Rick Gevers & Associates

February 3, 2019

Monday, February 4, 2019 UPDATE:

Greetings:

The world’s (okay, at least in our world) worst kept secret is now official.

Carson

CHERYL CARSON will start February 18th as news director for Sinclair Broadcasting’s WJLA-TV (ABC) in Washington, DC. She spent the last three years as ND for KING/KONG-TV (Tegna/NBC/Independent) and worked there for six.  More on her Linkedin page.

She earlier was a news director in North Carolina, spent eleven years at KTTV (Fox) in Los Angeles as an EP, and has also worked in Las Vegas and Greenville, NC.

At WJLA, she replaces MITCH JACOB who left in November after four years as ND. In his resignation note to the staff, he expressed an interest in moving away from daily news for a while and to care for his ailing mother.

More on this and all the latest in our full newsletter this weekend.

regards,

Rick Gevers

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Greetings:

What’cha been doing tonight? Channel surfing while waiting for this newsletter to be posted?

Liar.

But I digress. THREE new news directors named this week, all first timer NDs who were either promoted within their current company or returning to a former station. That leaves, by my count, 29 stations looking for a new leader.

TWO of those openings are featured in one of our paid help wanted ads. And this week’s NEW ad is targeted for those of you who might be tired of covering car wrecks, fires and shootings. Both ads are below.

There are THREE obituaries this week, including a tragic story from Texas of a young newscast director who died while preparing that morning’s newscast.

In Names in the News, a new Managing Editor in Chicago, some management changes at an Atlanta station, and a new EP in Tucson. And we have good news from North Dakota, where a news director will also be the general manager of his station…that’s one of two GM moves this week.

Newly Named News Directors: 

Linton

WPBF-TV, West Palm Beach, FL…STEPHANIE LINTON returns to this Hearst owned ABC affiliate as its next news director. This post on the station’s website says she began her career as a producer there, before moving on to jobs in Miami, Charlotte, and San Francisco, where she’s spent the last 3+ years as the Assistant ND at KGO-TV. At WPBF, Stephanie replaces TRAVIS SHERWIN who left in November to become EP of Hearst’s Washington based investigative unit after 2 years as ND here.

Foster

Spectrum News, Raleigh, NC…BRIDGET FOSTER will be the next news director for this cable news operation. She’s spent the last seven years as an EP for Spectrum’s Tampa operation, Bay News 9. Bridget’s also held news management positions in Indianapolis and Toledo, and has also worked in Tampa, Jacksonville, Tallahassee and Gainesville, FL.

Inderhees

WTLV/WJXX-TV, Jacksonville, FL…JOE INDERHEES has been promoted to news director for this Tegna NBC/ABC duopoly. He’s been the Assistant ND, first joining the stations in 2016 as Content News Manager. Joe’s also worked in San Francisco, Miami, Toledo, and Parkersburg, WV. He replaces MEAGAN HARRIS who left in November after four years ND for a job with NBC in Dallas.

New News Director Openings: 

No new openings this week, to the best of my knowledge.

Please check out the ad below for the openings at News 12 New Jersey and News 12 The Bronx.

Paid Help Wanted Ads:

Producer, Inside INdiana Business with Gerry Dick, Indianapolis, IN:

Tired of covering shootings, fires and accidents? Ready to produce meaningful content? Then read on.

Indianapolis-based Grow Media Ventures, LLC has an immediate opening for an experienced and talented producer to join the team at the Emmy Award-winning Inside INdiana Business with Gerry Dick television program.

This position works closely with the host, another producer and reporters. Qualified candidates must possess a minimum 5 years of TV producing experience and have strong writing, people, organization, planning and problem solving skills. The ideal candidate will produce and oversee the weekly broadcast, which airs on 15 network and public affiliate stations statewide, as well as quarterly special “on the road” shows in various Hoosier communities that are recorded before a studio audience.

Requirements:

-Minimum 5 years of TV producing experience
-Possess strong factual and creative news writing skills
-Manage show research, graphical information, video footage, images, logos (all visuals for the TV show)
-Develop and maintain relationships with companies, organizations, public relations agencies, universities, entrepreneurs, partner stations, etc .
-Possess strong news judgement and understand business news issues
-Work well under deadlines
-Organized, motivated, planner, creative, multitasker, problem solver
-Supervise some IIB staff (reporters), partner stations at WTHR (NBC) and WFYI (PBS)
-Some travel in Indiana
-Some late nights, overnights and weekends
-Knowledge of business news a plus, not a requirement
-Edit weekly BigWigs e-newsletter

Click here for additional information:

Send your resume to: HR@growindiana.net

News Director, News 12 New Jersey & News 12 The Bronx:

News 12 New Jersey and News 12 The Bronx are looking for experienced, hands-on News Directors with strong leadership skills and a bold style. We own hyperlocal news and weather in the nation’s number one market. Election night, snowstorms–we beat all cable and broadcast stations in our cable footprint! News 12 is re-imagining local news in the digital age- thinking big and being bold to deliver content to our audience on multiple platforms. Our ideal candidate can identify engaging content, teach others how to do so, and develop a road map to meet the goals of our company. We want YOU to join our winning team!

Responsibilities & Qualifications:

Ten years in journalism, including 8 in television news, with a reputation for quality demonstrated through awards or honors. Excellent organizational, multi-tasking, leadership, communication, motivational, and interpersonal skills. Ability to manage a high pressure newsroom environment. Excellent coaching and training skills. Experience with Ad sales and programming and production budgets preferred.

If you’re up to the challenge, apply here:

Click here for News 12 New Jersey:

Click here for News 12 The Bronx:

News Management Openings:

ASSISTANT NEWS DIRECTOR:

KXAS-TV, Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX (relisted this week)
KGO-TV, San Francisco, CA (new listing this week)
WFTS-TV, Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL (listed 1/13/19)
KUSI-TV, San Diego, CA (listed 12/30/18)
WKRN-TV, Nashville, TN (listed 12/23/18)
KSTU-TV, Salt Lake City, UT (new listing this week)
KJRH-TV, Tulsa, OK (listed 1/13/19)
WSLS-TV, Roanoke, VA (listed 1/20/19)
WBND-TV, South Bend, IN (relisted 12/30/18)
WJHL-TV, Johnson City, TN (listed 12/23/18)
WJAC-TV, Johnstown, PA (listed 1/6/19)
KDLT-TV, Sioux Falls, SD (listed 1/13/19)

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:

