April 18, 2010
April 20, 2010 UPDATE:
There’s a new opening in a top ten market to tell you about.
Lewis
KYANN LEWIS is leaving KIAH-TV, the Tribune-owned CW in Houston, to become VP of Lifestyle Content for Fisher Broadcasting. She’ll be based in Orlando. The move reunites Kyann with TROY McGUIRE, Fisher’s VP of Digital Content. The two worked together at KPTV in Portland, OR, when Troy was the ND there. That’s also where she met her husband, J.L. WATKINS, who’s been hired as Director of Digital Content for Fisher. Kyann’s been ND at KIAH since August, 2008. She’s also been ND for WHNS-TV in Greenville, SC.
More in the next full edition of our weekly newsletter, later this week.
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Greetings:
I enjoyed seeing many of you (more than last year, to be sure) at this past week’s RTDNA conference. Hopefully I’ll see many more of you at the next RTDNA conference, September 25-28, 2011, at the Sheraton New Orleans.
We have only ONE new news director to report this week, and, to the best of my knowledge, NO new openings. That leaves our count of open ND jobs at 17.
But we have some interesting items in Names in the News, including promotions for two veteran news managers, some management hires to report, and we’re re-running an ad for an Executive Producer for the Weather Channel. And we have an obituary for a long-time ND in some major markets.
All that and more after this week’s change:
NEW NEWS DIRECTORS NAMED:
Templeman
KMTR-TV, Eugene, OR…MATT TEMPLEMAN is taking on additional duties for this Newport-owned NBC affiliate. He will continue as an anchor there, and replaces ROB McMICHAELS who has left the station after eight years as ND. Matt’s been at the station since 2003.
NEW NEWS DIRECTOR OPENINGS:
None, to my knowledge. Please share any news you have with me via email at: rick@rickgevers.com
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HELP WANTED AD:
Executive Producer, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA
We are recruiting for a seasoned news professional to join our team at The Weather Channel. Responsibilities would include managing a team of producers, associate producers and talent.
Mid-to-Large market or network experience preferred.
Excellent oral/written communication, and organizational skills, with ability to meet daily deadlines.
Forward a letter of interest and resume to:
Rashida Jones
Director, Live Programming
The Weather Channel
300 Interstate North Parkway
Atlanta, GA 30339
Or email: rjones@weather.com
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ASSISTANT NEWS DIRECTOR:
KYW-TV, Philadelphia, PA (listed 3/19/10)
KSHB-TV, Kansas City, MO (listed 2/26/09)
WLWT-TV, Cincinnati, OH (relisted 3/12/10)
KTVX-TV, Salt Lake City, UT (listed 2/12/10)
WHAS-TV, Louisville, KY (listed 3/27/10)EXECUTIVE NEWS PRODUCER:
The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA (listed 4/9/10, see ad above!)
News 12 The Bronx/Brooklyn, NY (listed 1/8/10)
News 12 New Jersey (AM EP, listed 3/12/10)
KCBS/KCAL, Los Angeles, CA (PM EP, listed 3/27/10)
KTVT-TV, Ft. Worth/Dallas, TX (Special Projects EP, listing revised this week)
KXTV, Sacramento, CA (PM EP, listing revised 1/29/10)
KPTV, Portland, OR (two openings, one is EP/Special Proj., listing revised 1/29/10)
KTVX-TV, Salt Lake City, UT (AM EP, listed 12/26/09)
KSHB-TV, Kansas City, MO (listed 2/26/10)
WSPA-TV, Spartanburg, SC (listed 3/27/10)
WOAI-TV, San Antonio, TX (listed 2/5/10)
KOB-TV, Albuquerque, NC (AM EP, listed 3/27/10)
WGHP-TV, Greensboro/High Point, NC (PM EP, listed 2/19/10)
WVLT-TV, Knoxville, TN (listed 3/5/10)
KGBT-TV, Harlingen, TX (listed 3/19/10)
WCTI-TV, New Bern, NC (listed 3/5/10)
WBTW-TV, Myrtle Beach, SC (listed 4/2/10)MANAGING EDITOR:
KCBS/KCAL, Los Angeles, CA (PM EP, listed 3/27/10)
MANAGER OF CONTENT PRESENTATION:
WCMH-TV, Columbus, OH (listed 3/05/10)
NEWS OPERATION MANAGER:
KCBS/KCAL, Los Angeles, CA (listed 3/27/10)
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OBITUARY:
Beavers
PAUL BEAVERS died April 10th after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 70 years old. Paul was an ND in, Chicago (WMAQ-TV), Cleveland (WKYC-TV), and San Diego (KUSI-TV) during a long career in TV news. He also worked in Los Angeles and Omaha. More details in this obituary.
