Wisconsin Broadcasters Name Four To Hall Of Fame
September 15th, 2021 by Paul GreeleyBroadcasters who have been inducted into the Hall of Fame include managers, personalities, engineers, reporters and those broadcasting pioneers who were at once all of the above.
Scripps Donates 500,000 Books Through Childhood Literacy Campaign
September 14th, 2021 by Paul GreeleyThe annual If You Give a Child a Book … campaign has distributed more than 500,000 books since its launch in 2016.
Take-Out Food Show Takes Off On Chicago’s WCIU
September 13th, 2021 by Paul GreeleyA local food show in Chicago supporting restaurants during the pandemic has turned into a success for WCIU in Chicago. “It’s just fun and everybody can always get behind food,” says Molly Kelly, Weigel Broadcasting’s media strategy director.
Ten Chicago Broadcasters Honored For Contributions Over 25 Years
September 10th, 2021 by Paul GreeleyWeigel Broadcasting’s WMEU, The U, will broadcast the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Chicago/Midwest chapter’s Silver Circle Honors presentation that are given to recognize outstanding individuals who made significant contributions and have devoted 25 years or more to the local television and broadcast industries.
WTAE Pittsburgh Chronicles Flight 93 In ‘Remembering 9/11’
September 9th, 2021 by Paul GreeleyChronicle: Remembering 9/11 returns to the hallowed ground in Somerset County, Pa., where “40 brave souls sacrificed everything in our nation’s first blow against foreign terrorism on U.S. soil,” says Jim Parsons, WTAE Pittsburgh’s news director.
WFMZ Photographer Records Himself Rescuing Teenagers In Flooded Car
September 8th, 2021 by Paul GreeleyChris Post, a photojournalist for WFMZ in Allentown, Pennsylvania, was in the right place at the right time during Hurricane Ida last Wednesday night to record himself helping two teenage girls exit a car overtaken by flood waters.
American COO Of Afghanistan TV Network Says Situation Is Tragic
September 7th, 2021 by Paul GreeleyJack Pagano, a retired U. S. Army lieutenant colonel, and the COO of Shamshad TV, an over-the air and satellite television channel in Afghanistan, has a unique perspective on television in that troubled country. “The Taliban will eventually go back to 2001 television when it was religious broadcasting and that is it,” Pagano says. “Nothing more.”
WVTM Birmingham Joins With Red Cross For Hurricane Relief
September 3rd, 2021 by Paul Greeley“Our neighbors along the gulf are only now beginning to get the full scope of all that needs to be rebuilt and repaired after Hurricane Ida,” says Susana Schuler, WVTM’s GM.
Look To The Skies, Fox Weather Is Coming
September 3rd, 2021 by Paul GreeleyFOX Weather, the 24-hour streaming channel set to launch in October, is going old school this weekend to promote its launch.
Gray Stations Partner With Salvation Army For Hurricane Ida Relief
September 3rd, 2021 by Paul Greeley“Our local broadcast stations and The Salvation Army are coming together as one to support our friends in Louisiana following Hurricane Ida,” says Hilton H. Howell, Gray’s CEO.