August 31, 2025
Friday, September 5, 2025 UPDATE:
A veteran news director is moving on…but we won’t know his new destination for a few days.
Geraghty
After more than ten years as news director here, TIM GERAGHTY will leave Sinclair’s WKRC-TV (CBS) in Cincinnati later this month. Tim told me in an email this morning that he should be able to announce his new job next week. Cincinnati media writer JOHN KIESEWETTER adds this perspective. Tim’s been a news director in a number of other markets as you’ll learn in his Linkedin profile.
It’s been a busy week, with THREE updates (so far!) We’ll see you this weekend with those stories and many more.
regards,
Rick Gevers
Thursday, September 4, 2025 UPDATE:
Greetings:
For the second time this week, a large market news director job is filled, and this one is at a CBS o-and-o.
Cartwright
ROB CARTWRIGHT joins CBS’s WBZ-TV in Boston as its next Vice President of News. More in this news release. He’s been the ND for Sinclair’s KEYE-TV (CBS) in Austin, TX, since 2014. Rob’s also been an ND in Syracuse (WSYR-TV) and has worked in Dallas (two stations), Washington, and San Antonio. At WBZ, he replaces GERARDO LOPEZ who left way back in April after 2 1/2 years as ND.
We’ll see you this weekend with our full report.
regards,
Rick Gevers
Monday. September 1, 2025 UPDATE:
Greetings:
A large market ND job is filled, and we have an UPDATE to a story from last night’s newsletter.
Kummer
KARE-TV (Tegna/NBC) in Minneapolis has named MATT KUMMER as its next news director. Matt is currently the ND for Gray’s WAVE-TV (NBC) in Louisville and earlier had been the ND for Gray’s WVLT-TV in Knoxville. He also was ND at WBAY-TV in Green Bay for 10+ years. It’s a return to the Twin Cities for Matt, who earlier in his career was an EP at WCCO-TV (CBS owned). He replaces STACEY NOGY who announced in May she would leave in September after 32 years at KARE and seven as ND.
Clarifying a story from this weekend’s full newsletter. CRAIG HUME, the new ND at Gray’s KOSA-TV in Odessa, will replace BRELEE McCLELLAND as ND there. She left in June after just over a year. We incorrectly told you that the job had been vacant for more than a year.
Have a great holiday.
regards,
Rick Gevers
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Greetings:
Hope you’re enjoying a nice holiday weekend.
It’s been a nice week for THREE people who got new ND jobs. With ONE new opening, our count of stations with ND openings snow stands at 30.
FOX continues a trend I never thought I’d see: assigning one person to oversee stations in two (large!) markets. That story…and the retirement of a GM of a blowtorch station in a top five market, are in our GM news segment.
We have THREE obituaries. TWO are of longtime former White House correspondents, while the other is for the sports director of the University of Missouri’s KOMU-TV, where he helped train many students now working all over the country.
Finally, I certainly don’t want to put ideas into anyone’s mind, but we have a story about a station which aired a 10:00 newscast with a grand total of TWO people in the building.
TWO. Dos. Deux. Zwei.
That’s in Names in the News, along with a new job for former Phoenix ND.
Read on!
Newly Named News Directors:
Lopez
WSLS-TV, Roanoke, VA…MIKE LOPEZ will be the next news director for the Graham Media owned NBC affiliate. It’s his third ND job following stints in Rock Island and Eau Claire. He’s been the Assistant ND for Nexstar’s Indianapolis duopoly, WTTV/WXIN-TV and posted about his new job here. At WSLS, he replaces SCOTT FLANNIGAN who left in June and is now Senior ND for Houston Public Media.
Hume
KOSA-TV, Odessa, TX…veteran ND CRAIG HUME returns to the big chair as he takes over at this Gray Media owned CBS affiliate. Craig most recently worked for Nexstar in Las Vegas in a business development role, but he’s been an ND in markets large (i.e.Los Angeles and Chicago) and small. All his jobs are detailed on his Linkedin page. At KOSA, he replaces BRELEE McCLELLAND who left in June after just over a year as ND.
KOTA-TV, Rapid City, SD…another Gray station, another new ND. Here it’s MATT CHIBE who’s been the Assistant ND for Standard Media’s KLKN-TVin Lincoln, NE. He’s also worked in Salt Lake City, Portland, OR, Orlando, and a whole lot of other places. He replaces JEN BLAKE who left in March to transfer to Gray’s WMBF-TV in Myrtle Beach as ND.
New News Director Openings:
Caron
WBTW-TV, Myrtle Beach, SC…PAUL CARON will leave this Nexstar owned CBS affiliate later this month after three years as news director. That followed a three year run as ND for Nexstar’s WHNT-TV (also a CBS affiliate) in Huntsville, AL. Paul spent much of his career in Atlanta at (what was then CBS affiliate) WGCL-TV (now independent WANF-TV) and CNN, where he worked for 30 years.
Paid Help Wanted Ads:
No help wanted ads this week. If you are trying to fill a news management opening, there is no more targeted place to advertise that job than right here. Email me for details: rick@rickgevers.com.
