Rick Gevers & Associates

May 10, 2020

Greetings:

I hope you and yours had a pleasant Mother’s Day, certainly one occurring in a most unusual time.

This week, just ONE news director move to report, which filled ONE opening and created ONE new opportunity. Our list of stations with an ND opening remains at 27.

THREE local broadcasters were honored with Peabody Award Nominations. We’ll tell you which stations and provide a link to all the nominees in our Names in the News section. You’ll also learn about a new hire in Sarasota and a Florida City Council honors a former EP.

We have an obituary for a former EP from the NBC owned stations division.

And we will tell you about TWO GM moves, including the retirement of a 20 years California GM.

Also this and more as you read on.

Newly Named News Directors:

Robertson

WOI-TV, Des Moines, IA…this Tegna owned ABC affiliate has hired RYAN ROBERTSON as its next news director. Here’s the memo from GM DAVID LOVING to the staff. In that memo, David didn’t mention but we’ll tell you that Ryan is coming from KGWN-TV, the Gray owned CBS affiliate in Cheyenne, WY. He’s previously worked in Lincoln and Kearney, NE, and Wichita Falls, TX. Ryan replaces APRIL SAMP who left in December after five years as ND.

New News Director Opening:

KGWN-TV, Cheyenne, WY…as noted above, RYAN ROBERTSON is leaving this Gray television owned CBS affiliate to head to Iowa as ND for Tegna’s WOI-TV (ABC) in Des Moines. He was the news director here for two years. More above!

Paid Help Wanted Ad:

There are no paid help wanted ads this week.

If you need to advertise a news management job, email me for details: rick@rickgevers.com

Other News Management Openings:

ASSISTANT NEWS DIRECTOR:

WGN-TV, Chicago, IL (listed 3/22/20)
WSFL-TV, Miami, FL (relisted 4/20/20)
KUSI-TV, San Diego, CA (relisted this week)
WDJT-TV, Milwaukee, WI (relisted 4/12/20)
WOWK-TV, Charleston, WV (relisted 4/26/20)
WGBA-TV, Green Bay, WI (relisted 4/12/20)

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:

WWSB-TV, Sarasota, FL (relisted 3/29/20)
KING/KONG-TV, Seattle, WA (relisted 5/3/10)
WNCN-TV, Raleigh, NC (PM EP, relisted 4/5/20)
KGTV, San Diego, CA (relisted 4/12/20)
KSND-TV, San Diego, CA (PM EP, relisted 3/1/20)
KSWB-TV, San Diego, CA (relisted this week)
WFSB-TV, Hartford/New Haven, CT (AM EP, listed 3/15/20)
WBNS-TV, Columbus, OH (EP/Innovation, listing revised 2/23/20)
WPTV, West Palm Beach, FL (listed 2/23/20)
WTVR-TV, Richmond, VA (listed 3/15/20)
KJRH-TV, Tulsa, OK (relisted 5/3/10)
KNWA-TV, Fayetteville, AR (PM EP, listing revised 3/29/20)
WHBF-TV, Rock Island, IL (relisted 5/3/10)
KRNV-TV, Reno, NV (PM EP, listing revised 3/29/20)
KCAU-TV, Sioux City, IA (relisted 5/3/10)

MANAGING EDITOR:

WSFL-TV, Ft. Lauderdale/Miami (Investigative/Enterprise, listed 3/8/20)

More News Management Openings:

Relisted this week:

E. W. Scripps, Cincinnati, OH (Director of News Content Strategy)
E.W. Scripps @ WCPO-TV, Cincinnati, OH (News Manager Apprentice)

Listed 4/19/20:

KARK/KLRT-TV, Little Rock, AR (Digital Director)
KOLR/KOLZ-TV, Springfield, MO (Digital Director)

Obituary:

Bloom

HERB BLOOM, a longtime time executive producer for the NBC owned stations division, died May 2nd. He was 78. Here’s a link to his obituary. He spent much, if not all, of his time for NBC based in Washington, but he had earlier worked in Boston, New Jersey, and Pittsburgh.

