September 21, 2025
Greetings:
What a week.
There’s just ONE new news director to tell you about this week, with TWO new openings. Our count of open ND jobs stands at 30.
While there were not a lot of ND changes, certainly other stories made news, including shots fired into a Sacramento station. Local police arrested a suspect who posted bail only to be re-arrested by the FBI on federal charges involving the shooting. Details below in Names in the News (and other stuff).
You’ll also find several articles related to the ABC/Jimmy Kimmel drama that you may not have seen elsewhere.
Also: IRE raises a LOT of money at a gala celebrating its 50th anniversary.
Performance coach BARRY NASH has a new ad with a new message to check out. That’s just below.
And there are several GM moves again this wee in our GM News section below.
Newly Named News Directors:
Zonca
WPTV, West Palm Beach, FL…MARK ZONCA stays in Florida and with Scripps as he becomes ND for this NBC affiliate. GM BILL SIEGEL shared the news with the staff. Mark’s been the Assistant ND at Scripps’ WFTS-TV (ABC) in Tampa. He’s also worked in Chicago and other places. He replaces KATHY REYNOLDS who left earlier this year and is now Chief of News and Content Strategy for WINK-TV (CBS) in Ft. Myers.
New News Director Openings:
Barnes
WCBI-TV, Columbus, MS…JOEY BARNES has taken a job with the Columbus Municipal School District as its Public Information Officer. Joey’s worked her twice, returning in 2013 and moving up to news director in late 2020. He also anchored for this MorrisMultimedia owned CBS/FOX affiliate. I emailed BERT SPARKS (listed as GM on the website) to learn more but he has not responded.
Roldan
KXMB-TV, Bismack, ND…STEVE ROLDAN has left this Nexstar owned CBS/CW affiliate after just over one year as ND. Steve had worked at KMGH-TV in Denver for seven years before returning to North Dakota last year.
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News Management Openings:
ASSISTANT NEWS DIRECTOR:
WCVB-TV, Boston, MA (listed 8/4/25)
WFTS-TV, Tampa, FL (listed 9/21/25)
WVEC-TV, Norfolk, VA (listed 8/10/25)
KARK/KLRT-TV, Little Rock, AR (relisted 8/17/25)
WHO-TV, Des Moines, IA (listed 9/14/25)
WJCL-TV, Savannah, GA (listed 8/17/25)
WBRZ-TV, Baton Rouge, LA (listed 7/13/25)
KIII-TV, Corpus Christi, TX (listed 8/10/25)
KWES-TV, Midland, TX (listed 7/25/25)
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
KTLA-TV, Los Angeles, CA (Digital EP, listed 9/21/25)
WMUR-TV, Manchester, NH (Boston market) (listed 8/4/25)
WMUR-TV, Manchester, NH (Boston market) (Chronicle EP, listed 8/4/25)
KHOU-TV, Houston, TX (listed 8/24/25)
KPNX-TV, Phoenix, AZ (EP/Inv. & Special Projects, relisted 9/14/25)
KING-TV, Seattle, WA (EP Evening Magazine, relisted 9/14/25)
WFLA-TV, Tampa, FL (Streaming Content EP, listed 9/21/25)
WTSP-TV, Tampa, FL (listed 8/24/25)
KUSA-TV, Denver, CO (listed 8/24/25)
KCRA-TV, Sacramento, CA (listed 8/4/25)
WJYZ-TV, Charlotte, NC (listed 8/4/25)
KOIN-TV, Portland, OR (Sports EP, listed 7/27/25)
WRAL-TV, Raleigh, NC (listed 8/10/25)
KSTU-TV, Salt Lake City, UT (relisted 9/21/25)
WTIC-TV, Hartford, CT (relisted 7/27/25)
WYFF-TV, Greenville, SC (listed 8/4/25)
WFOR-TV, Oklahoma City, OK (listed 8/4/25)
WKBW-TV, Buffalo, NY (Digital EP, listed 8/24/25)
WGRZ-TV, Buffalo, NY (relisted 9/14/25)
WKBW-TV, Buffalo, NY (Digital EP, listing modified 9/21/25)
WTVR-TV, Richmond, VA (listed 9/14/25)
WBRE-TV, Wilkes-Barre, PA (Sr. EP of News & Streaming, listed 8/17/25)
KCCI-TV, Des Moines, IA (listed 8/4/25)
WHO-TV, Des Moines, IA (listed 9/14/25)
WFXR-TV, Roanoke, VA (relisted 8/4/25)
WOWK-TV, Charleston, WV (Digital EP, relisted 8/17/25)
WSYR-TV, Syracuse, NY (relisted 7/20/25)
KVEO/KGBT-TV, Brownsville, TX (Digital EP, listed 8/4/25)
WVNY-WFFF-TV, Burlington, VT (Digital EP, listed 7/27/25)
WMAZ-TV, Macon, GA (listed 8/24/25)
KRIS-TV, Corpus Christi, TX (AM EP, listed 9/1/25)
Other News Management Openings:
Listed 8/17/25:
WXIN/WTTV, Indianapolis, IN (Digital Content Manager)
KRIS-TV, Corpus Christi, TX (GM and Department Head)
Relisted 8/17/25:
WDHN-TV, Dothan, AL (Digital News Manager)
Names in the News (and other stuff):
A bizarre case in Sacramento where a man was arrested for shooting into the KXTV building. No one was hurt at this Tegna owned ABC facility. The suspect posted bond and was released, only to be arrested by the FBI on federal charges of interfering with a federally licensed broadcast facility. More here.
