Rick Gevers & Associates

September 1, 2019

Tuesday, September 3, 2019 UPDATE:

Greetings:

Bark

We now have more information on funeral arrangements and memorial contributions for former Baton Rouge and Mobile News Director CHUCK BARK.

Visitation will be held this Saturday, September 7, 2019, from 10:00 AM-Noon at the Resthaven Gardens of Memory and Funeral Home in Baton Rouge, followed by a service celebrating his life and legacy.

More details on that…and information about memorial contributions…are in this obituary.

regards,

Rick Gevers

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Greetings:

I hope you’ll have a quiet holiday weekend….for what’s left of it.

Our newsletter is relatively quiet…ONE new news director, ONE new opening, which leaves 27 stations looking for a new ND by my count.

TWO of those jobs are featured among our THREE paid help wanted ads.

We have TWO obituaries, and ONE of them is for a former Mobile ND, the second time in two weeks we’ve reported the passing of a former ND from the same station.

And there’s just ONE items in Names in the News.

If you’re headed to San Antonio this week, I hope we get a chance to say hello in person.  (Not to date myself, but this will be my 40th consecutive RTDNA convention.)

Read on for all this week’s news.

Newly Named News Directors: 

Killian

WJRT-TV, Flint/Saginaw, MI…DENISE KILLIAN returns to the ND chair as she will be the next ND for this Gray Television owned ABC affiliate. Her last ND job was at KSNW-TV in Wichita, a job she left in 2017.  She’s also been a news director in Davenport, IA, and has worked in Dallas, Nashville, and Temple and Corpus Christi, TX.  Denise replaces JAYNE HODAK who announced in June she’d leave the station after eight years as ND at 16 at the station. 

New News Director Openings: 

Talley

WMBF-TV, Myrtle Beach, SC…ASHLEY TALLEY is headed to WRAL-TV in Raleigh as Enterprise Executive Producer. She’s been ND for this Gray TV owned NBC affiliate since May 2015. We have the notes from WMBF GM SARAH MILES and WRAL Assistant ND AYSU BASARAN. Ashley’s also worked in Charlotte, New Bern, and Wilmington. And she kindly let me know that she learned about the WRAL job via this station’s paid help wanted ad in this newsletter.

Speaking of paid help wanted ads, check out the ads for ND jobs at WDAF-TV in Kansas City and WBNG-TV in Binghamton, NY, just below.

Paid Help Wanted Ads:

News Director, WDAF-TV, Kansas City, MO:

WDAF Fox4 in Kansas City is looking for a creative, innovative, and experienced News Director to lead a number one rated newsroom. The news director will oversee day to day editorial coverage while managing content creation and distribution on all platforms. You must be a strategic thinker, have experience in digital platforms and a solid track record of success.

Job Responsibilities:
Lead and inspire the news department.
Develop and implement innovative strategies for newscasts, special projects, including investigative and enterprise stories, elections, and live coverage of major events.
Emphasize strong journalistic judgement and news philosophy along with community engagement.
Successful leadership during breaking news coverage on all platforms.
Collaborate with the General Manager and other department heads to develop innovative new ways to implement our station brand and execute our vision.
Responsible for coaching and growing newsroom staff while holding people accountable.
Kansas City was recently ranked as one of U.S News and Money’s Magazine’s “Best Places to Live”

Learn more and apply by clicking here.

Executive Producer, WBRC-TV, Birmingham, AL:

WBRC Fox6 is searching for a news manager who can oversee our early evening newscasts.

If you’re a great coach who can teach producers how to craft a fast-pace, must-watch TV newscast, you should apply. If you love leading a hungry team of reporters, you should apply.

Our brand focuses on weather and urgency, so we’re hiring executive producers who push for urgency in copy and know how to adjust on the fly when breaking news changes our daily plans. Our executive producers produce regularly, know how to edit, and they add content to our digital platforms.

If you’re a great coach who can teach producers how to craft a fast-pace, must-watch TV Newscast, you should apply. If you love leading a hungry team of reporters, you should apply. Our brand focuses on weather and urgency, so we’re hiring executive producers who push for urgency in copy and know how to adjust on the fly when breaking news changes our daily plans. Our executive producers produce regularly, know how to edit, and they add content to our digital platforms.

*Develop training initiatives to teach producers how to remain innovative
*Develop story ideas
*Write teases
*Call sources for new/updated information
*Create graphics to use during newscasts
*Edit
*Add content to our digital platforms
*Be a newsroom leader

Apply here.

News Director, WBNG-TV, Binghamton, NY:

WBNG-TV in Binghamton, NY seeks a News Director to help guide our news department to new heights of journalistic and ratings success. This is an exciting opportunity to join a great team in one of New York’s most beautiful places to live.

The successful candidate will be responsible for establishing and maintaining market leading standards for newsroom operations and content. Other duties include hiring, coaching, supervising and evaluating news personnel, as well as preparation and administration of newsroom budgets and capital requests. The News Director is expected to work closely with other department managers to achieve the company’s overall performance goals.

A minimum of 4 years television news management experience and a college degree in broadcast journalism preferred. Must be able to demonstrate strong working knowledge of community issues and sound journalistic principles. Must have the ability to make fast, accurate journalistic and logistical judgments.

If you have a passion for excellence, and a burning desire to lead the best local broadcast news operation in Binghamton, NY, we want to hear from you.

Please send your resume and cover letter to:

Bob Krummenacker
General Manager
WBNG-TV
560 Columbia Dr.
Johnson City, NY 13790
rkrummenacker@wbng.com

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

WBNG is part of Quincy Media, a family owned company with television stations in 9 states.

Throughout Quincy, positions are available for candidates with all levels of experience and the advancement you are seeking. Visit www.quincymediacareers.com for links to all stations and opportunities.

WBNG-TV is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

News Management Openings:

ASSISTANT NEWS DIRECTOR:

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:

KPRC-TV, Houston, TX (Special Projects EP, listed 7/7/19)
KPIX-TV, San Francisco, CA (AM EP, listed 8/11/19)
WGCL-TV, Atlanta, GA (Dayside EP, listed 8/18/19)
WXYZ-TV, Detroit, MI (AM EP, relisted 8/18/19)
KDVR/KWGN-TV, Denver, CO (AM EP, relisted 8/18/19)
WMAR-TV, Baltimore, MD (PM EP, listed 8/11/19)
KSHB-TV, Kansas City, MO (listed 8/18/19)
WVIT-TV, Hartford, CT (2 openings, relisted 8/18/19)
WBNS-TV, Columbus, OH (Senior EP, relisted 7/14/19)
WCMH-TV, Columbus, OH (listed 8/25/19)
WCPO-TV, Cincinnati, OH (listed 8/4/19)
WISN-TV, Milwaukee, WI (AM EP, relisted 7/21/19)
WHTM-TV, Harrisburg, PA (Digital EP, listed 6/23/19)
WBRC-TV, Birmingham, AL (relisted this week, see ad above!)
WVTM-TV, Birmingham, AL (PM EP, relisted 8/17/19)
WAVY-TV, Norfolk, VA (AM EP, relisted 7/7/19)
WWL-TV, New Orleans, LA (AM EP, relisted 7/7/19)
WBRE-TV, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, PA (relisted 7/14/19)
WNEM-TV, Saginaw, MI (AM EP, listed 7/21/19)
KMTV, Omaha, NE (AM EP, listed 7/28/19)
KWWL-TV, Waterloo, IA (relisted 8/25/19)
WCBD-TV, Charleston, SC (8/17/19)
WFXG-TV, Augusta, GA (relisted 8/17/19)
WTAJ-TV, Altoona, PA (Digital Executive Producer, relisted this week)
KSBY-TV, San Luis Obispo, CA (PM EP, relisted 8/17/19)

Other News Management Openings:

Relisted 8/25/19:

Rocky Mountain PBS, Denver, CO (Investigative Producer)

Listed 8/4/19:

WSPA-TV, Spartanburg, SC (Digital Content EP)

Listed 7/28/19:

WBRE-TV, Wilkes/Barre/Scranton, PA (Digital Content EP)

Relisted 7/28/19:

WTNH-TV, Hartford/New Haven, CT (Digital Content Manager)

Listed 7/21/19:

E.W. Scripps, Cincinnati, OH, (Senior Director of Content)

Listed 7/7/19:

KMTV, Omaha, NE (Digital Content Manager)

Obituaries:

Bark

For the second time in two weeks, we report the death of a former WALA-TV (Mobile) news director. This week it’s CHUCK BARK, who ran the news department for ten years (and then spent 14 at WBRZ-TV in Baton Rouge before retiring in 2015), who died Thursday. He was 67 and lost his battle with cancer. He also worked in Memphis. Both WALA and WBRZ posted tributes. Here’s WALA’s and here is WBRZ’s. Services will be private.  See updated information above about services.

