June | 2008 | Rick Gevers & Associates

June 30, 2008

Greetings:

Three ND moves to tell you about this week, with TWO stations getting new news directors and just ONE new opening.

These changes mean 25 stations remain with an opening for a news director.

This week’s edition contains news of a former ND-turned-GM resigning his GM gig in a top 20 market. And we have obituaries for three people, including a former Arkansas and Ohio ND who also taught for many years.

Finally, we’re re-running paid ads for EP openings in Phoenix and Nashville.

All that, and more, after this week’s changes.

NEW NEWS DIRECTOR OPENINGS:

WIS-TV, Columbia, SC…TINA LUQUE BLACKLOCKE is leaving this Raycom-owned powerhouse NBC affiliate to become ND at WTKR-TV in Norfolk, VA. (More on that below.) Tina’s been the ND here since April, 2003. She’s also worked in Philadelphia and Boston.

NEW NEWS DIRECTORS NAMED:

WTKR-TV, Norfolk, Va…as noted above, TINA LUQUE BLACKLOCKE will be the next ND for this LocalTV owned CBS affiliate. The move here reunites Tina with WKTR GM JEFF HOFFMAN. They worked together in Philadelphia and at WIS-TV where Tina became ND when Jeff gave up those responsibilities to concentrate on his Station Manager duties. At WTKR, Tina replaces SHANE MORELAND who left the station last week after ten months as news director. Tina is the fifth ND here in the last four years.

WNWO-TV, Toledo, OH…TIM LIVINGSTON has been promoted to ND for this Barrington owned NBC affiliate. He first joined the station eleven years ago as a producer and has worked his way up. He replaces PAT LIVINGSTON (no relation) who has been named Director of News for owner Barrington Broadcasting. Pat was the ND here for the last year, and has also been an ND in Youngstown, OH, and Peoria, IL.

Note: Last week we reported an ND opening at Tribune’s KHCW-TV in Houston. The station will change its call letters next month to KIAH-TV. It’s the third set of calls for this station in the last nine years.

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HELP WANTED ADS

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, KPHO-TV, Phoenix, AZ

KPHO-TV5, the Meredith-owned CBS affiliate in Phoenix, AZ has an opening for an Executive News Producer.

Are you an experienced news manager who knows how to deliver a great newscast through people-driven leadership?

KPHO seeks an Executive Producer responsible for supervising all aspects of our news programs, including development and execution of newscast content and program format. Successful candidate will work closely with Producers, Reporters and Assignment Editors in developing and maintaining high quality newscasts by overseeing story selection, coverage, pre-production and rundowns. Also responsible for proofing and editing scripts on a daily basis.

Education:

Bachelor’s degree preferred in Journalism or Broadcasting. Training in management and newsroom computers required. High School diploma or equivalent required.

Experience:

3-5 years experience in mid-to-large markets preferred.

Specific Knowledge:

Minimum three years experience as a Producer and demonstrated track record developing and producing news programs. Proven communication skills and management leadership skills are necessary. Must have the ability to work well under deadline pressure, have excellent organizational skills and the ability to management projects.

Apply online at cbs5jobs@kpho.com or mail your resume to:

Human Resources
KPHO-TV
4016 N Black Canyon Hwy
Phoenix, AZ 85017

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, WZTV, Nashville, TN

Rare opening in Music City!

FOX 17 News seeks an experienced Executive News Producer. Qualified candidates will have extensive producing and previous EP experience.

As the number-two person in the newsroom, you`ll supervise the nightly newscasts, proofing scripts, writing copy, managing staff and working with producers and the desk.

You must be an excellent writer and producer, a leader and motivator. You need to be creative, able to multi-task and meet deadlines. We`re looking for a strong journalist who can proof scripts and help craft compelling, informative and interesting newscasts.

You will also have administrative duties requiring excellent communication and people skills. You must be a team player, a problem solver and have a passion for TV news.

If interested, send a resume and DVD or VHS tape of your best work. Also send a note detailing your direct involvment in the product.. and a cover letter explaining your news philosophy and why you`re a good candidate.

You should also apply online at fox17.com

News Director
WZTV FOX 17
631 Mainstream Drive
Nashville, TN 37228

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OTHER NEWS MANAGEMENT OPENINGS:

ASSISTANT NEWS DIRECTOR:

WMAQ-TV, Chicago, IL (listed 5/16/08)
WTXF-TV, Philadelphia, PA (listed 6/20/08)
WBNS-TV, Columbus, OH (relisted 6/6/08)
KTVX-TV, Salt Lake City, UT (listed 6/13/08)
WMTW-TV, Portland, ME (listed 6/6/08)
KVIA-TV, El Paso, TX (relisted this week)
KHBS/KHOG, Fort Smith, AR (listed 5/9/08)

EXECUTIVE NEWS PRODUCER:

