July 7, 2019
Greetings:
As you might expect during a holiday shortened weekend, it was fairly slow this week, but there were still TWO new news director named with another veteran ND announcing his retirement to create the ONE new opening.
We have TWO ads, including ONE for one of the 32 news director openings.
There’s a new Assistant ND in Houston, a new EP in Jacksonville, FL, and we’ll tell you where a former ND landed…and it’s an anchor job. Also, details about a lifetime achievement award for a two time ND who spent many years at CBS.
No obituaries and no new GM news, to the best of my knowledge.
Details about all these stories and more as you read on.
Newly Named News Directors:
Segura
KCSO/KNSO-TV, Sacramento and Fresno, CA…ADOLFO SEGURA has been named to run both these Telemundo stations, 170 miles apart. The move reunites him with his former boss, JOSE SUAREZ. Adolfo is currently the news director for KDVA-TV, the Telemundo station in San Antonio, a job he’s held since 2013. He’s also worked for Univision.
Canan
WCPO-TV, Cincinnati, OH…our Wednesday update told you that MIKE CANAN is the new news director for this Scripps owned ABC affiliate. He’s been the interim ND here since CHIP MAHANEY returned to the Scripps headquarters across town to work in a talent development role. Chip was ND here for about 2 1/2 years. Mike’s no stranger to WCPO: before returning last month from a corporate job, he was the editor at WCPO.com. His background is in print.
New News Director Opening:
Morford
WAFF-TV, Hunstville, AL…BOB MORFORD is retiring after more than 40 years in our business. He’s been the ND for this Gray TV owned NBC affiliate for three years in his second stint there. Bob shared this with me:
After 24 married years living apart, she (wife Margaret) and I found a “perfect” home in Nashville for retirement in May, I hit 40 years in the business on Memorial Day, had a contract ending on June 5th, put all that together, and turned in notice to the station. Last day is July 12.
And he sent this unusual note to his staff. He’s been an ND in Houston, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati (two stations), West Palm Beach, and Knoxville.
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News Director, WJRT-TV, Flint/Saginaw, MI:
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News Management Openings:
ASSISTANT NEWS DIRECTOR:
KUSI-TV, San Diego, CA (relisted 5/12/19)
WTLV-TV, Jacksonville, FL (listed 5/5/19)
WIAT-TV, Birmingham, AL (relisted 6/23/19)
KREM-TV, Spokane, WA (listed 5/5/19)
WHEC-TV, Rochester, NY (relisted this week)
KSPR-TV, Springfield, MO (new listing this week)
WBND-TV, South Bend, IN (relisted 5/19/19)
WJAC-TV, Johnstown, PA (relisted 5/12/19)
KRNV-TV, Reno, TX (listed 6/9/19)
KIII-TV, Corpus Christi, TX (listed 5/5/19)
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
KPRC-TV, Houston, TX (Special Projects EP, new listing this week, see ad above!)
WXYZ-TV, Detroit, MI (AM EP, listed 6/16/19)
KDVR/KWGN-TV, Denver, CO (AM EP, listed 5/27/19)
KUSA-TV, Denver, CO (2 openings, listed 5/5/19)
KOIN-TV, Portland, OR (AM EP, listed 6/23/19)
WVIT-TV, Hartford, CT (Dayside EP, listed 6/23/19)
WBNS-TV, Columbus, OH (Senior EP, relisted 5/12/19)
WISN-TV, Milwaukee, WI (AM EP, listed 5/19/19)
WVTM-TV, Birmingham, AL (relisted 6/9/19)
WHP-TV Harrisburg, PA (listed 6/2/19)
WHTM-TV, Harrisburg, PA (Digital EP, listed 6/23/19)
WAVY-TV, Norfolk, VA (AM EP, relisted this week)
WFMY-TV, Greensboro, NC (AM EP, listed 5/5/19)
WWL-TV, New Orleans, LA (AM EP, relisted this week)
KARK-TV, Little Rock, AR (listed 6/16/19)
WBRE-TV, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, PA (listed 5/12/19)
KGUN-TV, Tucson, AZ (listed 5/27/19)
KREM-TV, Spokane, WA (Dayside EP, listed 5/5/19)
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)
WLNS-TV, Lansing MI (listed 6/2/19)
KERO-TV, Bakersfield, CA (PM EP, listed 6/2/19)
KSBY-TV, San Luis Obispo, CA (PM EP, listed 6/16/19)
Other News Management Openings:
New listing this week:
Nexstar Broadcasting, Dallas TX (Senior VP, Local Content Development)
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)
WFXR-TV, Roanoke, VA (Digital Content Executive Producer)
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.)