KNBC-TV, Los Angeles, CA (AM EP, relisted 12/16/18)
WFAA-TV, Dallas, TX (relisted 1/20/17)
WUSA-TV, Washington, DC (Dayside EP, relisted 11/25/18)
KPRC-TV, Houston, TX (Special Projects EP, relisted 1/6/19)
KGO-TV, San Francisco, CA (Dayside EP, relisted 1/13/19)
WXIA-TV, Atlanta, GA (relisted 1/20/19)
WCCO-TV, Minneapolis, MN (AM EP, listed 12/23/18)
WEWS-TV, Cleveland, OH (listed 12/23/18)
WSMV-TV, Nashville, TN (PM EP, relisted 12/9/18)
KCTV, Kansas City, MO (AM EP, relisted 12/2/18)
WBNS-TV, Columbus, OH (Senior EP, listed 1/6/19)
WIVB-TV, Buffalo, NY (listed 12/30/18)
WINK-TV, Ft. Myers, FL (TWO EP openings, relisted 1/27/19)
WATE-TV, Knoxville, TN (TWO openings, listed 12/30/18)
KJRH-TV, Tulsa, OK (PM EP, listed 1/27/19)
WIS-TV, Columbia, SC (relisted 12/9/18)
WCTV, Tallahassee, FL (relisted 12/30/18)

MANAGING EDITOR:

KXAS-TV, Dallas/Ft. Worth (relisted 1/27/19)

OTHER NEWS MANAGEMENT OPENINGS:

Relisted 1/27/18:

WCPO-TV, Cincinnati, OH (Senior Manager of Editorial Content)

Listed 1/13/19:

E.W. Scripps, Denver, CO (National Executive Producer)

Listed 12/9/18:

WTOC-TV, Savannah, GA (Digital Content Manager)

Obituaries:

Malcom M.

Sad news this week from KVII-TV in Amarillo (the ABC affiliate there) where the station’s morning newscast director, MALCOLM MONTGOMERY died Tuesday morning. He was 27 and apparently collapsed while preparing for that day’s morning newscast, which the station canceled. Click here to see how KVII reported his passing.

Meuche

STEVEN MEUCHE, who spent a long career at Michigan State University’s public stations WKAR-TV and radio, died late last month at the age of 74. He first joined WKAR as a producer and director and later served as GM for 15 years. He also held national roles on the NPR board where he helped discover a huge deficit.

ALVIN SNYDER died Monday at the age of 82. You may not know the name but he worked for CBS, WMAQ-TV in Chicago, worked in the Nixon White House and held several other public services roles….all outlined in this obituary.

Names in the News (and other items):

Stauffer

WMAQ-TV in Chicago filled its long vacant Managing Editor position by hiring LAUREN STAUFFER. VP/News FRANK WHITTAKER shared the news with the staff via this email. She most recently was an EP for WJLA-TV in Washington, DC…she first joined the station as a producer in 2013. Lauren earlier worked in Nashville and Sioux City, IA. She’s a Chicago native who still has family in the area.

A number of management changes at Meredith’s WGCL-TV (CBS) in Atlanta.

Assistant News Director RUDY MURRIETA is leaving (after today’s football game) to join his wife in Florida, where she’s taken a new job.

And speaking of that football game, KAREN ARAIZA signed on in an interim role to help with both the coverage of the game and to help with February sweeps. She most recently was an ND in Portland, ME, and has worked with WGCL ND STEVE DOERR in Philadelphia.

Hart

MARIAH HART joins KGUN-TV (Scripps/ABC) in Tucson as an executive producer. She’s spent most of her career in Central Illinois, most recently as Content Manager at WEEK-TV in Peoria.

General Manager News and Notes:

Walker

Veteran news director IKE WALKER assumes additional duties as he adds general manager to his role at Gray Television’s KVLY-TV in Fargo, ND. He’s been the news director there since 2012, was formerly a news director in Columbus, OH and Topeka, KS. Ike’s also worked in Tulsa and Savannah, GA.

ANDRÉS CHAPARRO has left Telemundo’s Denver station, KDEN-TV, after nine years at the station. He was promoted to general manager in 2015.

Our Full List of Open ND Jobs:

Here’s our list of open ND jobs as of Sunday, February 3, 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

News 12 New Jersey 450 Raritan Center Parkway Edison, NJ 08837 (see ad above!)
News 12 The Bronx 930 Soundview Avenue Bronx, NY 10473 (see ad above!)
Verizon Fios 1 News 800 Westchester Avenue, Rye Brook, NY 10573
WJLA-TV 1100 Wilson Blvd. , 6th Fl. Arlington, VA 22209
WUVG-TV 3350 Peachtree Road #1250, Atlanta, GA 30326 **
KING-TV 1501 1st Ave. South, Suite 300 Seattle, WA 98134
KIRO-TV 2807 Third Ave., Seattle WA 98121
KSTP-TV 3415 University Ave W Saint Paul, MN 55114
KUVS-TV 1710 Arden Way, Sacramento CA 95815 **
WTHR-TV 1000 N. Meridian Street Indianapolis, IN 46204
WHBQ-TV 485 S. Highland. Memphis, TN 38111
WLEX-TV P.O. Box 1457 Lexington, KY 40588-1457
WGBA-TV 1391 North Rd, Green Bay, WI 54313
KHQ-TV 1201 W. Sprague Ave. Spokane, WA 99201
KGBT-TV 9201 West Expressway 83. Harlingen, TX 78552
WHNT-TV 200 Holmes Avenue, Huntsville, AL 35801
WHEC-TV 191 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14604
WGME-TV 81 Northport Drive. Portland, ME 04103
WAPT-TV 7616 Channel 16 Way Jackson, MS 39209
WFFT-TV 3707 Hillegas RD Ft. Wayne IN 46807
WCTI-TV 225 Glenburnie Dr. New Bern, NC 28560
KRNV-TV 1790 Vassar St. Reno, NV 89502
WLTZ-TV 6140 Buena Vista Rd. Columbus, GA 31907
KIII-TV 5002 South Padre Island Dr. Corpus Christi, TX 78411
WTVA-TV P.O. Box 320 Tupelo, MS 38802
KMBT-TV 525 Interstate 10 South, Beaumont, TX 77701
KAAL-TV 1320 Salem Rd SW, Rochester, MN 55902
WOAY-TV P.O. BOX 3001 Oak Hill, WV 25901
KREX-TV 345 Hillcrest Drive Grand Junction, CO 81501

**: Spanish language station

January 27, 2019

Greetings:

We start with an apology.

Due to a production error, earlier this week a draft of an UPDATE was accidentally posted on our website, though not emailed. It involved a hire at at a large market station that I am told by company officials has not happened….at least not yet. Unfortunately it was picked up by other sites.

Since it’s our long standing goal to report only facts, (unusual on the web, I know) we removed that post and will obviously not include the information in this week’s edition.

There is ONE new news director this week…who’s also his station’s chief meteorologist. And we removed another listing for reasons explained below.

That leaves 31 stations on our list of news director openings. FOUR of those openings are among our paid help wanted ads below.