By now you know about the ABC/JIMMY KIMMEL story. Some stories you may not have seen: Variety suggests the network has no easy way out, and Status.news points out that Disney CEO BOB IGER, once known for his integrity, now faces questions about that. Finally, The Hollywood Reporter says the International Women’s Media Foundation may move a fundraiser from the home of Iger and his wife, WILLOW BAY, who’s the Dean of the Annenberg School of Journalism at USC.
Investigative Reporters and Editors says it raised more than 1.5 million dollars at its 50th anniversary gala Monday in New York. It was great to see some familiar faces there, and hear from speakers including New York Times Publisher AG SULZBERGER, who urged attendees to keep doing their jobs and report without fear or favor. Actor MICHAEL KEATON spoke after receiving the Champion of Investigative Journalism award.
General Manager News and Notes:
Chase
ADAM CHASE joins Nexstar’s KFOR-TV (NBC) in Oklahoma City as GM. He most recently was GM for WTKR-TV in Norfolk but chose to leave that job when Scripps planned to combine the GM role with a department head position. He’s held several other GM jobs.
ED REAMS was promoted to GM at WTKR, replacing Adam, and continues as ND there
GARY BAXTER returns to Grand Rapids as GM and Director of Sales for Scripps’ WXMI-TV (FOX). He’s spent the last 26 years at Scripps’ WSYM-TV in Lansing as Station Manager and Director of Sales. Before that he worked at WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids where (full disclosure) I was ND for part of his tenure there.
Our List of Open News Director Jobs:
Here’s our list of open ND jobs as of Sunday, September 21, 2025:
It’s unofficial, there may be others that are open, and some of these may have been filled. If you know of any in either category, please let me know: rick@rickgevers.com
WDCW/WDVM-TV 2121 Wisconsin Ave, NW, Washington DC, 20007
WJBK-TV 16550 W Nine Mile Rd, Southfield, MI 48037
WCNC-TV 1001 Wood Ridge Center Drive Charlotte, NC 28217
KDKA-TV 1 Gateway Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
KSWB/KUSI-TV 7191 Engineer Rd., San Diego, CA 92111
WBNS-TV 770 Twin Rivers Dr., Columbus, OH 43215
KEYE-TV 10700 Metric Blvd, Austin, TX 78758
WCPO-TV 1720 Gilbert Avenue Cincinnati, OH 45202
WKRC-TV 1906 Highland Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45219
WXMI-TV 3117 Plaza Drive NE Grand Rapids, MI 49525
WAVE-TV 725 S. Floyd St. Louisville KY 40203
WFTX-TV 621 SW Pine Island Rd, Cape Coral, FL 33991
KLEW-TV 2626 17th St, Lewiston, ID 83501
WDBJ-TV 2807 Hershberger Road. Roanoke, VA 24017
KNVO-TV, 801 North Jackson Rd., McAllen TX 78501 **
KRGV-TV 900 East Expressway 83, Weslaco,TX
WSIL-TV 1416 Country Aire Drive Carterville, IL 62918
WPSD-TV, 408 Kentucky Ave, Paducah, KY 42003
WBTW-TV 101 McDonald Court Myrtle Beach SC 29588
KWQC-TV 805 Brady Street Davenport, IA 52803
WCTV 1801 Halstead Blvd. Tallahassee, FL 32309
WEAU-TV 1907 S. Hastings Way Eau Claire, WI 54701
WSAW-TV 1114 Grand Ave. Wausau, WI 54403
WCBI-TV 201 5th Street South Columbus, MS 39701
KXMB-TV 1811 N 15th St. Bismarck, ND 58501
KSWO-TV 1401 SE 60th St. Lawton, OK 73501
WTWO-TV 10849 N US Highway 41, Farmersburg, IN 47850
WBNG-TV 560 Columbia Dr. Johnson City, NY 13790
WWNY-TV 120 Arcade St. Watertown, NY 13601
KYOU-TV 820 West 2nd Street; Ottumwa, IA 52501
**: Spanish language station