Rick Gevers & Associates

June 19, 2022

Friday, June 24, 2022 UPDATE:

Greetings:

Hello from Denver and the always interesting and valuable IRE conference.

We have another major market news director opening today.

Rodriguez

ERICA HILL RODRIGUEZ has announced that she is leaving FOX’s KTTV in Los Angeles, where she’s been VP/News since late 2019. Earlier, Erica spent 6 1/2 years as news director for KCPQ-TV (FOX) in Seattle, where she worked for 12 years in her second stint there. She’s also spent time in Chicago and Boise.

Erica’s Linkedin page has much more on her background.

We’ll see you Sunday with our full report.

regards,

Rick Gevers

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Greetings:

I hope to see many of you at the IRE conference in Denver later this week.

(Check the forecast if you’re attending…highs are forecast in the mid-90’s Thursday and Friday.)

To our normal business…TWO top 25 markets are among those with news director changes this week.

THREE stations welcome new News Directors while TWO have vacancies in the ND office, leaving 30 stations on our list of open ND jobs.

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Also this week, one new GM at a network owned station in California, an unusual email from the CEO of Standard Media, sent to employees at Tegna, a company it’s trying to acquire. Also…we recap the big news involving longtime talent search leader TALENT DYNAMICS and we’ll tell you about a new EP in Los Angeles.

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Newly Named News Directors:

Parker

News 12 New Jersey, Edison, NJ…you learned in Tuesday’s UDPATE that TEISHA PARKER will be the next ND for this Altice USA owned 24 hour cable operation. She’s currently the the Assistant ND for Tegna’s WTIC-TV (FOX) in Hartford. More in the note from SVP/GM JACQUES NATZ. At News 12, she replaces JEREMY SETTLE who is leaving after nine years, the last three as news director.

Boone

WHNT-TV, Huntsville, AL…RICK BOONE is being promoted within Nexstar to become ND for this CBS affiliate. He’s been the news director for KARD-KTVE-TV in Monroe, LA (more below) and has worked in a variety of large markets. Rick is replacing PAUL CARON who transferred to another Nexstar station, WBTW-TV in Myrtle Beach, after three years.

Bottger

KCAU-TV, Sioux City, IA…congratulations to ANDY BOTTGER who’s been upped ND at this Nexstar owned ABC affiliate. He’s been the Assistant ND there for 5 1/2 of his ten years as the station. Andy replaces DAN DELGADO who left in May to become ND for KXXV/KRHD-TV, ABC affiliates serving Waco, Bryan and Temple, TX.

New News Director Openings:

Rosetti

WTHR-TV, Indianapolis, IN…Tuesday’s second UPDATE told you that JEFF ROSETTI has left this Tegna owned NBC affiliate after 3+ years as ND. He worked here for eleven years, first joining as Assistant ND in 2011. More in this short note from GM MICHAEL BROUDER. Before WTHR, Jeff worked at CNN and in Washington, Tampa, Raleigh, and Jacksonville, FL.

KARD//KTVE-TV, Monroe, LA…you learned above that RICK BOONE is moving to sister Nexstar operation WHNT-TV (CBS) in Huntsville, AL. He’s been ND here for about 18 months. (Nexstar owns KARD and operates KTVE for…everyone join in…Mission Broadcasting.)

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Other News Management Openings:

ASSISTANT NEWS DIRECTOR:

KTLA-TV, Los Angeles, CA (Digital AND, relisted 4/17/22)
KRON-TV, San Francisco, CA (listed 6/19/22)
KSTP-TV, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (listed 5/15/22)
WCNC-TV, Charlotte, NC (relisted 6/5/22)
WTHR-TV, Indianapolis, IN (listed 5/15/22)
KENS-TV, San Antonio TX (listed 5/15/22)
WHAS-TV, Louisville, KY (relisted 6/5/22)
WGRZ-TV, Buffalo NY (listed 5/15/22)
WPRI-TV, Providence, RI (listed 5/22/22)
KRGV-TV, Weslaco, TX (listed 6/5/22)
WAND-TV, Decatur, IL (relisted 6/5/22)
KIVI-TV, Boise, ID (relisted 5/22/22)
WKBT-TV, La Crosse, WI (relisted 6/5/22)

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:

KPRC-TV, Houston, TX (listed 5/22/22)
KPHO/KTVK-TV, Phoenix, AZ (relisted 6/5/22)
KPNX-TV, Phoenix, AZ (PM EP, listed 5/15/22)
WFLA-TV, Tampa, FL (relisted 4/24/22)
WFTS-TV, Tampa, FL (listed 5/1/22)
KMGH-TV, Denver, CO (relisted 5/8/22)
KUSA-TV, Denver, CO (listed 6/12/22)
WEWS-TV, Cleveland, OH (listed 6/12/22)
WKYC-TV, Cleveland, OH (listed 5/15/22)
KXTV, Sacramento, CA (AM EP, listed 5/15/22)
WCNC-TV, Charlotte, NC (AM EP, listed 6/12/22)
KMOV-TV. St. Louis, MO (Special Projects EP, listed relisted 5/8/22)
WMAR-TV, Baltimore, MD (listed 6/12/22)
WRAL-TV, Raleigh, NC (listing revised 5/8/22)
WTVF-TV, Nashville, TN (relisted 5/8/22)
KSWB-TV, San Diego, CA (listed 6/5/22)
WBNS-TV, Columbus, OH (Special Projects EP. listed 5/15/22)
WCMH-TV, Columbus, OH (listed 5/30/22)
WCPO-TV, Cincinnati, OH (listed 6/12/22)
WJAX/WFOX-TV, Jacksonville, FL (listed 5/1/22)
WTLV/WJXX-TV, Jacksonville, FL (PM EP, listed 6/12/22)
WIAT-TV, Birmingham AL (relisted 4/24/22)
WFMY-TV, Greensboro, NC (AM EP, listed 6/12/22)
WGHP-TV, Greensboro/High Point NC (listed 6/19/22)
WKBW-TV, Buffalo, NY (relisted 6/19/22)
KSEE/KGPE-TV, Fresno, CA (listed 5/22/22)
WPRI-TV, Providence, RI (listed 5/22/22)
KJRH-TV, Tulsa, OK (listed 5/1/22)
WBAY-TV, Green Bay, WI (AM EP, listed 6/12/22)
WHO-TV, Des Moines, IA (AM EP, listed 5/22/22)
KOLR-TV, Springfield, MO (listed 6/5/22)
WLTX-TV, Columbia, SC (two openings, AM & PM EP, listed 5/15/22)
WHEC-TV, Rochester, NY (relisted 5/1/22)
WROC-TV, Rochester, NY (relisted 5/22/22)
KRGV-TV, Weslaco, TX (AM EP, relisted 6/5/22)
WBTW-TV, Myrtle Beach, SC (relisted 5/22/22)
WRDE-TV, Milton, DE (listed 5/22/22) **

SUPERVISING PRODUCER:

KOMU-TV, Columbia, Mo (relisted 6/5/22)

MANAGING EDITOR:

KMGH-TV, Denver, CO (listed 6/12/22)
KGW-TV, Portland, OR (listed 5/15/22)
KOMU-TV, Columbia, MO (relisted 6/5/22)

More News Management Openings:

Listed 6/12/22:

KVUE-TV, Austin, TX (Director of Digital Content)
KVEO/KGBT-TV, Rio Grande Valley, TX (Digital Content Manager)

Listed 5/30/22:

WVEC-TV, Norfolk, VA (Director of Digital Content)

Listed 5/15/22:

Spectrum News NY1 (Senior Producer & Senior Producer-Politics)

Missouri School of Journalism, Columbia, MO: (Supervising Producer, Documentary Journalism Center)

WKYC-TV, Cleveland, OH (Digital Content Director)
WHAS-TV, Louisville, KY (Digital Content Director)
WLAX/WEUX-TV, LaCrosse, WI (Digital Content Manager)

Relisted 5/15/22:

KNXV-TV, Phoenix, AZ: (Assignment Desk Manager)
WFTS-TV, Tampa, FL (Manager of Real Time Depth)
U. of Mississippi, Oxford, MS (Director of Student Media)

Relisted 4/17/22:

WJW-TV, Cleveland, OH: (Digital Content Director)

Obituaries:

Harris

KING HARRIS, who served as both the news director and anchor for KEYT-TV in Santa Barbara, CA, for many years, died Tuesday night. He was 75. His former station remembered him with this on-air story. King also worked at KCOY-TV in San Luis Obispo as a producer and was a radio news director and taught journalism. The Santa Barbara Independent has more in a nice tribute.