KTLA-TV, Los Angeles, CA (2 Openings, AM and PM, listed 4/18/08)
KTVU-TV, Oakland/San Francisco, CA (AM EP, listed 6/13/08)
KPHO-TV, Phoenix, AZ (listed 6/20/08) See ad above!
KIRO-TV, Seattle, WA (relisted 4/18/08)
KSTP-TV, Minneapolis, MN (listing revised 5/2/08)
WOIO/WUAB-TV, Cleveland, OH (Nightside EP, listed 4/4/08)
KDVR-TV, Denver, CO (Weekend EP, relisted 4/25/08)
KXTV, Sacramento, CA (Morning EP, listed 4/18/08)
KGW-TV, Portland, OR (listed 6/20/08)
WSOC-TV, Charlotte, NC (Nightside EP, relisted this week)
WRAL-TV, Raleigh, NC (relisted 5/9/08)
WVIT-TV, Hartford, CT (relisted this week)
WZTV, Nashville, TN (listed 6/20/08) See ad above!
KSHB-TV, Kansas City, MO (Morning EP, relisted 4/18/08)
WSYX/WTTE, Columbus, OH (relisted 5/16/08)
WCPO-TV, Cincinnati, OH (Dayside EP, relisted this week)
WOAI-TV, San Antonio, TX (listed 6/20/08)
WPTV, W. Palm Beach, FL (Dayside EP, listed 5/30/08)
WHP-TV, Harrisburg, PA (relisted 4/25/08)
WXII-TV, Winston-Salem, NC (2 jobs, Dayside & AM EP, relisted 4/18/08)
KTUL-TV, Tulsa, OK (Nightside EP, relisted 4/18/08)
KVIA-TV, El Paso, TX (new listing this week)
WGGB-TV, Springfield, MA (listed 6/20/08)

MANAGING EDITOR:

WCCO-TV, Minneapolis, MN (relisted 5/16/08)

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OBITUARIES

Sadly, we have three obituaries in this week’s report:

DON SHOULTZ, a one-time news director in Little Rock and Columbus, OH, a long-time faculty member at Ohio University, and a veteran CNN employee, died Tuesday, June 17th. You can read more in this obituary from the Evansville Courier & Press.

CHANDA TAYLOR, a producer who worked at WFTV in Orlando, WSB-TV in Atlanta, and, most recently, at CNN has died of cancer. Chanda had blogged about her battle against cancer here. (As of this writing, her blog had not been updated to reflect her passing.)

JIM SCOTT, SR., father of WEWS-TV Managing Editor and interim News Director JIM SCOTT, died earlier this month after a long battle with lung and liver cancer. He was 79 and was buried last Tuesday. Jim has been blogging about his Dad’s fight. You can read the moving last installment here.

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NAMES IN THE NEWS

STEVE HAMMELL has resigned as General Manager of KPHO-TV in Phoenix, a job he’s held for almost five years. Steve’s a former news director in Washington (WJLA-TV), St. Louis (KMOV-TV), and Rochester, NY (WHEC-TV).

GEOFF DANKERT has been promoted to Assistant ND for WFLD-TV, the FOX o-and-o in Chicago. He’s been the Managing Editor there and has also worked in Detroit.

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Please let me know about corrections, updates, deletions, and additions via email or telephone at the addresses and numbers below.

Here is the complete list of stations looking for a news director as of Friday, June 27, 2008. There are no guarantees that these jobs remain open. (These jobs are listed in order of market size.)

KTLA-TV   5800 Sunset Blvd.               Los Angeles, CA 90028
KVEA-TV   3000 W, Alameda Ave.            Burbank CA 91523
KIAH-TV   7700 Westpark Dr.               Houston TX 77063 (Note call letter change)
KPHO-TV   4016 N. Black Canyon Hwy.       Phoenix AZ 85017
KTVK-TV   5555 N. 7th Avenue              Phoenix AZ 85013
WEWS-TV   3001 Euclid Ave.                Cleveland OH 44115
KGTV      4600 Air Way                    San Diego CA 92102
KOB-TV    4 Broadcast Plaza SW            Albuquerque NM 87104
KMPH-TV   5111 E. McKinley Ave.           Fresno CA 93727
WTEN-TV   341 Northern Blvd.              Albany NY 12204
KOKI-TV   2625 S. Memorial                Tulsa OK 74129
WINK-TV   2824 Palm Beach Blvd.           Fort Myers FL 33916
WOWK-TV   555 Fifth Ave.                  Huntington WV 25701
WCSH/WLBZ-TV One Congress Square          Portland ME 04101
KYTV      999 W. Sunshine                 Springfield MO 65807
WSTM-TV   1030 James St.                  Syracuse NY 13203
WAAY-TV   1000 Monte Sano Boulevard       Huntsville AL 35801
WIS-TV    1111 Bull St.                   Columbia SC 29201
KFSM-TV   318 N. 13th St.                 Ft. Smith AR 72901
WEEK-TV   2907 Springfield Rd.            E. Peoria, IL 61611
KBMT-TV   525 Interstate 10 S.            Beaumont TX 77701
KBTV      6155 Eastex Freeway #300        Beaumont TX 77706
KOBI-TV   125 South Fir St.               Medford OR 97501
KTUU-TV   701 E. Tudor Rd. #220           Anchorage AK 99503
KIDK-TV   1255 E.17th St.                 Idaho Falls ID 83404

Rick Gevers
Rick Gevers & Associates
PO Box 577
Zionsville IN 46077
317-769-7900 (phone)
317-769-7910 (fax)
rick@rickgevers.com
www.rickgevers.com

June 23, 2008

Greetings:

There’s a fair amount to tell you about in this week’s edition, including new ND openings in two top 15 markets. One of those involve an Arizona ND who’s moving home to be a General Manager.