Other News Management Openings:
ASSISTANT NEWS DIRECTOR:
WCVB-TV, Boston, MA (listed 8/4/25)
WVEC-TV, Norfolk, VA (listed 8/10/25)
KARK/KLRT-TV, Little Rock, AR (relisted 8/17/25)
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:
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 (Inv. & Special Projects, listed 7/6/25)
KING-TV, Seattle, WA (EP Evening Magazine, relisted 6/29/25)
WFLA-TV, Tampa, FL (relisted 8/4/25)
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 (listed 7/13/25)
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)
WHAS-TV, Louisville, KY (relisted 8/24/25)
KRQE-TV, Albuquerque, NM (Nightside EP, relisted 7/27/25)
WWL-TV, New Orleans, LA (listed 8/24/25)
WKBW-TV, Buffalo, NY (Digital EP, listed 8/24/25)
WGRZ-TV, Buffalo, NY (listed 7/6/25)
WKBW-TV, Buffalo, NY (listed 7/13/25)
WBRE-TV, Wilkes-Barre, PA (Sr. EP of News & Streaming, listed 8/17/25)
WDTN-TV, Dayton, OH (relisted 7/13/25)
KCCI-TV, Des Moines, IA (listed 8/4/25)
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)
KFSM-TV, Fayetteville, AR (listed 7/6/25)
WMAZ-TV, Macon, GA (listed 8/24/25)
WMBD-TV, Peoria, IL (relisted 8/31/25)
KRIS-TV, Corpus Christi, TX (AM EP, listed 8/31/25)
MANAGING EDITOR:
KQDS-TV, Duluth, MN (listed 7/27/25)
More 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)
Obituaries:
Arnet
BEN ARNET, the sports director for the University of Missouri owned KOMU-TV (NBC) in Columbia, MO, died suddenly Thursday at the age of 43, just hours before Missouri opened its football season. Ben held that role over five years, working with students who are now in jobs around the country. KOMU reported on its loss here, while he was remembered in this post from the Athletic Department, where he had once worked.
Two longtime White House correspondents have died.
CHARLES BIERBAUER‘s family announced his death today. He worked for CNN for two decades before retiring in 2021.
And MARK KNOLLER covered the White House for CBS News, mostly in radio, with an occasional appearance on TV. He was known for his meticulous record keeping, information he gladly shared with others, even competitors. Mark was 73 when he died this week.
Names in the News (and other stuff):
Busiek
Somewhere there’s a corporate bean counter who will be excited to read DAVE BUSIEK’s latest Substack post. Dave, a longtime Des Moines ND, is not happy about a small market station which aired a 10:00 newscast with a total of TWO people in the building: ONE director and ONE person who served as anchor/producer/sports anchor/and sports photographer.
Kline
Former Phoenix ND (KNXV-TV) CHRIS KLINE, who’s been working as President/CEO of the Arizona Media Association, takes a new job as President and CEO of the Desert Botanical Garden.
General Manager News and Notes:
Eikel
More big changes on the General Manager level at FOX owned stations. AMBER EIKEL will now oversee o-and-o’s in both Los Angeles and San Francisco/Oakland (where she was once ND). MICHAEL LEWIS will run the owned stations in both Seattle and Phoenix, where he’s been GM for KSAZ-TV since 2022. And MELLYNDA HARTEL is retiring after seven years as GM of KTVU-TV in Oakland. Confused? I am! It’s all explained in this news release.
BERNIE PRAZENICA, who’s been GM of Philly blowtorch WPVI-TV for 19 years, is retiring at the end of the year..
Our List of Open News Director Jobs:
Here’s our list of open ND jobs as of Sunday, August 31, 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
WBZ-TV 1170 Soldiers Field Road Boston, MA 02134
KING-TV 1501 1st Ave. South Ste 300 Seattle, WA 98134
WJBK-TV 16550 W Nine Mile Rd, Southfield, Michigan 48037
KARE-TV 8811 Olson Memorial Hwy. Minneapolis, MN 55427
WCNC-TV 1001 Wood Ridge Center Drive Charlotte, NC 28217
KSDK-TV 1000 Market St., St. Louis, MO 63101
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
WCPO-TV 1720 Gilbert Avenue Cincinnati, OH 45202
WPTV 1100 Banyan Blvd. West Palm Beach, FL 33401
WXMI-TV 3117 Plaza Drive NE Grand Rapids, MI 49525
KOKH-TV 1228 E Wilshire Blvd. Oklahoma City, OK 73111
WFTX-TV 621 SW Pine Island Rd, Cape Coral, FL 33991
KLEW-TV 2626 17th St, Lewiston, ID 83501
KNVO-TV, 801 North Jackson Rd., McAllen TX 78501 **
KRGV-TV 900 East Expressway 83, Weslaco,TX
KTLM-TV 200 S. 10th St., 2nd Fl. McAllen, TX 78501 **
WSIL-TV 1416 Country Aire Drive Carterville, IL 62918
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
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