Names in the News (and other items):

Congratulations to Chicago’s WBBM-TV (CBS owned), Dallas/Ft. Worth’s KXAS-TV (NBC owned) and Nashville’s WTVF-TV (CBS/Scripps) who were among 60 nominees for a Peabody Award. The list of complete entries is here.

WWSB-TV (ABC/Gray Television) in Sarasota, FL, has hired MELISSA RATLIFF as Digital Content Manager. She’s spent the last five years working for WLEX-TV in Lexington, KY, finishing her time there as Executive Producer of Digital Content.

Siegel-Cohen

The Jacksonville, FL, City Council was scheduled to honor the late WJXT-TV Executive Producer SHARON SIEGEL-COHEN last Tuesday. We told you that Sharon died last month after battling ALS. More in this story from the station.

General Manager News and Notes:

Troshinsky

After a 20 year run as General Manager, ELLIOTT TROSHINSKY will retire in June from Hearst’s KCRA/KQCA-TV (NBC/My Network) in Sacramento. The company news release is here. Before KCRA, he’d been GM for KMAX-TV in Sacramento and for WCIX-TV in Miami. He’s also worked in Philadelphia and Kansas City.

Doane

Nexstar has promoted AMY DOANE to General Manager for WNCT-TV, its CBS affiliate in Greenville, NC. She’s been the General Sales Manager there since 2015, first joining the station in 2013 as the Local Sales Manager. More in this news release. Amy’s also worked in Raleigh, Nashville, and Wichita.

Our Full List of Open ND Jobs:

Here’s our list of open ND jobs as of Sunday, May 10, 2020:

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

WFMZ-TV 300 E Rock Rd, Allentown, PA 18103
KXTX-TV 4805 Amon Carter Blvd. Ft. Worth, TX 76155
WUVG-TV 3350 Peachtree Road #1250, Atlanta, GA 30326 **
WEWS-TV 3001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44115
WBFF-TV 2000 W 41st St, Baltimore, MD 21211
KCTV 4500 Shawnee Mission Pkwy. Fairway, KS 66205
KOAT-TV 3801 Carlisle Blvd. NE Albuquerque, NM 87107
WGAL-TV 1300 Columbia Avenue. Lancaster, PA 17603
WPMT-TV 2005 South Queen Street York, PA 17403
WNYT-TV 715 North Pearl Street, Albany, NY 12204
WRGB-TV 1400 Balltown Road, Schenectady, NY 12309
KYTX-TV 2211 E SE Loop 323, Tyler, TX 75701
KVAL/KMTR-TV 4575 Blanton Rd., Eugene, OR 97405
KRIS-TV 301 Artesian Street Corpus Christi, TX 78401
WLTZ-TV 6140 Buena Vista Rd. Columbus, GA 31907
KRCR-TV 755 Auditorium Dr. Redding, CA 96001
KOMU-TV 5550 Old 63 S, Columbia, MO 65201
KFDM-TV 2955 I-10 East Beaumont, TX 77702
KSWO/KAUZ-TV 1401 SE 60th St, Lawton, OK 73501
KPLC-TV 20 Division Street, Lake Charles, LA 70601
KHQA-TV 301 S 36th St, Quincy, IL 62301
WLFI-TV 2605 Yeager Rd. West Lafayette, IN 47906
Delta News 837 Washington Av. Greenville, MS 38701
KIDY/KXVA-TV 5 S. Chadbourne Street San Angelo, TX 76903
KGWN-TV 2923 E. Lincolnway, Cheyenne, WY 82001
KAEF-TV 540 E St Eureka, California 95501
KAVU-TV 3808 N Navarro St, Victoria, TX 77901

**: Spanish language station

May 3, 2020

Greetings:

The slowest week in the last month of so, but a few items to report.

We have ONE new ND opening this week, and NO newly named news directors. Thus, my list of stations with an ND opening numbers 27.

Only TWO items in Names in the News this week, including a former Sacramento producer in trouble with the feds and a promotion for a Texas EP.