There are TWO obituaries, one for a former network and local anchor turned educator, and the other for a longtime radio news director who served on the RTDNA board…and whose station won FOUR Peabody Awards during his tenure.

Lots of items of interest in Names in the News:

Two news managers promoted at a Detroit station.
A new job for a former Mississippi ND (who spent many years at CNN)
An Arkansas ND goes public with his cancer battle.
A former Texas anchor and ND runs for office.
And we’ll tell you why another Texas ND is known as ‘The Dancing Jefa’.
And there’s a new GM at a Tennessee station.

But you’ll only know these things if you read on…

Newly Named News Directors: 

Ernst

KJTV, Lubbock, TX…MATT ERNST adds additional duties as he is promoted to the news director job for this Lamar Communications owned FOX affiliate. He’ll be busy, as he will remain the station’s chief meteorologist. Matt’s been the assistant news director for the past five years. He’s a 13 year veteran of the station…beginning as a radio news reporter and anchor. More here.

Klotzman

Matt replaces our old friend JEFF KLOTZMAN. The station, in this post, reported that Jeff has ‘retired’ but also announced that he was joining the Lubbock school district as the new executive director of communications and community relations. Jeff was the first ND here and also anchored the late news. He had earlier been an ND for another Amarillo station and worked in Madison, Austin, TX, San Diego and Phoenix.

Liz H.

One update: we’re removing KKTV in Colorado Springs from our list of open ND jobs. We first posted that last July when LIZ HALTIWANGER was promoted to GM after ten years as ND and 15 at the station. Liz will hold both the ND and GM positions for this Gray owned CBS affiliate.

New News Director Openings: 

No new openings this week, to the best of my knowledge.

We told you a few weeks ago about management changes at several of the News 12 Network operations. Please check out the ad below for the resulting openings at News 12 New Jersey and News 12 The Bronx in addition to ads for ND openings in Minneapolis and Rochester, MN…and an assistant ND in Virginia.

Paid Help Wanted Ads:

News Director, News 12 New Jersey & News 12 The Bronx:

News 12 New Jersey and News 12 The Bronx are looking for experienced, hands-on News Directors with strong leadership skills and a bold style. We own hyperlocal news and weather in the nation’s number one market. Election night, snowstorms–we beat all cable and broadcast stations in our cable footprint! News 12 is re-imagining local news in the digital age- thinking big and being bold to deliver content to our audience on multiple platforms. Our ideal candidate can identify engaging content, teach others how to do so, and develop a road map to meet the goals of our company. We want YOU to join our winning team!

Responsibilities & Qualifications:

Ten years in journalism, including 8 in television news, with a reputation for quality demonstrated through awards or honors. Excellent organizational, multi-tasking, leadership, communication, motivational, and interpersonal skills. Ability to manage a high pressure newsroom environment. Excellent coaching and training skills. Experience with Ad sales and programming and production budgets preferred.

If you’re up to the challenge, apply here:

Click here for News 12 New Jersey:

Click here for News 12 The Bronx:

News Director, KSTP/KSTC-TV, Minneapolis, MN:

KSTP & KSTC, the Hubbard Broadcasting stations in Minneapolis-St. Paul need an experienced News Director with a history of success in leading broadcast news operations.

We emphasize investigative news and enterprise and original reporting. This position requires a strong leader to help drive this station to the top of the market. As the leader of this multi-platform operation, the News Director is responsible for leading and managing the planning, production and presentation of news.

This position is also responsible for defining and maintaining ethical, editorial, artistic and technical standards for broadcast news programs on KSTP & KSTC and content on digital and social media platforms. The successful candidate must engage and lead a high performing team and develop and execute the long-term vision of the 5 Eyewitness News newsroom.

To learn more about the day to day duties and qualifications for this remarkable opportunity please visit our web site.

News Director, KAAL-TV, Rochester, MN:

KAAL- TV (abc6NEWS), Rochester, MN, is looking for a News Director with a history of building great LOCAL news programs built on the basics of original, enterprise reporting, compelling story-telling and fast-paced programs.

As the leader of this smaller market, multi-platform operation, the News Director is responsible for leading and managing the planning, production and presentation of news, building on significant market gains. This position is responsible for defining and maintaining ethical, editorial, artistic and technical standards for broadcast news programs.

The successful candidate must build, engage and lead a high performing team and develop the long-term vision of abc6NEWS.

If interested in this role, please apply directly on our web site.

Assistant News Director, WSLS-TV, Roanoke, VA:

WSLS 10, the Graham Media Group owned / NBC affiliated station in Roanoke, VA is seeking a dynamic, enthusiastic and results oriented Assistant News Director to join our News team.

You’ll live, work, and play in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, plus, you’re only a short drive to major metropolitan areas as well as beaches.

WSLS 10 will move into a brand new state-of-the-art broadcast facility this spring.

The ideal candidate will be a self-starter and oversee production of all newscasts, working closely with anchors, reporters and producers on day-to-day and special project coverage.

Responsibilities & Qualifications:

Excellent news judgment, storytelling and showcasing skills required.
Work with producers and reporters to review all scripts.
Help producers and on-air talent convey urgency and timeliness in newscasts.
Manage and train newscast producers
Execute strategic planning across all platforms.
Embrace digital first new philosophy.
Other responsibilities as assigned.

WSLS 10 News, Working for You, produces 32 hours of news, weather, and sports each week. We have two bureaus and cover a large portion of Virginia.

If you’re up to the challenge, give us a look. Click here for more information.

News Management Openings:

ASSISTANT NEWS DIRECTOR:

KXAS-TV, Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX (listed 11/18/18)
WFTS-TV, Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL (listed 1/13/19)
KUSI-TV, San Diego, CA (listed 12/30/18)
WKRN-TV, Nashville, TN (listed 12/23/18)
KJRH-TV, Tulsa, OK (listed 1/13/19)
WSLS-TV, Roanoke, VA (listed 1/20/19, see ad above!)
WBND-TV, South Bend, IN (relisted 12/30/18)
WJHL-TV, Johnson City, TN (listed 12/23/18)
WJAC-TV, Johnstown, PA (listed 1/6/19)
KDLT-TV, Sioux Falls, SD (listed 1/13/19)

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:

