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Tuesday, September 24, 2013 UPDATE: The Detroit market, which hadn’t had an ND opening in more than three years, now has TWO with today’s resignation of TIM DYE as ND for Scripps’ WXYZ-TV. He’s returning to Grand Rapids as Vice President of TruscottRossman, a major Michigan strategic communications firm. Tim’s family has remained in Grand Rapids (where he spent 12 years as ND for WXMI-TV, the FOX affiliate there) for the 3 1/2 years he’s been ND at WXYZ. Tim also worked at WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids, where (full disclosure) I hired him as EP when I was the news [More]
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Thursday, August 30, 2013 UDPATE: Longtime FOX o-and-o News Director PHIL METLIN announced his retirement from WTTG-TV today, effective immediately. An email to him seeking more details was returned with this message: I have retired from my position as News Director here at WTTG effective August 29, 2013. If you need to contact our newsroom, please call 202-895-3002. Thank you. Phil’s been the ND in Washington since early 2008. He’d earlier held the same job at Fox owned stations in Philadelphia (WTXF-TV) and Tampa (WTVT-TV). It’s been a busy week with several new NDs to share with you. We’ll have [More]
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013 UPDATE: A promotion within Tribune fills a news director opening in a top 30 market. KERRI CAVANAUGH, who’s been the ND for WXMI-TV in Grand Rapids, MI, for almost three years, heads south to become the next news director for WXIN-TV, the Tribune-owned FOX affiliate here in Indianapolis. Kerri’s also been the ND for Tribune’s WSFL-TV in Ft. Lauderdale, and has worked in Tampa, West Palm Beach, and Tuscaloosa, AL. At WXIN, she replaces LEE ROSENTHAL, who left the station last month to become ND for KTVU-TV, the Cox-owned FOX affiliate in Oakland/San Francisco, CA. More [More]
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Thursday, May 16, 2013 UPDATE: A longtime Belo News Director heads off to New York for a job with the network. KURT DAVIS, who’s been the ND for KENS-TV in San Antonio for ten years, has been named Vice-President, News Services, for CBS News. The release from CBS says he will “lead CBS News’ satellite newsgathering organization, which provides news and information to 200 CBS affiliates as well as to broadcasters around the world.” JOHN FRAZEE, currently the Senior VP, News Services for CBS, will leave the network later this year, take some time off for a long vacation, and [More]
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