Last week we told you about the death of former WALA ND WAYNE BARNETT.

Moberg

And another former ND, GLEN MOBERG, died this week, also of cancer. He’s a former ND and anchor for WSAW-TV in Wausau, WI, also worked for many years at WAOW-TV in Wausau, and spent the last 16 years of his career at Wisconsin Public Radio. This interesting obituary tells the life story of a newsman, storyteller, and musician.

Names in the News (and other items):

Martinez Guzman

MARIA MARTINEZ GUZMAN is being promoted at Univision. She’s moving from her current job as VP of News Gathering to Senior VP and Executive News Director of Univision News, effective immediately. More details in this story from Media Moves. Maria has worked at Univision’s corporate headquarters in Miami since 2002 and assumed the VP/News Gathering job in 2016.

General Manager News and Notes:

Not aware of any changes this week.

Our Full List of Open ND Jobs:

Here’s our list of open ND jobs as of Sunday, September 1, 2019:

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

KTTV 1999 South Bundy Drive Los Angeles CA 90025
WFMZ-TV 300 E Rock Rd, Allentown, PA 18103
KTRK-TV 3310 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX 77005
WUVG-TV 3350 Peachtree Road #1250, Atlanta, GA 30326 **
WOFL-TV 35 Skyline Dr, Lake Mary, FL 32746
KUVS-TV 1710 Arden Way, Sacramento CA 95815 **
KSHB-TV 4720 Oak St, Kansas City, MO 64112
WDAF-TV 3030 Summit St, Kansas City, MO 64108 (see ad above!)
WBNS-TV 770 Twin Rivers Dr, Columbus, OH 43215
KOCO-TV 1300 East Britton Rd. Oklahoma City, OK 73131
WBIR-TV 1513 Bill Williams Ave. Knoxville, TN 37917
KGAN-TV 600 Old Marion Rd NE Cedar Rapids, IA 52402
KXXV-TV 1909 S New Rd, Waco, TX 76711
WMBF-TV 918 Frontage Rd E, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
WLTZ-TV 6140 Buena Vista Rd. Columbus, GA 31907
WWAY-TV 1224 Magnolia Village Way, Leland, NC 28451
KVII-TV 1 Broadcast Center, Amarillo, TX 79101
KRCR-TV 755 Auditorium Dr. Redding, CA 96001
WJFW-TV 3217 County Rd G Rhinelander, WI 54501
WDIO-TV 10 Observation Rd, Duluth, MN 55811
WBNG-TV 560 Columbia Dr. Johnson City, NY 13790 (see ad above!)
WOAY-TV P.O. BOX 3001 Oak Hill, WV 25901
WVVA-TV 3052 Big Laurel Highway Bluefield WV 24701
WSIL-TV 1416 Country Aire Dr, Carterville, IL 62918
KRTV 3300 Old Havre Hwy. Black Eagle, MT 59414
KXLF/KZBK-TV 1003 S Montana St, Butte, MT 59701
KAEF-TV 540 E St Eureka, California 95501

**: Spanish language station

August 26, 2019

Thursday, August 29, 2019 UPDATE:

Greetings:

Sorry to tell you that a veteran news director…who retired in 2015…has lost his battle with cancer.

   Bark

CHUCK BARK, who spent more than ten years as ND for WBRZ-TV in Baton Rouge and 14 years running the newsroom at Mobile’s WALA-TV has died. WBRZ posted this tribute on its website. I believe he was 67 years old.

He worked his entire career in only three markets…in addition to Baton Rouge and Mobile, he also worked in Memphis.

Chuck was a good guy and left behind many journalists he had trained over the years.

He’s survived by his wife Brenda.

I’ll hope to have information on services and memorial contributions in our full newsletter this weekend.

regards,

Rick Gevers

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Greetings:

It’s been a VERY busy week, with SIX new news directors and THREE new openings.

Of note: all SIX of the new news directors are women and FOUR are at Tegna stations.

These changes leaves 27 stations looking for a new news director.

TWO of those 27 openings are among our THREE Paid Help Wanted ads this week. And we welcome Weather Metrics back as they continue to be a regular supporter of this effort.

We have TWO obituaries this week, one of a former anchor, news director, and GM, and one for a man whose career ranged from the National Enquirer to CNN to sports betting publications.

And there are a handful of items in our Names in the News section. All that and more as you read on.

Newly Named News Directors: 

Megan J.

KUSA-TV, Denver, CO…MEGAN JURGEMEYER has been promoted to news director at this Tegna owned NBC station. She’s been the managing editor for the last four years and has worked at KUSA since 2013. Megan also worked at another Denver station and in Grand Junction. In this unedited video interview on the station’s website, she explains how she had another career before TV news. Megan will report to Director of Content ERIC VALADEZ and replaces LINDA KOTSAFTIS who left in May.

Fowler

KSDK-TV, St. Louis, MO…three time Chicago news director CAROL FOWLER (eleven years combined at WBBM-TV, WFLD-TV, and WGN-TV) returns to St. Louis as Director of Content (some might call that news director) for this Tegna owned NBC affiliate. More on her hire in this item from the KSDK website. Carol went to Missouri and has family in St, Louis. Learn more about her in this eight year old bio from her alma mater. She replaces TIFFANI LUPENSKI who left earlier this year after less than a year and half as ND. Tiffani is now the Direct of Content at WBBM-TV in Chicago.

McDaniel

KFMB-TV, San Diego, CA…another Tegna station, another veteran news director as DANA McDANIEL returns to California as Director of Content (aka News Director) for this CBS affiliate. Dana’s spent the last two years as ND for Tribune’s-probably-soon-to-be-Nexstar-at-least-for-a-while WDAF-TV, the FOX affiliate in Kansas City. But before moving to KC, Dana was ND for FOX o-and-o KTVU-TV in Oakland/San Francisco. That’s the last of her three ND jobs for FOX, WTTG-TV in Washington and WJBK-TV in Detroit. She has also worked in Chicago. Dana replaces DEAN ELWOOD who left in March after eight years as ND and 23 at the station.

Eck

WCMH-TV, Columbus, OH…not another Tegna station, but another veteran ND returns as DENISE ECK is the new news director for this Nexstar owned CBS station. Here’s the memo from GM KEN FREEDMAN. It’s a return to Ohio for Denise, who was an ND in Dayton and an Assistant ND in Cincinnati. Most recently, she’d been the ND for WSMV-TV in Nashville, a job she left earlier this year. She’s also been an ND in Topeka, and worked as an anchor, reporter, and investigative reporter in a number of markets. Denise replaces DAVE CILIBERTI who was promoted last month to become ND for sister Nexstar NBC affiliate WFLA-TV in Tampa.

Weppler

WTOL-TV, Toledo, OH…this is a Tegna station though a first time ND. LAUREN WEPPLER has been promoted from her old role as Assistant ND. She’s been at this CBS affiliate since April 2006, coming from Myrtle Beach where she had transitioned into management from job as morning anchor. Lauren had earlier worked in two small West Virgina markets More on Lauren in this profile from HER alma mater. She replaces ANTHONY KNOPPS who left in June, just a few months after Tegna took over, after four years as ND

KAVU-TV, Victoria, TX…ROXANN FISHER returns to a newsroom as ND for this Morgan Murphy owned ABC affiliate. She has lots of experience in Texas newsrooms, as you’ll learn on her linkedin page. She replaces AMIE HUDSPETH who moved to CNN’s Headline News in Atlanta as Script Supervisor for Weekend Morning Express.