There’s just ONE item in our GM moves segment.

Be sure to check out the ad just below for some free help from a number of experienced TV coaches.

Newly Named News Directors:

No new NDs this week to the best of my knowledge. As always, if you know of a newly hired news director, please let me know: rick@rickgevers.com

New News Director Opening:

Smith

WLFI-TV, Lafayette, IN…JEFF SMITH left this Allen Media Owned CBS affiliate on Friday. He was the news director and anchor. The local newspaper reported he sent an email to staff saying he was no longer employed there, effective immediately. I reached out to Jeff but haven’t heard back. He started his career there in 1984 after graduating from Purdue University, left for two radio jobs, and returned in 1999.

Paid Help Wanted Ad:

There are no paid help wanted ads this week.

If you need to advertise a news management job, email me for details: rick@rickgevers.com

Other News Management Openings:

ASSISTANT NEWS DIRECTOR:

WGN-TV, Chicago, IL (listed 3/22/20)
WSFL-TV, Miami, FL (relisted 4/20/20)
KUSI-TV, San Diego, CA (relisted 3/8/20)
WDJT-TV, Milwaukee, WI (relisted 4/12/20)
WOWK-TV, Charleston, WV (relisted 4/26/20)
WGBA-TV, Green Bay, WI (relisted 4/12/20)
WMBD-TV, Peoria, IL (listed 3/22/20)

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:

Nexstar’s News Nation, Chicago, IL (listing revised 4/20/20)
Nexstar’s News Nation, Chicago, IL (Digital EP, relisted 4/5/20)
WWSB-TV, Sarasota, FL (relisted 3/29/20)
KING/KONG-TV, Seattle, WA (relisted this week)
WNCN-TV, Raleigh, NC (PM EP, relisted 4/5/20)
KGTV, San Diego, CA (relisted 4/12/20)
KSND-TV, San Diego, CA (PM EP, relisted 3/1/20)
KSWB-TV, San Diego, CA (relisted 4/5/20)
WFSB-TV, Hartford/New Haven, CT (AM EP, listed 3/15/20)
WBNS-TV, Columbus, OH (EP/Innovation, listing revised 2/23/20)
WPTV, West Palm Beach, FL (listed 2/23/20)
WTVR-TV, Richmond, VA (listed 3/15/20)
KJRH-TV, Tulsa, OK (relisted this week)
WSAV-TV, Savannah, GA (relisted this week)
KNWA-TV, Fayetteville, AR (PM EP, listing revised 3/29/20)
WHBF-TV, Rock Island, IL (relisted this week)
KRNV-TV, Reno, NV (PM EP, listing revised 3/29/20)
KCAU-TV, Sioux City, IA (relisted this week)

MANAGING EDITOR:

Nexstar’s News Nation, Chicago, IL (listing revised 4/19/20)
WSFL-TV, Ft. Lauderdale/Miami (Investigative/Enterprise, listed 3/8/20)

More News Management Openings:

Listed 4/19/20:

KARK/KLRT-TV, Little Rock, AR (Digital Director)
KOLR/KOLZ-TV, Springfield, MO (Digital Director)

Listed 2/23/20:

WJLA-TV, Washington, DC (Investigative Producer)
E.W. Scripps @ WCPO-TV, Cincinnati, OH (News Manager Apprentice)

Listed 2/16/20:

E. W. Scripps, Cincinnati, OH (Director of News Content Strategy)
WWSB-TV, Sarasota, FL (Digital Content Manager)

Names in the News (and other items):

Keys

A one-time producer for Sacramento’s KTXL-TV is in hot water again with the Feds. MATTHEW KEYS was sentenced to two years for computer hacking after a 2013 indictment. Now the government says he violated the terms of his probation by hacking into accounts of a business magazine for whom he had once worked. More in this story from the Sacramento Bee.

KFDX-TV in Wichita Falls, TX has promoted BRITTNEY COTTINGHAM to assistant ND. She’s a six year veteran of the station, and most recently was the EP for this Nexstar owned NBC affiliate. She’s also been a producer there.

