View Post CBS Affiliates | Reporting | Revolving Door Jeff Chirico Leaves WGCL By Kevin Eck on Jun. 17, 2015 - 10:53 AM "I truly enjoyed reporting and living in Atlanta. It's a great city with great people and I consider myself lucky to have called it home for five years." Chirico wrote on his facebook page.
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 FOX Affiliates | ShopTalk Meredith Completes WALA Buy By Kevin Eck on Dec. 19, 2014 - 4:49 PM Meredith Corporation says it has completed its $86 million acquisition of Mobile, Ala. FOX affiliate WALA. WALA was one of the ten stations involved in the station group scramble in August that saw five station groups swapping pro ...
View Post CBS Affiliates | ShopTalk | TV Biz NABET Rejects Latest Contract Offer from Michigan Station By Kevin Eck on Oct. 21, 2013 - 3:57 PM Members of the union representing workers at WNEM have rejected the latest offer from the Meredith owned Saginaw, MI, CBS affiliate. “WNEM’s latest contract proposal would severely jeopardized (sic) workers’ job ...
View Post CBS Affiliates | News Directors | ShopTalk KCTV Names Larry Perret News Director By Kevin Eck on Oct. 10, 2013 - 1:15 PM Larry Perret has been named news director for Meredith owned Kansas City CBS affiliate KCTV-KSMO. Perret last worked for KTVX in Salt Lake City. Before coming to KTVX, Perret was a producer for Entertainment Tonight and before th ...
View Post TV Biz Meredith Supports Ratings Based on Time Shifted Viewing By Kevin Eck on Aug. 13, 2013 - 3:34 PM Meredith Corporation has joined the growing list of broadcasters who support the TVB analysis that Local Live + Same Day ratings are the most representative of the actual viewing audience. “For an industry that’s ready to shif ...
View Post CBS Affiliates | Top 10 WGCL Rebrands Morning Shows By Kevin Eck on Aug. 13, 2013 - 1:44 PM Meredith’s Atlanta CBS affiliate WGCL has changed the naming of its early morning news. What used to be “Better Mornings Atlanta” is now”CBS Atlanta News at 4:30 a.m.,” CBS Atlanta News at 5:00 a.m.,& ...
View Post TV Biz Meredith Local Media Sees Record Profits By Kevin Eck on Jan. 24, 2013 - 9:58 AM Meredith Corporation’s Local Media Group has announced record growth in revenue and operating profit for the second quarter and first half of fiscal 2013. For the first six months of fiscal 2013, revenue for the company̵ ...
TV Biz Meredith Reports 26% Increase in Local Revenue By Merrill Knox on Oct. 25, 2012 - 10:26 AM Meredith Corporation reported a +26% increase in local media group revenues for the fiscal first quarter of 2013, the company announced Thursday. Net political advertising revenues were $12 million, a record high for a fiscal firs ...
CBS Affiliates | Top 10 | TV Biz Kirk Black Resigns as VP-GM of WGCL in Atlanta By Merrill Knox on May. 22, 2012 - 5:07 PM Kirk Black, the vice president and general manager of Meredith Corporation’s WGCL in Atlanta, has parted ways with the station. “Kirk Black has resigned to pursue other career opportunities,” a spokesperson for M ...