KNBC-TV, Los Angeles, CA (AM EP, relisted 12/16/18)
WFAA-TV, Dallas, TX (relisted 1/20/17)
WUSA-TV, Washington, DC (Dayside EP, relisted 11/25/18)
KPRC-TV, Houston, TX (Special Projects EP, relisted 1/6/19)
KGO-TV, San Francisco, CA (Dayside EP, relisted 1/13/19)
WXIA-TV, Atlanta, GA (relisted 1/20/19)
WCCO-TV, Minneapolis, MN (AM EP, listed 12/23/18)
WEWS-TV, Cleveland, OH (listed 12/23/18)
WSMV-TV, Nashville, TN (PM EP, relisted 12/9/18)
KCTV, Kansas City, MO (AM EP, relisted 12/2/18)
WBNS-TV, Columbus, OH (Senior EP, listed 1/6/19)
WIVB-TV, Buffalo, NY (listed 12/30/18)
WINK-TV, Ft. Myers, FL (TWO EP openings, relisted this week)
WATE-TV, Knoxville, TN (TWO openings, listed 12/30/18)
KJRH-TV, Tulsa, OK (PM EP, new listing this week)
KGUN-TV, Tucson, AZ (PM EP, listed 1/20/19)
WIS-TV, Columbia, SC (relisted 12/9/18)
WCTV, Tallahassee, FL (relisted 12/30/18)

MANAGING EDITOR:

WMAQ-TV, Chicago, IL (relisted 10/21/18)
KXAS-TV, Dallas/Ft. Worth (relisted this week)

OTHER NEWS MANAGEMENT OPENINGS:

Relisted this week:

WCPO-TV, Cincinnati, OH (Senior Manager of Editorial Content)

Listed 1/13/19:

E.W. Scripps, Denver, CO (National Executive Producer)

Listed 12/9/18:

WTOC-TV, Savannah, GA (Digital Content Manager)

Obituaries:

Bell

Former ABC anchor STEVE BELL…who spent more than 15 years on the faculty of Ball St. University…died Friday, January 25th at the age of 83. While covering the Vietnam War, he was captured by the Viet Cong. In 1975, he was part of the first team as Good Morning America debuted on ABC. He later left to anchor at Philadelphia’s KYW-TV. Steve began in TV in Omaha, went to WNEW-AM radio in New York City before joining ABC Radio and then the TV side of ABC.

Rublein

BRIAN RUBLEIN, who spent more than 20 years as news director for Louisville’s WHAS-AM radio, died earlier this month. I believe he was around 80 years old, though this obituary fails to mention his age. During his leadership of WHAS, the station was honored with FOUR Peabody Awards. He also served on the (then) RTNDA Board of Directors. After leaving radio, Brian worked in media relations and served 18 years on the City Council of Anchorage, KY.

Names in the News (and other items):

Two veteran news managers, RO COPPOLA and JENNIFER WALLACE, have been promoted at Graham Media’s WDIV-TV in Detroit.

Turner

CHRIS TURNER…whose last appearance in these pages came in November when he left his job as ND for WJTV and WHLT-TV (Jackson/Hattiesburg, MS) has landed. He’s the new director of the Public Affairs Division for the Mississippi Department of Transportation. In addition to WJTV/WHLT-TV, he served as a news director in Cheyenne, WY, and spent 21 years working for CNN in a variety of roles.

Genty

Our best wishes to NICK GENTY, news director of KATV in Little Rock, who has gone public with his battle with throat cancer. Nick never smoked but still developed the disease. More in this story. He’s a longtime veteran of the Little Rock Market, having spent more than 20 years at another station before moving to KATV.

TONY HENNES, a former news director and anchor for KCEN-TV in Temple, TX…is now running for the Temple City Council. He’s been working for the city since leaving television in 1998.

Rodriguez

Let’s end this section on a lighter note. MOANA RODRIGUEZ, the news director for the Univision station in San Antonio, has an unusual way to de-stress. It’s earned her the nickname of “The Dancing Jefa” Someone captured it on video.

General Manager News and Notes:

TODD RICKE has been named general manager for Sinclair’s Chattanooga station, WTVC-TV, the ABC affiliate there. He’s been the sales manager for Sinclair’s KEYE-TV in Austin, TX, where he has has worked since 1999.

Our Full List of Open ND Jobs:

Here’s our list of open ND jobs as of Sunday, January 27, 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

News 12 New Jersey 450 Raritan Center Pkwy. Edison, NJ 08837 (see ad above!)
News 12 The Bronx 930 Soundview Avenue Bronx, NY 10473 (see ad above!)
Verizon Fios 1 News 800 Westchester Avenue, Rye Brook, NY 10573
WJLA-TV 1100 Wilson Blvd. , 6th Fl. Arlington, VA 22209
WUVG-TV 3350 Peachtree Road #1250, Atlanta, GA 30326 **
KING-TV 1501 1st Ave. South, Suite 300 Seattle, WA 98134
KIRO-TV 2807 Third Ave., Seattle WA 98121
KSTP-TV 3415 University Ave W Saint Paul, MN 55114 (see ad above!)
KUVS-TV 1710 Arden Way, Sacramento CA 95815 **
WTHR-TV 1000 N. Meridian Street Indianapolis, IN 46204
WPBF-TV 3970 RCA Boulevard, # 7007, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410
WTLV/WJXX-TV 1070 E Adams St, Jacksonville, FL 32202
WHBQ-TV 485 S. Highland. Memphis, TN 38111
WLEX-TV P.O. Box 1457 Lexington, KY 40588-1457
WGBA-TV 1391 North Rd, Green Bay, WI 54313
KHQ-TV 1201 W. Sprague Ave. Spokane, WA 99201
KGBT-TV 9201 West Expressway 83. Harlingen, TX 78552
WHNT-TV 200 Holmes Avenue, Huntsville, AL 35801
WHEC-TV 191 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14604
WGME-TV 81 Northport Drive. Portland, ME 04103
WAPT-TV 7616 Channel 16 Way Jackson, MS 39209
WFFT-TV 3707 Hillegas RD Ft. Wayne IN 46807
WCTI-TV 225 Glenburnie Dr. New Bern, NC 28560
KRNV-TV 1790 Vassar St. Reno, NV 89502
WLTZ-TV 6140 Buena Vista Rd. Columbus, GA 31907
KIII-TV 5002 South Padre Island Dr. Corpus Christi, TX 78411
WTVA-TV P.O. Box 320 Tupelo, MS 38802
KMBT-TV 525 Interstate 10 South, Beaumont, TX 77701
KAAL-TV 1320 Salem Rd SW, Rochester, MN 55902 (see ad above!)
WOAY-TV P.O. BOX 3001 Oak Hill, WV 25901
KREX-TV 345 Hillcrest Drive Grand Junction, CO 81501

**: Spanish language station

January 20, 2019

Greetings:

Is it just me…or is a rule allowing a coin flip to go a long way towards deciding which team goes to the Super Bowl…a pretty stupid rule? Asking for a friend.

Another very busy week for our report.

FIVE new news director openings, though TWO were created by incumbents taking general manager jobs. And we have TWO new newly named news directors.

Our official list of ND openings…which had been trending lower…increases to 30. THREE of those openings are among our FOUR paid help wanted ads below.

