View Post ShopTalk DDG Designs Set For KTVA By Merrill Knox on Feb. 27, 2014 - 10:24 AM With KTVA’s move into a new Anchorage station, the CBS affiliate has begun broadcasting from a new set designed by Devlin Design Group (pictures below). “The dazzling set designed by DDG jumps out of the screen and s ...
View Post CBS Affiliates | ShopTalk Alaska CBS Affiliate Debuts New Station By Kevin Eck on Dec. 3, 2013 - 10:27 AM After starting work last January, Anchorage, AK, CBS affiliate KTVA has debuted its new station. “It’s more than a testament to modern engineering it really is a promise kept by the new owners to take KTVA to an entire ...
View Post TV Biz FCC Asked to Deny Denali Media TV Station Purchase By Kevin Eck on Mar. 4, 2013 - 4:03 PM Broadcasters in Alaska are asking the FCC to deny the purchase of three TV stations by Denali Media Holdings, a subsidiary of General Communication, Inc. Denali announced its plan in November to acquire KTVA in Anchorage, KATH in ...
View Post TV Biz | TVBiz Denali Media to Purchase Three Stations in Alaska By Merrill Knox on Nov. 12, 2012 - 10:11 AM Denali Media Holdings, a subsidiary of General Communication Inc., has announced plans to purchase three Alaska stations: KTVA in Anchorage, KATH in Juneau and KSCT in Sitka. Denali Media will purchase CBS-affiliated KTVA from Ala ...
NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk Todd Walker Leaving Anchorage for Denver By Andrew Gauthier on Jun. 29, 2012 - 10:23 AM KTUU morning anchor Todd Walker is leaving Anchorage for a reporter/MMJ job at KUSA in Denver. His first day is set for August 6th. “I’ve watched KUSA from afar for years, I’m incredibly excited to join the team, ...
FOX Affiliates | Reporting | ShopTalk WXIX Hires Investigative Reporter Matthew Nordin By Merrill Knox on Apr. 23, 2012 - 1:40 PM Investigative reporter Matthew Nordin has joined WXIX, the Fox-affiliate in Cincinnati. “He will hit the air the first day of sweeps (Thursday) with a great investigative story about dangerous truck drivers in our area,̶ ...
CBS Affiliates | ShopTalk Layoffs at KTVA as Morning and Weekend Newscasts are Canceled By Merrill Knox on Apr. 19, 2012 - 7:35 AM KTVA, the CBS-affiliate in Anchorage, is canceling the weekday morning and weekend newscasts, resulting in the layoffs of staffers “across several departments,” according to a station statement. The changes are effecti ...
Politics | Reporting | ShopTalk Palin’s Former Spokesperson Returns to Anchorage TV By Andrew Gauthier on Apr. 8, 2011 - 8:59 AM Bill McAllister, who worked as Sarah Palin’s director of communications during her 2008 run for the White House, has returned to his past job as a TV reporter. McAllister is set to join Anchorage CBS-affiliate KTVA next week ...