Congratulations to long-time client DEANNA DEWBERRY who joins WHEC-TV in Rochester, NY, as an evening anchor. Deanna most recently worked in Dallas as an anchor/consumer reporter, and has also worked in Indianapolis, Little Rock, and Lubbock. The station posted this article on its website. **** ***** **** KATIE CROWTHER made her dad’s day with a simple comment to a man she was interviewing. Of course, the man happened to be Republican Presidential Candidate JOHN KASICH, the Governor of Ohio. **** ***** **** It’s official. RTDNA has now run out of things to write about. Seriously, thanks to KEVIN FINCH for the article, and thanks to many [More]
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Greetings: Only a handful of ND changes this week, but TWO of them were in top ten markets. Those TWO openings and ONE newly named ND mean our list of openings grows slightly to 37. TWO of those stations are advertising their opportunities in paid help want ads. The other big news of the week was Graham Media’s hire of SEAN McLAUGHLIN as VP/News. We have new details on that surprise move in Names in the News. No obituaries and no GM changes this week. In Names in the News, a new executive director for SPJ, and developments in TWO [More]
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Wednesday, April 17, 2024 UPDATE #2: Exclusive! SEAN McLAUGHLIN has been named Vice President of News for Graham Media. He’ll start next week and be based in Detroit, where the company owns WDIV-TV (NBC), As you know, he just finished a ten year run as VP of Local Media for Scripps. I’m told the news release should be out shortly…and will bring it to you when it is…as long as my return home from NAB doesn’t interfere! regards, Rick Gevers Wednesday, April 17, 2024 UPDATE: One of the longest tenured careers at a network o-and-o in a large market will [More]
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