There are THREE obituaries, one of a Boston EP, one for a former California ND and GM, and one for a GM who ran stations in Indiana and Kentucky. We have news of several GM appointments, and a few items in Names in the News.

Newly Named News Directors: 

Roth

KMTV, Omaha, NE…we told you last week that this Scripps/CBS opening would soon be filled… and….it is…by GEOFF ROTH. By my count this is Geoff’s eighth news director’s job. He’s leaving KREX-TV (Nexstar/CBS) after about 18 months. At KMTV, Geoff replaces JOE SPADEA who left the station in November as is now ND for Nexstar’s WVLA/WGMB-TV in Baton Rouge, LA.

Stewart

WEVV-TV, Evansville, IN…WARREN STEWART returns to his home region as the next news director for this CBS/FOX operation owned by Bayou Broadcasting. Here’s the news release. Warren tells me his mother is battling some health issues so it’s the right time to come home. He most recently was ND for KJRH-TV in Tulsa…he left in September after about 18 months. Warren’s also worked in Cleveland, Orlando, and New Orleans.

Korff

The man he replaces at WEVV, WARREN KORFF, landed quickly. He left WEVV in December but starts tomorrow as the Assignment Manager at WEHT/WTVW-TV, also in Evansville. Warren worked at WEHT/WTVW until three years ago when he left to re-start the news operation at WEVV.

New News Director Openings: 

Carson

KING/KONG-TV, Seattle, WA…our only UPDATE of the past week brought news of CHERYL CARSON’s departure from this Tegna owned NBC and Independent duopoly after almost three years as ND and six at the station. She’s a veteran of the Los Angeles market and was an ND at WGHP-TV in Greensboro/ High Point, NC. More on her Linkedin page.

Vickers

WHNT-TV, Huntsville, AL…we told you in our Monday update of DENISE VICKERS departure from this Tribune owned (for now) CBS affiliate for a (at that point unnamed) GM job that turned out to be at WFXG-TV in Augusta, GA, a Lockwood Broadcasting owned FOX affiliate. She found a unique way to announce the new gig. Denise joined WHNT in 2006, earlier had been a news director at stations in Charleston, SC, Montgomery, AL, and Boise, ID.

Reynolds

WGME-TV, Portland, ME…KATHY REYNOLDS is leaving this Sinclair owned CBS affiliate to become Story Telling Team Leader, in charge of MSJs and anchors, at Tegna’s WUSA-TV (CBS) in Washington, DC. She’s been here almost six years, and spent about two years as an ND at WEYI-TV in Flint/Saginaw, MI. Kathy’s worked in Wausaw, WI, and as a reporter in Springfield, MA, Grand Rapids, MI, Burlington, Fargo, and Elmira, NY.

Bergen

KBMT-TV, Beaumont, TX…PAUL BERGEN is moving up to become GM for this Tegna owned ABC/NBC operation. He’s been ND there for more than ten years. Paul had been ND for KBTV in Beaumont until March 2008, when he left for a very brief stint as ND for KTAL-TV in Shreveport. He also worked as an ND in Butte, MT, and served as the state Capitol Correspondent for five Montana TV stations. Paul began his career at the Billings Gazette.

KREX-TV, Grand Junction, CO…we told you above that GEOFF ROTH is headed to KMTV (Scripps/CBS) in Omaha as news director. Geoff worked for this Nexstar owned CBS affiliate for about 18 months.

And while they are not new openings, please note ads below for news director openings at KSTP/KSTC-TV in Minneapolis and KAAL-TV in Rochester, MN.

Paid Help Wanted Ads:

News Director, KSTP/KSTC-TV, Minneapolis, MN:

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News Director, KAAL-TV, Rochester, MN:

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If interested in this role, please apply directly on our web site.

Assistant News Director, WSLS-TV, Roanoke, VA:

WSLS 10, the Graham Media Group owned / NBC affiliated station in Roanoke, VA is seeking a dynamic, enthusiastic and results oriented Assistant News Director to join our News team.

You’ll live, work, and play in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, plus, you’re only a short drive to major metropolitan areas as well as beaches.

WSLS 10 will move into a brand new state-of-the-art broadcast facility this spring.

The ideal candidate will be a self-starter and oversee production of all newscasts, working closely with anchors, reporters and producers on day-to-day and special project coverage.

Responsibilities & Qualifications:

Excellent news judgment, storytelling and showcasing skills required.
Work with producers and reporters to review all scripts.
Help producers and on-air talent convey urgency and timeliness in newscasts.
Manage and train newscast producers
Execute strategic planning across all platforms.
Embrace digital first new philosophy.
Other responsibilities as assigned.

WSLS 10 News, Working for You, produces 32 hours of news, weather, and sports each week. We have two bureaus and cover a large portion of Virginia.

If you’re up to the challenge, give us a look. Click here for more information.

News Director, WTVA-TV, Tupelo, MS:

Small market News Directors, are you tired of chasing #1 with little to no resources? Are you ready to work for a dominant station and experience what winning BIG feels like? Mid-Market middle managers, are you ready for your first News Director gig with a serious news station?

WTVA, the Heartland Media owned NBC and ABC affiliate in Tupelo-Columbus, MS (133), will take your career to a big market experience fast. Heartland Media is a company that believes in and invests in live, local news (more than 9 hours of live coverage each weekday). WTVA has received 4 Emmys in the last 3 years!

Does your current employer invest in your career with training and consulting as if you were a network O & O? Heartland does, and you could soon be working with Magid consultants who partner with us to evolve our winning strategy. We may be market 133, but we play like the big leagues. You must be energetic, positive, passionate, competitive, possess strong motivational skills and exceed in recruiting and training across generations.

We live in a cultural hotbed for internationally recognized music, art, and literature. Elvis was born here. BB King played in the joints. Tennesse Williams, Faulkner, Grisham. 90 minutes from Memphis, 4 hours from Nashville; near competitive SEC universities (Alabama, Ole Miss and Mississippi State). The cost of living is low, and your generous compensation plan will give you more bang for your buck.

Click here to learn more and apply.

