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Greetings: I hope to see many of you at this year’s IRE conference in Orlando. If we connect there, we could discuss this week’s TWO new news directors. But why would we? Or we could talk about this week’s TWO new openings…but, again, why? Or we could talk about the list of openings, which stands at 31. But I’d like to think there are other weighty issues to consider. Like our FIVE paid help wanted ads this week. THREE of those ads are for news director openings. And there’s good stuff in Names in the News…including a handful of news managers on [More]
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Wednesday, June 6, 2018 UPDATE: Greetings: Another former news director gets (in his case) another general manager job, and this one at one of the best regarded stations in the country. JOEL DAVIS will be the next GM for WRAL/WRAZ-TV (NBC/FOX) in Raleigh, NC. He’s currently GM for Scripps’ KGTV in San Diego, a job he’s held since April, 2016. Joel previously had been station manager and news director for that ABC affiliate. WRAL’s news release announcing his appointment is here. In addition to KGTV, Joel’s been an ND in Fresno (KFSN-TV) and Bakersfield (KBAK-TV), served as managing editor for [More]
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Thursday, May 31, 2018 UDPATE: Greetings: It’s been a long time since we’ve done FOUR UPDATES in three days, but a new news director at a top ten market o-and-o warrants that. WBTS-TV, the NBC owned station in Boston (and branded as NBC Boston) just named BEN DOBSON as its new news director. Ben is currently the ND for NBC’s Hartford station, WVIT-TV. He won’t have trouble finding the office: it’s in the same building as necn (New England Cable News) where Ben worked for two years before returning to WVIT as ND in 2016. This news release from the station [More]
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Monday, May 28, 2018 UPDATE: Greetings: Due to the Holiday weekend, our next newsletter will be posted later today. Thanks for your understanding. regards, Rick Gevers **** **** **** Greetings: Just ONE newly named news director this week, with NO new openings that I’m aware of. With that ONE new news director, the list of openings drops to 28. THREE of those openings are featured among our FIVE paid help wanted ads this week. We have lots of items in Names in the News, so be sure to check that section out. Among the items…a one-time news director named President [More]
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