Williams

Sorry to report the passing of longtime WPVI-TV (Philadelphia-ABC owned) producer and executive producer RICK WILLIAMS (not to be confused with the WPVI anchor of the same name). Rick retired in 2021 after 40 years at the station and lost a battle to esophageal cancer Thursday. Veteran WPVI anchor JIM GARDNER reported Williams’ death in this story.

Lucy

A 41 veteran of St. Louis’ KMOV-TV (Gray owned/CBS), DON LUCY, died unexpectedly this week. He was 63 years old and worked as a director for the morning news, which honored him with this story. Don was the longest tenured employee at KMOV, joining one year after his father (who started there four days after the station went on the air) retired. He also worked as a TD for Bally Sports, working Cardinals and Blues games.

Names in the News:

In an unusual move during an acquisition, DEB McDERMOTT, Standard Media CEO, sent a note to Tegna employees saying the company has no intention of cutting staff. Poynter’s AL TOMPKINS has more in an in-depth look worth your time. (I’m guessing I won’t be the only person saving this story.)

We told you Friday that former Meredith executives PATRICK McCREERY and GARY BROWN have formed Glass City Talent and are acquiring Talent Dynamics. Longtime TD principal SANDRA CONNELL will continue as President of the company, with Brown serving as CEO and McCreery leading business development and serving as an advisor. Lots more information in the news release.

Negron

Finally, WILLIAM NEGRON has been promoted to executive producer for Univision’s KMEX-TV in Los Angeles. He’s been the senior producer there, and formerly worked for KVEA-TV in Los Angeles and for television stations in both Houston and his native Puerto Rico.

General Manager News and Notes:

Crawford

MELINDA “MISSY” CRAWFORD is moving up within NBC to become GM for the company’s San Diego operations, KNSD-TV (NBC) and KUAN-TV (Telemundo). She’s spent the last ten years as the VP/Marketing for WNBC-TV in New York. She’s a California native who worked at KGO-TV (ABC owned) in San Francisco for 15 years. She replaces TODD MOHKTARI who was promoted to GM for KNBC-TV in Los Angeles earlier this year.

Our Full List of Open ND Jobs:

Here’s our list of open ND jobs as of Sunday, June 19, 2022:

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

WBZ-TV 1170 Soldiers Field Rd. Boston, MA 02134
WTHR-TV 1000 N. Meridian St. Indianapolis, IN 46204
KSTU-TV 5020 West Amelia Earhart Drive Salt Lake City, UT 84116
KTVX-TV 2175 West 1700 South Salt Lake City, UT 84104
WITI-TV 9001 N Green Bay Rd. Milwaukee, WI 53209
KTNV-TV 3355 S. Valley View Blvd. Las Vegas, NV 89102
WTLV/WJXX-TV 1070 East Adams Street Jacksonville, FL 32202
WGRZ-TV 259 Delaware Avenue Buffalo, NY 14202
WIVB-TV 2077 Elmwood Ave Buffalo, NY 14207
WYMT-TV 199 Black Gold Blvd. Hazard, KY 41701
KGMB/KHNL-TV 420 Waiakamilo Rd. Suite 205, Honolulu, HI, 96817
KHQ-TV 1201 W. Sprague Ave. Spokane, WA 99201
WSAV-TV 1430 East Victory Dr., Savannah, GA 31404
KTSM-TV 3801-D Constitution El Paso, TX 79922
KRNV/KRXI-TV 1790 Vassar St. Reno, NV 89502
KNDO/KNDU-TV 216 W. Yakima Ave., Yakima, WA 98902
KAPP/KVEW-TV 601 N. Edison Kennewick, WA 99336
KADN-TV 1500 Eraste Landry Rd. Lafayette, LA 70506
WLTZ-TV 6140 Buena Vista Rd. Columbus, GA 31907
KTVE/KARD-TV 200 Pavilion Rd. West Monroe, LA 71292
KBMT-TV 525 Interstate 10 South, Beaumont, TX 77701
KQDS-TV 2001 London Road Duluth, MN 55812
KULR-TV. 2045 Overland Ave. Billings, MT 59102
KALB-TV 605 Washington Street; Alexandria, LA 71301
WETM-TV 101 East Water Street Elmira, NY 14901
WWNY-TV 120 Arcade St. Watertown, NY 13601
KMVT-TV 1100 Blue Lakes Blvd North, Twin Falls, ID 83301
Delta News 837 Washington Ave Greenville, MS 38701
KAEF-TV 540 E Street Eureka, CA 95501
KYOU-TV 820 West 2nd Street; Ottumwa, IA 52501

**: Spanish language station

June 12, 2022

Friday, June 17, 2022 UPDATE:

Greetings:

Two former Meredith executives have a formed a new firm to invest in companies in the broadcast field, and their first acquisition may surprise you.

Connell

The new entity is called Glass City Talent, and its first purchase is longtime placement and coaching company Talent Dynamics. Longtime Talent Dynamics principal SANDRA CONNELL will continue as President. She formed TD 25 years ago, when it spun off from AR&D. Sandra has been involved in our business for more than 40 years and has helped countless people, both on the air and behind the scenes.

The principals of the new company are former Meredith President PATRICK McCREERY and former SVP of Content GARY BROWN.

McCreery

Patrick first joined Meredith in 2002 as a Special Projects EP at KPHO-TV in Phoenix. He moved up the ranks quickly. Among his jobs were news director and then GM for KPTV in Portland. He spent several years as VP News and Marketing before becoming President in 2018. Patrick held that job until Meredith was sold at the end of 2021. He’ll lead business development and serve as an advisor to TD.

Brown

GARY BROWN will be the CEO for Talent Dynamics. His last role at Meredith was SVP of Content but he had worked for the company several times over the years. He was a news director in several markets, was Vice President of News for Newport Television, and spent five years working as an agent. Much more about Gary’s career and background on his very detailed Linkedin page.

More details about all this in the news release.

As to the “Glass City” reference in the name? McCreery and Brown grew up in Toledo, nicknamed The Glass City for its significant role in glass manufacturing. And they met while working at WTOL-TV there in the 90’s (after my time there, btw.)
Congrats to Patrick, Gary, AND Sandra!

See you Sunday with our full report.

regards,

Rick Gevers

Tuesday, June 14th, 2022 UPDATE #2:

Greetings:

A second UPDATE in the same day usually means a big market change, and today’s is no different.

Rosetti

JEFF ROSETTI has left Tegna’s WTHR-TV (NBC) in Indianapolis after three-plus years as news director and eleven years at the station. GM MICHAEL BROUDER sent this memo to the staff today. Jeff joined the station as its assistant ND in 2011 and was promoted to the top job in March 2019. His Linkedin page (already modified with a “Open to Work” banner) tells the rest of his background.

We’ll see if the rest of the week brings any other news before our next full edition on Sunday.

regards,

Rick Gevers

Tuesday, June 14th, 2022 UPDATE:

Greetings:

A veteran New England newswoman gets her first ND job in New Jersey.

Parker

TEISHA PARKER joins News 12 New Jersey as its next news director. She’s currently the Assistant News Director for Tegna’s WTIC-TV (FOX) in Hartford. She’s worked for other stations in Hartford, Boston and Springfield, MA. Learn more in this memo from Altice Senior Vice President and General Manager JACQUES NATZ.

Teisha replaces JEREMY SETTLE who is leaving after nine years, the last three as news director.

Also, I need to correct an error from last weekend’s full report.

ANDY DELANCEY is headed to Scripps’ WCPO-TV (ABC) in Cincinnati as its next Assistant News Director. We mistakenly reported he was headed to another Scripps owned ABC affiliate in Ohio.

Apologies to Andy and to you.

We’ll see you Sunday with our full report, barring, of course, any significant UPDATES during the week.

regards,

Rick Gevers

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Greetings:

It’s a good week when I don’t have any news director departures to report.

There are THREE new News Directors this week and NO new openings, leaving 31 stations on our list of open ND jobs.

Just ONE paid help wanted ad, for an EP in Houston.

For the second consecutive week, there’s an obituary for a longtime Nevada news director as well as an obit for a broadcaster turned Medill Dean.