New News Director Openings: 

Knutsen

KTTV, Los Angeles, CA…KRIS KNUTSEN has left this FOX o-and-o after about three years as news director. She had been the Assistant ND for Tribune’s KTLA-TV for five years before moving to KTTV. She’d earlier spent about 30 years working at KNBC-TV and the Local News Service.

Her replacement will be the FOURTH ND here since 2011 when longtime ND JOSE RIOS was promoted to corporate. Her departure occurred shortly after the arrival of new GM BILL LAMB, who came from Louisville, which brings to mind this sage thought that a loyal reader shared recently:

30 days hath September, April, and any sitting ND who gets a new GM.

WDAF-TV, Kansas City, MO…we reported above that DANA McDANIEL was returning to California to become ND for KFMB-TV, Tegna”s CBS affiliate in San Diego.

Snuffer

WSIL-TV, Harrisburg, IL…MIKE SNUFFER has left this Quincy Media owned ABC affiliate during the month in which he celebrated his 16th anniversary as ND here. He left about eight months after an ownership change. Mike’s a former ND for KLBK/KAMC-TV in Lubbock and KCEN-TV in Temple, TX. He tells me he’s looking for a new challenge. Here’s his linkedin page.

Wuzzardo

And I wanted to update an item from two weeks ago. We told you that KEVIN WUZZARDO had left WWAY-TV in Wilmington but did not know where he was going. We’ve now learned he’s headed to WHBQ-TV in Memphis as Managing Editor, and he left behind this farewell note to his former city.

Paid Help Wanted Ads:

News Director, WBNG-TV, Binghamton, NY:

WBNG-TV in Binghamton, NY seeks a News Director to help guide our news department to new heights of journalistic and ratings success. This is an exciting opportunity to join a great team in one of New York’s most beautiful places to live.

The successful candidate will be responsible for establishing and maintaining market leading standards for newsroom operations and content. Other duties include hiring, coaching, supervising and evaluating news personnel, as well as preparation and administration of newsroom budgets and capital requests. The News Director is expected to work closely with other department managers to achieve the company’s overall performance goals.

A minimum of 4 years television news management experience and a college degree in broadcast journalism preferred. Must be able to demonstrate strong working knowledge of community issues and sound journalistic principles. Must have the ability to make fast, accurate journalistic and logistical judgments.

If you have a passion for excellence, and a burning desire to lead the best local broadcast news operation in Binghamton, NY, we want to hear from you.

Please send your resume and cover letter to:

Bob Krummenacker
General Manager
WBNG-TV
560 Columbia Dr.
Johnson City, NY 13790
rkrummenacker@wbng.com

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

WBNG is part of Quincy Media, a family owned company with television stations in 9 states.

Throughout Quincy, positions are available for candidates with all levels of experience and the advancement you are seeking. Visit www.quincymediacareers.com for links to all stations and opportunities.

WBNG-TV is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

News Director, WVVA-TV, Bluefield, WV:

Here’s your chance to lead an award-winning newsroom!

NBC affiliate WVVA TV in Bluefield, WV, has a newsroom loaded with talent! We are committed to strong journalism and community service. If you have a passion for excellence, and a burning desire to lead the number one television news team in the Bluefield/Beckley WV market, we want to hear from you.

As News Director you are coaching, guiding and mentoring on a continuous basis. An excellent opportunity to join our team, we are looking for a dynamic newsroom leader to take our team to the next level.

WVVA is a continuous local news source with an immediate deadline mentality. The News Director directly oversees all involved in our news gathering and distribution processes.

You will work closely with the Social Media Manager and Content Manager to ensure that our customers are being served on all platforms.

A minimum of 5 years television news management experience and a college degree in broadcast journalism preferred. Successful candidate must be able to demonstrate strong working knowledge of community issues and needs. Must have the ability to make fast, accurate journalistic and logistical judgments.

WVVA Television is a Quincy Media station. Learn why our family-owned company has a reputation as one of the best to work for in the industry today at www.quincymediacareers.com.

Please send your resume and cover letter with references to:

WVVA-TV
Human Resources
3052 Big Laurel Highway
Bluefield, WV 24701

or email to: asluss@wvva.com

WVVA is an equal opportunity employer.

Morning Executive Producer, KDVR/KWGN-TV, Denver, CO:

Are you interested in working in Denver, Colorado — one of the best cities in America – with the Rocky Mountains in your backyard, and all the hiking, skiing, snowboarding, and excitement you can handle?

Are you a show doctor who oversees a morning newscast filled with urgent, impactful news?

Do you LOVE to win the day, every day, on all platforms?

Are you looking for a rare opportunity to take your creativity to the next level and work in a fast-paced and fun newsroom with some of the most creative storytellers in the nation?

KDVR/KWGN, the Fox and CW affiliate in Denver, Colorado, is looking for a creative and aggressive Executive Content Producer to lead us on the morning shift — delivering news on multiple platforms including five and a half hours of morning news on FOX31.

The Executive Producer must be a proven newsroom leader who embodies an audience-first approach to delivering news. This individual will excel under tight deadlines and bring bold, creative ideas to our newsroom.

This is your chance to take risks, get creative, and take the helm of a strong morning show with a great team behind you in a place where everybody wants to live.

Click here to apply and send your resume/reel to brian.gregory@kdvr.com

News Management Openings:

ASSISTANT NEWS DIRECTOR:

WISH-TV, Indianapolis, IN (listed 9/1/19)
KUSI-TV, San Diego, CA (relisted this week)
WHEC-TV, Rochester, NY (relisted this week)
WBND-TV, South Bend, IN (relisted 7/14/19)
WJAC-TV, Johnstown, PA (relisted this week)
KRNV-TV, Reno, NV (relisted 8/11/19)

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:

KPRC-TV, Houston, TX (Special Projects EP, listed 7/7/19)
KPIX-TV, San Francisco, CA (AM EP, listed 8/11/19)
WGCL-TV, Atlanta, GA (Dayside EP, listed 8/18/19)
WXYZ-TV, Detroit, MI (AM EP, relisted 8/18/19)
KDVR/KWGN-TV, Denver, CO (AM EP, relisted 8/18/19, see ad above!)
WMAR-TV, Baltimore, MD (PM EP, listed 8/11/19)
KSHB-TV, Kansas City, MO (listed 8/18/19)
WVIT-TV, Hartford, CT (Dayside EP, relisted 8/18/19)
WBNS-TV, Columbus, OH (Senior EP, relisted 7/14/19)
WCMH-TV, Columbus, OH (new listing this week)
WCPO-TV, Cincinnati, OH (listed 8/4/19)
WISN-TV, Milwaukee, WI (AM EP, relisted 7/21/19)
WHTM-TV, Harrisburg, PA (Digital EP, listed 6/23/19)
WBRC-TV, Birmingham, AL (Dayside EP, listed 8/17/19)
WVTM-TV, Birmingham, AL (PM EP, relisted 8/17/19)
WAVY-TV, Norfolk, VA (AM EP, relisted 7/7/19)
WWL-TV, New Orleans, LA (AM EP, relisted 7/7/19)
WBRE-TV, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, PA (relisted 7/14/19)
WNEM-TV, Saginaw, MI (AM EP, listed 7/21/19)
KMTV, Omaha, NE (AM EP, listed 7/28/19)
KWWL-TV, Waterloo, IA (relisted this week)
WCBD-TV, Charleston, SC (8/17/19)
WFFT-TV, Ft. Wayne, IN (listed 6/23/19)
WFXG-TV, Augusta, GA (relisted 8/17/19)
WTAJ-TV, Altoona, PA (Digital Executive Producer, relisted 6/23/19)
KSBY-TV, San Luis Obispo, CA (PM EP, relisted 8/17/19)

