms’ Perspective
April 5th, 2021 by Paul GreeleyIn The Moms of Magnolia Street, the Bay Area’s KNTV followed three women and their families who illegally moved in and occupied a single-family home that had been vacant for years, beginning a movement addressing government-sanctioned home discrimination, predatory lending and the corporatization of housing.
WIS Special Covers Nurse Who Lost Husband And Dad To Covid
April 1st, 2021 by Paul GreeleyHeartbreak and Hope after COVID: The Donna Fox Story, is a behind-the-scenes story of a hospital nurse whose husband and dad get Covid 19, are treated together and die within days of each other.
WDIV Named Michigan’s ‘Station Of The Year,’ Again
March 31st, 2021 by Paul GreeleyWDIV, Graham Media’s NBC affiliate in Detroit, was named “Station of the Year” for the seventh year in a row by the Michigan Association of Broadcasters.