In all, there are FOUR new openings to tell you about, while THREE of the open positions has been filled.

My figures now show 25 stations with an opening for a news director.

Also this week, there are new paid ads for EP openings in Phoenix and Nashville, as well as repeats of ads for an ND position in Florida and an Assistant ND job in Maine. In Names in the News, details of promotions for two former NDs, a promotion in San Francisco, and a new investigative EP in Kansas City.

All that, and more, after this week’s changes.

NEW NEWS DIRECTOR OPENINGS:

KHCW-TV, Houston, TX…JOE NOLAN, the only news director in the nine year history of this Tribune-owned CW affiliate, has resigned as of the end of June. Joe celebrated his 62nd birthday this week and told the Houston Chronicle it’s time to do something else.

KTVK-TV, Phoenix, AZ…Congratulations to SANDY BRELAND who has been named GM of Raycom’s WAFB-TV in her home state of Louisiana. Sandy’s been ND for this Belo-owned independent for the last two years, and spent eleven years as ND for Belo’s powerhouse CBS affiliate in New Orleans, WWL-TV.

WTKR-TV, Norfolk, Va…SHANE MORELAND has left the Local TV owned CBS affiliate after ten months as ND. He had previously been the ND for nine years at WSLS-TV in Roanoke. Longtime WTKR Assistant ND MELISSA KLINZING has also left the station. Shane’s replacement will be the fifth ND in four years here.

KYTV, Springfield, MO…JEFF BENSCOTER has resigned as ND for this Schurz Broadcasting owned powerhouse NBC affiliate to become the Assistant ND for WTHR-TV, the NBC affiliate here in Indianapolis. Jeff’s been the ND at KYTV since 2000.

NEW NEWS DIRECTORS NAMED:

WGCL-TV, Atlanta, GA…veteran newsman STEVE SCHWAID starts early next month as the new ND for this Meredith owned CBS affiliate. Steve is currently Senior VP of Strategic Growth and Development for the NBC o-and-o’s. He was previously Sr. VP of News and Programming there, and headed the transition team when NBC took over KNTV in San Jose, CA. He’s also been a news director in Philadelphia, Tampa, Hartford, and Portland, ME. At WGCL-TV, Steve replaces RICK ERBACH who left the station last month. Steve will be the sixth ND here in six years.

WLTX-TV, Columbia, SC…MARYBETH JACOBY moves north but stays within Gannett to become the next ND for this CBS affiliate. She has been the Executive Producer at Gannett’s Jacksonville duopoly, WTLV/WJXX. She replaces MIKE GARBER, who left here last month to become the ND at WTLV/WJXX. Perhaps they can trade houses!

KRNV-TV, Reno, NV…KIRK FROSDICK has been promoted to ND here. He had been the Assignment Manager and is a longtime Reno newsman. He replaces ERIC HUSEBY who was ND here or two months earlier this year. KRNV is an NBC affiliate, owned by Sunbelt Communications.

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HELP WANTED ADS

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, KPHO-TV, Phoenix, AZ

KPHO-TV5, the Meredith-owned CBS affiliate in Phoenix, AZ has an opening for an Executive News Producer.

Are you an experienced news manager who knows how to deliver a great newscast through people-driven leadership?

Education:

Bachelor’s degree preferred in Journalism or Broadcasting. Training in management and newsroom computers required. High School diploma or equivalent required.

Experience:

3-5 years experience in mid-to-large markets preferred.

Specific Knowledge:

Apply online at cbs5jobs@kpho.com or mail your resume to:

Human Resources
KPHO-TV
4016 N Black Canyon Hwy
Phoenix, AZ 85017

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, WZTV, Nashville, TN

Rare opening in Music City!

FOX 17 News seeks an experienced Executive News Producer. Qualified candidates will have extensive producing and previous EP experience.

As the number-two person in the newsroom, you`ll supervise the nightly newscasts, proofing scripts, writing copy, managing staff and working with producers and the desk.

You will also have administrative duties requiring excellent communication and people skills. You must be a team player, a problem solver and have a passion for TV news.

You should also apply online at fox17.com

News Director
WZTV FOX 17
631 Mainstream Drive
Nashville, TN 37228

NEWS DIRECTOR, WINK-TV, Ft. Myers, FL

WINK-TV in Fort Myers, Florida is seeking applicants for News Director. We need a talented manager with strong organizational and people skills to lead our 80-person news department that produces 46 hours of live news each week.