No GM news but lots of times in Names in the News:

A new EP for the CBS evening news.

A lawsuit dropped against a former EP for ABC’s Evening News.

A Salt Lake City ND gets a new job, just not the one we were guessing.

FOUR news managers on the move…

and TWO NDs (one retired, one current) enter Halls of Fame.

Read on for more, and stay cool this week!

Newly Named News Directors:

Hernandez

WUSA-TV, Washington, DC…you learned in our UDPATE on Tuesday that CARIDAD (CARI) HERNANDEZ had been promoted to Director of Content for Tegna’s WUSA-TV (CBS) in Washington. She’s been the Assistant ND there for two years, has also worked in Philadelphia, Miami, and for CNN in Atlanta. She replaces KATHY REYNOLDS who left to become ND for Scripps’ WPTV in West Palm Beach, FL.

Wolfe

WTSP-TV, Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL…NICOLE WOLFE returns to Tampa as Director of Content for this Tegna/CBS station. She’s been the ND for Scripps’ WSFL-TV in Ft. Lauderdale, hired there to start a news department before the pandemic derailed that. WSFL now airs newscasts produced by WPLG-TV. Nicole was the Assistant ND at Scripps’ WFTS-TV (ABC) in Tampa before Miami. She replaces KELLY FRANK who became GM for CBS’s KYW-TV in Philadelphia.

Monheit

WCCB-TV, Charlotte, NC…this Bahakel owned CW affiliate has promoted JEFF MONHEIT to news director. More here. Jeff’s has worked here for 14 years, the last seven as Assistant News Director, and has worked in the market for 24 years. He replaces BROOKS BLANTON who was ND here for less than a year before returning to Grand Rapids, this time as ND for Tegna’s WZZM-TV (ABC).

New News Director Openings:

To the best of my knowledge, there are NO new openings this week.

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Other News Management Openings:

ASSISTANT NEWS DIRECTOR:

KTLA-TV, Los Angeles, CA (Digital AND, relisted 4/17/22)
KSTP-TV, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (listed 5/15/22)
WCNC-TV, Charlotte, NC (relisted 6/5/22)
WTHR-TV, Indianapolis, IN (listed 5/15/22)
KENS-TV, San Antonio TX (listed 5/15/22)
WHAS-TV, Louisville, KY (relisted 6/5/22)
WGRZ-TV, Buffalo NY (listed 5/15/22)
WPRI-TV, Providence, RI (listed 5/22/22)
KRGV-TV, Weslaco, TX (listed 6/5/22)
WAND-TV, Decatur, IL (relisted 6/5/22)
KIVI-TV, Boise, ID (relisted 5/22/22)
WKBT-TV, La Crosse, WI (relisted 6/5/22)

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:

KPRC-TV, Houston, TX (listed 5/22/22, see ad above!)
KPHO/KTVK-TV, Phoenix, AZ (relisted 6/5/22)
KPNX-TV, Phoenix, AZ (PM EP, listed 5/15/22)
WFLA-TV, Tampa, FL (relisted 4/24/22)
WFTS-TV, Tampa, FL (listed 5/1/22)
KMGH-TV, Denver, CO (relisted 5/8/22)
KUSA-TV, Denver, CO (listed 6/12/22)
WEWS-TV, Cleveland, OH (listed 6/12/22)
WKYC-TV, Cleveland, OH (listed 5/15/22)
KXTV, Sacramento, CA (AM EP, listed 5/15/22)
WCNC-TV, Charlotte, NC (AM EP, listed 6/12/22)
KMOV-TV. St. Louis, MO (Special Projects EP, listed relisted 5/8/22)
WMAR-TV, Baltimore, MD (listed 6/12/22)
WRAL-TV, Raleigh, NC (listing revised 5/8/22)
WTVF-TV, Nashville, TN (relisted 5/8/22)
KSWB-TV, San Diego, CA (listed 6/5/22)
KSTU-TV, Salt Lake City, UT (listed 4/10/22)
WBNS-TV, Columbus, OH (Special Projects EP. listed 5/15/22)
WCMH-TV, Columbus, OH (listed 5/30/22)
WCPO-TV, Cincinnati, OH (listed 6/12/22)
WJAX/WFOX-TV, Jacksonville, FL (listed 5/1/22)
WTLV/WJXX-TV, Jacksonville, FL (PM EP, listed 6/12/22)
WIAT-TV, Birmingham AL (relisted 4/24/22)
WFMY-TV, Greensboro, NC (AM EP, listed 6/12/22)
WKBW-TV, Buffalo, NY (listed 4/10/22)
KSEE/KGPE-TV, Fresno, CA (listed 5/22/22)
WPRI-TV, Providence, RI (listed 5/22/22)
KJRH-TV, Tulsa, OK (listed 5/1/22)
WBAY-TV, Green Bay, WI (AM EP, listed 6/12/22)
WHO-TV, Des Moines, IA (AM EP, listed 5/22/22)
KOLR-TV, Springfield, MO (listed 6/5/22)
WLTX-TV, Columbia, SC (two openings, AM & PM EP, listed 5/15/22)
WHEC-TV, Rochester, NY (relisted 5/1/22)
WROC-TV, Rochester, NY (relisted 5/22/22)
KRGV-TV, Weslaco, TX (AM EP, relisted 6/5/22)
WBTW-TV, Myrtle Beach, SC (relisted 5/22/22)
WRDE-TV, Milton, DE (listed 5/22/22) **
KFDX-TV, Wichita Falls, TX (listed 4/17/22)

SUPERVISING PRODUCER:

KOMU-TV, Columbia, Mo (relisted 6/5/22)

MANAGING EDITOR:

KMGH-TV, Denver, CO (listed 6/12/22)
KGW-TV, Portland, OR (listed 5/15/22)
KOMU-TV, Columbia, MO (relisted 6/5/22)

More News Management Openings:

Listed 6/12/22:

KVUE-TV, Austin, TX (Director of Digital Content)
KVEO/KGBT-TV, Rio Grande Valley, TX (Digital Content Manager)

Listed 5/30/22:

WVEC-TV, Norfolk, VA (Director of Digital Content)

Listed 5/15/22:

Spectrum News NY1 (Senior Producer & Senior Producer-Politics)

Missouri School of Journalism, Columbia, MO: (Supervising Producer, Documentary Journalism Center)

WKYC-TV, Cleveland, OH (Digital Content Director)
WHAS-TV, Louisville, KY (Digital Content Director)
WLAX/WEUX-TV, LaCrosse, WI (Digital Content Manager)

Relisted 5/15/22:

KNXV-TV, Phoenix, AZ: (Assignment Desk Manager)
WFTS-TV, Tampa, FL (Manager of Real Time Depth)
U. of Mississippi, Oxford, MS (Director of Student Media)

Relisted 4/17/22:

WJW-TV, Cleveland, OH: (Digital Content Director)

Obituary:

Bode

KEN BODE, a former dean of the Medill School of Journalism and longtime political reporter who worked for PBS, NBC and CNN, died June 2. He was 83 and his cause of death has not yet been revealed. He also moderated Washington Week in Review for PBS and taught at DePauw University here in Indiana. More in these obituaries from The New York Times and The Washington Post.

Carroll

Another week, another obituary for a longtime Reno broadcaster. BOB CARROLL died Monday, June 6th. He first began in Reno broadcasting in 1956 in radio, moved to KOLO-TV in 1960, and the jumped to KTVN-TV in 1967, where he started the news department and worked as anchor and news director. More about his life and career in this obituary.

Names in the News:

Verdugo

ADAM VERDUGO has been named executive producer for The CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell. He’s currently the story editor for the broadcast but has been teamed with O’Donnell for a more than decade in a variety of roles, including when both he and O’Donnell worked at NBC. More in this news release from CBS. He’s also oared at three different CBS News Bureaus around the country, and starts his new job tomorrow.

Corn

A sexual assault lawsuit against former ABC News executive MICHAEL CORN has been dismissed by a New York State Supreme Court Judge. Details in this story from The Los Angeles Times (registration may be required). Corn had served, at different times, as EP for both World News Tonight and Good Morning America before abruptly leaving ABC in 2021. He’s now President of News for Nexstar’s News Nation.

