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.
WLAE New Orleans Airing Documentary About A Black Neighborhood Leveled In The 1960s
October 28th, 2022 by Paul GreeleyThe entire one-hour documentary is narrated by those Black residents displaced and by historians and National Park Service officials who try to explain the decisions of their predecessors from generations ago.
WJET Erie Adds Lighthouse Camera To Network
October 26th, 2022 by Paul GreeleyAt 56 feet high, the Erie Land Lighthouse tower features breathtaking views of current weather conditions over Presque Isle State Park, Lake Erie, Presque Isle, and Misery Bays, and along the city’s Lake Erie shoreline.
KOAT Continues 33 Years Of Giving Coats To New Mexico Kids
October 26th, 2022 by Paul GreeleyNew Mexico families have suffered sky-rocketing inflation leading to increased economic hardship. The KOATs for Kids drive asks the community to come together to get new coats into the hands of New Mexico’s kids.
Veteran Broadcasters And College Students Put New CBS Affiliate On The Air
October 23rd, 2022 by Paul GreeleyWZMQ, Lilly Broadcasting’s new CBS affiliate in Marquette, Mich., spent almost a year turning a 150-year-old building into a 21st century television studio. On Oct. 3, the station started airing nightly newscasts at 6 and 11. “We had to build this whole thing from the ground up,” says Brian Trauring, the EVP at Lilly.
New Jobs Posted To TVNewsCheck
October 23rd, 2022 by Paul GreeleyNew jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for a Broadcast Maintenance Engineer, Executive Producer, Digital Content Promotions Producer, two Promotions Producers, IT Support Technician, Chief Political Reporter, Reporter and News Producer.