We want a leader that can teach, coach and motivate the staff as well as uphold our strong belief in good journalism. Applicants should have a strong understanding of new platforms, web and mobile, audience research, Nielsen ratings and technology.

Applicants should be able to demonstrate a strong track record as a manager with at least ten years TV News experience and five years as a news manager.

Previous experience as a News Director is preferred.

We want to see a summary of your news philosophy including your thoughts on how you produce a better news product than competitors.

Send resume and summary to:

Wayne Simons
VP/General Manager
WINK-TV
2824 Palm Beach Blvd.
Fort Myers FL 33916

Or apply via email to:
wayne.simons@fmbcmail.com

WINK-TV is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a drug-free, smoke-free workplace. Successful applicant will be required to pass a pre-employment drug screening.

ASSISTANT NEWS DIRECTOR, WMTW-TV, Portland ME

WMTW-TV, the Hearst/Argyle television station in Portland, Maine, is searching for an experienced News Manager to fill an opening in our News Department.

WMTW-TV is looking for an aggressive, creative, experienced newsroom leader. The ideal candidate will have excellent news judgment, strong producing and special projects skills, the ability to own breaking news and weather, an eye for creative live coverage and experience running a successful day to day news operation in a medium market. You will be expected to coach and mentor newsroom staff. Strong organizational and communication skills are essential. Would prefer EP background or previous management experience, but will consider large market producers ready to move into newsroom management.

If you see yourself living and working in the Portland / Auburn market and becoming part of one of the fastest growing broadcast companies in America, please send your news philosophy, resume, references, and recent newscasts, with a letter detailing your impact on the newscast to:

News Director
Attn. Asst. N.D. Opening
WMTW-TV
99 Danville Corner Rd.
Auburn, ME 04210

No phone calls or emails please.

Equal Opportunity Employer.

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OTHER NEWS MANAGEMENT OPENINGS:

ASSISTANT NEWS DIRECTOR:

WMAQ-TV, Chicago, IL (listed 5/16/08)
WTXF-TV, Philadelphia, PA (new listing this week)
WBNS-TV, Columbus, OH (relisted 6/6/08)
KTVX-TV, Salt Lake City, UT (listed 6/13/08)
WMTW-TV, Portland, ME (listed 6/6/08) See ad above!
KVIA-TV, El Paso, TX (relisted 6/6/08)
KHBS/KHOG, Fort Smith, AR (listed 5/9/08)

EXECUTIVE NEWS PRODUCER:

KTLA-TV, Los Angeles, CA (2 Openings, AM and PM, listed 4/18/08)
KTVU-TV, Oakland/San Francisco, CA (AM EP, listed 6/13/08)
KPHO-TV, Phoenix, AZ (new listing this week) See ad above!
KIRO-TV, Seattle, WA (relisted 4/18/08)
KSTP-TV, Minneapolis, MN (listing revised 5/2/08)
WOIO/WUAB-TV, Cleveland, OH (Nightside EP, listed 4/4/08)
KDVR-TV, Denver, CO (Weekend EP, relisted 4/25/08)
KXTV, Sacramento, CA (Morning EP, listed 4/18/08)
KGW-TV, Portland, OR (new listing this week)
WSOC-TV, Charlotte, NC (Nightside EP, relisted 4/18/08)
WRAL-TV, Raleigh, NC (relisted 5/9/08)
WVIT-TV, Hartford, CT (listed 4/25/08)
WZTV, Nashville, TN (new listing this week) See ad above!
KSHB-TV, Kansas City, MO (Morning EP, relisted 4/18/08)
WSYX/WTTE, Columbus, OH (relisted 5/16/08)
WCPO-TV, Cincinnati, OH (Dayside EP, listed 4/18/08)
WOAI-TV, San Antonio, TX (new listing this week)
WPTV, W. Palm Beach, FL (Dayside EP, listed 5/30/08)
WHP-TV, Harrisburg, PA (relisted 4/25/08)
WXII-TV, Winston-Salem, NC (2 jobs, Dayside & AM EP, relisted 4/18/08)
KTUL-TV, Tulsa, OK (Nightside EP, relisted 4/18/08)
WGGB-TV, Springfield, MA (new listing this week)

MANAGING EDITOR:

WCCO-TV, Minneapolis, MN (relisted 5/16/08)

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NAMES IN THE NEWS

Congratulations to two former newsies who advance within Cowles. PATRICIA McRAE has been named President of KHQ-TV in Spokane. She’s been the Station Manager there since 2006, but previously served as News Director. And PAUL DUGHI has been promoted to President of Cowles’ KION-TV in Salinas, CA. Paul’s a former news director for WBNS-TV in Columbus, OH, as well as an ND at KHQ-TV.

Congratulations to TRINH NGUYEN who’s been promoted to Executive Producer at KRON-TV in San Francisco. Trinh has been a producer there.

CHRIS HENAO is the new EP for Investigations for KCTV in Kansas City. He had been an investigative producer for KHOU-TV in Houston.