EOE

News Management Openings:

ASSISTANT NEWS DIRECTOR:

KXAS-TV, Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX (listed 11/18/18)
WFTS-TV, Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL (listed 1/13/19)
KUSI-TV, San Diego, CA (listed 12/30/18)
WKRN-TV, Nashville, TN (listed 12/23/18)
KJRH-TV, Tulsa, OK (listed 1/13/19)
WSLS-TV, Roanoke, VA (new listing this week, see ad above!)
WBND-TV, South Bend, IN (relisted 12/30/18)
WJHL-TV, Johnson City, TN (listed 12/23/18)
WJAC-TV, Johnstown, PA (listed 1/6/19)
KDLT-TV, Sioux Falls, SD (listed 1/13/19)

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:

KNBC-TV, Los Angeles, CA (AM EP, relisted 12/16/18)
WFAA-TV, Dallas, TX (relisted this week)
WUSA-TV, Washington, DC (Dayside EP, relisted 11/25/18)
KPRC-TV, Houston, TX (Special Projects EP, relisted 1/6/19)
KGO-TV, San Francisco, CA (Dayside EP, relisted 1/13/19)
WXIA-TV, Atlanta, GA (relisted this week)
KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA (PM EP, relisted 11/18/18)
WCCO-TV, Minneapolis, MN (AM EP, listed 12/23/18)
WEWS-TV, Cleveland, OH (listed 12/23/18)
WSMV-TV, Nashville, TN (PM EP, relisted 12/9/18)
KCTV, Kansas City, MO (AM EP, relisted 12/2/18)
WBNS-TV, Columbus, OH (Senior EP, listed 1/6/19)
WIVB-TV, Buffalo, NY (listed 12/30/18)
WINK-TV, Ft. Myers, FL (TWO EP openings, relisted 11/25/18)
WATE-TV, Knoxville, TN (TWO openings, listed 12/30/18)
KGUN-TV, Tucson, AZ (PM EP, new listing this week)
WIS-TV, Columbia, SC (relisted 12/9/18)
WCTV, Tallahassee, FL (relisted 12/30/18)

MANAGING EDITOR:

WMAQ-TV, Chicago, IL (relisted 10/21/18)
KXAS-TV, Dallas/Ft. Worth (listed 11/18/18)

OTHER NEWS MANAGEMENT OPENINGS:

Listed 1/13/19:

E.W. Scripps, Denver, CO (National Executive Producer)

Listed 12/9/18:

WTOC-TV, Savannah, GA (Digital Content Manager)

Re-listed 11/11/18:

WCPO-TV, Cincinnati, OH (Senior Manager of Editorial Content)

Obituaries:

Gaita

Our sympathy to the staff at WFXT-TV in Boston on the death of the station’s EP, DEB GAITA. She died this week at the age of 45 after fighting cancer. Deb worked for another Boston station, and in Pittsburgh, Greensboro, and Macon, GA. More about her life, family, and career in this obituary.

BOB KLINGLE, a former general manager for stations in Louisville and Ft. Wayne, died last Monday. He was 62 and lost a battle with prostate cancer. He also worked in sales for CBS owned stations in New York and Chicago. One of his former stations, WHAS-TV, posted this nice obituary on its website.

And former Eureka, CA, News Director (KVIQ-TV) and General Manger (KIEM-TV) J. WARREN HOCKADAY died last Sunday. He was 70 and also spent 14 years as President and CEO of the Eureka Chamber of Commerce.

Names in the News (and other items):

Luhn

BRIAN LUHN has left KRIV-TV, the FOX o-and-o in Houston, to take a job out of TV. Brian tells me it’s with a media company that works with big companies to help them tell their stories to their customers. Brian sent this note to his KRIV colleagues. He’s a former ND at WCBD-TV in Charleston and has worked in Asheville, NC, Seattle, Atlanta, Denver, Louisville, Ft. Myers, and Sherman, TX.

KJRH-TV in Tulsa has promoted GARRETT WEINDORF to Assistant News Director. Garrett was the EP of Special Projects at the station. He’s also worked at another Tulsa station.

Switzer

DAVE SWITZER joins WeatherMetrics as Director of Marketing. He’s worked at a number of local television stations and as Magid, as you’ll learn in this news release.

General Manager News and Notes:

As noted above, PAUL BERGEN has been upped from ND to GM of Tegna’s KBMT-TV in Beaumont, TX. His was one of TWO Texas GM announcements from Tegna…the other also involved a news manager, as TIM THOMAS was promoted to GM at KWES-TV in Midland, TX, where he was news operations manager. More in this email.

And…for those of you with short memories…we reported above that DENISE VICKERS is the new GM of Lockwood’s WFXG-TV in Augusta, GA. She had been ND for WHNT-TV in Huntsville.

Our Full List of Open ND Jobs:

Here’s our list of open ND jobs as of Sunday, January 20, 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

Verizon Fios 1 News 800 Westchester Avenue, Rye Brook, NY 10573
WJLA-TV 1100 Wilson Blvd. , 6th Fl. Arlington, VA 22209
WUVG-TV 3350 Peachtree Road #1250, Atlanta, GA 30326 **
KING-TV 1501 1st Ave. South, Suite 300 Seattle, WA 98134
KIRO-TV 2807 Third Ave., Seattle WA 98121
KSTP-TV 3415 University Ave W Saint Paul, MN 55114 (see ad above!)
KUVS-TV 1710 Arden Way, Sacramento CA 95815 **
WTHR-TV 1000 N. Meridian Street Indianapolis, IN 46204
WPBF-TV 3970 RCA Boulevard, # 7007, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410
WTLV/WJXX-TV 1070 E Adams St, Jacksonville, FL 32202
WHBQ-TV 485 S. Highland. Memphis, TN 38111
WLEX-TV P.O. Box 1457 Lexington, KY 40588-1457
WGBA-TV 1391 North Rd, Green Bay, WI 54313
KHQ-TV 1201 W. Sprague Ave. Spokane, WA 99201
KGBT-TV 9201 West Expressway 83. Harlingen, TX 78552
WHNT-TV 200 Holmes Avenue, Huntsville, AL 35801
WHEC-TV 191 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14604
WGME-TV 81 Northport Drive. Portland, ME 04103
KKTV 520 E. Colorado Colorado Springs, CO 80903
WAPT-TV 7616 Channel 16 Way Jackson, MS 39209
WFFT-TV 3707 Hillegas RD Ft. Wayne IN 46807
WCTI-TV 225 Glenburnie Dr. New Bern, NC 28560
KRNV-TV 1790 Vassar St. Reno, NV 89502
WLTZ-TV 6140 Buena Vista Rd. Columbus, GA 31907
KIII-TV 5002 South Padre Island Dr. Corpus Christi, TX 78411
WTVA-TV P.O. Box 320 Tupelo, MS 38802 (see ad above!)
KMBT-TV 525 Interstate 10 South, Beaumont, TX 77701
KAAL-TV 1320 Salem Rd SW, Rochester, MN 55902 (see ad above!)
WOAY-TV P.O. BOX 3001 Oak Hill, WV 25901
KREX-TV 345 Hillcrest Drive Grand Junction, CO 81501

**: Spanish language station

January 13, 2019

Monday, January 14, 2019 UPDATE:

Greetings:

Two items of note today.

