View Post ABC Affiliates | CBS Affiliates | FOX Affiliates | NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk Here’s the Roundup for the Week Ending July 7 By Kevin Eck on Jul. 7, 2023 - 11:42 AM The Grand Rapids station that told its staff to ease off on reporting about Pride Month has fired its news director.
View Post NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk Michigan Station Apologizes After Asking Reporters to Cover ‘Other Side’ of Pride Events By Kevin Eck on Jun. 16, 2023 - 10:55 AM The station has apologized.
View Post News Directors | ShopTalk WZZM Names Taz Painter News Director By Merrill Knox on Mar. 11, 2014 - 3:51 PM Taz Painter has been named news director at WZZM, the ABC affiliate in Grand Rapids, Mich. Painter begins in his new role on April 14. It is a move within Gannett for Painter, who has been managing editor at WBIR, the NBC affiliat ...
View Post News Directors | ShopTalk News Director Stanton Tang Leaving WZZM By Merrill Knox on Feb. 25, 2014 - 11:51 AM Stanton Tang is stepping down from his post as news director of WZZM in Grand Rapids, Mich., to be closer to his family out West, mlive.com reports. WZZM president and general manager Janet Mason told mlive.com that Tang will stay ...
View Post ABC Affiliates | Anchors | ShopTalk Anchor Lee Van Ameyde Transitions to New Role at WZZM By Merrill Knox on Jun. 3, 2013 - 4:03 PM Lee Van Ameyde is reducing his hours at the WZZM anchor desk, according to Mlive.com. Van Ameyde, who has worked at the Grand Rapids ABC affiliate for 36 years, is transitioning to a new role as the head of the station’s inv ...