Sternfield

MARC STERNFIELD gets to be closer to family as he moves to Nexstar’s KTLA-TV (CW) in Los Angeles as the station’s Director of Digital Content. Here’s the memo from KLTA ND PETE SAIERS. We told you last week that Marc was leaving Scripps’ KSTU-TV (FOX) in Salt Lake City after seven years as ND and ten at the station. And we won’t bring up our erroneous speculation last week about his next job if you won’t.

A number of news management moves to report:

In an inter-Scripps move, ANDY DELANCEY heads north to WEWS-TV WCPO-TV (ABC) in Cincinnati as its next Assistant ND. He had been an EP at WPTV (NBC) in W. Palm Beach.

After a long search, HAYDEN ELLIOTT has been promoted to Executive Producer for Gray’s WNEM-TV (CBS) in Flint/Saginaw, MI. He’s been a producer there for almost five years.

And two management moves at Weigel’s WBND-TV (ABC) in South Bend, IN:

JASON RONIMOUS is the new Assistant ND here. He had been the Chief Photographer/Operations Manager for WRTV (Scripps/ABC) in Indianapolis.

And SEAN McGARRY gets his first management job as the Morning EP. Sean had been the morning producer.

Holliday

TWO news directors, one retired and one still current, have entered Halls of Fames in their respective states.

ART HOLLIDAY, who joined KSDK-TV (Tegna/NBC) in St. Louis as the weekend sports anchor in 1979, was inducted into the Missouri Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame. Art became ND last year. Here’s what the station aired.

Linn

And TED LINN, who spent 16 years as news director for WANE-TV (Nexstar/CBS) in Fort Wayne, IN, before retiring in 2020, will enter the Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame. Ted also spent many years as the Assistant ND for then sister station WISH-TV in Indianapolis. Here’s what WANE posted to its website.

General Manager News and Notes:

I’m not aware of any GM changes this week, If you are, please let me know.

Our Full List of Open ND Jobs:

Here’s our list of open ND jobs as of Sunday, June 12, 2022:

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

News 12 New Jersey 450 Raritan Center Pkwy, Edison, NJ 08837
WBZ-TV 1170 Soldiers Field Rd. Boston, MA 02134
KSTU-TV 5020 West Amelia Earhart Drive Salt Lake City, UT 84116
KTVX-TV 2175 West 1700 South Salt Lake City, UT 84104
WITI-TV 9001 N Green Bay Rd. Milwaukee, WI 53209
KTNV-TV 3355 S. Valley View Blvd. Las Vegas, NV 89102
WTLV/WJXX-TV 1070 East Adams Street Jacksonville, FL 32202
WGRZ-TV 259 Delaware Avenue Buffalo, NY 14202
WIVB-TV 2077 Elmwood Ave Buffalo, NY 14207
WYMT-TV 199 Black Gold Blvd. Hazard, KY 41701
KGMB/KHNL-TV 420 Waiakamilo Rd. Suite 205, Honolulu, HI, 96817
KHQ-TV 1201 W. Sprague Ave. Spokane, WA 99201
WHNT-TV 200 Holmes Avenue Huntsville, AL 35801
WSAV-TV 1430 East Victory Dr., Savannah, GA 31404
KTSM-TV 3801-D Constitution El Paso, TX 79922
KRNV/KRXI-TV 1790 Vassar St. Reno, NV 89502
KNDO/KNDU-TV 216 W. Yakima Ave., Yakima, WA 98902
KAPP/KVEW-TV 601 N. Edison Kennewick, WA 99336
KADN-TV 1500 Eraste Landry Rd. Lafayette, LA 70506
WLTZ-TV 6140 Buena Vista Rd. Columbus, GA 31907
KBMT-TV 525 Interstate 10 South, Beaumont, TX 77701
KCAU-TV 5993 Gordon Drive Sioux City, IA
KQDS-TV 2001 London Road Duluth, MN 55812
KULR-TV. 2045 Overland Ave. Billings, MT 59102
KALB-TV 605 Washington Street; Alexandria, LA 71301
WETM-TV 101 East Water Street Elmira, NY 14901
WWNY-TV 120 Arcade St. Watertown, NY 13601
KMVT-TV 1100 Blue Lakes Blvd North, Twin Falls, ID 83301
Delta News 837 Washington Ave Greenville, MS 38701
KAEF-TV 540 E Street Eureka, CA 95501
KYOU-TV 820 West 2nd Street; Ottumwa, IA 52501

**: Spanish language station

June 5, 2022

Tuesday, June 7, 2022 UPDATE:

Greetings:

TWO large markets ND jobs are filled by Tegna, and an announcement from the number TWO market proves my speculation skills aren’t so good.

Hernandez

CARIDAD (CARI) HERNANDEZ has been promoted to Director of Content for Tegna’s WUSA-TV (CBS) in Washington, She’s been the Assistant News Director there for the past two years and previously worked in Philadelphia, Miami, and at CNN in Atlanta. The WUSA news release fills in the rest. Cari replaces KATHY REYNOLDS who left the station last month to become ND for Scripps’ WPTV (NBC) in West Palm Beach.

Wolfe

Tegna’s second move sees NICOLE WOLFE return to Tampa as Director of Content for WTSP-TV (CBS). She’s been the news director for Scripps’ WSFL-TV where she oversaw Scripps statewide streaming network. (WSFL does not produce its own newscasts, having farmed that out to Berkshire Hathaway’s WPLG-TV (ABC). More on Nicole and her background here. She replaces KELLY FRANK who moved to Philadelphia as GM for CBS owned KYW-TV.

Sternfield

It would be easy to argue that my speculation skills are no better than my sports betting picks. In Sunday’s newsletter, we speculated that KSTU-TV (Salt Lake City/Scripps/FOX) ND MARC STERNFIELD might be headed across town to become ND for Nexstar’s KTVX-TV. Right company, wrong station. He’s been named Director of Digital Content for Nexstar’s KTLA-TV (CW) in Los Angeles after seven years as ND in SLC. Here’s the memo from KTLA ND PETE SAIERS.

Barring any UPDATES, we’ll see you Sunday with our full report.

regards,

Rick Gevers

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Greetings:

Lots of news to report this week.

There are THREE new News Directors this week and THREE new openings, leaving 34 stations on our list of open ND jobs.

We have THREE paid help wanted ads.

There an obituary for a longtime Nevada news director.

THREE GM’s named at stations in a wide variety of markets, including New York.

In Names in the News, a handful of new news management appointments and RTNDA finally finishes announced the regional Murrow Award winners.

Have a great week.

Newly Named News Directors:

Glover

WHYY-TV, Philadelphia, PA…SARAH GLOVER returns to Philadelphia to be VP/News and Civic Engagement for this public radio and TV operation. She’s currently the Managing Editor for Minnesota Public Radio’s MPR News, but earlier in her career was a staff photographer at The Philadelphia Inquirer. Sarah’s also a past two-term NABJ President.

Pottorff

KODE/KNSF-TV, Joplin, MO…BOBBIE POTTORFF returns to a news room for her first ND job. Earlier in her career she spent ten years as an Assignment Manager and Assistant ND at KOAM-TV in Joplin before leaving in 2001 for a variety of other jobs. She replaces LEISHA BEARD who’s now ND for sister Nexstar station WHTM-TV in Harrisburg, PA. Nexstar owns KSNF (NBC) affiliate, and KODE (ABC), under a JSA. KODE is owned by Mission Broadcasting

Diaz

KTAB/KRBC-TV, Abilene, TX…MANNY DIAZ joins this Nexstar operation as news director. He began his career in sports, worked in a variety of markets, and eventually became news director for another station in Abilene. Much more here. He replaces TRAVIS RUIZ who joined the Nexstar recruiting team.(Nexstar owns KTAB/CBS and operates KRBC-NBC).

New News Director Openings:

Sternfield

KSTU-TV, Salt Lake City, UT…MARC STERNFIELD is leaving this Scripps’ owned FOX affiliate for the proverbial new job ‘to be announced soon’ (perhaps as early as tomorrow). However, his GM’s note to the staff says Marc is leaving for ‘another non-Scripps market station’. Hmm. Nexstar’s KTVX-TV has an ND opening. Let the speculation begin! He joined KSTU in 2012 as the Assistant ND and became ND in 2015. He’s also worked in Boston, Denver, and Lexington.

