May 15, 2022
Wednesday, May 18, 2022 UPDATE:
Greetings:
Our last THREE UPDATES have involved women who were once Assistant News Directors at CBS o-and-o’s.
TWO were promoted to news director this month.
ONE, who was promoted to ND in 2020, left her job.
Baynes
Today’s news is good, though, for MARY BAYNES, who’s been upped to VP/News Director at CBS’s KOVR/KMAX-TV in Sacramento. She’s been the Assistant ND there since 2019 in her second stint at the station. In between, she worked for CBS’s KCBS-KCAL-TV in Los Angeles as an executive producer. She’s also worked in Salinas.
More in this news release from CBS.
Mary replaces MIKE DELLO STRITTO who was promoted to VP/ND for the aforementioned KCBS/KCAL in Los Angeles last February.
The other two women featured in our recent UPDATES?
Yesterday we told you that JESSI MILLER BRADLEY has left WBZ-TV in Boston after 18 months as ND and almost 25 at the station.
And last week we reported that LISA WHITE had been promoted to VP/ND at KPIX-TV. She’s a 22 year veteran of the station.
There WILL be a test later.
We’ll be back Sunday with our full newsletter.
regards,
Rick Gevers
Tuesday, May 17, 2022 UPDATE:
Greetings:
Another change in the news director’s office at a CBS o-and-o, this one involving an employee who had been at the station almost 25 years. And a pending sale of a group takes another step forward.
Bradley
JESSI MILLER BRADLEY has left CBS’s WBZ-TV in Boston after a little more than 1 1/2 years as news director. She first joined ‘BZ in 1997 as a producer. She was promoted to Executive Producer in 2019, and news director in October, 2020, after JOHNNY GREEN JR. moved to New York as VP of News Services for CBS News. He’s now GM at WCBS-TV in New York.
And, Tegna shareholders have approved the merger of the company with an affiliate of Standard General. Details here.
More this weekend with our full newsletter.
regards,
Rick Gevers
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Greetings:
We have LOTS of changes in this week’s newsletter.
There are FOUR new ND openings.
There are FIVE ND jobs filled (though, for reasons we explain, we’re only going to tell you who filled THREE of them.
That leaves 32 stations on our always unofficial list of station with ND openings. THREE of those stations are advertising those openings among our EIGHT paid help wanted ads. And those ads range from the largest market to smaller ones, and include an ad for an interesting job at the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
There’s an obituary for a legendary network news executive whose son followed him to network news. There’s ONE new GM appointment, and CBS creates an investigative unit at its new innovation lab in Dallas.
And I still have TWO tickets available for this year’s Indianapolis 500 (Sunday, May 29th). They are in the Tower Terrace on the front straight, behind the pits. $120 each (face value). Email me if you are interested: rick@rickgevers.com
Read on!
Newly Named News Directors:
White
KPIX-TV, San Francisco, CA…our Thursday UPDATE brought first word of LISA WHITE‘s promotion to VP/ND for this CBS o-and-o. Lisa’s been the Assistant ND here for 22 years and previously worked for ten years at KRON-TV (also in the Bay Area, and for six years in Seattle. She replaces MARK NEERMAN who left the station in January after 3+ years.
Reynolds
WPTV, West Palm Beach, FL…you learned in another update (on Wednesday) that KATHY REYNOLDS would be the next ND for this Scripps’ owned NBC affiliate. Here’s the note from GM BILL SIEGEL. Kathy’s currently the News Content Director for Tegna’s WUSA-TV (CBS) in Washington and has previously been an ND in three other markets. She replaces NICOLE HOGENSEN who returned to her native Ohio as ND for Sinclair’s WSYX-WTTE-TV (ABC/FOX) in Columbus.
