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Friday, October 19, 2012 UPDATE: There’s breaking news this morning with a new ND for the NBC o-and-o in Washington. It was announced within the hour that MIKE GOLDRICK will become the next ND for WRC-TV when he joins the station in late November. Mike’s been the ND for Cox’s WPXI-TV in Pittsburgh for almost three years. He spent the previous three years as ND for WHEC-TV in Rochester, NY. Mike’s also worked in Seattle, Detroit, Houston, Tampa, Charlotte, and West Palm Beach. At WRC, he replaces CAMILLE EDWARDS who left the station earlier this year to become ND for [More]
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Thursday, October 11, 2012 UPDATE: Another day, another new Hearst news director to tell you about. Second generation broadcaster JUSTIN ANTONIOTTI has been named ND of the company’s WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh, effective immediately. Justin’s been the ND of Hearst’s WYFF-TV in Greenville, SC, for the past five years. He earlier had been the Assistant ND of another Hearst station, WISN-TV in Milwaukee. He’s also worked in Houston, Memphis, Biloxi, MS, and Columbia, MO. Justin’s father, STEVE ANTONIOTTI, worked as an ND in Los Angeles, St. Louis, and Oklahoma City, and also was a GM for WJBK-TV in Detroit as well [More]
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012 UPDATE: There’s a new news director in a top 20 market to tell you about. Congratulations to longtime WABC-TV (New York, of course) Assistant News Director BILL McFARLAND who’s heading south to be the next news director for WFTS-TV, the Scripps-owned ABC affiliate in Tampa. In addition to New York, Bill’s worked in Philadelphia, Washington, DC, and Hartford. At WFTS, he replaces DOUG CULVER who left the station in June to become ND for WJLA-TV in Washington. More details in our next full report later this week. **** ***** **** Greetings: I hope your Labor Day [More]
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Greetings: This week saw THREE new News Director openings, including one today in Indianapolis where a veteran news director left her station. THREE other stations named a new ND (though all three have previous ND experience). That means our count of open ND jobs remains at 30. THREE of those openings are featured in paid help wanted ads that you’ll find below, along with TWO ads for Executive Producer jobs. We’ve freshened up our list of Other News Management Openings, will report three obituaries, including two for mothers of people you may know, and, in Names in the News, will report [More]
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