Two WAGA Fox 5 Atlanta reporters take buyouts
Two prominent reporters at Fox-owned WAGA in Atlanta, Georgia, have accepted buyouts to leave the station amid cost-cutting measures. Randy Travis, an investigative reporter, and Beth Galvin, a health...
View ArticleNew book profiles NYC anchors
Media reporter and veteran broadcaster Jerry Barmash has published a book titled “Here Now the News: An Inside Scoop into New York’s Best-Loved Anchors.” Just a note that this story contains affiliate...
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CBS News Texas surveying viewers about morning newscast revamp
CBS-owned KTVT in Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas, has been asking viewers for feedback on how it might change up its morning newscast. “CBS Texas is transforming our morning newscast into an audience-driven,...
View ArticleWBZ Boston moves anchor to mornings
A Boston station is moving one of its anchor’s shifts to cover a vacancy on its morning newscast. Paula Ebben, who previously anchored the morning news on the CBS-owned station from 2004 to 2013, will...
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CBS Texas announces new morning newscast, talent lineups
KTVT, the CBS-owned station in Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas, is relaunching its morning newscast July 8, 2024. The station, which is known as CBS News Texas on-air, has seen a slew of talent exit its...
View ArticleNBCU’s Bay Area stations honored with six regional Emmys
NBC Bay Area and Telemundo 48 Área de la Bahía received a total of six Northern California Emmy Awards from the Northern California Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The...
View ArticleWBBM’s Ryan Baker headed back to nights and sports
CBS Chicago morning anchor Ryan Baker is headed back to the sports department. During an on-air segment July 15, 2025, the WBBM morning team bid farewell to Baker, who will switch back to the evening...
View ArticleLos Angeles duopoly plans back-to-school donation drive
KNBC and KVEA in Los Angeles will once again sponsor “Supporting Our Schools” and “Apoyando a Nuestras Escuelas,” a back-to-school donation drive to help students get the supplies they need to succeed...
View ArticleWGN GM set to retire Aug. 31
Paul Rennie, the vice president and general manager of Nexstar’s WGN in Chicago will retire Aug. 31, 2024. Rennie joined WGN in 2016 after working for decades in broadcasting, just a few years after...
View ArticleHouston station broadcasts in the dark — and later with a tablet standing in...
Houston station KTRK didn’t let power issues thanks to Hurricane Beryl stop the show. During its morning newscast July 8, 2024, the station’s studio found itself having issues with its power supply....
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Denver sportscaster posts clip of daughter seeing her on TV for the first time
A Denver sportscaster shared her infant daughter’s adorable reaction to seeing mom on TV for the first time. Bradey King, who works at KMGH in Denver, Colorado, posted a clip to her TikTok and...
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Toned down version of ‘The Desk’ comes to revamped Texas morning news
KTVT, the CBS-owned station in Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas, relaunched its morning newscast June 8, 2024, with a toned-down version of the on-air assignment desk that one of its sister stations pioneered....
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Chicago CBS launches new brand showing its ‘love’ for the Windy City
Along with debuting an overhauled version of its windowed streetside studio, CBS News Chicago has launched a major update to its branding. CBS News Chicago revitalizes its corner of the city with...
View ArticleBlackbird and Blox Digital expand newsroom footprint with Lockwood Broadcast...
Blackbird, the technology licensor, developer and seller of the market-leading cloud native video editing platform, Blackbird, and developer of the multiplayer video editor in a browser, elevate.io,...
View ArticleLas Vegas Telemundo promotes assignment editor to anchor, reporter
KBLR, the Telemundo-owned station in Las Vegas has hired Katia Gutiérrez had been promoted to news anchor and multimedia journalist for its Noticiero Telemundo Las Vegas operation. Gutiérrez debuted on...
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Miami station uses 900 LED panels, sleek new desk to build new set
A Miami station has unveiled a standout new set that pushes the envelope in U.S. news set design by essentially using only a video wall and anchor desk to create a home for its newscasts. WPLG, the...
View ArticleCharleston station opens children’s museum exhibit
A Charleston, South Carolina, TV station cut the ribbon on an interactive children’s museum exhibit. Gray Television’s WCSC opened a new exhibit at the Children’s Museum of the Lowcountry July 20,...
View ArticleABC Chicago promotes assistant news director to top newsroom spot
WLS, the ABC-owned station in Chicago, has promoted Doug Whitmire to vice president of news. He is succeeding Jennifer Graves, who retired. “Doug has been a leading force in the newsroom for more than...
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Tegna stations switching to ‘Weather Impact’ branding
Tegna-owned stations in various parts of the country have transitioned to new weather branding. “Weather Impact” began popping up in early July 2024 on the group’s stations. The stations also use the...
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CBS Stations elevates Lyons to regional GM
Jennifer Lyons, president and general manager at WBBM in Chicago, Illinois, will take on an expanded role within CBS News and Stations by becoming regional GM for it and the group’s Detroit station....
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