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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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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 UPDATE: The long vacant WBZ-TV (the CBS o-and-o in Boston) news director opening was filled today with someone who won’t have to move. GARY LaPLANTE, who’s been the Assistant ND for Fox-owned-for-now WFXT-TV in Boston, is leaving to take the ‘BZ job. Gary’s been at WFXT for three years, and earlier in his career worked for WHDH-TV in Boston. He was an EP in Hartford, an Assistant ND for WTEN-TV in Albany, NY, and the news director for WXXA-TV, the FOX station in Albany, before returning to Boston. WFXT, as you may know, is being traded [More]
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