MANDI JOHNSTON has been upped to Assistant News Director for WOAI-TV in San Antonio. She had been in charge of the station’s Trouble Shooters unit, and previous served as an EP for WTLV-TV in Knoxville.

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Please let me know about corrections, updates, deletions, and additions via email or telephone at the addresses and numbers below.

Here is the complete list of stations looking for a news director as of Friday, June 20, 2008. There are no guarantees that these jobs remain open. (These jobs are listed in order of market size.)

KTLA-TV   5800 Sunset Blvd.               Los Angeles, CA 90028
KVEA-TV   3000 W, Alameda Ave.            Burbank CA 91523
KHCW-TV   7700 Westpark Dr.               Houston TX 77063
KPHO-TV   4016 N. Black Canyon Hwy.       Phoenix AZ 85017
KTVK-TV   5555 N. 7th Avenue              Phoenix AZ 85013
WEWS-TV   3001 Euclid Ave.                Cleveland OH 44115
KGTV      4600 Air Way                    San Diego CA 92102
WTKR-TV   720 Boush St.                   Norfolk VA 23510
KOB-TV    4 Broadcast Plaza SW            Albuquerque NM 87104
KMPH-TV   5111 E. McKinley Ave.           Fresno CA 93727
WTEN-TV   341 Northern Blvd.              Albany NY 12204
KOKI-TV   2625 S. Memorial                Tulsa OK 74129
WINK-TV   2824 Palm Beach Blvd.           Fort Myers FL 33916 See ad above!
WOWK-TV   555 Fifth Ave.                  Huntington WV 25701
WCSH/WLBZ-TV One Congress Square          Portland ME 04101
KYTV      999 W. Sunshine                 Springfield MO 65807
WSTM-TV   1030 James St.                  Syracuse NY 13203
WAAY-TV   1000 Monte Sano Boulevard       Huntsville AL 35801
KFSM-TV   318 N. 13th St.                 Ft. Smith AR 72901
WEEK-TV   2907 Springfield Rd.            E. Peoria, IL 61611
KBMT-TV   525 Interstate 10 S.            Beaumont TX 77701
KBTV      6155 Eastex Freeway #300        Beaumont TX 77706
KOBI-TV   125 South Fir St.               Medford OR 97501
KTUU-TV   701 E. Tudor Rd. #220           Anchorage AK 99503
KIDK-TV   1255 E.17th St.                 Idaho Falls ID 83404

Rick Gevers
Rick Gevers & Associates
PO Box 577
Zionsville IN 46077
317-769-7900
317-769-7910 (fax)
rick@rickgevers.com
www.rickgevers.com

June 16, 2008

Greetings:

This week’s newsletter contains details on news director changes in three markets, all involving veteran news directors.

We have TWO new ND openings with ONE position being filled.

My figures now show 24 stations with an opening for a news director.

There are few updates in our list of news manager openings this week. We also have two paid ads: one for a Florida News Director’s job, the other for an Assistant ND job in the Northeast. And we have the sad duty to tell you about the death of a CNN EP who had worked in local markets from Florida to California to Missouri.

All that, and more, after this week’s changes.

NEW NEWS DIRECTOR OPENINGS:

WINK-TV, Ft. Myers, FL…BRUCE KIRK has left the Ft. Myers Broadcasting owned CBS affiliate after about a year as ND. He’s also been a news director in Yuma, AZ, and Roanoke. JOHN EMMERT, who became the station’s Director of Technology when Bruce joined the station, will be the interim ND but the station is conducting a search for a new news director. You can read more about this opportunity in the paid ad below.

KTUU-TV, Anchorage, AL…longtime news director and anchor JOHN TRACY is leaving the news business to be a partner in an Anchorage public relations firm. John’s worked at the station for almost 20 years and has been the ND for the last 18 years.

NEW NEWS DIRECTORS NAMED:

KPSP-TV, Palm Desert, CA…veteran news director STEVE MINIUM will be the next ND for this Desert Television owned CBS affiliate. Steve most recently worked for Clear Channel, and the move here reunites him with DON PERRY, the GM for KPSP who also worked for Clear Channel. Steve’s a former ND in Cincinnati and Birmingham who also served as VP/News and Marketing for Clear Channel. He replaces TONY BALLEW who left the station last month after two years as news director.

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HELP WANTED ADS

NEWS DIRECTOR, WINK-TV, Ft. Myers, FL

Applicants should be able to demonstrate a strong track record as a manager with at least ten years TV News experience and five years as a news manager.

Previous experience as a News Director is preferred.

We want to see a summary of your news philosophy including your thoughts on how you produce a better news product than competitors.

Send resume and summary to:

Wayne Simons
VP/General Manager
WINK-TV
2824 Palm Beach Blvd.
Fort Myers FL 33916

Or apply via email to:

wayne.simons@fmbcmail.com

WINK-TV is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a drug-free, smoke-free workplace. Successful applicant will be required to pass a pre-employment drug screening.

ASSISTANT NEWS DIRECTOR, WMTW-TV, Portland ME

WMTW-TV, the Hearst/Argyle television station in Portland, Maine, is searching for an experienced News Manager to fill an opening in our News Department.