General Manager News and Notes:

TIGE JONES has been named station manager for Sinclair’s KHQA-TV in Quincy. He’d been the regional sales manager.

Our Full List of Open ND Jobs:

Here’s our list of open ND jobs as of Sunday, May 3, 2020:

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

WFMZ-TV 300 E Rock Rd, Allentown, PA 18103
KXTX-TV 4805 Amon Carter Blvd. Ft. Worth, TX 76155
WUVG-TV 3350 Peachtree Road #1250, Atlanta, GA 30326 **
WEWS-TV 3001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44115
WBFF-TV 2000 W 41st St, Baltimore, MD 21211
KCTV 4500 Shawnee Mission Pkwy. Fairway, KS 66205
KOAT-TV 3801 Carlisle Blvd. NE Albuquerque, NM 87107
WGAL-TV 1300 Columbia Avenue. Lancaster, PA 17603
WPMT-TV 2005 South Queen Street York, PA 17403
WNYT-TV 715 North Pearl Street, Albany, NY 12204
WRGB-TV 1400 Balltown Road, Schenectady, NY 12309
WOI-TV 3903 Westown Parkway West Des Moines, Iowa 50266
KYTX-TV 2211 E SE Loop 323, Tyler, TX 75701
KVAL/KMTR-TV 4575 Blanton Rd., Eugene, OR 97405
KRIS-TV 301 Artesian Street Corpus Christi, TX 78401
WLTZ-TV 6140 Buena Vista Rd. Columbus, GA 31907
KRCR-TV 755 Auditorium Dr. Redding, CA 96001
KOMU-TV 5550 Old 63 S, Columbia, MO 65201
KFDM-TV 2955 I-10 East Beaumont, TX 77702
KSWO/KAUZ-TV 1401 SE 60th St, Lawton, OK 73501
KPLC-TV 20 Division Street, Lake Charles, LA 70601
KHQA-TV 301 S 36th St, Quincy, IL 62301
WLFI-TV 2605 Yeager Rd. West Lafayette, IN 47906
Delta News 837 Washington Av. Greenville, MS 38701
KIDY/KXVA-TV 5 S. Chadbourne Street San Angelo, TX 76903
KAEF-TV 540 E St Eureka, California 95501
KAVU-TV 3808 N Navarro St, Victoria, TX 77901

**: Spanish language station

April 26, 2020

Greetings:

We start this week, sadly, with TWO obituaries, one of a current ND, and one of a retired ND and GM who many of our more senior readers will remember.

Farrell

KTEN-TV (Ada, Ok/Sherman, TX) is mourning the sudden death Friday of its news director, MARK FARRELL. Mark was 55 when he died of an apparent heart attack. He was in his second tour of duty at this Lockwood Broadcasting owned NBC affiliate, which remembered him with this story. During his career, Mark worked in many markets, large and small, as outlined on his Linkedin page. Our sympathy to his family, friends, and KTEN co-workers.

Middleton

And I’m sorry to report the death of former news director and GM KEN MIDDLETON who died Tuesday, also of a sudden heart attack. Ken’s wife, SARAH emailed this sad note to me today with details. Ken retired from television about 20 years ago. His last job was GM for WHAS-TV in Louisville, where he continued to live. WHAS aired this tribute. He was also a GM in Tucson, a news director in Charlotte and Tampa, and held management jobs in a number of markets. Here’s his obituary. Services will be held at a later date. Please join me in a good thought for Sarah and her two children.

Let’s move on to our normal business.

We have TWO new ND openings this week, and we’ve taken TWO stations off the list…ONE because a new ND was hired, and ONE because the incumbent ND decided not to leave! My list shows 26 stations looking for a new ND.

Only TWO items in Names in the News this week, and nothing in our GM moves department.

And…check out this great free offer for free talent coaching.

Did I mention free?

Thanks to BARRY NASH and his colleagues for this great (free!) offer.

