Paul Greeley

An unvaccinated viewer watching a newscast on First Coast News in Jacksonville says she was so “confident with the information it gave” that she scheduled and received a vaccine. Not only that, but she sent First Coast News an email thanking them. The station then turned the email into a testimonial spot.

WPTV, the Scripps NBC affiliate in West Palm Beach, Fla., launched a half hour newscast at 7 p.m. and debuted a brand-new set on the opening day of the Tokyo Olympics.

New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include an opening for a news producer at KTRK, the ABC/Walt Disney Television O&O in Houston.

NewsNation, Nexstar Media’s nascent cable network, is set to launch a new promotional campaign across the country in September. “What you hear and see in this campaign is very much a decidedly different tone of voice,” says Jonathan Killian, NewsNation’s VP of creative marketing and brand communication.

KAUZ, American Spirit’s CBS affiliate in Wichita Falls, Texas, is running a promo for the station’s weather app that appeals to all those who don’t like cutting the grass.

“In 1991 we launched a format wildly different and inventive for its time, whose success would eventually shape the way morning news was broadcast in markets across the country,” says Scott Altus, KTLA’s creative services director.

A live special, Locked On NBA Draft 2021, will be streamed today on Tegna’s TV stations’ OTT apps for Roku and Fire TV, mobile apps and websites.

“Testimonials are your best research audience,” says Kristin Joyal, marketing director for WTLV and WJXX in Jacksonville, Fla. “It doesn’t get more honest or closer to the truth at a time when people demand it.”

WTAE’s Chronicle: The Road to Canton traveled coast to coast to talk to the members of “The Black and Gold” soon to don the institution’s gold jackets.

New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for an assistant news director, a morning news executive producer, content producers and a general manager.