Ressler
WBNG-TV, Binghamton, NY…ASTRID RESSLER has been promoted to ND for this Gray TV owned CBS/CW operation. Here’s the memo from GM BOB KRUMMENACKER and Astrid’s bio page from the station website. She joined the station as the producer for the 6:00, 10:00 and 11:00 PM newscasts after five years in radio. Astrid replaces JOSH HARVISON who moved to Gray’s KNOE-TV in Monroe, LA.
Of note: We’ve removed two Scripps stations from the list of open ND Jobs. Both have been filled and we expect announcements soon. The stations are KXXV-TV in Waco, TX, and KBZK/KXLF-TV in Bozeman, MT.
New News Director Openings:
WUSA-TV, Washington, DC…we alerted you earlier this week that KATHY REYNOLDS was leaving this Tegna/CBS operation (where she was News Content Director) to become ND for Scripps’ WPTV (NBC) in West Palm Beach. More on her move above.
Woodard
WGRZ-TV, Buffalo, NY…that same UPDATE told you that JEFF WOODARD’s return to this Tegna owned NBC station was short lived. He’s leaving for ‘family reasons’. Jeff spent 18 years here, seven as ND, before leaving in 2016 for a PR job at a SUNY-Fredonia. He returned in March, replacing ATHAN KOMPOS who served as news director for four years.
Delgado
KCAU-TV, Sioux City, IA…DAN DELGADO is leaving this Nexstar owned ABC affiliate for a new job which will be announced soon. Dan joined KCAU in May, 2018, coming from KSNT-TV in Topeka, KS, where he was the Assistant ND. Dan’s also been a news director in Laredo and Tyler, TX, and also worked as an anchor in San Antonio. We’ll tell you about his new job when it’s announced.
Wencl
KAGS-TV, Bryan/College Station, TX…this Tegna owned NBC affiliate is looking for a new ND. My records show that ERIN WENCL had been the ND there since June 2019. She’s also held news management jobs in Laredo, TX, and Fargo, ND.
And be sure to check out the new ad just below for the ND job at KADN/KALF-TV in Lafayette, LA.
Paid Help Wanted Ads:
News Director, KADN/KLAF-TV, Lafayette, LA:
NEWS15, the local FOX and NBC affiliate in Lafayette, LA is looking for a News Director to lead our news department. We are looking for someone with outstanding leadership skills who thrives on teaching, coaching and developing a strong and positive newsroom environment. In addition, the News Director leads and supervises all aspects of news, weather, and sports programming production.
The News Director will oversee a department that generates 40.5 hours of on-air content on the Lafayette market’s NBC and FOX stations. Lafayette is a great place to live and work with a culture all its own, and we are looking for a someone to oversee a department that produces professional and engaging content that reflects that culture in a way that appeals to our own families and communities
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Specific Job Duties:
Institutes training systems for new employees.
Makes decisions regarding hiring, evaluation, promotion and termination of employees.
Develops news coverage strategy for the station and its website.
Critiques newscasts daily to correct errors, improve coverage and provide mentoring feedback to news staff.
Prepare the department’s budget and manages expenses to meet established financial goals.
Skills & Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism, or related field, or an equivalent combination of education and work-related experience preferred.
Minimum five years’ experience in news programming production, with at least two years’ experience in a leadership role.
Must be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 (subject to any medical or religious accommodations or other applicable law).
To be considered for this exciting opportunity, please visit this link to apply for the position.
Equal Opportunity Employer.
Two Senior Producers, Spectrum’s News 1, New York, NY:
Spectrum News NY1 is looking for two Senior-level Producers:
Senior Producer:
· Spectrum News NY1 is looking for a Senior Producer to help us meet our mission: telling local stories that inspire and covering news that truly matters to New York City. You will be producing live and pre-recorded newscasts, making decisions on stories and mentoring Producers and Associate Producers. Are tired of just stacking a newscast? Come produce great content with us!
Senior Producer, Politics:
· Do you love everything politics? Do you want to be able to make an impact and report political stories that matter? Spectrum News NY1 is looking for a Senior Producer, Politics to produce our show,Inside City Hall. You will be working with some of the best political reporters and producers in the country and you will help us cover New York like no one else.