Newly Named News Directors:

Ohnemus

KULR-TV, Billings, MT…we’re removing the opening here from our list. I’m told that PHILLIP OHNEMUS has changed his mind about leaving and will stay on as ND for this Cowles Broadcasting owned NBC affiliate. He’s been the news director here for five years and previously worked at WIAT-TV (CBS) in Birmingham, AL, in a variety of roles.

Crews

WTVY-TV, Dothan, AL…STEPHEN CREWS has been promoted to news director for this CBS affiliate owned by Gray Television. He spent 2 1/2 years as an ND for WDHN-TV, Nexstar’s ABC affiliate in Dothan until December 2017. Stephen previously worked for some weekly newspapers in the region. At WTVY, he replaces LENA SADIWSKYJ who left in November and is now the Assistant ND for WACH-TV in Columbia, SC.

Also, apologies to AUDREY MOON, the new ND at WREX-TV in Rockford, whose first name I botched in last week’s report.  Apologies to Audrey and to our readers.

New News Director Openings:

Clark

KCTV, Kansas City, MO…our Monday UDPATE reported the departure of CASEY CLARK from the Meredith owned CBS affiliate. His departure comes less than three weeks after a new GM arrived. Before Kansas City, Casey worked as a news director in Rochester, NY, and held a variety of management jobs in several markets. His complete career path is here on his Linkedin page.

Jones

WNYT-TV, Albany, NY…DAVID JONES is leaving this Hubbard Broadcasting owned NBC affiliate and leaving the TV business. He’s been the ND there since the summer of 2017. David spent five years as an ND for WHTM-TV in Harrisburg, PA. He’s worked in assignment desk roles in Pittsburgh and Charlotte, for the Sinclair Broadcasting Washington bureau, and began his career as a reporter.

Paid Help Wanted Ad:

There are no paid help wanted ads this week. If you would like to advertise your station’s open news management position, please email me for details: rick@rickgevers.com

Other News Management Openings:

ASSISTANT NEWS DIRECTOR:

WGN-TV, Chicago, IL (listed 3/22/20)
WSFL-TV, Miami, FL (relisted 4/20/20)
KUSI-TV, San Diego, CA (relisted 3/8/20)
WDJT-TV, Milwaukee, WI (relisted 4/12/20)
WOWK-TV, Charleston, WV (relisted this week)
WGBA-TV, Green Bay, WI (relisted 4/12/20)
WMBD-TV, Peoria, IL (listed 3/22/20)

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:

Nexstar’s News Nation, Chicago, IL (listing revised 4/20/20)
Nexstar’s News Nation, Chicago, IL (Digital EP, relisted 4/5/20)
WCAU-TV, Philadelphia, PA (relisted 2/16/20)
KPHO/KTVK-TV, Phoenix, AZ (EP Special Projects, listed 2/16/20)
WWSB-TV, Sarasota, FL (relisted 3/29/20)
KING/KONG-TV, Seattle, WA (listed 2/16/20)
WNCN-TV, Raleigh, NC (PM EP, relisted 4/5/20)
KGTV, San Diego, CA (relisted 4/12/20)
KSND-TV, San Diego, CA (PM EP, relisted 3/1/20)
KSWB-TV, San Diego, CA (relisted 4/5/20)
WFSB-TV, Hartford/New Haven, CT (AM EP, listed 3/15/20)
WBNS-TV, Columbus, OH (EP/Innovation, listing revised 2/23/20)
WPTV, West Palm Beach, FL (listed 2/23/20)
WTVR-TV, Richmond, VA (listed 3/15/20)
KJRH-TV, Tulsa, OK (listed 3/1/20)
WSAV-TV, Savannah, GA (listed 3/8/20)
KNWA-TV, Fayetteville, AR (PM EP, listing revised 3/29/20)
WHBF-TV, Rock Island, IL (listed 3/8/20)
KRNV-TV, Reno, NV (PM EP, listing revised 3/29/20)
KERO-TV, Bakersfield, CA (relisted 2/23/20)
KCAU-TV, Sioux City, IA (listed 3/8/20)

MANAGING EDITOR:

