Tracy Brogden Miller

Crystal Martinez joins WDAF, Fox4, Nexstar’s Fox affiliate in Kansas City, as the station’s 4 p.m. anchor starting March 25.

WDAF, Nexstar’s Fox affiliate in Kansas City, launched an hour-long newscast at 4 p.m. on June 27, serving as the cornerstone for a two-and-a-half-hour block of local news.

Two local TV news directors and a general manager attended the Promax Station Summit last month in Las Vegas. After you read what they have to say about it, this may start a trend. “I am really glad I went,” said one. “To me, having both the news director and creative services director there to hear the same information is key,” said another. “I was taking notes like a fiend.”