View Post Mornings | ShopTalk John Seibel Named Morning Anchor at WDTN By Merrill Knox on Jan. 23, 2014 - 5:44 PM John Seibel is joining Dayton NBC affiliate WDTN as the co-anchor of the morning newscast. Seibel is a Dayton native and a Gulf War veteran. He comes to WDTN from Pittsburgh, where was a radio host who helped launch the first all- ...
Law & Ethics | ShopTalk Should TV News Have On-Air Fact Checkers? By Merrill Knox on Sep. 24, 2013 - 11:47 AM On the heels of CBS News and NBC News misidentifying the Navy Yard shooter, USA Today‘s Rem Rieder argues television news should take a cue from ESPN’s “Pardon the Interruption” and employ on-air fact check ...
Sports | TV Trends TVB Study: Viewers Prefer to Watch NFL Games on Local Stations By Kevin Eck on Jan. 29, 2013 - 4:56 PM In the run up to Super Bowl Sunday, TVB has released a study that shows when viewers were given a choice between watching their hometown NFL team on their local broadcast TV station or on a cable network, they overwhelmingly chose ...
View Post ABC Affiliates | Reporting | Top 10 Simon Gutierrez Joins KTRK in Houston By Merrill Knox on Jan. 28, 2013 - 10:55 AM Simon Gutierrez is joining KTRK, the ABC O&O in Houston, media blogger Mike McGuff reports. Gutierrez was most recently a reporter at KSAT, the ABC affiliate in San Antonio. According to McGuff, he has also worked at ESPN. A n ...
View Post NBC Affiliates | Sports | Top 10 Matt Barrie Leaving KXAS For ESPN By Merrill Knox on Jan. 10, 2013 - 10:50 AM Sports anchor Matt Barrie is leaving KXAS to join ESPN, according to Dallas media blogger Ed Bark. Barrie joined the NBC-owned station in Dallas in 2008. His final day at KXAS will be March 3. “Matt is a terrific journalist ...
CW Affiliates | Sports | Top 10 WGN to Simulcast Monday Night’s Bears Game By Kevin Eck on Sep. 28, 2012 - 5:22 PM Thanks to WGN‘s plans to simulcast ESPN’s “Monday Night Football”, Chicago Bears fans without cable or satellite, who live in the Chicago market, will be able to watch the Bears take on the Dallas Cowboys. ...
ABC Affiliates | Sports | Top 10 Sports Anchor Keith Russell Signing Off from WPVI By Merrill Knox on Jun. 5, 2012 - 5:33 PM Sports anchor Keith Russell is leaving WPVI in Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Daily News reports. Russell is currently the sports anchor on the 6 and 11 p.m. newscasts. He is also the host of a weekly football show during the NFL ...
Sports | Top 10 WRC Sports Anchor Hakem Dermish Joining ESPN By Merrill Knox on Apr. 2, 2012 - 3:33 PM WRC sports anchor Hakem Dermish is leaving the NBC O&O to join ESPN, a station spokesperson confirmed to TVSpy. Dermish signed off from WRC last night after five years at the Washington, DC station. Prior to joining WRC, Dermi ...
ABC Affiliates | Sports | Top 10 WABC Outsources Sports on Morning Show to ESPN By Merrill Knox on Aug. 11, 2011 - 10:32 AM WABC — the flagship owned-and-operated station of ABC in New York City — is giving sportscasts from ESPN radio a trial run as part of its morning news. ESPN and ABC are both owned by Walt Disney Corporation, making the ...