Bauer

KTNV-TV, Las Vegas, NV…a house cleaning at this Scripps’ owned ABC affiliate as both ND NANCY BAUER and GM CHRIS WAY left. More from the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Nancy’s been HD here since 2019, coming from Scripps’ KERO-TV in Bakersfield. She spent 20 years as an ND for two stations in Los Angeles and nine months as an ND in San Diego. Way has been GM here for five years, returning to LV after 8 months as GM for Scripps’ KMTV in Omaha. Earlier in his career he worked in a digital role for KLAS-TV in Vegas among other jobs.

Nelson

WWNY-TV, Watertown, NY…after 20 years at this Gray TV owned CBS affiliate, JEFF NELSON is leaving for a PR job at a local manufacturing company. Jeff started here after graduating from Syracuse, and worked in a variety of roles including producing, reporting, anchoring, and Assistant ND. He was promoted to news director two years ago. More from the station’s website.

Paid Help Wanted Ads:

Assistant News Director, WINK-TV, Fort Myers, FL:

WINK News is looking for an Assistant News Director with strong leadership skills, great news judgement and exceptional people skills.

Localism is our mantra. We care about what makes or will make news in Southwest Florida. Our Assistant News Director must lead with the strategic vision of excellence in breaking news and severe weather coverage, of course, but also encourage hard news enterprise and investigative journalism.

WINK has a proven track record of exceptional coverage in all these areas. The number 2 leader of WINK News will help enhance, shape, and grow those attributes.

WINK News is always on, programming over 80 hours of local news in English and Spanish a week, as well as publishing the best digital news product in Southwest Florida.

This news operation requires a proven leader who can nurture a positive culture that produces some of the strongest newscasts in the country. The Assistant News Director is involved in all aspects of the daily editorial news process, breaking news coverage and severe weather coverage. The right person will be integral in planning for severe weather and big story coverage and is someone who’s understands how to showcase big stories.

We have more than 100 journalists in our newsroom so the right candidate must be able to inspire, lead and work with a dynamic team. Recruiting and developing young journalists is a critical component for this position.

Please read the full job description and apply on winknews.com

No phone calls, please.

Executive Producer, KPRC-TV, Houston TX:

KPRC2, the Graham Media Group owned / NBC affiliated station, is on the search for a leader, coach, creative thinker, innovator and top-notch journalist to join our news team as an Executive Producer.

Our next EP will come to work every day, with the passion and drive to be the #1 news organization in Houston on all platforms.

Houston is a diverse, growing city with a non-stop appetite for breaking news, enterprise and investigative journalism. It’s a market prone to year-round severe weather events and winning weather coverage is a top priority.

You’ll help lead the editorial direction of the newsroom, focusing on stories that interest and engage our very diverse audience. Our ideal candidate is someone who’s obsessed with understanding and serving our target audience, understands how to showcase big stories with memorable live shots, has impeccable news judgement and can motivate and lead veteran reporters and young producers while maintaining their cool under pressure.

Our Executive Producers need to react to breaking news and weather without hesitation and be willing to scrap stories the team has been working on all day to get it covered.

As a condition of employment, GMG requires that all newly hired employees be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus by the first day of employment, to the extent permitted by applicable law, unless you qualify for a medical or religious accommodation, or as otherwise allowed by law.

Visit Click2Houston.com to learn more and apply.

KPRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer

News Director, KADN/KLAF-TV, Lafayette, LA:

NEWS15, the local FOX and NBC affiliate in Lafayette, LA is looking for a News Director to lead our news department. We are looking for someone with outstanding leadership skills who thrives on teaching, coaching and developing a strong and positive newsroom environment. In addition, the News Director leads and supervises all aspects of news, weather, and sports programming production.

The News Director will oversee a department that generates 40.5 hours of on-air content on the Lafayette market’s NBC and FOX stations. Lafayette is a great place to live and work with a culture all its own, and we are looking for a someone to oversee a department that produces professional and engaging content that reflects that culture in a way that appeals to our own families and communities
.
Specific Job Duties:

Institutes training systems for new employees.
Makes decisions regarding hiring, evaluation, promotion and termination of employees.
Develops news coverage strategy for the station and its website.
Critiques newscasts daily to correct errors, improve coverage and provide mentoring feedback to news staff.
Prepare the department’s budget and manages expenses to meet established financial goals.

Skills & Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism, or related field, or an equivalent combination of education and work-related experience preferred.
Minimum five years’ experience in news programming production, with at least two years’ experience in a leadership role.

Must be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 (subject to any medical or religious accommodations or other applicable law).

To be considered for this exciting opportunity, please visit this link to apply for the position.

 Equal Opportunity Employer.

Other News Management Openings:

ASSISTANT NEWS DIRECTOR:

KTLA-TV, Los Angeles, CA (Digital AND, relisted 4/17/22)
KSTP-TV, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (listed 5/15/22)
WCNC-TV, Charlotte, NC (relisted 6/5/22)
WTHR-TV, Indianapolis, IN (listed 5/15/22)
KENS-TV, San Antonio TX (listed 5/15/22)
WCPO-TV, Cincinnati OH (listed 5/1/22)
WHAS-TV, Louisville, KY (relisted 6/5/22)
WGRZ-TV, Buffalo NY (listed 5/15/22)
WPRI-TV, Providence, RI (listed 5/22/22)
KRGV-TV, Weslaco, TX (listed 6/5/22)
WAND-TV, Decatur, IL (relisted 6/5/22)
WBND-TV, South Bend, IN (listed 4/3/22)
KIVI-TV, Boise, ID (relisted 5/22/22)
WKBT-TV, La Crosse, WI (relisted 6/5/22)

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:

KPRC-TV, Houston, TX (listed 5/22/22, see ad above!)
KPHO/KTVK-TV, Phoenix, AZ (relisted 6/5/22)
KPNX-TV, Phoenix, AZ (PM EP, listed 5/15/22)
WFLA-TV, Tampa, FL (relisted 4/24/22)
WFTS-TV, Tampa, FL (listed 5/1/22)
KMGH-TV, Denver, CO (relisted 5/8/22)
WKYC-TV, Cleveland, OH (listed 5/15/22)
KXTV, Sacramento, CA (AM EP, listed 5/15/22)
KMOV-TV. St. Louis, MO (Special Projects EP, listed relisted 5/8/22)
WRAL-TV, Raleigh, NC (listing revised 5/8/22)
WTVF-TV, Nashville, TN (relisted 5/8/22)
KSWB-TV, San Diego, CA (listed 6/5/22)
KSTU-TV, Salt Lake City, UT (listed 4/10/22)
WBNS-TV, Columbus, OH (Special Projects EP. listed 5/15/22)
WCMH-TV, Columbus, OH (listed 5/30/22)
WJAX/WFOX-TV, Jacksonville, FL (listed 5/1/22)
WIAT-TV, Birmingham AL (relisted 4/24/22)
WKBW-TV, Buffalo, NY (listed 4/10/22)
WFTX-TV, Ft. Myers, FL (relisted 5/15/22)
KSEE/KGPE-TV, Fresno, CA (listed 5/22/22)
WPRI-TV, Providence, RI (listed 5/22/22)
KJRH-TV, Tulsa, OK (listed 5/1/22)
WHO-TV, Des Moines, IA (AM EP, listed 5/22/22)
KOLR-TV, Springfield, MO (listed 6/5/22)
WLTX-TV, Columbia, SC (two openings, AM & PM EP, listed 5/15/22)
WHEC-TV, Rochester, NY (relisted 5/1/22)
WROC-TV, Rochester, NY (relisted 5/22/22)
WNEM-TV, Flint/Saginaw, MI (relisted 5/30/22)
KRGV-TV, Weslaco, TX (AM EP, relisted 6/5/22)
KTSM-TV, El Paso, TX (relisted 6/5/22)
WBTW-TV, Myrtle Beach, SC (relisted 5/22/22)
WBND-TV, South Bend, IN (listed 4/3/22)
WRDE-TV, Milton, DE (listed 5/22/22) **
KFDX-TV, Wichita Falls, TX (listed 4/17/22)

SUPERVISING PRODUCER:

KOMU-TV, Columbia, Mo (relisted 6/5/22)

MANAGING EDITOR:

KGW-TV, Portland, OR (listed 5/15/22)
KOMU-TV, Columbia, MO (relisted 6/5/22)

More News Management Openings:

Listed 5/30/22:

WVEC-TV, Norfolk, VA (Director of Digital Content)

Listed 5/15/22:

Spectrum News NY1 (Senior Producer & Senior Producer-Politics)

Missouri School of Journalism, Columbia, MO: (Supervising Producer, Documentary Journalism Center)

WKYC-TV, Cleveland, OH (Digital Content Director)
WHAS-TV, Louisville, KY (Digital Content Director)
WLAX/WEUX-TV, LaCrosse, WI (Digital Content Manager)

Relisted 5/15/22:

KNXV-TV, Phoenix, AZ: (Assignment Desk Manager)
WFTS-TV, Tampa, FL (Manager of Real Time Depth)
U. of Mississippi, Oxford, MS (Director of Student Media)

Relisted 4/17/22:

WJW-TV, Cleveland, OH: (Digital Content Director)

Obituary:

JACK HOWE, a former news director in Reno and Las Vegas, died May 24. He was 93. He first served as ND for KORK-TV (now KSNV-TV) before moving to Reno as ND and also anchor for KOLO-TV. KOLO reporter ED PEARCE (a former ND at KTVN-TV in Reno) wrote this remembrance, and this obituary has more details on Jack’s life and career.