Nexstar’s News Nation, Chicago, IL (listing revised 4/19/20)
WSFL-TV, Ft. Lauderdale/Miami (Investigative/Enterprise, listed 3/8/20)

More News Management Openings:

Listed 4/19/20:

KARK/KLRT-TV, Little Rock, AR (Digital Director)
KOLR/KOLZ-TV, Springfield, MO (Digital Director)

Listed 2/23/20:

WJLA-TV, Washington, DC (Investigative Producer)
E.W. Scripps @ WCPO-TV, Cincinnati, OH (News Manager Apprentice)

Listed 2/16/20:

E. W. Scripps, Cincinnati, OH (Director of News Content Strategy)
WWSB-TV, Sarasota, FL (Digital Content Manager)

Names in the News (and other items):

Nexstar’s WOWK-TV in Charleston, WV, filled its open Digital Content Manager position by hiring JOEY STIPEK. He did digital work with “The Oklahoman” newspaper and web in Oklahoma City.

News Press and Gazette’s cluster of stations in St. Joseph, MO, has promoted CLINTON THOMAS to assistant ND. He’s a 15 year veteran of the station who’s worked as a reporter and producer. He’s also worked in Columbia, MO.

General Manager News and Notes:

I’m not aware of any general manager moves this week. If you are, please let me know via an email to: rick@rickgevers.com

Our Full List of Open ND Jobs:

Here’s our list of open ND jobs as of Sunday, April 26, 2020:

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

WFMZ-TV 300 E Rock Rd, Allentown, PA 18103
KXTX-TV 4805 Amon Carter Blvd. Ft. Worth, TX 76155
WUVG-TV 3350 Peachtree Road #1250, Atlanta, GA 30326 **
WEWS-TV 3001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44115
WBFF-TV 2000 W 41st St, Baltimore, MD 21211
KCTV 4500 Shawnee Mission Pkwy. Fairway, KS 66205
KOAT-TV 3801 Carlisle Blvd. NE Albuquerque, NM 87107
WGAL-TV 1300 Columbia Avenue. Lancaster, PA 17603
WPMT-TV 2005 South Queen Street York, PA 17403
WNYT-TV 715 North Pearl Street, Albany, NY 12204
WRGB-TV 1400 Balltown Road, Schenectady, NY 12309
WOI-TV 3903 Westown Parkway West Des Moines, Iowa 50266
KYTX-TV 2211 E SE Loop 323, Tyler, TX 75701
KVAL/KMTR-TV 4575 Blanton Rd., Eugene, OR 97405
KRIS-TV 301 Artesian Street Corpus Christi, TX 78401
WLTZ-TV 6140 Buena Vista Rd. Columbus, GA 31907
KRCR-TV 755 Auditorium Dr. Redding, CA 96001
KOMU-TV 5550 Old 63 S, Columbia, MO 65201
KFDM-TV 2955 I-10 East Beaumont, TX 77702
KSWO/KAUZ-TV 1401 SE 60th St, Lawton, OK 73501
KPLC-TV 20 Division Street, Lake Charles, LA 70601
KHQA-TV 301 S 36th St, Quincy, IL 62301
Delta News 837 Washington Av. Greenville, MS 38701
KIDY/KXVA-TV 5 S. Chadbourne Street San Angelo, TX 76903
KAEF-TV 540 E St Eureka, California 95501
KAVU-TV 3808 N Navarro St, Victoria, TX 77901

**: Spanish language station

April 19, 2020

Monday, April 20, 2020 UPDATE:

Greetings:

Today’s update brings word of a news director change in Kansas City.

   Clark

CASEY CLARK has left Meredith’s KCTV (CBS) after about 18 months as news director. His departure comes less than three weeks after a new general manager, CHARLIE HENIRCH, replaced CHUCK PODUSKA, who retired at the end of March.

Casey’s also been an ND in Rochester, NY, and has worked at a number of stations around the country as you’ll learn on his Linkedin page.

