View Post ShopTalk | Weather Omaha Stations Cover Twin Tornadoes in Pilger By Merrill Knox on Jun. 17, 2014 - 11:18 AM Twin tornadoes ripped through Pilger, Neb., Monday afternoon, leaving two dead and 16 more critically injured. Stations in Omaha produced special coverage of the storms during the afternoon and evening hours. CBS affiliate KMTV co ...
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 ABC Affiliates | ShopTalk Omaha Station Apologizes for Tweet Comparing Missing Flight 370 to ‘Lost’ By Kevin Eck on Mar. 21, 2014 - 10:04 AM Omaha ABC affiliate KETV has apologized for its tweet comparing missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 to the ABC series “Lost.” The station tweeted a look alike of the TV series poster with passengers in silhouette st ...
View Post ABC Affiliates | ShopTalk Omaha ABC Affiliate Shows Off Progress in Move to Historic Train Station By Kevin Eck on Mar. 5, 2014 - 2:38 PM Omaha ABC affiliate KETV is showing off how far it’s come in its planned move into the historic downtown Burlington Station. The station said its working with preservationists to keep the building’s history while turni ...
View Post FOX Affiliates | ShopTalk | TV Biz Larry Forsgren Named GM of WMSN By Merrill Knox on Jun. 10, 2013 - 3:49 PM Larry Forsgren has been named general manager at WMSN, Sinclair Broadcast Group’s Fox affiliate in Madison, Wisc. Forsgren has been the station’s general sales manager for the past year. Prior to that, he was general m ...
View Post ABC Affiliates | ShopTalk KETV To Renovate Historic Building and Move Downtown By Kevin Eck on Jun. 6, 2013 - 10:01 AM KETV has announced plans to buy the historic Burlington Station in downtown Omaha and turn it into the station’s new home by 2015. “It’s the right thing to do,” said Ariel Roblin, president of the Omaha ABC aff ...
ABC Affiliates | ShopTalk VIDEO: Bat Flies Through KETV Newsroom By Kevin Eck on Sep. 12, 2012 - 11:38 AM The news team at KETV got an early Halloween fright when a wayward bat flew through the newsroom and studio this weekend. In the video (watch after the jump), employees of the Omaha ABC affiliate try out various implements to wran ...
TV Biz Hearst TV, Time Warner Cable Fail to Reach Retrans Agreement By Merrill Knox on Jul. 10, 2012 - 2:58 PM Despite extending talks for more than a week past the original expiration of their retransmission consent contract, Time Warner Cable and Hearst were unable to come to an agreement by midnight yesterday, leaving 13 stations unavai ...
ABC Affiliates | Anchors | ShopTalk KETV’s Adrian Whitsett Returns to Air Following DUI, Asks Viewers for Forgiveness By Andrew Gauthier on Apr. 25, 2012 - 9:25 AM “I made a mistake, a huge mistake, and it nearly cost me everything,” KETV anchor-reporter Adrian Whitsett said in a recent interview with the station’s senior anchor, Rob McCartney, speaking about his DUI convic ...
ABC Affiliates | Anchors | ShopTalk Adrian Whitsett Returns to KETV Following DUI By Andrew Gauthier on Mar. 30, 2012 - 12:43 PM KETV anchor Adrian Whitsett is back at work, after serving time for his third DUI. KETV general manager Ariel Roblin confirmed today that Whitsett has returned to work, although she said that his return to the air has not yet been ...