If either of these openings intrigue you, please email Jennifer.Indemaio@charter.com or mike.bothwell@charter.com for more details and be sure to check out 100+ additional openings we have available at jobs.spectrum.com.
Assistant News Director, KSTP-TV, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN:
KSTP-TV, the flagship television station of Hubbard Broadcasting in Minneapolis-St. Paul is looking for an exceptional news manager to fill the position of Assistant News Director for 5 Eyewitness News.
We need a person with at least five years of newsroom leadership experience who can help manage and lead all aspects of our 100-plus member newsroom that is producing over 57 hours of live newscasts each week–along with content across all digital platforms in the nation’s 14th largest market.
The person we are seeking will be capable of working with a great team and exercising strong news judgment on a daily basis.
If working in an environment that emphasizes enterprise reporting and where true innovation has been part of the company’s culture for nearly a century of broadcasting, you should connect with us about this rare opportunity.
We encourage all qualified applicants to apply online by clicking here.
Hubbard Broadcasting is a family-owned company and an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Supervising Producer, Documentary Journalism Center, Missouri School of Journalism, Columbia, MO:
Interested in using your journalism skills to mold the next generation of documentary storytellers? The Missouri School of Journalism is looking for a creative person with a passion for teaching to join its documentary journalism center.
The position is for a faculty member to join the Jonathan B. Murray Center for Documentary Journalism and the school’s hands-on teaching approach to creating documentary content. Candidates must excel at storytelling and have experience with the tools necessary to create long-form, visual documentary content.
The successful candidate must be able to take part in the day-to-day operations of the center while inspiring young storytellers to create their best work. Among other duties, the candidate must be able to teach several of the center’s courses, including courses that involve aspects of camera work, field audio and video/audio editing, supervise a laboratory for the production of documentary journalism content, operate the center’s film company, Method M Films, and manage the center’s Stronger Than Fiction Film Festival showcasing student films.
Candidates should possess a bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited college or university and at least five years of experience in the documentary or journalism field.
Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of the world’s first and best journalism school and to live in a classic American college town with an economical cost of living and a quality of life that’s hard to find elsewhere.
Click this link to apply:
News Director, WHNT-TV, Huntsville, AL:
Join the country’s largest TV ownership group in Huntsville, Alabama!
WHNT/WHDF, North Alabama’s News Leader, is looking for our next News Director. Our current one was promoted within the company!
News 19 is the #1 one rated station in the Huntsville market-DMA 76, producing more than 50 hours of award-winning news each week.
As our next News Director, you will be hands-on with our news coverage each day, leading and guiding a hardworking team of journalists. You will develop the strategy for our newsroom to drive audience growth on all our market-leading platforms.
Huntsville is nestled at the foothills of the Appalachians between Birmingham and Nashville, and is the fastest growing metro area in Alabama, and the cost and quality of living is unmatched in the Southeast. It’s nicknamed Rocket City and is home to the U.S. Space and Rocket Center, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, along with military and defense contractors.
Want to join the nation’s largest TV ownership group where you will find endless opportunities?
News Director, KULR-TV, Billings, MT:
Tired of the big guys?
Why you don’t want to apply for the News Director job in Billings, Montana:
· You can’t use traffic as an excuse for being late to work.
· You’ll burn too many calories enjoying all the ski resorts, lakes and hiking trails.
· There are way too many breweries to choose from.
· You may land a cameo on Yellowstone.
If you don’t heed this warning, you risk becoming a leader in one of the most innovative, family-owned, forward focused journalism organizations in the country, that prides itself on transparency and relaxed intensity. Yes, relaxed intensity is a real thing!
Think twice about this job if you don’t like collaboration, teamwork, or inspiring the next generation of journalists.
This gig isn’t for you if you don’t like strategic planning, telling local stories that matter, and collaborating on a statewide sports network.
