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Saturday, December 27, 2014 UPDATE: I’m sorry to report the passing of longtime broadcaster JIM BOYER, who died Wednesday. WWL-TV in New Orleans, where Jim worked for nine years, four as news director, posted this online obituary late Friday night. As of this posting, the story has few details about his passing but provides a lengthy recap of his life and career. Jim retired in 2012 as VP/GM of KFOR-TV in Oklahoma City. He’d been a GM in Portland, OR, and Des Moines, was a news director in Seattle as well as New Orleans, and also worked in Philadelphia, Baltimore, [More]
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December 13, 2014 UDPATE: Legendary anchorman BILL BONDS died this afternoon at his Detroit home of an apparent heart attack. He was 82. Bill spent most of his career at WXYZ-TV (then owned by ABC) in Detroit, but twice was exported to other ABC o-and-o’s in Los Angeles and New York. But he always returned to his hometown. The station led its 11:00 newscast tonight with this obituary and spent the first 45 minutes of Saturday’s 11:00 news on the story. He had many memorable moments at the anchor desk. Bonds once challenged Mayor COLEMAN YOUNG to a fist fight, [More]
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Monday, December 1, 2014 UPDATE: News today from Memphis, where a veteran news director has left his job. KEN JOBE, who’s been the ND for WHBQ-TV for the last eleven years, left the station today, as did General Manager JOHN KOSKI. WHBQ was recently acquired by Cox Media as part of the station swap that saw Cox and Fox trade stations in Boston and Oakland/San Francisco. Ken’s been a news director in Detroit, Cincinnati, and for another Memphis station. He’s also worked in New York and Nashville, as well as an EP for another Cincinnati station. We’ll have more in [More]
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Greetings: FOUR open ND jobs were filled this week, while I’m not aware of any new openings. There are now 26 open ND jobs on our list. ONE of those openings is featured in one of our FIVE paid help wanted ad below, along with a new ad for a News Editor at a PBS station in sunny San Diego. We have the obituary for a former President of CBS News. In Names in the News, details on several news management moves, including the return of two newswomen to newsrooms after long stretches out of the business. And we’ve got [More]
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