View Post Politics | ShopTalk KTVX Names Glen Mills Chief Political Correspondent By Merrill Knox on Apr. 28, 2014 - 2:13 PM Glen Mills has been named chief political correspondent at KTVX, the ABC affiliate in Salt Lake City. In his new role, Mills will produce and host special reports and programs on the government, elections and politics. “Glen ...
View Post ABC Affiliates | ShopTalk Randall Carlisle Returns to KTVX By Merrill Knox on Apr. 28, 2014 - 10:59 AM Randall Carlisle is returning to his former station, KTVX in Salt Lake City, to anchor the weekend newscasts. Carlisle begins at the ABC affiliate May 3. “Randall is one of the best journalists I’ve had the pleasure to wor ...
View Post ABC Affiliates | Anchors | ShopTalk Don Hudson Comes Back to Salt Lake City By Kevin Eck on Aug. 22, 2013 - 9:46 AM Don Hudson will return as co-anchor for the KTVX 5:00, 6:00 and 10:00 p.m. news. Hudson, who left the Nexstar owned Salt Lake City ABC affiliate for WHEC in Rochester, N.Y., in July 2012, said in a statement, “I have lived a ...
View Post ABC Affiliates | CW Affiliates | ShopTalk KTVX Changes 4:00 PM Anchor Team By Kevin Eck on Jun. 24, 2013 - 9:42 AM Nexstar owned KTVX has announced an anchor team change on its 4:00pm news. In will be Nadia Crow (pictured left) and Brian Carlson (pictured right), out will be Kim Fischer and Brent Hunsaker. Crow comes to the Salt Lake City ABC ...
View Post News Directors | ShopTalk News Director Jon Fischer Out at XETV By Merrill Knox on Jun. 19, 2013 - 3:19 PM XETV news director Jon Fischer has parted ways with the San Diego CW affiliate. “I can confirm that Jon Fischer is no longer at XETV or associated with San Diego 6 News. I cannot comment on any of the details regarding his d ...
View Post ABC Affiliates | ShopTalk Broken Sprinkler Floods KTVX Studio By Merrill Knox on May. 24, 2013 - 9:50 AM Newscasts at Salt Lake City ABC affiliate KTVX were temporarily moved this week after a broken sprinkler flooded the studio (video above). “It was only one sprinkler near the front of our news studio — we had water damage ...
View Post News Directors | ShopTalk Tom Bell Named News Director at KOVR By Merrill Knox on Apr. 19, 2013 - 1:40 PM Tom Bell has been named news director at KOVR, the CBS O&O in Sacramento. Bell moves to California from Texas, where he has been news director at WOAI in San Antonio since 2009. He is a former news director at KTVX in Salt Lak ...
View Post News Directors | ShopTalk KTVX-KUCW News Director, Assistant News Director Let Go By Merrill Knox on Feb. 7, 2013 - 6:01 PM News director Larry Perret and assistant news director Leesa Dillon have been let go at KTVX-KUCW, Nexstar’s duopoly in Salt Lake City, TVSpy has learned. “I wish them both the very best in their future endeavors,̶ ...
View Post ABC Affiliates | CW Affiliates | ShopTalk Nexstar Cuts Staff at Salt Lake City’s KTVX and KUCW By Kevin Eck on Dec. 19, 2012 - 11:51 AM Nexstar Broadcasting has laid off staffers at its newly acquired Salt Lake City stations KTVX (ABC) and KUCW (CW). The Salt Lake City Tribune put the number laid off at 15. “That’s probably a good guess,” said Dan Me ...
View Post Mornings | NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk In Austin, KXAN Shuffles Morning Anchors By Merrill Knox on Dec. 11, 2012 - 8:32 AM Austin NBC affiliate KXAN is shuffling anchors for the morning newscasts, according to Gary Dinges at the Austin American-Statesman. Brian Sanders (pictured), who currently anchors weekend mornings, is moving to weekdays. He repla ...