News Director
Attn. Asst. N.D. Opening
WMTW-TV
99 Danville Corner Rd.
Auburn, ME 04210

No phone calls or emails please.

Equal Opportunity Employer.

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OTHER NEWS MANAGEMENT OPENINGS:

ASSISTANT NEWS DIRECTOR:

WMAQ-TV, Chicago, IL (listed 5/16/08)
WTHR-TV, Indianapolis, IN (listed 5/23/08)
WBNS-TV, Columbus, OH (relisted 6/6/08)
KTVX-TV, Salt Lake City, UT (new listing this week)
WMTW-TV, Portland, ME (listed 6/6/08) (see ad above)
KVIA-TV, El Paso, TX (relisted 6/6/08)
KHBS/KHOG, Fort Smith, AR (listed 5/9/08)

EXECUTIVE NEWS PRODUCER:

KTLA-TV, Los Angeles, CA (2 Openings, AM and PM, listed 4/18/08)
KTVU-TV, Oakland/San Francisco, CA (AM EP, new listing this week)
KIRO-TV, Seattle, WA (relisted 4/18/08)
KSTP-TV, Minneapolis, MN (listing revised 5/2/08)
WOIO/WUAB-TV, Cleveland, OH (Nightside EP, listed 4/4/08)
KDVR-TV, Denver, CO (Weekend EP, relisted 4/25/08)
KXTV, Sacramento, CA (Morning EP, listed 4/18/08)
WSOC-TV, Charlotte, NC (Nightside EP, relisted 4/18/08)
WRAL-TV, Raleigh, NC (relisted 5/9/08)
WVIT-TV, Hartford, CT (listed 4/25/08)
KSHB-TV, Kansas City, MO (Morning EP, relisted 4/18/08)
WSYX/WTTE, Columbus, OH (relisted 5/16/08)
WCPO-TV, Cincinnati, OH (Dayside EP, listed 4/18/08)
WPTV, W. Palm Beach, FL (Dayside EP, listed 5/30/08)
WHP-TV, Harrisburg, PA (relisted 4/25/08)
WXII-TV, Winston-Salem, NC (2 jobs, Dayside & AM EP, relisted 4/18/08)
KTUL-TV, Tulsa, OK (Nightside EP, relisted 4/18/08)

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER of INVESTIGATIONS:

KCTV, Kansas City, MO (relisted 5/9/08)

MANAGING EDITOR:

WCCO-TV, Minneapolis, MN (relisted 5/16/08)

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OBITUARY

BOB COLEMAN died yesterday (Thursday, June 12). Bob had been an EP at CNN since 1999, and had worked as a producer and EP in a number of markets, including San Francisco, Miami, Tampa, St. Louis, Jacksonville, and Gainesville, FL, where I believe he was once ND at WCJB-TV. Bob was diagnosed recently with an infection, perhaps related to a kidney transplant he’d received a few years ago. He was smart, funny, and a good newsman. My best guess is that he was in his mid 50’s. He leaves behind a wife and young daughter. A funeral service for Bob is scheduled for Monday, June 16th, in St. Louis. More details in this obituary from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

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Please let me know about corrections, updates, deletions, and additions via email or telephone at the addresses and numbers below.

Here is the complete list of stations looking for a news director as of Friday, June 13, 2008. There are no guarantees that these jobs remain open. (These jobs are listed in order of market size.)

KTLA-TV   5800 Sunset Blvd.               Los Angeles, CA 90028
KVEA-TV   3000 W, Alameda Ave.            Burbank CA 91523
WGCL-TV   425 14th St. NW                 Atlanta GA 30318
KPHO-TV   4016 N. Black Canyon Hwy.       Phoenix AZ 85017
WEWS-TV   3001 Euclid Ave.                Cleveland OH 44115
KGTV      4600 Air Way                    San Diego CA 92102
KOB-TV    4 Broadcast Plaza SW            Albuquerque NM 87104
KMPH-TV   5111 E. McKinley Ave.           Fresno CA 93727
WTEN-TV   341 Northern Blvd.              Albany NY 12204
KOKI-TV   2625 S. Memorial                Tulsa OK 74129
WINK-TV   2824 Palm Beach Blvd.           Fort Myers FL 33916 (See ad above)
WOWK-TV   555 Fifth Ave.                  Huntington WV 25701
WCSH/WLBZ-TV One Congress Square          Portland ME 04101
WSTM-TV   1030 James St.                  Syracuse NY 13203
WAAY-TV   1000 Monte Sano Boulevard       Huntsville AL 35801
WLTX-TV   6027 Devine St.                 Columbia SC 29209
KFSM-TV   318 N. 13th St.                 Ft. Smith AR 72901
KRNV-TV   1790 Vassar St.                 Reno, NV 89502
WEEK-TV   2907 Springfield Rd.            E. Peoria, IL 61611
KBMT-TV   525 Interstate 10 S.            Beaumont TX 77701
KBTV      6155 Eastex Freeway #300        Beaumont TX 77706
KOBI-TV   125 South Fir St.               Medford OR 97501
KTUU-TV   701 E. Tudor Rd. #220           Anchorage AK 99503
KIDK-TV   1255 E.17th St.                 Idaho Falls ID 83404

Rick Gevers
Rick Gevers & Associates
PO Box 577
Zionsville IN 46077
317-769-7900 (phone)
317-769-7910 (fax)
rick@rickgevers.com
www.rickgevers.com

June 9, 2008

Greetings:

Lots of activity to tell you about, with SIX new NDs named since our last report. And I show just ONE new opening.