Also, a correction from last night’s newsletter. The new ND at Rockford’s WREX-TV is AUDREY MOON, not AMANDA MOON, as I incorrectly reported. Apologies to Audrey, and to you.

More in our full newsletter this weekend.

regards,

Rick Gevers

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Greetings:

After several active weeks, there’s not as much news to report this week.

Just ONE new news director was named this week, a promotion. And there are, to may knowledge, NO new openings. My list shows 26 stations looking for a new ND.

Once again we have ONE Paid Help Wanted ad, this one an eye-catching ad for a news director job at a very good station in the Southwest.

There’s an obituary for a former Washington, DC, ND, who was better known for his many years as a reporter and anchor for THREE Washington stations.

There are THREE GM items, all of them involving GMs who have left their stations.

And I have no items in Names in the News, so perhaps it’s time to remind you that I appreciate you sending items my way.

Newly Named News Directors:

Moon

WREX-TV, Rockford, IL…AMANDA AUDREY MOON has been promoted to news director for this Quincy Media owned NBC affiliate. She’s been the assistant news director here and first joined the staton in 2014. Amanda Audrey replaces JOSH MORGAN who was promoted to station manager earlier this year. Amanda has also worked graduated with a degree in print journalism at the University of Missouri in Columbia, MO.

New News Director Openings:

To the best of my knowledge, there are no new ND openings this week…but…

Please note the Paid Help Wanted ad just below for the open ND job for Hearst’s KOAT-TV in Albuquerque, NM.

Paid Help Wanted Ad:

Other News Management Openings:

ASSISTANT NEWS DIRECTOR:

WGN-TV, Chicago, IL (listed 3/22/20)
WSFL-TV, Miami, FL (relisted this week)
KUSI-TV, San Diego, CA (relisted 3/8/20)
WDJT-TV, Milwaukee, WI (relisted 4/12/20)
WOWK-TV, Charleston, WV (listed 3/15/20)
WGBA-TV, Green Bay, WI (relisted 4/12/20)
WMBD-TV, Peoria, IL (listed 3/22/20)
KNPN/KNPG/KCJO-TV, St. Joseph, MO (relisted 2/16/20)

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:

Nexstar’s News Nation, Chicago, IL (1 opening, listing revised this week)
Nexstar’s News Nation, Chicago, IL (Digital EP, relisted 4/5/20)
WCAU-TV, Philadelphia, PA (relisted 2/16/20)
KPHO/KTVK-TV, Phoenix, AZ (EP Special Projects, listed 2/16/20)
WWSB-TV, Sarasota, FL (relisted 3/29/20)
KING/KONG-TV, Seattle, WA (listed 2/16/20)
WNCN-TV, Raleigh, NC (PM EP, relisted 4/5/20)
KGTV, San Diego, CA (relisted 4/12/20)
KSND-TV, San Diego, CA (PM EP, relisted 3/1/20)
KSWB-TV, San Diego, CA (relisted 4/5/20)
WFSB-TV, Hartford/New Haven, CT (AM EP, listed 3/15/20)
WBNS-TV, Columbus, OH (EP/Innovation, listing revised 2/23/20)
WPTV, West Palm Beach, FL (listed 2/23/20)
KVVU-TV, Las Vegas, NV (relisted 2/16/20)
WTVR-TV, Richmond, VA (listed 3/15/20)
KJRH-TV, Tulsa, OK (listed 3/1/20)
WSAV-TV, Savannah, GA (listed 3/8/20)
KNWA-TV, Fayetteville, AR (PM EP, listing revised 3/29/20)
WHBF-TV, Rock Island, IL (listed 3/8/20)
KRNV-TV, Reno, NV (PM EP, listing revised 3/29/20)
KERO-TV, Bakersfield, CA (relisted 2/23/20)
KCAU-TV, Sioux City, IA (listed 3/8/20)

MANAGING EDITOR:

Nexstar’s News Nation, Chicago, IL (1 opening, listing revised this week)
WSFL-TV, Ft. Lauderdale/Miami (Investigative/Enterprise, listed 3/8/20)

More News Management Openings:

