View Post News Directors | ShopTalk KOMO News Director: Sinclair Management ‘a Breath of Fresh Air’ By Merrill Knox on May. 28, 2014 - 11:00 AM KOMO news director Holly Gauntt talks to TVNewsCheck about how Sinclair Broadcast Group, which acquired the ABC affiliate last year, has made an investments in the news division with the goal of dethroning ratings leader KING: Gau ...
View Post ShopTalk Michael Konopasek Set to Join KING By Merrill Knox on May. 27, 2014 - 10:21 AM After three years at KWTV in Oklahoma City, Michael Konopasek will join KING in Seattle as a general assignment reporter. He begins in his new role July 7. “I’ve been blessed with the opportunity to work for such a gre ...
View Post Politics | Weather Local Meteorologists Interview Obama on Climate Change By Merrill Knox on May. 6, 2014 - 11:21 AM Eight meteorologists are in Washington, D.C. today to interview President Obama on climate change. The interviews were timed with the release of a new study assessing the effects of climate change in the United States. Participati ...
View Post NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk KING Asks: ‘Which Morning Anchor Are You?” By Kevin Eck on May. 5, 2014 - 10:28 AM Seattle NBC affiliate KING has taken inspiration from those facebook quizzes that show all your friends what type of character you’ve been hiding beneath your mild-mannered persona. Instead of confirming with your friends th ...
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 ShopTalk Helicopter in KOMO Crash Was Formerly Used by WBZ, WFXT By Merrill Knox on Mar. 18, 2014 - 5:38 PM The helicopter involved in the KOMO crash was previously used by two Boston stations, CBS owned WBZ and Fox owned WFXT, WBZ reports. According to NBC News, the chopper, a Eurocopter AS350, was on loan from Helicopter Inc. of C ...
View Post ABC Affiliates | ShopTalk 2 Dead After KOMO Helicopter Crashes in Seattle By Merrill Knox on Mar. 18, 2014 - 11:02 AM The KOMO news helicopter has crashed near Fisher Plaza in Seattle. Kelly Koopmans, a reporter and anchor at the ABC affiliate, is tweeting from the scene: Wreckage of news chopper, 2 cars still exploding right now @komonews pic.tw ...
View Post ShopTalk | Sports Seattle Stations Celebrate Super Bowl Victory By Merrill Knox on Feb. 3, 2014 - 11:53 AM Stations in Seattle had extended local coverage of the Seahawks’ victory in Super Bowl XLVIII Sunday. Fox affiliate KCPQ had the most comprehensive local coverage, piggybacking on Fox’s broadcast of the game. After the ...
View Post Reporting | ShopTalk Duane Pohlman Joins WCMH in Columbus By Merrill Knox on Dec. 6, 2013 - 4:54 PM Duane Pohlman will join WCMH, the NBC affiliate in Columbus, TVNewsCheck reports. Pohlman comes from WLKY in Kentucky, where he has been an investigative reporter since 2011. At WCMH, Pohlman will be the lead investigative reporte ...
View Post ShopTalk Gannett Broadcasting President Wins RTDNF First Amendment Award By Merrill Knox on Nov. 13, 2013 - 2:41 PM Dave Lougee, the president of Gannett Broadcasting, is the 2014 winner of the RTDNF’s First Amendment Leadership Award. Lougee joined Gannett in 2007 from Belo Corporation, where he was the executive vice president of media ...