Carson

First, a news director opening at a top 15 station, with news that CHERYL CARSON has left Tegna’s KING-TV (NBC) in Seattle after three years as ND. General Manager JIM ROSE sent this note to the staff late Friday afternoon.

She first joined the station in 2012 as Assistant ND and was promoted to ND in February, 2016. Cheryl worked eleven years in Los Angeles and was also an ND in Greensboro-High Point. Her Linkedin page has her entire career background.

And…we can tell you that DENISE VICKERS has left WHNT-TV in Huntsville, where she was Station Manager and News Director. She’s taken a GM job somewhere that will be announced later today.

She’s worked for that Tribune owned (for now) CBS affiliate since 2006 and earlier had been an ND in Montgomery, AL. Her now-outdated station profile (check it out before it goes away!) has the rest of her career history.

Finally, our apologies to new KVVU-TV (Las Vegas/Meredith/Fox) General Manager MICHAEL KORR whose named we misspelled in reporting his promotion in our newsletter yesterday.

A busy start to the week…we’ll have updates as warranted and a full report this weekend.

regards,

Rick Gevers

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Greetings:

We have a lot in this week’s report:

FOUR newly named news directors. ONE new opening.

Our never official list of ND openings drops to 26. ONE of those openings is featured in a paid help wanted ad below.

LOTS of movement on the GM front…that’s all below. And there’s lots of items in Names in the News, including a Q & A with a longtime Idaho newsman turned novelist, and a former ND files for his third term as mayor of his city…and may not have any opposition.

We also have TWO new obituaries plus more information about the passing of a former ND whose passing we first reported last week.

Please note the new ad below from Devlin Design Group. 2019 marks the 10th anniversary of our partnership and their support of this newsletter. Please join me in thanking them for that support.

Newly Named News Directors: 

KMTV, Omaha, NE…I’m told that a news director has been hired here but the announcement won’t come for a few days, so we’re removing the opening from our list. We’ll fill you in when we can. The new ND will replace JOE SPADEA who left in November and is now the ND for WVLA/WGMB-TV in Baton Rouge.

Csanyi-Salcedo

KYTX-TV, Tyler, TX…ZOLTAN CSANYI-SALCEDO starts tomorrow as ND for this Tegna owned CBS affiliate. He replaces VICKI BRADLEY who left in August after about 16 months as ND. Zoltan spent the last three years as ND for Sinclair’s KGBT-TV in Harlingen, He’s also been an ND for Telemundo in Dallas, and three times in El Paso, (twice at the Univsiion station and once at the NBC affiliate). He’s also worked for ESPN.

Redding

WLBZ/WCSH-TV, Bangor/Portland, ME…MIKE REDDING returns as ND for these Tegna owned NBC affiliates. GM BRIAN CLIFFE told the staff. Mike was ND there from 2013-2016 before transferring to Tegna’s KVUE-TV in Austin, TX and later to WUSA-TV, Tegna’s Washington station. A family health matter is behind the move back to Maine. He’ll replace KAREN ARAIZA who left in November after two years as ND.

Anderson

KDLT-TV, Sioux Falls, SD…ANNDREA (cq) ANDERSON has been promoted to ND for this Red River Broadcasting owned NBC affiliate. She’s currently the weekend anchor/producer there and joined KDLT in 2015 as a reporter. She replaces JESSICA BROVOLD who resigned last summer to take a job out of television after about a year as ND.

New News Director Opening: 

KGBT-TV, Harlingen, TX…as noted above, ZOLTAN CSANYI-SALCEDO has left this Sinclair owned CBS affiliate to become ND for Tegna’s KYTX-TV in Tyler, TX. He was ND here almost three years.

Also, despite what you might have read on another website, WICS-TV in Springfield, IL, is NOT looking for a new news director. MICHAEL TRUETT remains the ND at this Sinclair station which IS looking for a newscast director.

Paid Help Wanted Ad:

News Director, WTVA-TV, Tupelo, MS:

Small market News Directors, are you tired of chasing #1 with little to no resources? Are you ready to work for a dominant station and experience what winning BIG feels like? Mid-Market middle managers, are you ready for your first News Director gig with a serious news station?

WTVA, the Heartland Media owned NBC and ABC affiliate in Tupelo-Columbus, MS (133), will take your career to a big market experience fast. Heartland Media is a company that believes in and invests in live, local news (more than 9 hours of live coverage each weekday). WTVA has received 4 Emmys in the last 3 years!

Does your current employer invest in your career with training and consulting as if you were a network O & O? Heartland does, and you could soon be working with Magid consultants who partner with us to evolve our winning strategy. We may be market 133, but we play like the big leagues. You must be energetic, positive, passionate, competitive, possess strong motivational skills and exceed in recruiting and training across generations.

We live in a cultural hotbed for internationally recognized music, art, and literature. Elvis was born here. BB King played in the joints. Tennesse Williams, Faulkner, Grisham. 90 minutes from Memphis, 4 hours from Nashville; near competitive SEC universities (Alabama, Ole Miss and Mississippi State). The cost of living is low, and your generous compensation plan will give you more bang for your buck.

Click here to learn more and apply.

EOE

News Management Openings:

ASSISTANT NEWS DIRECTOR:

KXAS-TV, Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX (listed 11/18/18)
WFTS-TV, Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL (new listing this week)
KUSI-TV, San Diego, CA (listed 12/30/18)
WKRN-TV, Nashville, TN (listed 12/23/18)
KJRH-TV, Tulsa, OK (new listing this week)
WBND-TV, South Bend, IN (relisted 12/30/18)
WJHL-TV, Johnson City, TN (listed 12/23/18)
WJAC-TV, Johnstown, PA (listed 1/6/19)
KDLT-TV, Sioux Falls, SD (new listing this week)

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:

KNBC-TV, Los Angeles, CA (AM EP, relisted 12/16/18)
WUSA-TV, Washington, DC (Dayside EP, relisted 11/25/18)
KPRC-TV, Houston, TX (Special Projects EP, relisted 1/6/19)
KGO-TV, San Francisco, CA (Dayside EP, relisted this week)
KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA (PM EP, relisted 11/18/18)
WCCO-TV, Minneapolis, MN (AM EP, listed 12/23/18)
WEWS-TV, Cleveland, OH (listed 12/23/18)
WSMV-TV, Nashville, TN (PM EP, relisted 12/9/18)
KCTV, Kansas City, MO (AM EP, relisted 12/2/18)
WBNS-TV, Columbus, OH (Senior EP, listed 1/6/19)
WIVB-TV, Buffalo, NY (listed 12/30/18)
WINK-TV, Ft. Myers, FL (TWO EP openings, relisted 11/25/18)
WATE-TV, Knoxville, TN (TWO openings, listed 12/30/18)
WIS-TV, Columbia, SC (relisted 12/9/18)
WCTV, Tallahassee, FL (relisted 12/30/18)

MANAGING EDITOR:

WMAQ-TV, Chicago, IL (relisted 10/21/18)
KXAS-TV, Dallas/Ft. Worth (listed 11/18/18)

OTHER NEWS MANAGEMENT OPENINGS:

Listed 1/13/19:

E.W. Scripps, Denver, CO (National Executive Producer)

Listed 12/9/18:

WTOC-TV, Savannah, GA (Digital Content Manager)

Re-listed 11/11/18:

WCPO-TV, Cincinnati, OH (Senior Manager of Editorial Content)

Obituaries:

Anderson

GARY ANDERSON, a former news director and general manager who also worked for CNN in affiliate sales, died last month of heart failure. He was 78. Gary was an ND for stations in Texas and South Carolina, and a GM in several others. His close friend and former colleague, SCOTT PARKS, wrote and sent me this obituary. No funeral services will be held.

