View Post ShopTalk WCVB, WBIR Win Murrow Awards For Overall Excellence By Merrill Knox on Jun. 11, 2014 - 11:40 AM Boston ABC affiliate WCVB and Knoxville NBC affiliate WBIR are the winners of this year’s Edward R. Murrow awards for overall excellence, the RTDNA announced today. Related, TVNewser: CBS, ABC, NBC Among 2014 Murrow Award Wi ...
View Post NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk KARE Morning Anchor Leaving TV for Media Relations Job By Kevin Eck on Jun. 3, 2014 - 9:43 AM Morning news anchor Tim McNiff is leaving Minneapolis-St. Paul NBC affiliate KARE. The station said McNiff will be executive director of media relations for a Minnetonka-based communications company. His last day will be in late A ...
View Post NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk | Weather KARE Weekend Meteorologist Leaving Station By Kevin Eck on May. 19, 2014 - 9:58 AM KARE weekend meteorologist Jerrid Sebesta is leaving the Minneapolis NBC affiliate next month to be closer to his family in Sioux Falls, SD. Sebesta told the Pioneer Press, “This has nothing to do with KARE. I’m leavin ...
View Post ShopTalk RTDNA Announces Winners of Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards By Merrill Knox on Apr. 22, 2014 - 11:51 AM The RTDNA has announced the winners of the regional Edward R. Murrow Awards, recognizing the best radio, television and online news organizations around the world. This year, the organization awarded 661 regional awards in 14 cate ...
View Post NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk ‘Last Straw’: KARE Anchor Walks Off Set After Hearing Snow in Forecast By Kevin Eck on Apr. 1, 2014 - 11:11 AM KARE anchor Rena Sarigianopoulos wanted viewers of the Minneapolis NBC affiliate to know she has had it with winter. During Saturday’s 10:00 p.m. newscast, meteorologist Laura Betker told viewers there might be snow for the ...
ABC Affiliates | CBS Affiliates | FOX Affiliates | NBC Affiliates The Ice Desk: It’s What Stations are Wearing this Winter By Kevin Eck on Feb. 13, 2014 - 5:56 PM It seems a historical record of sorts is being created of what appears to be the recent trend of stations sending their anchors out into the freezing cold to report the news from behind desks made of ice. With thanks to Poynter an ...
View Post NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk KARE Adds Colorado as Morning Reporter By Kevin Eck on Jan. 28, 2014 - 4:36 PM Minneapolis-St. Paul NBC affiliate KARE has added Melissa Colorado as a morning reporter. Colorado comes to KARE from KOAT in Albuquerque, NM, where she was a general assignment reporter. She started her career at News 12 in Westc ...
View Post ShopTalk KARE Anchor Diana Pierce Featured in ‘Jeopardy!’ Clue By Merrill Knox on Dec. 16, 2013 - 11:17 AM KARE anchor Diana Pierce was featured in on Friday’s episode of “Jeopardy!” in the form of a clue: “Diana Pierce anchors the news on KARE in this city, a lot better than Ted Baxter did at fictional WJM.R ...
View Post NBC Affiliates | Reporting | ShopTalk Adrienne Broaddus Moving to KARE By Kevin Eck on Dec. 12, 2013 - 10:22 AM Adrienne Broaddus is joining Minneapolis-St. Paul NBC affiliate KARE as a general assignment reporter. Broaddus told TVSpy she left Indianapolis CBS affiliate WISH on December 1. She said she starts at KARE on January 6. “Th ...
View Post NBC Affiliates | Reporting | ShopTalk KING Reporter Joe Fryer Joins NBC News By Merrill Knox on Oct. 15, 2013 - 4:56 PM Joe Fryer is leaving Seattle NBC affiliate KING to join NBC News. In his new role, Fyer will be a general assignment correspondent based in the network’s Burbank bureau. Related, TVNewser: Joe Fryer Named NBC News Correspond ...