May 10, 2026
Greetings:
Happy Mother’s Day to all.
It’s a happy holiday for TWO people who got their first ND jobs this week. And while it’s not a new opening, the opening at a top 25 station is now an official opening. We’ll explain.
Our count of ND openings drops to 28.
We have TWO new ads for management positions at a powerhouse, family owned station in North Carolina.
We have more information on last week’s obituary of the brother of a recently retired Missouri ND.
ONE new GM to tell you about.
And we have several news items.
- ABC’s new CEO is taking an aggressive stand against the FCC.
- In an earnings call, Nexstar’s PERRY SOOK discusses the legal battle in the company’s attempt to buy Tega.
- Gray Media closes on its deal to buy Block Communications TV stations.
- IRE announces its award winners AND extends the early bird registration for its annual convention.
- And CBS Sunday Morning profiles the soon-to-be extinct CBS News Radio
Those stories and more below!
Newly Named News Directors:
Machi
WAPT-TV, Jackson, MS…MIKE MACHI returns to Hearst as the next ND for this ABC affiliate. Here’s the release. For the last year, Mike has been an EP for WPLG-TV in Miami, but earlier worked for Hearst at WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh. His career history is here. At WAPT, Mike replaces LEE NEELY. We told you in March that Lee was moving within Hearst to become ND for WJCL-TV in Savannah, GA.
Oliver
KSNT/KTKA-TV, Topeka, KS…congratulations to ASHLEY OLIVER who’s been promoted to news director for this duopoly. She’s been at the stations for more than four years, first as EP and later Managing Editor. She replaces JESSE FRAY who left in January after ten years for a job out of TV. Nexstar owns NBC affiliate KSNT-TV and operates KSNT-TV (ABC) under a shared services agreement with Vaughn Media.
New News Director Opening:
It’s not a new opening, but worth pointing out that Tegna has now listed the open ND job at KSDK-TV (NBC) in St. Louis. (We may have been premature in posting the opening.)
The job’s been open since TIM GERAGHTY was transferred to KHOU-TV (CBS) in Houston in March. CAROL FOWLER, a Tegna Regional VP who’s based in St. Louis, is overseeing the newsroom. Of note: Tegna owns KSDK, but Nexstar owns KTVI-TV (FOX) and KPLR-TV (CW) in St. Louis, pending Nexstar’s proposed acquisition of Tegna.
Help Wanted Ads:
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News Management Openings:
ASSISTANT NEWS DIRECTOR:
WVTM-TV, Birmingham, AL (listed 3/8/26)
WHO-TV, Des Moines, IA (relisted 4/22/26)
KIVI-TV, Boise, ID (listed 4/19/26)
WMBD-TV, Peoria, IL (listed 5/10/26)
WXOW-TV, Wausau, WI (listed 3/22/26)
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
WPIX-TV, New York, NY (Sports EP, listed 3/29/26)
WPIX-TV, New York, NY (Digital EP, listed 5/10/26)
WPHL-TV, Philadelphia, PA (Digital Content EP, listed 4/26/26)
KHOU-TV, Houston, TX (listed 3/15/26)
KRON-TV, San Francisco, CA (listed 4/12/26)
WFTS-TV, Tampa, FL (listed 4/19/26)
KNXV-TV, Phoenix, AZ (relisted 4/19/26)
KXTV, Sacramento, CA (listed 3/15/26)
KSDK-TV, St. Louis, MO (listed 3/15/26)
KSTU-TV, Salt Lake City, UT (listed 4/19/26)
WCPO-TV, Cincinnati, OH (relisted 4/19/26)
WVEC-TV, Norfolk, VA (listed 3/15/26)
WWL-TV, New Orleans, LA (listed 3/15/26)
WPRI/WNAC-TV, Providence, RI (AM EP, listed 4/19/26)
WGRZ-TV, Buffalo, NY (listed 3/15/26)
KTHV-TV, Little Rock, AR (listed 3/15/26)
KARK/KLRT-TV, Little Rock, AR (Morning EP, relisted 3/29/26)
KJRH-TV, Tulsa, OK (listed 4/19/26)
WHO-TV, Des Moines, IA (Morning EP, relisted 4/19/26)
KLKN-TV, Lincoln, NE (listed 3/22/26)
KRIS-TV, Corpus Christi, TX (listed 3/15/26)
KBMT-TV, Beaumont, TX (listed 3/15/26)
WETM-TV, Elmira, NY (Digital EP, listed 5/2/36)
Other News Management Openings:
Listed 5/3/26:
WRAL-TV, Raleigh, NC (Senior Producer, Nighttime Newscast, see ad above!)
WRAL-TV, Raleigh, NC (Newscast Producer, see ad above!)
