WCMH

New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for a group senior producer of creative services (work from home), two multimedia journalists and a general manager.

WCMH in Columbus, Ohio, executed a one-day advertising campaign with a single message using all traditional media — plus one fairly unusual — to get people talking.

New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for an assignment manager, executive producer, news producer, news anchor, reporter, anchor-MMJs, a local sales manager and a broadcast engineer.

This is the ninth year in a row NBC4 partnered with the Mid-Ohio Food Collective for Double Your Donation Day.

If I were marooned on a tropical deserted island, and had good WiFi, I could keep track of what’s happening in cities and towns all across America all the time on Facebook thanks to local TV.

“Being Jaylin’s Big Brother is one of the best things that could have happened in my life,” said Matt Barnes. “Watching him mature into the man he is today and being able to be just a small part of his journey has been amazing. I just hope our experience inspires others to get involved with the organization and make a difference in someone’s life”

Now, more than ever before, people are turning to local TV news for information they can trust about the changing conditions in their town, their city, county and state due to the coronavirus. And local TV marketers are responding with messages of hope and optimism, togetherness and kindness. Not the usual themes of local TV news promotion, but maybe the ones we need to hear right now.

The interactive watch party hosted by WCMH, Nexstar’s NBC affiliate in Columbus, Ohio, was also made available to all the Nexstar TV stations. “So if they were watching on desktop, they could click the options with their mouse, or if they were watching on their phone, they could tap the screen to vote,” said Haley Townsend, WCMH’s digital director.

It is indeed rare for three local TV competitors in the same market to forget their differences and to come together to honor a beloved member of the community.  On Monday night, three local TV affiliates in Columbus, will air Standing with Chris, a program to honor the life of the late Chris Bradley and to promote the importance of bone marrow donation and show Central Ohio viewers how they can help save lives.

In Ohio’s capital, Columbus, Nexstar’s WCMH is a million actions ahead of its next nearest competitor on Facebook. The key is to its high engagement? Finding the right stories that everybody connects to at the same time.