Names in the News:

A number of news management moves to report:

STEPHANIE SMITH joins Graham Media’s KPRC-TV (NBC) in Houston as Managing Editor. She’s been working at KXAS-TV (NBC owned) in Dallas.

The new Assistant ND at WTVC-TV (Sinclair/ABC) is JONATHAN BRINES who’s had a number of jobs in his career (as have most of us.)

KRGV-TV in Weslaco, TX, has promoted producer ANA ANGUIANO to executive producer. She will also produce the 6:00 newscast.

And it took them about two weeks, but RTDNA finally completed announcing regional EDWARD R. MURROW award winners. Here’s the list.

General Manager News and Notes:

Another week with a number of GM moves, ranging from the very largest market to smaller ones.

Galvez

MARILU GALVEZ is the new general manager for WABC-TV in New York. She’s been the VP of Community Engagement and Development for the station, but comes from a news background as you will learn here. Marilu replaces CHAD MATHEWS (a former ND at WABC) who was promoted to President of the ABC owned stations earlier this year.

Fedele

Gray has transferred CHRIS FEDELE from General Manager at Toledo’s WTVG-TV (ABC) in Toledo to General Manager for WPTA/WISE-TV (ABC/NBC/CW) in Ft. Wayne. While that’s a smaller market, Chris is from the area and previously spent 14 years in a sales role at WISE. More details in this company news release.

Trevino

Tegna has named JOHN TREVINO GM for its operations in the Golden Triangle of Texas also known as Beaumont and Port Arthur) KBMT-/KJAC-TV. John most recently was GM for KDAF-TV (Nexstar/CW) in Dallas and is a former GM at KXTV-TV (Telemundo) in Dallas. Fun fact: his brother RON is an anchor at Tegna’s KHOU-TV (CBS) in Houston.

Our Full List of Open ND Jobs:

Here’s our list of open ND jobs as of Sunday, June 5, 2022:

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

News 12 New Jersey 450 Raritan Center Pkwy, Edison, NJ 08837
WUSA-TV 4100 Wisconsin Ave NW. Washington, DC 20016
WBZ-TV 1170 Soldiers Field Rd. Boston, MA 02134
WTSP-TV 11450 Gandy Blvd, St. Petersburg, FL 33702
WCCB-TV 701 Television Place Charlotte, NC 28205
KSTU-TV 5020 West Amelia Earhart Drive Salt Lake City, UT 84116
KTVX-TV 2175 West 1700 South Salt Lake City, UT 84104
WITI-TV 9001 N Green Bay Rd. Milwaukee, WI 53209
KTNV-TV 3355 S. Valley View Blvd. Las Vegas, NV 89102
WTLV/WJXX-TV 1070 East Adams Street Jacksonville, FL 32202
WGRZ-TV 259 Delaware Avenue Buffalo, NY 14202
WIVB-TV 2077 Elmwood Ave Buffalo, NY 14207
WYMT-TV 199 Black Gold Blvd. Hazard, KY 41701
KGMB/KHNL-TV 420 Waiakamilo Rd. Suite 205, Honolulu, HI, 96817
KHQ-TV 1201 W. Sprague Ave. Spokane, WA 99201
WHNT-TV 200 Holmes Avenue Huntsville, AL 35801
WSAV-TV 1430 East Victory Dr., Savannah, GA 31404
KTSM-TV 3801-D Constitution El Paso, TX 79922
KRNV/KRXI-TV 1790 Vassar St. Reno, NV 89502
KNDO/KNDU-TV 216 W. Yakima Ave., Yakima, WA 98902
KAPP/KVEW-TV 601 N. Edison Kennewick, WA 99336
KADN-TV 1500 Eraste Landry Rd. Lafayette, LA 70506 (see ad above!)
WLTZ-TV 6140 Buena Vista Rd. Columbus, GA 31907
KBMT-TV 525 Interstate 10 South, Beaumont, TX 77701
KCAU-TV 5993 Gordon Drive Sioux City, IA
KQDS-TV 2001 London Road Duluth, MN 55812
KULR-TV. 2045 Overland Ave. Billings, MT 59102
KALB-TV 605 Washington Street; Alexandria, LA 71301
WETM-TV 101 East Water Street Elmira, NY 14901
WWNY-TV 120 Arcade St. Watertown, NY 13601
KMVT-TV 1100 Blue Lakes Blvd North, Twin Falls, ID 83301
Delta News 837 Washington Ave Greenville, MS 38701
KAEF-TV 540 E Street Eureka, CA 95501
KYOU-TV 820 West 2nd Street; Ottumwa, IA 52501

**: Spanish language station

May 30, 2022

Thursday, June 2, 2022 UPDATE:

Greetings:

Now you see them, now you don’t.

That’s the case for both the news director and general manager at Scripps’ KTNV (ABC) in Las Vegas. Both ND NANCY BAUER and GM CHRIS WAY were shown the door yesterday, according to this story in the Las Vegas Review-Journal. (registration may be required.

Bauer

Bauer’s been the ND there since 2019, coming from Bakersfield where she ran the news department at Scripps’ KERO-TV. Before that she spent 20 years as a news director in Los Angeles at KCBS/KCAL-TV and KNBC-TV. She’s also been an ND in San Diego and for a cable operation in Palmdale, CA.

Way joined KTNV in 2017 from Scripps’ KMTV in Omaha. Earlier in his career he worked at KLAS-TV (CBS) in Vegas as Director of Digital Media.

Abouzeid

Also, I made two mistakes in last week’s newsletter that need to be corrected.

First, JOE ABOUZEID will be the GM for Nexstar’s WIVB-TV in Buffalo. moving from sister Nexstar station WDTN-TV (NBC) in Dayton. I had the wrong call letters in our report. Thanks to several readers who caught the error.

Hoder

Interestingly, no one pointed out that I misspelled SHAWN HODER’s name in reporting his move to news director for CBS o-and-o KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh from WTSP-TV (Tegna/CBS) in Tampa-St Petersburg, where he was Assistant ND. (At least I had his name right in the photo caption.) To make it up to you and Shawn, here’s a profile of him from The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

I’ll try and do better in this weekend’s full newsletter…and UPDATES (if any) between now and then.

regards,

Rick Gevers

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Greetings:

We continue our annual tradition of honoring the winner of the Indianapolis 500 in our past-race newsletter.

Sweden’s MARCUS ERICSSON won his first 500 Sunday in an exciting finish with an average speed of 175.428 MPH. Marcus and his CHIP GANASSI racing team won $3.1 million dollars.

                     Marcus Ericsson practicing on Friday – Photo by Rick Gevers

On to our normal business.

TWO new News Directors this week, both first-timers. And NO new openings, leaving 33 stations on our list of openings.

TWO of those 33 stations are advertising those openings among our FOUR paid help wanted ads.

THREE obituaries this week covering the spectrum, from an assistant ND in a small Texas market, to an owner of several very small market stations, to a giant of the industry

THREE GM moves at Nexstar stations, TWO involving former news directors. And just TWO items Names in the News. (Send me your news!)

Newly Named News Directors:

Hoder

KDKA-TV, Pittsburgh, PA…for the third consecutive week a change at a CBS owned station makes the newsletter. This week finds SHAWN HODER returning to Pittsburgh, this time as ND for this o-and-o. More here. Shawn is currently the Assistant ND at Tegna’s WTSP-TV (CBS) in Tampa-St. Petersburg. He’s also worked in Columbus, OH, Atlanta, Washington, DC, Seattle and Orlando. Shawn replaces KATHY HOSTETTER who was promoted to GM for CBS’s WJZ-TV in Baltimore.

