View Post FOX Affiliates | Reporting | Revolving Door Wayne Garcia Retires from KPTV in Portland After More Than 20 Years By Kevin Eck on Apr. 25, 2023 - 11:18 AM Garcia started working at Portland's Fox affiliate in 2002 as an anchor and reporter.
View Post FOX Affiliates | Law & Ethics Suspected Arsonist Arrested After Demanding to Speak to KPTV Reporter By Kevin Eck on May. 10, 2022 - 10:24 AM The suspect gave names and locations of places of worship he had vandalized.
View Post FOX Affiliates | Revolving Door | Weather Portland Meteorologist Moving North to Seattle By Kevin Eck on Sep. 23, 2021 - 3:38 PM Brian MacMillan announced the news on LinkedIn by saying "Portland, I love you and always will. Seattle, I’m coming home!"
View Post FOX Affiliates | Weather Oregon Meteorologist Moves to Weather Channel By Kevin Eck on Oct. 26, 2016 - 10:44 AM She started her career with the National Weather Service in 2009.
View Post ABC Affiliates | CBS Affiliates | FOX Affiliates | NBC Affiliates Oregon Stations Scramble to Cover Campus Shooting By Kevin Eck on Oct. 1, 2015 - 4:39 PM The closest local affiliates are about an hour away, in Eugene.
View Post ShopTalk | TV Biz Meredith Agrees to Air COZI TV in Seven Markets By Kevin Eck on Mar. 23, 2015 - 1:44 PM "Miami Vice," "Magnum, P.I." "Charlie’s Angels" and more classic TV shows are coming to the digital channels of several Meredith stations.
View Post ShopTalk PromaxBDA Hands Out 2014 Local Awards By Merrill Knox on Jul. 14, 2014 - 10:12 AM PromaxBDA recently announced the winners of its 2014 local awards, honoring “the best in local media, marketing and design, driving excellence, creativity and innovation from the local market.” The Gold Award winners i ...
View Post FOX Affiliates | ShopTalk Squirrel Leaves Oregon Station in the Dark By Kevin Eck on Jul. 3, 2014 - 11:12 AM Yesterday’s Good Day Oregon show on Portland FOX affiliate KPTV was a bit moodier than usual thanks to a squirrel. According to the station, Portland General Electric said the squirrel knocked out power to 9,500 customers in ...
View Post FOX Affiliates | ShopTalk | TV Biz Meredith Promotes GM of Portland Station, Names Replacement By Kevin Eck on May. 15, 2014 - 2:22 PM Meredith Local Media Group has announced Patrick McCreery has been promoted to the newly created role of Local Media Group VP of News and Marketing. “I look forward to improving the reach and quality of local news content for ou ...
View Post Top 10 Simon Gutierrez Joins KPTV From KTRK By Merrill Knox on Apr. 3, 2014 - 11:32 AM Simon Gutierrez has joined KPTV, the Fox affiliate in Portland. Gutierrez comes from KTRK, the ABC-owned station in Houston, where had been a reporter since January 2013. It is a return to Oregon for Gutierrez, who grew up in Elmi ...