You’ll see names of many veteran news directors in this week’s report, some because they’ve taken a new ND job, and some because they’re advancing in station or network management positions. And we’ll tell you about one long-time Tennessee news director who’s retiring at the end of the month.

My figures now show 23 stations with an opening for a news director.

As mentioned above, we have some interesting names in our Names in the News segment. And we’re re-running two ads this week, one for the ND job at a VERY strong Illinois station, and the other is a blind box ad for the news director’s job at another Midwest station.

All that, and more, after this week’s changes.

NEW NEWS DIRECTOR OPENINGS:

WSTM-TV, Syracuse, NY…PEGGY PHILLIP is leaving this Barrington owned NBC affiliate to become ND for Baltimore’s WMAR-TV. More on that move below. Peggy’s previously been a news director in Memphis and Tulsa, and has also worked in Chicago, Boston and Miami.

NEW NEWS DIRECTORS NAMED:

WMAR-TV, Baltimore, MD…as noted above, PEGGY PHILLIP will be the next ND for his Scripps owned ABC affiliate. Peggy’s been the ND for WSTM-TV in Syracuse for the last year or so. At WMAR-TV, she replaces DAVID SILVERTSTEIN who left the station in March after about 18 months as ND. She becomes the fifth ND here in the last 5+ years.

WTVF-TV, Nashville, TN…SANDY BOONSTRA is being promoted to ND for this Landmark-owned (at least for now) CBS affiliate. She’s currently the Assistant ND there and has worked at the station for 18 years. She replaces MIKE CUTLER who announced his retirement Thursday, effective at the end of the month. Mike’s been the ND here for ten years, and was also an ND at KVBC-TV in Las Vegas. He’s also worked in Columbus, OH, Cincinnati, and at CNN. Join me in wishing Mike well in his well-deserved retirement after 34 years in TV news.

KTVX-TV, Salt Lake City, UT…TOM BELL fills one of the longest running open positions on our list as he returns to the ND chair at this Newport TV owned-ABC affiliate. Tom most recently was ND at KPHO-TV, and previously worked as ND at WKBD-TV in Detroit. He also worked (twice) as an Assistant ND at KMOV-TV in St Louis. At KTVX, he replaces JON FISCHER who left the station in June, 2007.

KAIT-TV, Jonesboro, AR…HATTON WEEKS has been promoted to ND for this Raycom owned ABC affiliate. He has been the Assistant ND here, and replaces RANDY PARROT who left the station in March.

KTVM-TV, Bozeman, MT…we’re apparently a little late in reporting to you that ANDY KEMP is the new ND for this NBC affiliate.

KTVH-TV, Helena, MT…CURTIS GREVENITZ has bee named ND for this NBC affiliate. He replaces SEAN HARKNESS who left the station in February.

Finally, apologies to MANNY FANTIS whose name I misspelled last week in reporting his appointment as ND for KTVL-TV in Medford, OR.

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or via email to: elouck@week.com

WEEK-TV is owned by Granite Broadcasting Corporation, an equal opportunity employer. We offer full benefits including medical, dental and eye care, life insurance, mathcing 401K plan, etc.

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NEWS DIRECTOR OPENING, MID-SIZED MIDWEST MARKET

A mid-sized market in the Midwest is looking for its next news director.

Are you ready to lead, motivate and manage a News Department

Do you have a producing background and understand quality, local, television news

Are you results driven

Are you capable of learning and growing too

If your answers are YES, then you may be the News Director we re looking for.

If your answers are YES, then we look forward to talking with you.

Send all the information you think we ll need to see and understand your abilities and possibilities to:

Blind Box Ad 5/30
c/o Rick Gevers & Associates
PO Box 577
Zionsville, IN 46077

or via email to: NDad@rickgevers.com

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.