Other News Management Openings:

Relisted this week:

Rocky Mountain PBS, Denver, CO (Investigative Producer)

Listed 8/4/19:

WSPA-TV, Spartanburg, SC (Digital Content EP)

Listed 7/28/19:

WBRE-TV, Wilkes/Barre/Scranton, PA (Digital Content EP)

Relisted 7/28/19:

WRAL-TV, Raleigh, NC (Enterprise Executive Producer)
WTNH-TV, Hartford/New Haven, CT (Digital Content Manager)

Listed 7/21/19:

E.W. Scripps, Cincinnati, OH, (Senior Director of Content)
E.W. Scripps, Denver, CO (Senior Director of National Content)

Listed 7/7/19:

KMTV, Omaha, NE (Digital Content Manager)

Listed 6/30/19

KGET-TV, Bakersfield, CA (Digital Content Manager)

Relisted 6/23/19:

WKRG-TV, Mobile, AL (Digital Content Manager)
KFDX-TV, Wichita Falls, TX (Digital Content Manager)

Obituaries:

Barnett

WAYNE BARNETT, who worked as an anchor, news director and general manager, died this week. He was an anchor in Baton Rouge, ND and anchor at WALA-TV in Mobile and later served as general manager for WDSU-TV in New Orleans and as an ND and GM for WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee. I couldn’t find a detailed obituary (if you’ve seen one please send it along) but can share this tribute from one of his former stations.

Mann

BOB MANN also died this week. He was 68 and had been out of our business for more than 30 years, but had a interesting career. He worked for the Chicago Tribune, the National Enquirer, for stations in Dayton and Cleveland, and also for CNN. He moved to Vegas, owned a business that printed materials for sports books in casinos, and also wrote for sports betting publications. One of those publications honored him with this story.

Full disclosure: Bob and I have been friends since his Cleveland days at WKYC-TV. We attended each others’ weddings and I saw him several times a year. He was never shy about what he saw as the shortcomings of the current state of journalism. Bob is survived by his wife of some 20 years, SONDRA. A celebration of life will be held later this year.

Names in the News (and other items):

Haldeman

CHARLIE HALDEMAN, a former news director at KXXV-TV in Waco, KPLC-TV in Lake Charles, and KIII-TV in Sherman, TX, is headed to Houston to become Senior Manager of Digital Content for KTRK-TV, the ABC owned station there. Charlie starts his new job tomorrow. He also worked as an anchor/reporter in Bryan, TX, and began his career in radio.

Cruz

LUIS CRUZ is back at the San Diego Union-Tribune as Director of Community and Public Relations. He’s a former ND in Yuma, an anchor in Las Vegas, and a reporter in San Diego. Media Moves has more.

A tip of the hat to Little Rock’s KATV which donated its archives to the University of Arkansas in 2009, the Foundation that donated $1.5 million to have it digitized, and to two former KATV news directors who are involved in the project. Details here.

The Amarillo News profiles an annual gathering of television news people in Amarillo. They’ve been getting together for eight…or maybe nine years.

General Manager News and Notes:

Not aware of any changes this week.

Our Full List of Open ND Jobs:

Here’s our list of open ND jobs as of Sunday, August 25, 2019:

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

KTTV 1999 South Bundy Drive Los Angeles CA 90025
WFMZ-TV 300 E Rock Rd, Allentown, PA 18103
WUVG-TV 3350 Peachtree Road #1250, Atlanta, GA 30326 **
WOFL-TV 35 Skyline Dr, Lake Mary, FL 32746
KUVS-TV 1710 Arden Way, Sacramento CA 95815 **
KSHB-TV 4720 Oak St, Kansas City, MO 64112
WDAF-TV 3030 Summit St, Kansas City, MO 64108 (see ad above!)
WBNS-TV 770 Twin Rivers Dr, Columbus, OH 43215
KOCO-TV 1300 East Britton Rd. Oklahoma City, OK 73131
WBIR-TV 1513 Bill Williams Ave. Knoxville, TN 37917
KGAN-TV 600 Old Marion Rd NE Cedar Rapids, IA 52402
KXXV-TV 1909 S New Rd, Waco, TX 76711
WMBF-TV 918 Frontage Rd E, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
WLTZ-TV 6140 Buena Vista Rd. Columbus, GA 31907
WWAY-TV 1224 Magnolia Village Way, Leland, NC 28451
KRIS-TG 301 Artesian Street Corpus Christi, TX 78401
KVII-TV 1 Broadcast Center, Amarillo, TX 79101
KRCR-TV 755 Auditorium Dr. Redding, CA 96001
WJFW-TV 3217 County Rd G Rhinelander, WI 54501
KDRV-TV 1090 Knutson Ave, Medford, OR 97504
WBNG-TV 560 Columbia Dr. Johnson City, NY 13790
WOAY-TV P.O. BOX 3001 Oak Hill, WV 25901
WVVA-TV 3052 Big Laurel Highway Bluefield WV 24701
WSIL-TV 1416 Country Aire Dr, Carterville, IL 62918 (see ad above!)
KXLF/KZBK-TV 1003 S Montana St, Butte, MT 59701
KAEF-TV 540 E St Eureka, California 95501

**: Spanish language station
**: Spanish language station

August 18, 2019

Wednesday, August 21, 2019 UPDATE:

Greetings, again:

A second UPDATE in the same day usually means big news, and I think this falls into that category.

Fowler

Three time Chicago news director CAROL FOWLER is leaving the Windy City to become news director for Tegna’s KSDK-TV in St. Louis.

She’s spent eleven years as a news director in Chicago at three different stations. Her Linkedin page has her history, including what she’s been up to since leaving her last ND job 7 1/2 years ago.

Carol replaces TIFFANI LUPENSKI at this NBC affiliate. She left in March after fewer than 18 months as ND. Ironically, Tiffani now works in Chicago as the Director of Content at WBBM-TV, one of the stations for which Carol had once been ND.

It’s a small business, as you already know.

Who knows what surprises lie ahead for the rest of the week?

regards,

gevers

Wednesday, August 21, 2019 UPDATE:

Greetings:

We have changes in two top 35 markets to share with you today.

Knutsen

In Los Angeles, veteran LA newswoman KRIS KNUTSEN has left Fox’s KTTV after about three years as news director. She had been the Assistant ND for Tribune’s KTLA-TV for five years before moving to KTTV. She’d earlier spent about 30 years working at KNBC-TV and the Local News Service.

Her replacement will be the FOURTH ND for this FOX o-and-o since longtime ND JOSE RIOS was promoted to the corporate staff in 2011.

Eck

And at WCMH-TV in Columbus, OH, DENISE ECK returns to Ohio and Nexstar as she joins this NBC affiliate as ND. Here’s the email from General Manager KEN FREEDMAN.

Earlier in her career, Denise was a news director in Dayton (WDTN-TV) and an Assistant ND for WCPO-TV in Cincinnati. Most recently, she’d been the ND for WSMV-TV in Nashville, a job she left earlier this year. She’s also been an ND in Topeka, and worked as an anchor, reporter, and investigative reporter in a number of markets.

She replaces DAVE CILIBERTI who was promoted last month to become ND for sister Nexstar NBC affiliate WFLA-TV in Tampa.

More on both these stories…and all the week’s news…in our full report later this weekend.

regards,

gevers

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Greetings:

We start tonight with breaking news.

(Hey, way too many newscasts I watch start that way…why can’t I?)

Late this afternoon word came that Verizon;/FIOS will close its hyper local New York area cable news operation later this year, costing 150 people their jobs. Details here.

Turning to other news (another cliche!) it’s been a busy week, despite my late Friday comment in an UPDATE that it had been slow.

There are FOUR new news directors, except that:

None of them are really NEW, they’ve all been ND’s before in top 30 markets, and

ALL of them had been out of a newsroom for more than a year.

There are also TWO new ND openings bringing our list of ND openings to 30. THREE of those openings are in Columbus (TWO the Ohio one, ONE in the Georgia one) and TWO of them are in Bluefield/Oak Hill (BOTH, of course, are in West Virginia).