Relisted 4/19/26:
KMGH-TV, Denver, CO (Digital Director)
KXAN-TV, Austin, TX (Digital Director)
Listed 4/12/26:
University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (GM of Student Broadcast Media and Instructor)
Listed 4/12/26:
WDHN-TV, Dothan, AL (Digital News Manager)
Obituaries:
Clyde H.
Our report last week on the death of CLYDE HOLLIDAY, brother of retired St. Louis newsman ART HOLLIDAY, was a little thin on details. Clyde was 79 years when he died April 13th. We’re grateful to Art for passing along more info on his brother’s life and career. Regular readers know that Art retired last year after 46 years at KSDK-TV in St. Louis, where he started as the weekend sports anchor and ended as ND.
Names in the News (and other stuff):
ABC’s new CEO JOSH D’AMARO is taking a stand against the FCC’s attempt to challenge its station’s licenses. The company filed an aggressive brief in the case.
Nexstar CEO PERRY SOOK spoke on the company’s earning call last Thursday and outlined the legal battles involving Nexstar’s planned deal to acquire Tegna. Our report is from Variety.
Meanwhile, two defamation and wrongful termination suits against Nexstar’s WOOD-TV (NBC) in Grand Rapids are one step closer to trial. ND STANTON TANG and Assistant ND AMY FOX are the plaintiffs.
Gray Media has closed on its acquisition of five stations owned by Toledo, OH, based Block Communications. The largest among them is WDRB-TV (FOX) in Louisville. More details here.
Congratulations to WFAA-TV in Dallas, WGRZ-TV in Buffalo, KRQE-TV in Albuquerque and KSLA-TV in Shreveport, LA, for being chosen as winners in the annual IRE awards contest. A few other stations were honored as finalists. The complete list of winners in all categories is here.
By the way, the deadline for early bird (i.e., discounted) registration for the annual IRE conference has been extended to May 15th. Details here. Long time readers know that I think the IRE conference is by far the most worthwhile gathering in journalism. I hope to see many of you at National Harbor in Maryland from June 18-21.
You should already know that, after almost a century, CBS News Radio, is shutting down later this month. CBS Sunday Morning’s MO ROCCA looked at the network’s history in this story that aired this morning.
General Manager News and Notes:
NICOLE LEWIS joins Gray Media’s KBTX-TV in Bryan-College Station, TX, as GM and Director of Sales. It’s a return to Texas for Nicole who earlier in her career was the General Sales Manager for KIAH-TV in Houston and most recently was Director of Sales for WKMG-TV in Orlando.
Our List of Open News Director Jobs:
Here’s our list of open ND jobs as of Sunday, May 10, 2026:
It’s unofficial, there may be others that are open, and some of these may have been filled. If you know of any in either category, please let me know: rick@rickgevers.com
WCAU/WWSI-TV 1800 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103
WPVI-TV 4100 City Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19131
KIRO-TV 2807 Third Avenue Seattle, WA 98121
KMGH-TV 2323 Delgany St, Denver, CO 80203
KSDK-TV 1001 Highlands Plaza Dr. St. Louis, MO 63110
WKRN-TV 441 Murfreesboro Pike Nashville, TN 37210
WBFF-TV 2000 W 41st St Baltimore, MD 21211
WAVE-TV 725 S. Floyd St. Louisville KY 40203
WGNO-TV 1 Galleria Blvd, Suite 850 Metairie LA 70001
KOKI-TV 2625 S Memorial Dr, Tulsa, OK 74129
KREM-TV 4103 S Regal St Spokane WA 99223
WCIA-TV 509 S. Neil St., Champaign, IL 61820
KLEW-TV 2626 17th St, Lewiston, ID 83501
KNVO-TV, 801 North Jackson Rd., McAllen TX 78501 **
KCEN-TV 215 N. 3rd Street Temple, TX 76501
KKTV 3100 N Nevada Ave, Ste B, Colorado Springs, CO 80907
WSIL-TV 1416 Country Aire Drive Carterville, IL 62918
WNDU-TV 54516 State Road 933, South Bend, IN 46637
KNDU-TV 3312 W. Kennewick Ave. Kennewick, WA 99336
WCBI-TV 201 5th Street South Columbus, MS 39701
KRIS-TV 301 Artesian Street Corpus Christi, TX 78401
KSWO-TV 1401 SE 60th St. Lawton, OK 73501
KBMT-TV 525 Interstate 10 South, Beaumont, TX 77701
KIFI-TV 1915 N Yellowstone Hwy Idaho Falls, ID 83401
WTWO-TV 10849 N US Highway 41, Farmersburg, IN 47850
WLUC-TV 177 US-41 East, Negaunee, MI 49866
KYOU-TV 820 West 2nd Street; Ottumwa, IA 52501
KAVU-TV. 3808 N Navarro St. Victoria, TX 77901
**: Spanish language station