NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk | Top 10 Cincinnati News Director Heads West to KNBC By Kevin Eck on Sep. 27, 2012 - 12:38 PM Stacy Owen, news director at WLWT in Cincinnati is heading west. NBC has confirmed Owen will join KNBC, the NBC owned station in Los Angeles, as assistant news director. Owen, who led the news effort for the Cincinnati NBC affil ...
Mornings | NBC Affiliates | Top 10 KNBC Shuffles Morning and Noon Anchors, Expands Midday Newscast By Merrill Knox on Aug. 22, 2012 - 4:03 PM KNBC, the NBC O&O in Los Angeles, has announced several changes to its morning and midday newscasts. Michael Brownlee (pictured) moves from the noon newscast to the morning newscast, where he will co-anchor alongside Alycia La ...
NBC Affiliates | News Directors | ShopTalk | Top 10 KIRO News Director Todd Mokhtari Jumps to KNBC By Merrill Knox on Jun. 5, 2012 - 1:03 PM After five years as news director at KIRO in Seattle, Todd Mokhtari will take over next week as vice president of news at KNBC in Los Angeles, the NBC O&O announced today. The move is a return to KNBC for Mokhtari, who was man ...
NBC Affiliates | Top 10 KNBC Launches Weekly Series Showcasing Acts of Goodwill in LA By Merrill Knox on Apr. 11, 2012 - 5:17 PM KNBC has launched a news series called “Life Connected” to “celebrate community-centric acts of goodwill” in Los Angeles. “‘Life Connected’ is a long-term station initiative that will cele ...
Anchors | NBC Affiliates | Top 10 Michelle Valles Joins KNBC as Weekend Anchor By Merrill Knox on Apr. 4, 2012 - 5:40 PM Michelle Valles has been hired as weekend morning co-anchor at KNBC, the NBC O&O in Los Angeles. Valles most recently lived in Austin, where she anchored on KXAN from 2003-08 and on KEYE from 2008-10. For the past two years, s ...
NBC Affiliates | Top 10 | TV Biz VP of News Vickie Burns Leaving KNBC By Merrill Knox on Mar. 2, 2012 - 3:46 PM After almost two years as vice president of news at KNBC, Vickie Burns is leaving the Los Angeles NBC O&O. “Vickie Burns has decided to leave KNBC to pursue opportunities closer to her family,” a KNBC spokesperson ...
NBC Affiliates | Top 10 KNBC Debuts New Logo, Name in Rebranding Effort By Merrill Knox on Jan. 23, 2012 - 1:17 PM There are some changes coming to Los Angeles NBC O&O KNBC today. Under the new leadership of Steve Carlston — along with a new investment of resources by NBC parent company Comcast — the station is getting a new lo ...
NBC Affiliates | Top 10 KNBC Hires Michael Brownlee to Co-Anchor New Midday Newscast By Andrew Gauthier on Nov. 3, 2011 - 8:38 PM Michael Brownlee is joining KNBC as a general assignment reporter and co-anchor of the station’s new midday newscast, where he’ll work alongside Lucy Noland. “Michael has the right combination of on-air vitality and ...
ShopTalk | TV Biz Kent Crawford Upped To GM At Salt Lake City’s KUTV-KMYU By Merrill Knox on Oct. 27, 2011 - 5:09 PM Kent Crawford has been promoted to general manager of Salt Lake City’s KUTV-KMYU, Sinclair Broadcasting announced today. Crawford, who joined CBS-affiliate KUTV in 1982, is currently the station’s director of sales. &# ...
NBC Affiliates | Top 10 | TV Biz Steve Carlston Named President and GM of KNBC By Merrill Knox on Sep. 22, 2011 - 3:56 PM Steve Carlston, who has been vice president and general manager of the Four Points Media duopoly KUTV-KMYU in Salt Lake City since 2009, will take over as president and general manager of NBC owned-and-operated KNBC in Los Angeles ...