And TWO of those ND openings are among our FOUR paid help wanted ads this week, while the other two are for Morning EP openings in top 20 markets.

No obituaries, thankfully, just ONE new GM to tell you about, and a handful of times in Names in the News.

We’ll be back with more after this commercial break. (Still another cliche!)

Newly Named News Directors: 

Dahl

KPHO/KTVK-TV, Phoenix, AZ…late Friday, JENNIFER DAHL was announced as the next ND for this Meredith owned CBS/Independent duopoly. GM KEVIN JAMES told the staff in this email. It’s a return to KTVK for Jennifer, who was a producer there. She most recently was a regional ND for Sinclair, a job she left in late 2016, and a news director in Salt Lake City. She replaces DAN WILSON who exited in June after 3 1/2 years as ND.

Brady

WPEC-TV, West Palm Beach, FL…JON BRADY will be the next ND for this Sinclair Broadcasting owned CBS affiliate. Jon’s most recent ND job was at XETV in San Diego which ended when the station shut down its news department. His background is extensive: you can check it out on his Linkedin page. At WPEC, he replaces ADAM HENNING who left earlier this summer and is now ND for WHBQ-TV in Memphis.

Szulczewski

WAFF-TV, Huntsville, AL…another veteran newsperson returns to the job as JULIE SZULCZEWSKI is the new ND for this Gray Televsision owned NBC affiliate. Julie’s a former ND for WSOC-TV in Charlotte, a job she left last year after seven years in her second tour of duty there. She’s also been an ND in Albuquerque, and has worked in Orlando, Miami, St. Louis and Ft. Myers. Julie replaces BOB MORFORD who retired after three years as ND here and 40 in our business.

Snead

KCBD-TV, Lubbock, TX…BENJI SNEAD returns as the news director for this Gray Television owned station after a 4+ year hiatus working in marketing for a local bank. Benji worked here for 20 years in a variety of positions, the last 12 as ND before changing careers. KCBD is an NBC affiliate.

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New News Director Openings: 

Zeller

WOFL-TV, Orlando, FL…our Friday UPDATE brought news that JEFF ZELLER had resigned as VP/News for this FOX owned station after almost ten years at the helm. The Orlando Sentinel’s tv writer HAL BOEDEKER has more. Jeff was the Assistant ND for 3 1/2 years earlier. He’s also worked in Pittsburgh, Detroit, Tampa, Cincinnati, and Dayton. The move comes less than a month after former ND turned GM MIKE McCLAIN become the GM here.

White

WVVA-TV, Bluefield, WV…KEN WHITE is leaving this Quincy Media owned NBC affiliate to concentrate on his cancer battle. Ken’s a former ND at WOWK-TV in Charleston/Huntington and at WCCB-TV in Charlotte where he started the news department and worked there for 14 years. You can learn more about this opportunity in the Paid Help Wanted Ad just below.

Paid Help Wanted Ads:

News Director, WVVA-TV, Bluefield, WV:

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As News Director you are coaching, guiding and mentoring on a continuous basis. An excellent opportunity to join our team, we are looking for a dynamic newsroom leader to take our team to the next level.

WVVA is a continuous local news source with an immediate deadline mentality. The News Director directly oversees all involved in our news gathering and distribution processes.

You will work closely with the Social Media Manager and Content Manager to ensure that our customers are being served on all platforms.

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Please send your resume and cover letter with references to:

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WVVA is an equal opportunity employer.

Morning Executive Producer, KDVR/KWGN-TV, Denver, CO:

Are you interested in working in Denver, Colorado — one of the best cities in America – with the Rocky Mountains in your backyard, and all the hiking, skiing, snowboarding, and excitement you can handle?

Are you a show doctor who oversees a morning newscast filled with urgent, impactful news?

Do you LOVE to win the day, every day, on all platforms?

Are you looking for a rare opportunity to take your creativity to the next level and work in a fast-paced and fun newsroom with some of the most creative storytellers in the nation?

KDVR/KWGN, the Fox and CW affiliate in Denver, Colorado, is looking for a creative and aggressive Executive Content Producer to lead us on the morning shift — delivering news on multiple platforms including five and a half hours of morning news on FOX31.

The Executive Producer must be a proven newsroom leader who embodies an audience-first approach to delivering news. This individual will excel under tight deadlines and bring bold, creative ideas to our newsroom.

This is your chance to take risks, get creative, and take the helm of a strong morning show with a great team behind you in a place where everybody wants to live.

Click here to apply and send your resume/reel to brian.gregory@kdvr.com

Morning Executive Producer, KPIX-TV, San Francisco, CA:

KPIX5 San Francisco is recruiting for an Executive Producer to lead our morning news team.

This is a terrific opportunity to join a legacy news operation in one of the most dynamic markets in the country. The successful candidate will craft compelling, urgent newscasts while leading a veteran editorial team. Demonstrated success developing and integrating content across multiple platforms is essential.

We’re looking for a risk taker who understands the audience demands more than the expected formula. The Morning Executive Producer collaborates with other news managers and assists in developing and executing editorial strategies for all dayparts. Must be a mentor who knows how to inspire the team.

Minimum 4 years experience as a producer with management background preferred.

To learn more about this great opportunity and to apply, just click here.

News Director, WDIO-TV, Duluth, MN:

WDIO-TV is seeking a News Director ready to take a powerful market leader to new heights. This leader oversees all news, weather and sports content and delivery channels and is responsible for directing and managing the news department — seeing that the station’s vision and community mission is understood by the entire news organization.

WDIO-TV, News Channel 10/13 is the award-winning ABC network affiliate for Northeastern Minnesota and Northwest Wisconsin. Part of Hubbard Broadcasting, WDIO-TV is committed to excellence in all that it does-broadcast news with hyper-local coverage, important public service that deals powerfully with today’s issues, and now, more than ever, top-notch digital content, to reach our viewers and followers with information the way they want to receive it.

When you work for WDIO-TV, you will find yourself among dedicated, passionate people who work hard every day to improve our product and our community. If you have the qualifications, and you are a person of talent and integrity, we invite you to apply!

To learn more about the day to day duties and qualifications for this remarkable opportunity please visit our web site by clicking here:

News Management Openings:

ASSISTANT NEWS DIRECTOR:

KUSI-TV, San Diego, CA (relisted 7/14/19)
WHEC-TV, Rochester, NY (relisted 7/7/19)
KSPR-TV, Springfield, MO (listed 7/17/19)
WBND-TV, South Bend, IN (relisted 7/14/19)
WJAC-TV, Johnstown, PA (relisted 7/14/19)
KRNV-TV, Reno, NV (relisted 8/11/19)

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:

KPRC-TV, Houston, TX (Special Projects EP, listed 7/7/19)
KPIX-TV, San Francisco, CA (AM EP, listed 8/11/19, see ad above!)
WGCL-TV, Atlanta, GA (Dayside EP, new listing this week)
WXYZ-TV, Detroit, MI (AM EP, relisted this week)
KDVR/KWGN-TV, Denver, CO (AM EP, relisted this week, see ad above!)
WMAR-TV, Baltimore, MD (PM EP, listed 8/11/19)
KSHB-TV, Kansas City, MO (new listing this week)
WVIT-TV, Hartford, CT (Dayside EP, relisted this week)
WBNS-TV, Columbus, OH (Senior EP, relisted 7/14/19)
WCPO-TV, Cincinnati, OH (listed 8/4/19)
WISN-TV, Milwaukee, WI (AM EP, relisted 7/21/19)
WHTM-TV, Harrisburg, PA (Digital EP, listed 6/23/19)
WBRC-TV, Birmingham, AL (Dayside EP, new listing this week)
WVTM-TV, Birmingham, AL (PM EP, relisted this week)
WAVY-TV, Norfolk, VA (AM EP, relisted 7/7/19)
WWL-TV, New Orleans, LA (AM EP, relisted 7/7/19)
WBRE-TV, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, PA (relisted 7/14/19)
WNEM-TV, Saginaw, MI (AM EP, listed 7/21/19)
KMTV, Omaha, NE (AM EP, listed 7/28/19)
WCBD-TV, Charleston, SC (new listing this week)
WFFT-TV, Ft. Wayne, IN (listed 6/23/19)
WFXG-TV, Augusta, GA (relisted this week)
WTAJ-TV, Altoona, PA (Digital Executive Producer, relisted 6/23/19)
KSBY-TV, San Luis Obispo, CA (PM EP, relisted this week)