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NAMES in the NEWS:
Congratulations to two newsies who’ve been promoted by Fisher Broadcasting.
McGuire
TROY McGUIRE has been named to the newly created position of VP of Digital Content. He first joined Fisher as VP of News in 2007, has served as GM of the company’s Bakersfield duopoly, and most recently has been VP of Fisher Interactive as well as VP of News. Troy’s a former ND in Portland (OR) and Reno.
Gauntt
HOLLY GAUNTT assumes Troy’s duties as VP of News for Fisher. She’ll continue as ND of the company’s largest station, KOMO-TV in Seattle. Holly’s been the ND at that ABC affiliate since 2007, and also oversees the company’s Seattle newsradio station, KOMO Newsradio. Before Seattle, Holly spent three years as ND for WTXF-TV in Philadelphia, the FOX o-and-o there. She’s also worked in Washington, Baltimore, Denver, Oklahoma City and New Orleans.
CARLOS HOPKINS returns to Texas as the new Morning EP for KTVT-TV, the CBS o-and-o in Ft. Worth/Dallas. He previously has worked in Dallas and Houston. Carlos has been the 11:00 producer for another CBS o-and-o, WFOR-TV in Miami. The move reunites him with KTVT ND ADRIENNE ROARK who had earlier been the ND at WFOR.
KOAT-TV in Albuquerque has hired BEN FISHER as its new Executive Producer. Ben is currently an EP at KJRH-TV in Tulsa.
Former ND GREGG PALERMO returns to his home town of Rochester, NY, as the new morning producer for WHAM-TV. Gregg spent two years as ND for KRCG-TV in Jefferson City, MO. He’s also worked in Minneapolis, Ft. Myers, and Victoria, TX.
Some RTDNA items: MARK KRAHAM of WHAG-TV in Hagerstown, MD, assumed the role of Chairman. KEVIN BENZ of News 8 Austin was elected chairman-elect, while DAVID LOUIE of KGO-TV and CHIP MAHANEY Director of Digital Content for E.W.Scripps Television were elected Directors at Large.
Priddy
Congratulations to old friend BOB PRIDDY who was honored at last week’s RTDNA conference. In addition to being named the winner of the John Hogan award for service to the organization, a new award, the Bob Priddy Award, was unveiled and will be given to board members who exemplify Bob’s distinguished and consistent service to RTDNA. Your email of congratulations will reach him at: bpriddy@learfield.com
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Here’s our list of all the stations currently looking for an ND, as of Sunday, April 18, 2010.
If you know of any changes, additions, corrections, or deletions, please let me know via email: rick@rickgevers.com
News 12 Bronx/Brooklyn 930 Soundview Ave. Bronx NY 10473
KVEA-TV, 3000 W. Alameda Ave. Los Angeles, CA 91523 ***
WXYZ-TV 20777 W. 10 Mile Road Southfield MI 48037
KUVS-TV 1710 Arden Way Sacramento CA 95815 ***
KDKA-TV, One Gateway Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
WZTV-TV 631 Mainstream Drive Nashville TN 37228
WAVY-TV, 300 Wavy St. Portsmouth VA 23705
WFMY-TV 1615 Phillips Avenue Greensboro NC 27405
WTEN-TV 341 Northern Blvd. Albany, NY 12204
WOWK-TV 555 Fifth Ave. Huntington WV 25701
KGMB-TV 420 Waiakamilo Rd. # 205 Honolulu HI 96817
WNWO-TV 300 S. Byrne Rd. Toledo OH 43615
WJHL-TV 338 E. Main St. Johnson City TN 37601
WFFF-TV 298 Mountain View Dr. Colchester VT 05446
WMGT-TV PO Box 4328 Macon GA 31208
KTVE/KARD-TV 200 Pavilion Rd. West Monroe LA 71292
KGNS-TV 120 W. Delmar Blvd. Laredo TX 78045*** (Spanish language)