Listed 5/27/19:
WTTG-TV, Washington, DC (Planning Manager)
WTNH-TV, Hartford/New Haven, CT (Digital Content Mgr.)
Listed 5/19/19:
WRAL-TV, Raleigh, NC (Enterprise Executive Producer)
Names in the News (and other items):
Henao
CHRIS HENAO returns to Tegna’s KHOU-TV (CBS) in Houston as the Assistant News Director. GM ROBERT SPRINGER shared the news in this email. Chris worked at this CBS affiliate for almost ten years about eleven years ago as an investigative photojournalist and investigative producer before moving on to jobs in Kansas City, Los Angeles, and, most recently, San Antonio, where he’s been the Assistant ND at KSAT-TV.
Green
ANGELA GREEN will be the new morning anchor at WTXL-TV in Tallahassee. We told you a few weeks ago that Angela was leaving her news director’s job at Lockwood Broadcasting’s WFXG-TV in Augusta, GA. She was there ND there for about 18 months. Earlier, Angela had anchored in Greenville, NC and also worked in Montgomery and Birmingham.
PATRICK GRIFFIN is the new executive producer for Cox Media’s Jacksonville duopoly, WJAX/WFOX-TV. He’s been a producer for WBTV in Charlotte and has also worked in Savannah, GA.
The Rockford (IL) Star profiles WREX-TV news director and station manager JOSH MORGAN. It’s part of an ongoing series about future leaders in the area.
Duke
Former New Orleans (WWL-TV) and Houston (KHOU-TV) news director (who worked at CBS News for many years) JOE DUKE will receive the Press Club of New Orleans’ Lifetime Achievement Award. That will take place later this month at the Press Club’s annual awards gala. Joe’s now teaching at Loyola in New Orleans. Friends can congratulate him via an email to: joeduke4@gmail.com
General Manager News and Notes:
No changes during this holiday week to the best of my knowledge.
Our Full List of Open ND Jobs:
Here’s our list of open ND jobs as of Sunday, July 7, 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
WFMZ-TV 300 E Rock Rd, Allentown, PA 18103
WFAA-TV 606 Young St, Dallas, TX 75202
WUVG-TV 3350 Peachtree Road #1250, Atlanta, GA 30326 **
WFLA-TV 200 S Parker St, Tampa, FL 33606
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
WITI-TV 9001 N Green Bay Rd, Brown Deer, WI 53209
WPEC-TV 1100 Fairfield Dr. West Palm Beach, FL 33407
WAVE-TV 725 S Floyd St. Louisville, KY 40203
WBIR-TV 1513 Bill Williams Ave. Knoxville, TN 37917
WBRE/WYOU-TV 62 S. Franklin St. Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701
WLEX-TV P.O. Box 1457 Lexington, KY 40588-1457
WJRT-TV 2302 Lapeer Rd, Flint, MI 48503 (see ad above!)
WTOL-TV 730 N. Summit St. Toledo OH 43604
WAFF-TV 1414 N. Memorial Parkway. Huntsville, AL 35801
WCBD-TV 210 W Coleman Blvd, Mt Pleasant, SC 29464
WTXL-TV 1620 Commerce Blvd Midway, FL 32343
KERO-TV 321 21st Street Bakersfield, CA 93301
WLTZ-TV 6140 Buena Vista Rd. Columbus, GA 31907
KVII-TV 1 Broadcast Center, Amarillo, TX 79101
KRCR-TV 755 Auditorium Dr. Redding, CA 96001
KCBD-TV 5600 Ave. A Lubbock, TX 79404
KTTC-TV 6301 Bandel Rd. NW Rochester, MN 55901
WOAY-TV P.O. BOX 3001 Oak Hill, WV 25901
KRTV 3300 Old Havre Hwy. Black Eagle, MT 59414
KAVU-TV 3808 N Navarro St, Victoria, TX 77901
**: Spanish language station