Walsh

CAROL WALSH, mother of JERRY WALSH, Nexstar’s VP of Local Content Development, died last Tuesday at the age of 70 after a brief illness. Funeral services will be held tomorrow (Monday, January 14). Mrs. Walsh worked as a school teacher, opened and ran a nursery school, helped her late husband (also named Jerry) with the family video business, and began a golf tournament to benefit ALS after his death. A kind note reaches Jerry at: jwalsh@nexstar.tv

Cepnick

We have a little more information on the death of former Denver and North Carolina news director GARY CURTIS (real name: GARY CEPNICK). We found this obituary in the Greensboro News & Record. It tells us that Gary was 72, died after a year long battle with cancer, and fills in many details about his life and survivors.

Names in the News (and other items):

Media Moves does a good job of covering news in Spanish language media. There are three stories of note today:

Balta

HUGO BALTA returns to MSNBC. He was a producer there at the turn of the century (for some reason that sounds odd, but true). Now…he’ll be a senior producer working on weekend programming. Hugo was an ND for Telemundo in New York, worked at WCBS-TV, and spent the last seven years at ESPN. He’s in his second term as president of NAHJ.

Three news managers have left EstrellaTV. Its parent company is operating under the protection of a bankruptcy court.

JUAN CARLOS PINZÓN crosses the street in Dallas. He’s joining Univision as an executive producer from his role as a senior writer/producer for Telemundo.

Dean

RYAN DEAN moves from reporter to managing editor at KSDK-TV, Tegna’s NBC affiliate in St. Louis. He’s been a reporter there for 10 years and earlier worked in Syracuse. Ryan’s married to DANA DEAN who reports for a mid-morning program called Show Me St. Louis.

KRISTEN BOLDEN joins KIVI-TV in Boise as an executive producer. She’s been producing for WIAT-TV in Birmingham and has also worked as a producer in Peoria.

Former Evansville news director LLOYD WINNECKE filed for re-election as he goes for his third term as Mayor of Evansville. This article suggests he’s so popular he may not have any opposition.

Longtime KIVI-TV (Boise, ID) Assignment Manager STEVE BERTEL has published his first novel.

General Manager News and Notes:

Lots of news on the GM front this week:

First, Meredith filled two open GM spots at stations in Nashville and Las Vegas:

LaSpina

RENE LaSPINA joins WSMV-TV (NBC) in Nashville as General Manager, replacing DALE WOODS who left the station after not quite 18 months. Rene’s a former GM in Buffalo, Minneapolis, Memphis, Albany, NY; and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.

And MICHAEL KORS KORR (corrected 1/14/19) was promoted from Sales Manager to General Manager of the company’s Las Vegas FOX affiliate, KVVU-TV.

Kelley

DICK KELLEY, who’s been GM of NBC’s KNSD-TV in San Diego for more than eight years, is retiring. He will leave the station at the end of March. Dick earlier spent 2+ years as VP/Sales for KNTV, the NBC owned station in San Francisco.

JOSH YOUNG joins Gray Television as GM of the company’s stations in Waco and Bryan, TX, KWTX-TV and KBTX-TV. He had been the GM of the (now former) Raycom stations in Midland-Odessa, TX, KWES-TV and KTXC-TV.

MARVIN RHODES moves within Minnesota to become GM of Quincy’s KTTC-TV in Rochester, MN. For the last five years, he’s been GM at KEYC-TV in Mankato, MN, and has also worked for two stations in Oregon.

Marks

At KEYC, the station has named longtime broadcaster JEFF MARKS as the interim general manager. Many of you know Jeff, a former GM in Roanoke, Augusta, GA, and Bangor, as well as GM/ND for News 12 New Jersey. He’s also a past chair of RTDNA.

Our Full List of Open ND Jobs:

Here’s our list of open ND jobs as of Sunday, January 13, 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

Verizon Fios 1 News 800 Westchester Avenue, Rye Brook, NY 10573
WJLA-TV 1100 Wilson Blvd. , 6th Fl. Arlington, VA 22209
WUVG-TV 3350 Peachtree Road #1250, Atlanta, GA 30326 **
KIRO-TV 2807 Third Ave., Seattle WA 98121
KSTP-TV 3415 University Ave W Saint Paul, MN 55114
KUVS-TV 1710 Arden Way, Sacramento CA 95815 **
WTHR-TV 1000 N. Meridian Street Indianapolis, IN 46204
WPBF-TV 3970 RCA Boulevard, # 7007, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410
WTLV/WJXX-TV 1070 E Adams St, Jacksonville, FL 32202
WHBQ-TV 485 S. Highland. Memphis, TN 38111
WLEX-TV P.O. Box 1457 Lexington, KY 40588-1457
WGBA-TV 1391 North Rd, Green Bay, WI 54313
KHQ-TV 1201 W. Sprague Ave. Spokane, WA 99201
KGBT-TV 9201 West Expressway 83. Harlingen, TX 78552
WHEC-TV 191 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14604
KKTV 520 E. Colorado Colorado Springs, CO 80903
WAPT-TV 7616 Channel 16 Way Jackson, MS 39209
WEVV-TV 477 Carpenter Street Evansville, IN 47708
WFFT-TV 3707 Hillegas RD Ft. Wayne IN 46807
WCTI-TV 225 Glenburnie Dr. New Bern, NC 28560
KRNV-TV 1790 Vassar St. Reno, NV 89502
WLTZ-TV 6140 Buena Vista Rd. Columbus, GA 31907
KIII-TV 5002 South Padre Island Dr. Corpus Christi, TX 78411
WTVA-TV P.O. Box 320 Tupelo, MS 38802 (see ad above!)
KAAL-TV 1320 Salem Rd SW, Rochester, MN 55902
WOAY-TV P.O. BOX 3001 Oak Hill, WV 25901

**: Spanish language station