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Wednesday, July 8, 2015 UPDATE: A veteran Florida news director is stepping down from his post, and making an unusual career change within the station. PETER ROGHAAR, who’s been ND for Tegna’s WTSP-TV in Tampa since December, 2009 (way back when the company was known as Gannett) will become an account executive for this CBS affiliate in October. His note to his staff says he’s always had a strong interest in the business side of the industry. He’s also been an ND in West Palm Beach for almost ten years, and has worked in newsrooms in Boston, Atlanta, Miami and [More]
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Wednesday, July 1, 2015 UPDATE: A veteran newswoman moves back to the city where she attended high school (and began her career) and, now, gets her first news director’s job. KELLY FRANK has been named Director of News and Digital Content for Dispatch Broadcasting’s WBNS-TV in Columbus, OH. That’s the CBS affiliate there. Kelly is currently Senior Managing Editor, Broadcast, Digital, & Social at WGCL-TV in Atlanta, a job she began last December. She previously spent four years at CNN, and has also worked in Washington, Phoenix, Milwaukee, and at WCMH-TV in Columbus, where she began her career as a [More]
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Wednesday, May 27, 2015 UPDATE: I’m saddened to tell you of the passing of one of the true gentlemen of our business, MARSELIS ‘DIV’ PARSONS, who died this morning of cancer at the age of 70. He is survived by his wife and daughter. ‘Div’ (and no one knows how he got the nickname) was the longtime news director and anchor for WCAX-TV in Burlington, VT, before retiring in 2009. Today, his former station remembers him here. He was a fixture at RTDNA conventions and always fun to catch up with. Div had shared the news of his cancer battle with [More]
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Greetings: You’d think the rating period was already over, given the FOUR new ND openings we have in this week’s report. And there’s just ONE new ND to tell you about, so that leaves our count of open ND jobs at 30. ONE of those openings (at a network o-and-o!) is featured in one of our TWO paid help wanted ads this week. You’ll also note a new ad below from RTDNA, touting an upcoming webinar on ethics. There’s a lot of items in Names in the News, and there are FOUR obituaries to share. All this and much more [More]
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