And you’ll just hate it here if professional growth, entrepreneurial opportunities, and work/life balance aren’t on your career bucket list.
Want us to give you more reasons why you shouldn’t leave your current, corporate-driven, top-down job, in a congested part of the country for this News Director position in the Treasure State?
Get in touch and contact: Jeff Hite, Director of Recruiting and Training at: jeff.hite@khq.com
KULR-TV is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
No phone calls please.
Morning Executive Producer, WRAL-TV, Raleigh, NC:
WRAL News, a multiplatform news organization is seeking a strong Executive Producer to oversee the presentation and look of WRAL morning newscasts.
We’re looking for a leader who will coach the producing staff, write and approve scripts and digital content, enhance weather and traffic presentations, and contribute to special coverage. The ideal candidate will find new and engaging ways of presenting content in our newscasts while working closely with our graphics, promotions, and news management teams.
We are looking for a person with outstanding communication and organizational skills, superb news judgment, and a creative mind. Our next morning EP needs to excel at breaking news and have an eye for showcasing. If you have a vision for graphics and a passion for memorable, creative and captivating newscasts, this is the job for you.
WRAL is locally owned by Capitol Broadcasting Company, a pioneering, community advocate company that offers some of the best benefits in the business.
Requirements include five years of experience in producing newscasts, two years of news management experience and a four-year college degree.
You must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to work at CBC. If there is a medical or religious reason preventing you from receiving an available COVID-19 vaccination, and you are selected as a candidate for consideration, we have an accommodations process in place to evaluate those requests.
A pre-employment drug screening is required. EOE, M/F. All Capitol Broadcasting Company properties are tobacco free. Capitol Broadcasting Company participates in E-Verify.
To apply, visit here:
EP, Investigations & Special Projects, WJAX/WFOX-TV, Jacksonville, FL:
Action News Jax in beautiful Jacksonville, Florida is looking for an Executive Producer of Investigations and Special Projects.
You will be joining a team of journalists and managers that has won national investigative awards. Our idea candidate is a driven, detail-oriented, and creative executive producer who manages our special projects team.
We are looking for someone who can break local investigative stories, file public records requests, uncover government waste and hold powerful people accountable. Field producing and/or reporting experience is preferred.
You will work in a state that has some of the best public record laws in the country. You will live in a city that has some of the best beaches in the country. You will manage reporters at a station that is a Fox/CBS duopoly.
We are committed to the highest standards of journalistic integrity.
To learn more and apply, click here:
Other News Management Openings:
ASSISTANT NEWS DIRECTOR:
KTLA-TV, Los Angeles, CA (Digital AND, relisted 4/17/22)
KSTP-TV, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (listed 5/15/22, see ad above!)
WCNC-TV, Charlotte, NC (listed 4/3/22)
WTHR-TV, Indianapolis, IN (listed 5/15/22)
KENS-TV, San Antonio TX (listed 5/15/22)
WCPO-TV, Cincinnati OH (listed 5/1/22)
WHAS-TV, Louisville, KY (listed 4/3/22)
WGRZ-TV, Buffalo NY (listed 5/15/22)
WHO-TV, Des Moines, IA (listed 3/27/22)
WAND-TV, Decatur, IL (listed 3/27/22)
WTVC-TV, Chattanooga, TN (listed 4/3/22)
WBND-TV, South Bend, IN (listed 4/3/22)
KIVI-TV, Boise, ID (listed 3/20/22)
WKBT-TV, La Crosse, WI (listed 3/27/22)
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
WFAA-TV, Dallas, TX (AM EP, listed 5/15/22)
WDCW-TV, Washington, DC, (Digital EP, listed 4/10/22)
KPHO/KTVK-TV, Phoenix, AZ (listed 4/3/22)
KPNX-TV, Phoenix, AZ (PM EP, listed 5/15/22)
WFLA-TV, Tampa, FL (relisted 4/24/22)
WFTS-TV, Tampa, FL (listed 5/1/22)
WTSP-TV, Tampa, FL (AM EP, listed 5/15/22)
KMGH-TV, Denver, CO (relisted 5/8/22)
WKYC-TV, Cleveland, OH (listed 5/15/22)
KXTV, Sacramento, CA (AM EP, listed 5/15/22)
WJZY-TV, Charlotte, NC (relisted 4/3/22)
KMOV-TV. St. Louis, MO (Special Projects EP, listed relisted 5/8/22)
WRAL-TV, Raleigh, NC (listing revised 5/8/22, see ad above!)
