View Post TV Biz FCC OKs Drewry’s Sale to Raycom By Kevin Eck on Nov. 12, 2015 - 1:27 PM "I can’t think of a better choice of someone to acquire our group," sad KXXV's gm.
View Post ShopTalk | Weather Jeff Castle Named Chief Meteorologist at KSLA By Merrill Knox on Jun. 13, 2014 - 10:49 AM Jeff Castle has been named chief meteorologist at KSLA, the CBS affiliate in Shreveport, La. It is a move within Raycom for Castle, who has worked at WAFF in Huntsville, Ala., since 2002. “I’m going to miss everyone he ...
View Post FOX Affiliates | ShopTalk Ashley Paredez Joins Austin FOX Station By Kevin Eck on Oct. 17, 2013 - 1:10 PM Ashley Paredez has joined Austin FOX owned station KTBC as a general assignment reporter. Paredez came to KTBC from KFDA in Amarillo, TX. She interned at KTBC in 2008. You can watch her KFDA farewell video after the jump. She anno ...
News Directors | ShopTalk Ryan Hazelwood Named News Director at KVII By Merrill Knox on Apr. 24, 2012 - 11:17 AM Ryan Hazelwood has been named news director at KVII, the ABC-affiliate in Amarillo, TX. Hazelwood worked as a photojournalist at KVII from 1998-99. He has also worked as a photojournalist at KFDA in Amarillo and KVUE in Austin. Mo ...
Anchors | CBS Affiliates | ShopTalk KFDM Anchor-GM Larry Beaulieu Announces Retirement After 37 Years By Andrew Gauthier on Jul. 28, 2011 - 10:50 AM In the studio where he’s worked for the past 37 years, KFDM anchor and general manager Larry Beaulieu announced to staff this week that he will retire at the end of September. “I’ve been privileged and blessed to ...
NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk WFIE Set to Become First Evansville Station to Broadcast News in HD By Andrew Gauthier on Feb. 24, 2011 - 4:01 PM NBC-affiliate WFIE is reportedly set to become the first station in the Evansville market to broadcast its newscasts in HD. “The debut date is not yet official, but we will immediately begin the process of transitioning, whi ...
CBS Affiliates | ShopTalk Amarillo’s KFDA Set to Broadcast First HD Newscast in West Texas By Andrew Gauthier on Feb. 18, 2011 - 3:07 PM Amarillo’s KFDA will begin broadcasting its newscasts in HD next week, becoming the first station in the area to do so. “Geographically, there’s no high-def TV station right now between Dallas and Albuquerque (N. ...