NBCU’s local outlets total 2.3 million viewers for NYC mayoral debate
NBCUniversal’s New York properties racked up over 2.3 million viewers across its multi-platform telecast of the NYC mayoral debate Oct. 16, 2025. 922,663 total viewers were recorded on WNBC and WNJU’s...
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Dak’s Take: The attention economy moved on, local news didn’t
The consolidation wave sweeping through local television has produced impressive quarterly earnings calls. Station groups tout cost synergies, expanded coverage footprints and the operational...
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CBS News Texas moves 11 a.m. newscast to virtual set
KTVT, the CBS-owned station serving the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, has moved its 11 a.m. newscast to its extended reality studio. The change, which occurred on Oct. 14, 2025, follows an earlier...
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NBCU Local Chicago extends media rights deal with Chicago Marathon organizers
The organizers of the Bank of America Chicago Distance Series have signed an extension of their current media rights deal with NBCUniversal Local Chicago. NBCU’s Chicago properties plan marathon...
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CBS duo drops ‘KCAL News’ branding in Los Angeles
CBS has rebranded the local newscasts on its owned stations in Los Angeles. Local news on KCBS, the CBS affiliate, and KCAL, an independent, will now be known as “CBS News Los Angeles,” a move that...
View ArticlePope Leo XIV warns media against clickbait, calls for protection of...
Pope Leo XIV delivered a pointed address on Thursday to MINDS International Association Conference participants with a keen focus on the media industry. He called attention to what he described as a...
View ArticleNBCU’s Chicago properties plan marathon coverage with 35-plus cameras
NBC 5 Chicago and Telemundo Chicago have announced a comprehensive lineup of multi-platform coverage for the upcoming Bank of America Chicago Marathon, scheduled for October 12, 2025. NBC-owned WMAQ...
View ArticleRyan Chiaverini takes on Chicago’s sports scene in promo
WLS in Chicago is airing a promo featuring sports anchor Ryan Chiaverini. The spot blends action shots of Chiaverini in various sports-style scenes (as well as a chess match with evening co-anchor Rob...
View ArticleFCC opens broadcast ownership rules to scrutiny amid market transformation
The Federal Communications Commission voted Sept. 30 to launch its quadrennial review of broadcast ownership regulations, asking whether decades-old rules limiting station consolidation remain relevant...
View ArticleMonterey station shuts down its local news operations
KION, the CBS affiliate in Monterey, California, owned by the News-Press & Gazette Company, has shuttered its news operations. The move was announced to employees Sept. 24, 2025, after they arrived...
View ArticleMan in custody after allegedly firing shots at Sacramento ABC station
Police in Sacramento, California, say they have arrested a suspect who allegedly fired shots at the building of the city’s ABC affiliate. Anibal Hernandezsantana, 61, has been arrested and is facing...
View ArticleTwo arrested in alleged attempt to set Salt Lake Fox affiliate vehicle on fire
Two men have been arrested after they allegedly planted an incendiary device under a local TV news vehicle. Adeeb Nasir, 58, and Adil Justice Ahmed Nasir, 31, are facing charges of threat of terrorism,...
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CBS Atlanta will use virtual studio for upcoming launch of evening newscasts
WUPA, the new CBS affiliate in Atlanta, Georgia, will debut two new newscasts from an extended reality set Sept. 15, 2025. The station, which had been operating as a CBS-owned independent until Aug....
View ArticleCBS Boston names new VP of news
WBZ, CBS’s owned station in Boston, Massachusetts, has named Rob Cartwright vice president of news. Cartwright, who starts Sept. 29, 2025, will join the station from KEYE in Austin, Texas, where he...
View ArticleMissouri sports anchor who helped train future journalists dies at 43
Ben Arnet, the sports director at KOMU in Columbia–Jefferson City, Missouri, died Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025. Arnet, 43, had been with the station, which is owned by the University of Missouri, for five...
View ArticleTegna hires former CNN producer as VP of content
A former CNN executive producer is joining Tegna as its vice president of content. Javier Morgado, who had been in charge of “At This Hour” on the cable network, will head up the company’s stations in...
View ArticleTelemundo Arizona hires anchor, reporter
Telemundo’s stations in Arizona have announced a new anchor for their shared 11 a.m. newscast as well as a multimedia journalist hire. León Felipe González joined Telemundo 39 Phoenix, KTAZ, and...
View ArticleNetwork-owned stations deserve equal treatment, NBCUniversal tells FCC
NBCUniversal has filed reply comments opposing any proposal that would treat major network-owned television stations differently from other broadcasters under federal ownership rules, arguing such...
View ArticleL.A. Telemundo launching ‘Pasión Fútbol’ program
Telemundo 52, which serves the Los Angeles market, is expanding its local sports lineup with the launch of “Pasión Fútbol,” a 30-minute weekly soccer program debuting new editions on Sundays...
View ArticleBernie Prazenica to retire after more than four decades at WPVI
Bernie Prazenica, president and general manager of WPVI, has announced his retirement. He will step down at the end of the year after more than 40 years with The Walt Disney Company and more than 25...
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