WTVF-TV, Nashville, TN (relisted 5/8/22)
KSTU-TV, Salt Lake City, UT (listed 4/10/22)
WBNS-TV, Columbus, OH (Special Projects EP. listed 5/15/22)
KLAS-TV, Las Vegas, NV (Digital Content EP, listed 5/1/22)
WJAX/WFOX-TV, Jacksonville, FL (Inv. & Spec. Projects, see ad above!)
WIAT-TV, Birmingham AL (relisted 4/24/22)
WKBW-TV, Buffalo, NY (listed 4/10/22)
WFTX-TV, Ft. Myers, FL (relisted 5/15/22)
KJRH-TV, Tulsa, OK (listed 5/1/22)
WLTX-TV, Columbia, SC (two openings, AM & PM EP, listed 5/15/22)
WHEC-TV, Rochester, NY (relisted 5/1/22)
WROC-TV, Rochester, NY (listed 3/20/22)
WNEM-TV, Saginaw, MI (relisted 3/20/22)
WAFF-TV, Huntsville, AL (relisted 3/20/22)
KRGV-TV, Weslaco, TX (AM EP, relisted 4/24/22)
KTSM-TV, El Paso, TX (relisted 4/3/22)
WBTW-TV, Myrtle Beach, SC (listed 3/20/22)
WBND-TV, South Bend, IN (listed 4/3/22)
WHBF-TV, Rock Island, IL (Digital EP, relisted 4/17/22)
KFDX-TV, Wichita Falls, TX (listed 4/17/22)
KSAN/KLST-TV, San Angelo, TX (listed 4/17/22)
SUPERVISING PRODUCER:
KOMU-TV, Columbia, Mo (relisted 4/3/22)
MANAGING EDITOR:
KPRC-TV, Houston, TX (listed 4/3/22)
KGW-TV, Portland, OR (listed 5/15/22)
Spectrum News, Charlotte, NC (listing revised 4/3/22)
KOMU-TV, Columbia, MO (relisted 4/3/22)
More News Management Openings:
Listed 5/15/22:
Spectrum News NY1 (Senior Producer & Senior Producer-Politics) See ad above!
Missouri School of Journalism, Columbia, MO: )Supervising Producer, Documentary Journalism Center) See ad above!
WKYC-TV, Cleveland, OH (Digital Content Director)
WHAS-TV, Louisville, KY (Digital Content Director)
KFSM-TV, Fayetteville, AR (Digital Content Director)
WMAZ-TV, Macon, GA (Digital Content Director)
WLAX/WEUX-TV, LaCrosse, WI (Digital Content Manager)
Relisted 5/15/22:
KNXV-TV, Phoenix, AZ: (Assignment Desk Manager)
WFTS-TV, Tampa, FL (Manager of Real Time Depth)
U. of Mississippi, Oxford, MS (Director of Student Media)
Listed 5/1/22:
WGMB/WVLA-TV, Baton Rouge, LA (Digital Content Director)
Relisted 4/17/22:
WJW-TV, Cleveland, OH: (Digital Content Director)
Listed 3/13/22:
Obituary:
Wald
RICHARD WALD, a longtime news executive who served as President of NBC News and a top exec at ABC News, died Friday. He was 92 and had suffered a stroke in his sleep earlier in the week. The tributes were many: here are stories from Variety, NBC News, and ABC News. He began his career in newspapers and later taught at Columbia University. His son, JONATHAN, has worked for NBC, CNN, and CNBC.