Garcia

WINK-TV, Fort Myers, FL…RICH GARCIA has been promoted to news director for this Fort Myers Broadcasting owned CBS affiliate. He’s been the Assistant ND for almost 15 years. His news boss (also his old boss) TOM DOERR, sent me this note with more details. Tom’s been promoted to Director of Local News and Content for this station, and Rich moves up to fill Tom’s old job as news director.

New News Director Openings:

To my knowledge, there are no new ND openings this week. History, though, tells us the first week after a rating period is often active. We’ll see.

Paid Help Wanted Ads:

Assistant News Director, WINK-TV, Fort Myers, FL:

WINK News is looking for an Assistant News Director with strong leadership skills, great news judgement and exceptional people skills.

Localism is our mantra. We care about what makes or will make news in Southwest Florida. Our Assistant News Director must lead with the strategic vision of excellence in breaking news and severe weather coverage, of course, but also encourage hard news enterprise and investigative journalism.

WINK has a proven track record of exceptional coverage in all these areas. The number 2 leader of WINK News will help enhance, shape, and grow those attributes.

WINK News is always on, programming over 80 hours of local news in English and Spanish a week, as well as publishing the best digital news product in Southwest Florida.

This news operation requires a proven leader who can nurture a positive culture that produces some of the strongest newscasts in the country. The Assistant News Director is involved in all aspects of the daily editorial news process, breaking news coverage and severe weather coverage. The right person will be integral in planning for severe weather and big story coverage and is someone who’s understands how to showcase big stories.

We have more than 100 journalists in our newsroom so the right candidate must be able to inspire, lead and work with a dynamic team. Recruiting and developing young journalists is a critical component for this position.

Please read the full job description and apply on winknews.com

No phone calls, please.

Executive Producer, KPRC-TV, Houston TX:

KPRC2, the Graham Media Group owned / NBC affiliated station, is on the search for a leader, coach, creative thinker, innovator and top-notch journalist to join our news team as an Executive Producer.

Our next EP will come to work every day, with the passion and drive to be the #1 news organization in Houston on all platforms.

Houston is a diverse, growing city with a non-stop appetite for breaking news, enterprise and investigative journalism. It’s a market prone to year-round severe weather events and winning weather coverage is a top priority.

You’ll help lead the editorial direction of the newsroom, focusing on stories that interest and engage our very diverse audience. Our ideal candidate is someone who’s obsessed with understanding and serving our target audience, understands how to showcase big stories with memorable live shots, has impeccable news judgement and can motivate and lead veteran reporters and young producers while maintaining their cool under pressure.

Our Executive Producers need to react to breaking news and weather without hesitation and be willing to scrap stories the team has been working on all day to get it covered.

As a condition of employment, GMG requires that all newly hired employees be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus by the first day of employment, to the extent permitted by applicable law, unless you qualify for a medical or religious accommodation, or as otherwise allowed by law.

Visit Click2Houston.com to learn more and apply.

KPRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer

News Director, KADN/KLAF-TV, Lafayette, LA:

NEWS15, the local FOX and NBC affiliate in Lafayette, LA is looking for a News Director to lead our news department. We are looking for someone with outstanding leadership skills who thrives on teaching, coaching and developing a strong and positive newsroom environment. In addition, the News Director leads and supervises all aspects of news, weather, and sports programming production.

The News Director will oversee a department that generates 40.5 hours of on-air content on the Lafayette market’s NBC and FOX stations. Lafayette is a great place to live and work with a culture all its own, and we are looking for a someone to oversee a department that produces professional and engaging content that reflects that culture in a way that appeals to our own families and communities
.
Specific Job Duties:

Institutes training systems for new employees.
Makes decisions regarding hiring, evaluation, promotion and termination of employees.
Develops news coverage strategy for the station and its website.
Critiques newscasts daily to correct errors, improve coverage and provide mentoring feedback to news staff.
Prepare the department’s budget and manages expenses to meet established financial goals.

Skills & Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism, or related field, or an equivalent combination of education and work-related experience preferred.
Minimum five years’ experience in news programming production, with at least two years’ experience in a leadership role.

Must be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 (subject to any medical or religious accommodations or other applicable law).

To be considered for this exciting opportunity, please visit this link to apply for the position.

 Equal Opportunity Employer.

News Director, KULR-TV, Billings, MT:

Tired of the big guys?

Why you don’t want to apply for the News Director job in Billings, Montana:

· You can’t use traffic as an excuse for being late to work.
· You’ll burn too many calories enjoying all the ski resorts, lakes and hiking trails.
· There are way too many breweries to choose from.
· You may land a cameo on Yellowstone.

If you don’t heed this warning, you risk becoming a leader in one of the most innovative, family-owned, forward focused journalism organizations in the country, that prides itself on transparency and relaxed intensity. Yes, relaxed intensity is a real thing!

Think twice about this job if you don’t like collaboration, teamwork, or inspiring the next generation of journalists.

This gig isn’t for you if you don’t like strategic planning, telling local stories that matter, and collaborating on a statewide sports network.

And you’ll just hate it here if professional growth, entrepreneurial opportunities, and work/life balance aren’t on your career bucket list.

Want us to give you more reasons why you shouldn’t leave your current, corporate-driven, top-down job, in a congested part of the country for this News Director position in the Treasure State?

Get in touch and contact: Jeff Hite, Director of Recruiting and Training at: jeff.hite@khq.com

KULR-TV is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.

No phone calls please.

Other News Management Openings:

ASSISTANT NEWS DIRECTOR:

KTLA-TV, Los Angeles, CA (Digital AND, relisted 4/17/22)
KSTP-TV, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (listed 5/15/22)
WCNC-TV, Charlotte, NC (listed 4/3/22)
WTHR-TV, Indianapolis, IN (listed 5/15/22)
KENS-TV, San Antonio TX (listed 5/15/22)
WCPO-TV, Cincinnati OH (listed 5/1/22)
WHAS-TV, Louisville, KY (listed 4/3/22)
WGRZ-TV, Buffalo NY (listed 5/15/22)
WPRI-TV, Providence, RI (listed 5/22/22)
WHO-TV, Des Moines, IA (relisted 5/30/22)
WAND-TV, Decatur, IL (listed 3/27/22)
WTVC-TV, Chattanooga, TN (listed 4/3/22)
WBND-TV, South Bend, IN (listed 4/3/22)
KIVI-TV, Boise, ID (relisted 5/22/22)
WKBT-TV, La Crosse, WI (listed 3/27/22)

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:

WDCW-TV, Washington, DC, (Digital EP, listed 4/10/22)
KPRC-TV, Houston, TX (listed 5/22/22, see ad above!)
KPHO/KTVK-TV, Phoenix, AZ (listed 4/3/22)
KPNX-TV, Phoenix, AZ (PM EP, listed 5/15/22)
WFLA-TV, Tampa, FL (relisted 4/24/22)
WFTS-TV, Tampa, FL (listed 5/1/22)
KMGH-TV, Denver, CO (relisted 5/8/22)
WKYC-TV, Cleveland, OH (listed 5/15/22)
KXTV, Sacramento, CA (AM EP, listed 5/15/22)
KMOV-TV. St. Louis, MO (Special Projects EP, listed relisted 5/8/22)
WRAL-TV, Raleigh, NC (listing revised 5/8/22)
WTVF-TV, Nashville, TN (relisted 5/8/22)
KSTU-TV, Salt Lake City, UT (listed 4/10/22)
WBNS-TV, Columbus, OH (Special Projects EP. listed 5/15/22)
WCMH-TV, Columbus, OH (listed 5/30/22)
WJAX/WFOX-TV, Jacksonville, FL (listed 5/1/22)
WIAT-TV, Birmingham AL (relisted 4/24/22)
WKBW-TV, Buffalo, NY (listed 4/10/22)
WFTX-TV, Ft. Myers, FL (relisted 5/15/22)
KSEE/KGPE-TV, Fresno, CA (listed 5/22/22)
WPRI-TV, Providence, RI (listed 5/22/22)
KJRH-TV, Tulsa, OK (listed 5/1/22)
WHO-TV, Des Moines, IA (AM EP, listed 5/22/22)
WLTX-TV, Columbia, SC (two openings, AM & PM EP, listed 5/15/22)
WHEC-TV, Rochester, NY (relisted 5/1/22)
WROC-TV, Rochester, NY (relisted 5/22/22)
WNEM-TV, Flint/Saginaw, MI (relisted 5/30/22)
KRGV-TV, Weslaco, TX (AM EP, relisted 4/24/22)
KTSM-TV, El Paso, TX (relisted 4/3/22)
WBTW-TV, Myrtle Beach, SC (relisted 5/22/22)
WBND-TV, South Bend, IN (listed 4/3/22)
WRDE-TV, Milton, DE (listed 5/22/22) **
KFDX-TV, Wichita Falls, TX (listed 4/17/22)