New Listing this week:

KARK/KLRT-TV, Little Rock, AR (Digital Director)
KOLR/KOLZ-TV, Springfield, MO (Digital Director)

Listed 3/15/20:

WOWK-TV, Charleston, WV (Digital Content Manager)

Listed 2/23/20:

WJLA-TV, Washington, DC (Investigative Producer)
E.W. Scripps @ WCPO-TV, Cincinnati, OH (News Manager Apprentice)

Listed 2/16/20:

E. W. Scripps, Cincinnati, OH (Director of News Content Strategy)
WWSB-TV, Sarasota, FL (Digital Content Manager)

Obituary:

Buchanan

MIKE BUCHANAN, a one-time news director for WTTG-TV in Washington, DC, who will be best remembered for his decades of reporting and anchoring, died last Thursday. He was 78 and died of a heart attack. After this time as an ND, he worked as a reporter for WTOP-TV (now WUSA-TV) and WJLA-TV. In an interesting story, WUSA remembered him here while the Washington Post had this obituary. Mike also worked in Oklahoma City and Columbia, MO.

Names in the News (and other items):

No items this week.

General Manager News and Notes:

MIKE LEWIS has left WJZY/WMYY-TV in Charlotte after less than a year as GM. During that time, Nexstar acquired the stations from FOX.

WAFF-TV, Gray Television’s NBC affiliate in Huntsville, AL, is searching for a new GM following DAVE THOMASON’s departure. He was GM there for almost four years and early had been the GM for sister station KFVS-TV in Cape Girardeau, MO.

Chadwick

After 23 years, JOHN CHADWICK is retiring as General Manager of WREX-TV (Quincy Media/NBC) in Rockford, IL. He’ll remain with the station as a consultant through the end of the year. Station Manager (and former ND) JOSH MORGAN will oversee the day-to-day operations. Chadwick joined WREX in 1994 and became GM when Quincy bought the station.

Our Full List of Open ND Jobs:

Here’s our list of open ND jobs as of Sunday, April 19, 2020:

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

WFMZ-TV 300 E Rock Rd, Allentown, PA 18103
KXTX-TV 4805 Amon Carter Blvd. Ft. Worth, TX 76155
WUVG-TV 3350 Peachtree Road #1250, Atlanta, GA 30326 **
WEWS-TV 3001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44115
WBFF-TV 2000 W 41st St, Baltimore, MD 21211
KOAT-TV 3801 Carlisle Blvd. NE Albuquerque, NM 87107 (see ad above!)
WGAL-TV 1300 Columbia Avenue. Lancaster, PA 17603
WPMT-TV 2005 South Queen Street York, PA 17403
WRGB-TV 1400 Balltown Road, Schenectady, NY 12309
WOI-TV 3903 Westown Parkway West Des Moines, Iowa 50266
KYTX-TV 2211 E SE Loop 323, Tyler, TX 75701
KVAL/KMTR-TV 4575 Blanton Rd., Eugene, OR 97405
KRIS-TV 301 Artesian Street Corpus Christi, TX 78401
WLTZ-TV 6140 Buena Vista Rd. Columbus, GA 31907
KRCR-TV 755 Auditorium Dr. Redding, CA 96001
KOMU-TV 5550 Old 63 S, Columbia, MO 65201
KFDM-TV 2955 I-10 East Beaumont, TX 77702
KSWO/KAUZ-TV 1401 SE 60th St, Lawton, OK 73501
KPLC-TV 20 Division Street, Lake Charles, LA 70601
WTVY-TV 285 N Foster St # 7, Dothan, AL 36303
KULR-TV 2045 Overland Ave. Billings, MT 59102
KHQA-TV 301 S 36th St, Quincy, IL 62301
Delta News 837 Washington Av. Greenville, MS 38701
KIDY/KXVA-TV 5 S. Chadbourne Street San Angelo, TX 76903
KAEF-TV 540 E St Eureka, California 95501
KAVU-TV 3808 N Navarro St, Victoria, TX 77901

**: Spanish language station