Other News Management Openings:

Listed 8/4/19:

WSPA-TV, Spartanburg, SC (Digital Content EP)

Listed 7/28/19:

WBRE-TV, Wilkes/Barre/Scranton, PA (Digital Content EP)

Relisted 7/28/19:

WRAL-TV, Raleigh, NC (Enterprise Executive Producer)
WTNH-TV, Hartford/New Haven, CT (Digital Content Manager)

Listed 7/21/19:

E.W. Scripps, Cincinnati, OH, (Senior Director of Content)
E.W. Scripps, Denver, CO (Senior Director of National Content)

Listed 7/7/19:

KMTV, Omaha, NE (Digital Content Manager)

Listed 6/30/19

KGET-TV, Bakersfield, CA (Digital Content Manager)

Relisted 6/23/19:

WKRG-TV, Mobile, AL (Digital Content Manager)
KFDX-TV, Wichita Falls, TX (Digital Content Manager)

Listed 6/16/19:

Rocky Mountain PBS, Denver, CO (Investigative Producer)

Names in the News (and other items):

Meier

LEE MEIER stays within the FOX family as she returns to Texas as the new Assistant News Director for KRIV-TV in Houston. She’s been the Managing Editor at sister FOX o-and-o WTXF-TV in Philadelphia. Earlier in her career she worked for two stations in El Paso, and she’s also been an EP for WDAF-TV in Kansas City. Houston media blogger MIKE McGUFF has more.

Zelkind

Longtime newsman MATTHEW ZELKIND is the new EP for Sinclair’s KATU-TV in Portland, OR. Matthew’s a former ND in Nashville (twice), Las Vegas, and Wichita, worked as a station manager in Richmond, VA, and has worked in Los Angeles, Denver, San Luis Obispo, and Medford, OR. He’s spent the last year as an EP in Colorado Springs.

ANGIE BIERLEY is the new Digital Content Director at Birmingham’s WBRC-TV. She had been the dayside EP for this FOX station. She’s been with the station in a variety of roles for 18 years over two different stints.

VERONICA PLACENCIA returns to a newsroom as she’s been named Assistant News Director at KERO-TV, the Scripps’ owned ABC affiliate in Bakersfield. She is a former ND at KTSM-TV in El Paso and also worked for the Univision station there.

Sederstrom

NOEL SEDERSTROM, who’s retiring after 11 1/2 years as ND for KTTC-TV (Rochester MN) was profiled by his soon-to-be-former station. He also served as ND for WWMT-TV in Kalamazoo/Grand Rapids, MI, for seven years. We told you earlier this month that MICHELE GORS would replace Noel. KTTC is a Quincy Media owned NBC affiliate.

General Manager News and Notes:

Just one item this week: Sinclair has named JASON WILDENSTEIN general manager for WJAC-TV in Johnstown, PA.

Our Full List of Open ND Jobs:

Here’s our list of open ND jobs as of Sunday, August 18, 2019:

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
KTRK-TV 3310 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX 77005
WUVG-TV 3350 Peachtree Road #1250, Atlanta, GA 30326 **
KUSA-TV 500 E Speer Blvd, Denver, CO 80203
WOFL-TV 35 Skyline Dr, Lake Mary, FL 32746
KUVS-TV 1710 Arden Way, Sacramento CA 95815 **
KSDK-TV 1000 Market St. St. Louis MO 63101
KFMB-TV 7677 Engineer Road San Diego, CA 92111
KSHB-TV 4720 Oak St, Kansas City, MO 64112
WBNS-TV 770 Twin Rivers Dr, Columbus, OH 43215
WCMH-TV 3165 Olentangy River Rd. Columbus, OH 43202
KOCO-TV 1300 East Britton Rd. Oklahoma City, OK 73131
WBIR-TV 1513 Bill Williams Ave. Knoxville, TN 37917
WJRT-TV 2302 Lapeer Rd, Flint, MI 48503
WTOL-TV 730 N. Summit St. Toledo OH 43604
KGAN-TV 600 Old Marion Rd NE Cedar Rapids, IA 52402
KXXV-TV 1909 S New Rd, Waco, TX 76711
WLTZ-TV 6140 Buena Vista Rd. Columbus, GA 31907
WWAY-TV 1224 Magnolia Village Way, Leland, NC 28451
KVII-TV 1 Broadcast Center, Amarillo, TX 79101
KRCR-TV 755 Auditorium Dr. Redding, CA 96001
WJFW-TV 3217 County Rd G Rhinelander, WI 54501
WDIO-TV 10 Observation Rd, Duluth, MN 55811 (see ad above!)
WBNG-TV 560 Columbia Dr. Johnson City, NY 13790
WOAY-TV P.O. BOX 3001 Oak Hill, WV 25901
WVVA-TV 3052 Big Laurel Highway Bluefield WV 24701 (see ad above!)
KRTV 3300 Old Havre Hwy. Black Eagle, MT 59414
KXLF/KZBK-TV 1003 S Montana St, Butte, MT 59701
KAEF-TV 540 E St Eureka, California 95501
KAVU-TV 3808 N Navarro St, Victoria, TX 77901

**: Spanish language station

August 11, 2019

Friday, August 16, 2019 UPDATE:

Greetings:

Today’s UPDATE brings news of a news director’s resignation at a network o-and-o in a top 25 market.

Zeller

JEFF ZELLER has stepped down as Vice President and News Director for FOX’s WOFL-TV in Orlando. He’s been the ND there for almost ten years and was the Assistant ND for 3 1/2 years before ascending to the top job. Jeff also worked in Pittsburgh, Detroit, Tampa, Cincinnati, and Dayton.

The Orlando Sentinel’s longtime TV writer HAL BOEDEKER has more.

The change comes about a month after a GM change at WOFL.

MIKE McCLAIN was promoted to GM here less than a month ago. Mike’s a former ND for three FOX stations who had been GM for FOX’s Charlotte operation, WJYZ-TV.

We hope to have more on this story and the rest of the week’s news (fairly slow so far) in our full newsletter later this weekend.

regards,

Rick Gevers

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Greetings:

Great to see so many of you in South Florida this week for the NABJ convention, which, I believe, had record attendance. I know the job fair was packed and many exhibitors ran out of time to meet with candidates.

It’s a busy and full newsletter, with TWO new ND openings (one in a top ten market) and TWO newly named news directors (also ONE in a top ten market.)

There’s a new paid help wanted ad for an EP job in San Francisco, and there are ads for THREE of the 32 openings we have on our always unofficial list of ND openings.

There’s an obituary for a ground breaking Kentucky broadcaster, a ton of items about former news directors (most of them long tenured), a new Assistant ND at an NBC o-and-o, and a new job for a veteran TV researcher.

And there’s also a lot of general manager items, including a new GM at a network owned station in a top five market.

Read on and enjoy!

Newly Named News Directors: 

McCardel

WFAA-TV, Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX…a Friday UPDATE told you of LESLIE McCARDEL’s promotion to Executive News Director for this Tegna owned ABC station. Here’s the station’s news release. Leslie’s been the director of content and strategy since 2016 when she returned after a brief hiatus. Leslie first joined the station in 2006. She’s also worked for sister Tegna station KHOU-TV in Houston and at KSBY-TV in San Luis Obispo, CA. Leslie replaces CAROLYN MUNGO who was promoted to station manager at WFAA after seven years as ND.