SUPERVISING PRODUCER:

KOMU-TV, Columbia, Mo (relisted 4/3/22)

MANAGING EDITOR:

KPRC-TV, Houston, TX (listed 4/3/22)
KGW-TV, Portland, OR (listed 5/15/22)
Spectrum News, Charlotte, NC (listing revised 4/3/22)
KOMU-TV, Columbia, MO (relisted 4/3/22)

More News Management Openings:

Listed 5/30/22:

WVEC-TV, Norfolk, VA (Director of Digital Content)

Listed 5/15/22:

Spectrum News NY1 (Senior Producer & Senior Producer-Politics) See ad above!

Missouri School of Journalism, Columbia, MO: (Supervising Producer, Documentary Journalism Center)

WKYC-TV, Cleveland, OH (Digital Content Director)
WHAS-TV, Louisville, KY (Digital Content Director)
WMAZ-TV, Macon, GA (Digital Content Director)
WLAX/WEUX-TV, LaCrosse, WI (Digital Content Manager)

Relisted 5/15/22:

KNXV-TV, Phoenix, AZ: (Assignment Desk Manager)
WFTS-TV, Tampa, FL (Manager of Real Time Depth)
U. of Mississippi, Oxford, MS (Director of Student Media)

Relisted 4/17/22:

WJW-TV, Cleveland, OH: (Digital Content Director)

Obituaries:

Lippman

Sad news from KYTX-TV (Tegna/CBS) in Tyler, TX, where Assistant News Director ALICIA PEKEMA LIPPMAN lost her battle with cancer last Tuesday. She was just 32 year old. Alicia worked at stations in Lake Charles, LA, Baton Rouge, and Little Rock. Among the survivors are her husband DAVID LIPPMAN, an anchor at KYTX. This obituary has more.

Murphy

TOM MURPHY, a legendary leader in our industry, died Wednesday at his home at age 96. His first TV job was running a station in Albany, NY. He helped grow Capital Cities Communications which later merged with the much larger ABC company, which, of course, was then acquired by Disney. Two obituaries: The New York Times and from one of those ABC stations, WTVD-TV in Raleigh/Durham.

Marks

STEPHEN MARKS also was involved in running TV stations, but on a much smaller level. He died May 11 at the age of 72. Stephen owned a few small TV and radio stations. Two of this stations have interesting distinctions: according to this obituary, one (WBKB-TV) in Alpena, MI, is affiliated with all four major networks, while another (KXGN-TV) is the only station in the smallest market, Glendive, MT.

Names in the News:

ALEX JUD has been promoted to nightside executive producer for WLS-TV, Disney/ABC’s Chicago station. She’s been the 10:00 producer for the last three years. More in this item distributed by the station. Alex has been at WLS for since 2018. She’s also worked as an executive producer for WTHR-TV (NBC) here in Indianapolis and at WNDU-TV (NBC) in South Bend, IN.

Steve A.

We heard this week from old friend STEVE ACKERMANN who’s taking his skills on the road again. Steve’s teaching at the University of North Texas but is spending at least part of the summer as an interim ND for Nexstar’s WETM-TV in Elmira, NY. Many of you know Steve, whose career includes ND positions in Cincinnati and with Belo’s now defunct Texas Cable News in Dallas and a long run with CBS in a variety of jobs.

General Manager News and Notes:

Several general manager moves this week. TWO of those moves (both at Nexstar stations) involve former news directors who’re moving up the GM ladder.

Danielson

MARK DANIELSON proves you can go home again as he returns to Salt Lake City as general manager for KTVX-TV, Nexstar’s ABC affiliate. Mark worked there early in his career before moving around to (among others) two ND jobs in Idaho and two GM jobs for News-Press and Gazette stations. Mark’s note to me explains why this move means so much to him and his family…and proves that this business is pretty small.

Abouzeid

JOE ABOUZEID moves within Nexstar to take over the company’s Buffalo station, WIVB-TV (CBS). He’s spent the last ten years as general manager for Nexstar’s WDTN-TV (NBC) in Dayton. Joe moved to Dayton from Providence, where he had been news director for WPRI-TV from 2005-2012, and worked as Managing Editor and Assistant ND before that. He replaces BRIEN KENNEDY who is retiring.

The final Nexstar move finds JUDSON BECK staying in cold weather country as he moves from Nexstar’s operations in LaCrosse and Eau Claire, WI, to Green Bay, where he will oversee both WFRV-TV (CBS) in Green Bay and WJMN-TV (Independent) in Marquette, MI.

MUCH more detail about all three people in this news release.

German

DAVE GERMAN leaves Scripps’ KMTV (CBS) after just eight months as general manager to return to Texas as GM for Scripps’ KXXV/KHRD-TV, ABC affiliates that serve the Waco, Temple, and Bryan, TX markets. Before moving to Omaha, Dave was a station manager in Odessa, TX, and also worked in Savannah, GA, and Anchorage. More in this news release from Scripps.

Our Full List of Open ND Jobs:

Here’s our list of open ND jobs as of Monday, May 30, 2022.

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

News 12 New Jersey. 450 Raritan Center Pkwy, Edison, NJ 08837
WUSA-TV 4100 Wisconsin Ave NW. Washington, DC 20016
WBZ-TV 1170 Soldiers Field Rd. Boston, MA 02134
WTSP-TV 11450 Gandy Blvd, St. Petersburg, FL 33702
WCCB-TV 701 Television Place Charlotte, NC 28205
KTVX-TV 2175 West 1700 South Salt Lake City, UT 84104
WITI-TV 9001 N Green Bay Rd. Milwaukee, WI 53209
WTLV/WJXX-TV 1070 East Adams Street Jacksonville, FL 32202
WGRZ-TV 259 Delaware Avenue Buffalo, NY 14202
WIVB-TV 2077 Elmwood Ave Buffalo, NY 14207
WYMT-TV 199 Black Gold Blvd. Hazard, KY 41701
KGMB/KHNL-TV 420 Waiakamilo Rd. Suite 205, Honolulu, HI, 96817
KHQ-TV 1201 W. Sprague Ave. Spokane, WA 99201
WHNT-TV 200 Holmes Avenue Huntsville, AL 35801
WSAV-TV 1430 East Victory Dr., Savannah, GA 31404
KTSM-TV 3801-D Constitution El Paso, TX 79922
KRNV/KRXI-TV 1790 Vassar St. Reno, NV 89502
KNDO/KNDU-TV 216 W. Yakima Ave., Yakima, WA 98902
KAPP/KVEW-TV 601 N. Edison Kennewick, WA 99336
KADN-TV 1500 Eraste Landry Rd. Lafayette, LA 70506 (see ad above!)
WLTZ-TV 6140 Buena Vista Rd. Columbus, GA 31907
KBMT-TV 525 Interstate 10 South, Beaumont, TX 77701
KCAU-TV 5993 Gordon Drive Sioux City, IA
KQDS-TV 2001 London Road Duluth, MN 55812
KODE/KSNF-TV 1502 S. Cleveland Avenue, Joplin, MO 64801
KTAB/KRBC-TV 4510 South 14th St. Abilene TX 79605
KULR-TV. 2045 Overland Ave. Billings, MT 59102 (see ad above!)
KALB-TV 605 Washington Street; Alexandria, LA 71301
WETM-TV 101 East Water Street Elmira, NY 14901
KMVT-TV 1100 Blue Lakes Blvd North, Twin Falls, ID 83301
Delta News 837 Washington Ave Greenville, MS 38701
KAEF-TV 540 E Street Eureka, CA 95501
KYOU-TV 820 West 2nd Street; Ottumwa, IA 52501

**: Spanish language station