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OTHER NEWS MANAGEMENT OPENINGS:

ASSISTANT NEWS DIRECTOR:

WMAQ-TV, Chicago, IL (listed 5/16/08)
WTHR-TV, Indianapolis, IN (listed 5/23/08)
WBNS-TV, Columbus, OH (relisted this week)
WMTW-TV, Portland, ME (new listing this week)
KVIA-TV, El Paso, TX (new listing this week)
KHBS/KHOG, Fort Smith, AR (listed 5/9/08)

EXECUTIVE NEWS PRODUCER:

KTLA-TV, Los Angeles, CA (2 Openings, AM and PM, listed 4/18/08)
KIRO-TV, Seattle, WA (relisted 4/18/08)
KSTP-TV, Minneapolis, MN (listing revised 5/2/08)
WOIO/WUAB-TV, Cleveland, OH (Nightside EP, listed 4/4/08)
KDVR-TV, Denver, CO (Weekend EP, relisted 4/25/08)
KXTV, Sacramento, CA (Morning EP, listed 4/18/08)
WSOC-TV, Charlotte, NC (Nightside EP, relisted 4/18/08)
WRAL-TV, Raleigh, NC (relisted 5/9/08)
WVIT-TV, Hartford, CT (listed 4/25/08)
KSHB-TV, Kansas City, MO (Morning EP, relisted 4/18/08)
WSYX/WTTE, Columbus, OH (relisted 5/16/08)
WCPO-TV, Cincinnati, OH (Dayside EP, listed 4/18/08)
WPTV, W. Palm Beach, FL (Dayside EP, listed 5/30/08)
WHP-TV, Harrisburg, PA (relisted 4/25/08)
WXII-TV, Winston-Salem, NC (2 jobs, Dayside & AM EP, relisted 4/18/08)
KTUL-TV, Tulsa, OK (Nightside EP, relisted 4/18/08)

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER of INVESTIGATIONS:

KCTV, Kansas City, MO (relisted 5/9/08)

MANAGING EDITOR:

WCCO-TV, Minneapolis, MN (relisted 5/16/08)

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NAMES IN THE NEWS

PRINCELL HAIR has been named Senior VP of News Operations for Comcast SportsNet. He’ll oversee news, studio programming, and digital content for Comcast’s ten regional sports networks. Princell most recently had bee VP/News for CNN, and is a former ND in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Baltimore.

One time news director JEFF HOFFMAN moves up the GM ladder as he takes over at Local TV’s WTKR-TV in Norfolk. Jeff has been the GM at Raycom’s WAFF-TV in Huntsville, AL. He was an ND in Louisville, ND and Station Manager in Columbia, SC, and has also worked in Philadelphia and Baltimore.

KPTV (Portland, OR) ND PATRICK McCREERY has assumed additional duties as station manager for this Meredith-owned FOX affiliate. Patrick’s been the ND here for four years, and has also worked in Toledo and Phoenix.

KSHB-TV News Director RICK ILER has been appointed to the RTNDA Board of Directors. He fills the spot held by STACEY WOELFUL who was voted Chair-Elect of the organization at the April convention in Las Vegas.

I’m sorry to tell you that RANDAL STANLEY’s mother died Tuesday, June 3, at the age of 66. Randal is the GM/ND for News 12 New Jersey, and has previously been an ND in Washington, Cleveland, and Buffalo. It’s been a rough year for Randal, who lost his father last February. His mother CAROL STANLEY, died at her Missouri home after a long battle with cancer. More details on her life and family can be found here. You can send your sympathy to Randal via email at: rwstanley@news12.com

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Please let me know about corrections, updates, deletions, and additions via email or telephone at the addresses and numbers below.

Here is the complete list of stations looking for a news director as of Friday, June 6, 2008. There are no guarantees that these jobs remain open. (These jobs are listed in order of market size.)

KTLA-TV 5800 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90028 KVEA-TV 3000 W, Alameda Ave. Burbank CA 91523 WGCL-TV 425 14th St. NW Atlanta GA 30318 KPHO-TV 4016 N. Black Canyon Hwy. Phoenix AZ 85017 WEWS-TV 3001 Euclid Ave. Cleveland OH 44115 KGTV 4600 Air Way San Diego CA 92102 KOB-TV 4 Broadcast Plaza SW Albuquerque NM 87104 KMPH-TV 5111 E. McKinley Ave. Fresno CA 93727 WTEN-TV 341 Northern Blvd. Albany NY 12204 KOKI-TV 2625 S. Memorial Tulsa OK 74129 WOWK-TV 555 Fifth Ave. Huntington WV 25701 WCSH/WLBZ-TV One Congress Square Portland ME 04101 WSTM-TV 1030 James St. Syracuse NY 13203 WAAY-TV 1000 Monte Sano Boulevard Huntsville AL 35801 WLTX-TV 6027 Devine St. Columbia SC 29209 KFSM-TV 318 N. 13th St. Ft. Smith AR 72901 KRNV-TV 1790 Vassar St. Reno, NV 89502 WEEK-TV 2907 Springfield Rd. E. Peoria, IL 61611 (see ad above) KBMT-TV 525 Interstate 10 S. Beaumont TX 77701 KBTV 6155 Eastex Freeway #300 Beaumont TX 77706 KOBI-TV 125 South Fir St. Medford OR 97501 KPSP-TV 42650 Melanie Place Palm Desert CA 92211 KIDK-TV 1255 E.17th St. Idaho Falls ID 83404

Rick Gevers
Rick Gevers & Associates
PO Box 577
Zionsville IN 46077
317-769-7900
317-769-7910 (fax)
rick@rickgevers.com
www.rickgevers.com