Giffune

WEYI-TV, Clio/Flint/Saginaw, MI…NEILLE-ANN GIFFUNE has been promoted to news director for this Sinclair Broadcasting operated NBC affiliate owned by Howard Stirk Holdings. She’s been the Assistant News Director here for the last seven years. Her background is a little different: Neille-Ann began her career as a sports anchor and reporter. She replaces MIKE SCHRAM who had been ND here for more than six years.

New News Director Openings: 

Granato

KTRK-TV, Houston, TX…we were pleased to tell you in Wednesday’s UPDATE that WENDY GRANATO was being promoted to President and General Manager for this ABC owned station. (Fun fact: the President of the o-and-o group is also named Wendy, WENDY McMAHON.) Wendy (for the rest of this item Wendy refers to Granato) has been ND here for five years and worked at the station for 17 years. Before her promotion to news director, she was the EP of special projects. Wendy started on air in Lafayette, LA, and then worked at KNWS-TV, a now defunct 24 hour news channel. She later became ND there.

Wuzzardo

WWAY-TV, Wilmington, NC…this Morris Multimedia owned ABC station has an ND opening posted on its website. My records show KEVIN WUZZARDO has been ND here for five years and has worked there for 13.

Please note there are ads below for the news director jobs at WDIO-TV in Duluth, MN, WJFW-TV in Rhinelander, WI, and WBNG-TV in Binghamton, NY

Paid Help Wanted Ads:

Morning Executive Producer, KPIX-TV, San Francisco, CA:

KPIX5 San Francisco is recruiting for an Executive Producer to lead our morning news team.

This is a terrific opportunity to join a legacy news operation in one of the most dynamic markets in the country. The successful candidate will craft compelling, urgent newscasts while leading a veteran editorial team. Demonstrated success developing and integrating content across multiple platforms is essential.

We’re looking for a risk taker who understands the audience demands more than the expected formula. The Morning Executive Producer collaborates with other news managers and assists in developing and executing editorial strategies for all dayparts. Must be a mentor who knows how to inspire the team.

Minimum 4 years experience as a producer with management background preferred.

To learn more about this great opportunity and to apply, just click here.

News Director, WDIO-TV, Duluth, MN:

WDIO-TV is seeking a News Director ready to take a powerful market leader to new heights. This leader oversees all news, weather and sports content and delivery channels and is responsible for directing and managing the news department — seeing that the station’s vision and community mission is understood by the entire news organization.

WDIO-TV, News Channel 10/13 is the award-winning ABC network affiliate for Northeastern Minnesota and Northwest Wisconsin. Part of Hubbard Broadcasting, WDIO-TV is committed to excellence in all that it does-broadcast news with hyper-local coverage, important public service that deals powerfully with today’s issues, and now, more than ever, top-notch digital content, to reach our viewers and followers with information the way they want to receive it.

When you work for WDIO-TV, you will find yourself among dedicated, passionate people who work hard every day to improve our product and our community. If you have the qualifications, and you are a person of talent and integrity, we invite you to apply!

To learn more about the day to day duties and qualifications for this remarkable opportunity please visit our web site by clicking here:

News Director, WJFW-TV, Rhindeland, RI:

WJFW, the NBC affiliate for north central Wisconsin, wants to find a news director with energy and vision to lead its newsroom.

Newswatch 12 promises best-in-class training and opportunities to entry-level video storytellers.

The next news director will need to enjoy recruiting, hiring, training, teaching, and managing young journalists.

This position might be the successful applicant’s first news directing opportunity. Newswatch 12 provides support for strong journalists who want to gain top-level managerial experience. The successful applicant could also be someone with wide experience who wants to return to small-market television news in a peaceful, beautiful part of the upper Midwest.

Visitors come here year-round to experience the Northwoods. You could live that experience every day.

You should prefer to lead by example. You will lead every aspect of modern newsroom activity working alongside young reporters. You will be a department head reporting to the General Manager.

If you’re the person in your newsroom right now who makes your colleagues think they’re lucky to have you around, we want to talk with you. Leadership in smaller-market newsrooms demands effective communication, inspiration and feedback skills. It’s likely you already demonstrate those capabilities.

We want to make our community better by making our news product better every day. If you want to lead that effort, please apply.

Send a cover letter and resume to John Quarderer, News Advisor jquarderer@wjfw.com

https://www.wjfw.com/careers.html

News Director, WBNG-TV, Binghamton, NY:

WBNG-TV in Binghamton, NY seeks a News Director to help guide our news department to new heights of journalistic and ratings success. This is an exciting opportunity to join a great team in one of New York’s most beautiful places to live.

The successful candidate will be responsible for establishing and maintaining market leading standards for newsroom operations and content. Other duties include hiring, coaching, supervising and evaluating news personnel, as well as preparation and administration of newsroom budgets and capital requests. The News Director is expected to work closely with other department managers to achieve the company’s overall performance goals.

A minimum of 4 years television news management experience and a college degree in broadcast journalism preferred. Must be able to demonstrate strong working knowledge of community issues and sound journalistic principles. Must have the ability to make fast, accurate journalistic and logistical judgments.

If you have a passion for excellence, and a burning desire to lead the best local broadcast news operation in Binghamton, NY, we want to hear from you.

Please send your resume and cover letter to:

Bob Krummenacker
General Manager
WBNG-TV
560 Columbia Dr.
Johnson City, NY 13790
rkrummenacker@wbng.com

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

WBNG is part of Quincy Media, a family owned company with television stations in 9 states.

Throughout Quincy, positions are available for candidates with all levels of experience and the advancement you are seeking. Visit www.quincymediacareers.com for links to all stations and opportunities.

WBNG-TV is an Equal Opportunity Employer

News Management Openings:

ASSISTANT NEWS DIRECTOR:

KUSI-TV, San Diego, CA (relisted 7/14/19)
WHEC-TV, Rochester, NY (relisted 7/7/19)
KSPR-TV, Springfield, MO (listed 7/17/19)
WBND-TV, South Bend, IN (relisted 7/14/19)
WJAC-TV, Johnstown, PA (relisted 7/14/19)
KRNV-TV, Reno, NV (relisted this week)
KERO-TV, Bakersfield, CA (listed 7/14/19)

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:

KPIX-TV, San Francisco, CA (AM EP, new listing this week, see ad above!)
KPRC-TV, Houston, TX (Special Projects EP, listed 7/7/19)
WXYZ-TV, Detroit, MI (AM EP, listed 6/16/19)
KDVR/KWGN-TV, Denver, CO (AM EP, relisted this week)
KOIN-TV, Portland, OR (AM EP, listed 6/23/19)
WMAR-TV, Baltimore, MD (PM EP, new listing this week)
WVIT-TV, Hartford, CT (Dayside EP, listed 6/23/19)
WBNS-TV, Columbus, OH (Senior EP, relisted 7/14/19)
WCPO-TV, Cincinnati, OH (listed 8/4/19)
WISN-TV, Milwaukee, WI (AM EP, relisted 7/21/19)
WHTM-TV, Harrisburg, PA (Digital EP, listed 6/23/19)
WVTM-TV, Birmingham, AL (relisted 6/9/19)
WAVY-TV, Norfolk, VA (AM EP, relisted 7/7/19)
WWL-TV, New Orleans, LA (AM EP, relisted 7/7/19)
WBRE-TV, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, PA (relisted 7/14/19)
WNEM-TV, Saginaw, MI (AM EP, listed 7/21/19)
KMTV, Omaha, NE (AM EP, listed 7/28/19)
KWWL-TV, Waterloo, IA (listed 6/16/19)
WFFT-TV, Ft. Wayne, IN (listed 6/23/19)
WFXG-TV, Augusta, GA (listed 6/16/19)
WTAJ-TV, Altoona, PA (Digital Executive Producer, relisted 6/23/19)
KSBY-TV, San Luis Obispo, CA (PM EP, listed 6/16/19)

Other News Management Openings:

Listed 8/4/19:

WSPA-TV, Spartanburg, SC (Digital Content EP)

Listed 7/28/19:

WBRE-TV, Wilkes/Barre/Scranton, PA (Digital Content EP)

Relisted 7/28/19:

WRAL-TV, Raleigh, NC (Enterprise Executive Producer)
WTNH-TV, Hartford/New Haven, CT (Digital Content Manager)

Listed 7/21/19:

E.W. Scripps, Cincinnati, OH, (Senior Director of Content)
E.W. Scripps, Denver, CO (Senior Director of National Content)

Listed 7/7/19:

KMTV, Omaha, NE (Digital Content Manager)

Listed 6/30/19

KGET-TV, Bakersfield, CA (Digital Content Manager)

Relisted 6/23/19:

WKRG-TV, Mobile, AL (Digital Content Manager)
KFDX-TV, Wichita Falls, TX (Digital Content Manager)

Listed 6/16/19:

Rocky Mountain PBS, Denver, CO (Investigative Producer)
WBRC-TV, Birmingham, AL (Digital Content Mgr.)