Names in the News:
CBS has named FOUR investigative newspeople to be based at its innovation news lab in Dallas based at o-and-o KTVT-TV. Among the hires are veteran reporter STEPHEN STOCK, most recently at NBC’s KNTV in San Jose/San Francisco, and longtime Denver investigative producer NICOLE VAP, who left Tegna’s KUSA-TV (NBC) a few weeks ago. More in this news release from CBS. (Because we here at the Rick Gevers Newsletter are Working for You and On Your Side, we counted the number of words in the first sentence so you don’t have to: 63!)
General Manager News and Notes:
Ron B.
Gray Television has tabbed RON BARTHOLOMEW as its next General Manager for WNDU-TV, the NBC affiliate in South Bend, IN. He’s currently director of sales for Gray’s WMC-TV (NBC) in Memphis and replaces JOHN O’BRIEN who was promoted to GM for Gray’s WAVE-TV (also NBC) in Louisville.
Our Full List of Open ND Jobs:
Here’s our list of open ND jobs as of Sunday, May 15, 2022.
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
WUSA-TV 4100 Wisconsin Ave NW. Washington, DC 20016
WTSP-TV 11450 Gandy Blvd, St. Petersburg, FL 33702
KOVR/KMAX-TV 2713 KOVR Drive, West Sacramento, CA 95605
WCCB-TV 701 Television Place Charlotte, NC 28205
KDKA-TV 1 Gateway Ctr. Pittsburgh, PA 15222
KTVX-TV 2175 West 1700 South Salt Lake City, UT 84104
WITI-TV 9001 N Green Bay Rd. Milwaukee, WI 53209
WTLV/WJXX-TV 1070 East Adams Street Jacksonville, FL 32202
WGRZ-TV 259 Delaware Avenue Buffalo, NY 14202
WINK-TV 2824 Palm Beach Blvd. Fort Myers, FL 33916
WYMT-TV 199 Black Gold Blvd. Hazard, KY 41701
KGMB/KHNL-TV 420 Waiakamilo Rd. Suite 205, Honolulu, HI, 96817
KHQ-TV 1201 W. Sprague Ave. Spokane, WA 99201
WHNT-TV 200 Holmes Avenue Huntsville, AL 35801 (see ad above!)
WSAV-TV 1430 East Victory Dr., Savannah, GA 31404
KRNV/KRXI-TV 1790 Vassar St. Reno, NV 89502
KNDO/KNDU-TV 216 W. Yakima Ave., Yakima, WA 98902
KAPP/KVEW-TV 601 N. Edison Kennewick, WA 99336
KADN-TV 1500 Eraste Landry Rd. Lafayette, LA 70506 (see ad above!)
WLTZ-TV 6140 Buena Vista Rd. Columbus, GA 31907
KBMT-TV 525 Interstate 10 South, Beaumont, TX 77701
KCAU-TV 5993 Gordon Drive Sioux City, IA
KIMT-TV 135 E William St. Albert Lea, MN 56007
KODE/KSNF-TV 1502 S. Cleveland Avenue, Joplin, MO 64801
KTAB/KRBC-TV 4510 South 14th St. Abilene TX 79605
KULR-TV. 2045 Overland Ave. Billings, MT 59102 (see ad above!)
KALB-TV 605 Washington Street; Alexandria, LA 71301
WETM-TV 101 East Water Street Elmira, NY 14901
KMVT-TV 1100 Blue Lakes Blvd North, Twin Falls, ID 83301
Delta News 837 Washington Ave Greenville, MS 38701
KAEF-TV 540 E Street Eureka, CA 95501
KYOU-TV 820 West 2nd Street; Ottumwa, IA 52501
**: Spanish language station