Obituary:

O. LEONARD PRESS, who is credited with founding the statewide Kentucky Educational TV network, died late last month at the age of 97. KET, which describes itself as Kentucky’s largest classroom, serving more than one million people each week via television, online, and mobile, celebrated its 50th anniversary last year.

Names in the News (and other items):

Harrison

AKEMI HARRISON, who’s been the 11:00 PM executive producer for WPXI-TV in Pittsburgh is leaving that Cox Media station to become Assistant News Director for WVIT-TV in Harftord/New Haven, CT, the NBC owned station there. She’s the subject of this profile in the New Pittsburgh Courier.

Lots of news about former news directors:

Steel

Longtime Arkansas newsman BOB STEEL returns to a newsroom as news and program director for a Little Rock radio station. Bob’s a former ND for both KARK-TV and KATV but he began in radio in 1971. He’s also had several stints working for a Little Rock advertising agency.

Volpicella

FRANK VOLPICELLA once again calls Austin home as he becomes general manager for Community Impact’s Cedar Park-Leander edition. He left Austin in 2016 to take the ND job at WGCL-TV in Atlanta and later moved to WJXT-TV in Jacksonville as Managing Editor, a job he left about a year ago.

Donnellan

BRENNAN DONNELLAN joins the Cleveland Metro Bar Association as Director of Marketing and Communications. He’s been doing social media marketing and video production since leaving WKYC-TV in 2018 after a seven year run as ND. He’s also been an ND in Cincinnati and Syracuse and has worked in Boston, Atlanta, Columbus, OH (two stations) and Norfolk.

Piggott

We’re tardy in reporting the retirement of MIKE PIGGOTT who retired last spring after 18 years as Purdue University’s Director of Community Relations. That followed 17 years at WLFI-TV in Lafayette, IN as anchor, news director and also general manager for that CBS affiliate. Friends can ask Mike about his golf game with an email to: mpiggott@purdue.edu

Choate

One of the great things about travel is it allows you to connect with old friends. I had lunch (with others) with DAVE CHOATE, the assistant ND at WCKT-TV (now WSVN-TV) when I worked there. He was a great mentor to me, then a 23 year old producer. Dave later became ND at Channel 7 and also ran the NBC News bureau in Miami before leaving TV to run a substance abuse commission. He’s now 83 and is spending some time shooting some remarkable scenes, which you can see (and purchase) via this website. Friends can reach out to Dave via email: choatedm@aol.com

Calfo

Finally, congratulations to veteran television researcher TONY CALFO who has a new job. He’s joined ScreenEngine/ASI as Senior Vice President, TV News Group. Tony’s spent the last two years as EVP at Simple Opinions after 12 years at SmithGeiger. You can congratulate him on the move via email: TCalfo@screenengineasi.com

General Manager News and Notes:

Delia

With Tegna’s purchase of Dispatch Broadcasting’s WTHR-TV in Indianapolis and WBNS-TV in Columbus, OH, now complete, WTHR’s GM LARRY DELIA joins the corporate staff at Tegna as Senior Vice President, Media Operations. Larry’s been GM for WTHR since 2013, and became President of Dispatch Broadcasting in 2016. He’s run several other stations.

With Larry’s promotion, MICHAEL BROUDER gets bumped up from director of marketing and creative services at WTHR to president and general manager. Larry and Michael also worked together at WXIN/WTTV in Indianapolis.

Stewart

KYW-TV, the CBS o-and-o in Philadelphia, wasted no time replacing BRIEN KENNEDY who left the station last month. The new GM there is BRANDIN STEWART who’s spent the last 17 years at NBC owned stations, the last five as VP/Sales at WMAQ-TV in Chicago.

We noted in our “New News Director Openings” segment above that WENDY GRANATO is being promoted to GM for ABC’s KTRK-TV in Houston, replacing the retiring HENRY FLORSHEIM.

Scripps’s WKBW-TV (ABC) in Buffalo released General Manager MICHAEL NURSE and two key members of the sales staff last week. He’d been GM there for six years and spent 12 years as station manger before that.

MIKE RAJEWSKI will be the new GM for Lockwood Broadcasting’s KAKE-TV in Wichita. He’s been Director of Sales for Cox Media in Jacksonville and earlier worked in sales for WPEC-TV in West Palm Beach. He replaces NEAL DAVIS who’s off to Knoxville to run the Lockwood stations there.

Dant

And our last GM item completes a circle. KERN DANT will take over Lincoln’s KLKN-TV when the Standard Media completes the purchase of this ABC affiliate from Citadel Communications. Kern’s father’s STEVE was the station’s first general manager in 1996. Son Kern is currently General Sales Manager for WMC-TV in Memphis.

Our Full List of Open ND Jobs:

Here’s our list of open ND jobs as of Sunday, August 11, 2019:

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
KTRK-TV 3310 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX 77005
WUVG-TV 3350 Peachtree Road #1250, Atlanta, GA 30326 **
KTVK/KPHO-TV 5555 N 7th Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85013
KUSA-TV 500 E Speer Blvd, Denver, CO 80203
KUVS-TV 1710 Arden Way, Sacramento CA 95815 **
KSDK-TV 1000 Market St. St. Louis MO 63101
KFMB-TV 7677 Engineer Road San Diego, CA 92111
KSHB-TV 4720 Oak St, Kansas City, MO 64112
WBNS-TV 770 Twin Rivers Dr, Columbus, OH 43215
WCMH-TV 3165 Olentangy River Rd. Columbus, OH 43202
WPEC-TV 1100 Fairfield Dr. West Palm Beach, FL 33407
KOCO-TV 1300 East Britton Rd. Oklahoma City, OK 73131
WBIR-TV 1513 Bill Williams Ave. Knoxville, TN 37917
WJRT-TV 2302 Lapeer Rd, Flint, MI 48503
WTOL-TV 730 N. Summit St. Toledo OH 43604
WAFF-TV 1414 N. Memorial Parkway. Huntsville, AL 35801
KGAN-TV 600 Old Marion Rd NE Cedar Rapids, IA 52402
KXXV-TV 1909 S New Rd, Waco, TX 76711
WLTZ-TV 6140 Buena Vista Rd. Columbus, GA 31907
WWAY-TV 1224 Magnolia Village Way, Leland, NC 28451
KVII-TV 1 Broadcast Center, Amarillo, TX 79101
KRCR-TV 755 Auditorium Dr. Redding, CA 96001
WJFW-TV 3217 County Rd G Rhinelander, WI 54501 (see ad above!)
KCBD-TV 5600 Ave. A Lubbock, TX 79404
WDIO-TV 10 Observation Rd, Duluth, MN 55811 (see ad above!)
WBNG-TV 560 Columbia Dr. Johnson City, NY 13790 (see ad above!)
WOAY-TV P.O. BOX 3001 Oak Hill, WV 25901
KRTV 3300 Old Havre Hwy. Black Eagle, MT 59414
KXLF/KZBK-TV 1003 S Montana St, Butte, MT 59701
KAEF-TV 540 E St Eureka, California 95501
KAVU-TV 3808 N Navarro St, Victoria, TX 77901

**: Spanish language station