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KSTP Airs Meteorologist’s Skin Cancer Surgery

By Andrew Gauthier on May. 8, 2012 - 5:06 PM

Longtime KSTP chief meteorologist Dave Dahl invited cameras into the operating room as he underwent surgery to remove spots on his chest and leg that had been diagnosed as non-melanoma skin cancer. Dahl, whose career has been dedi ...

CBS Affiliates | Reporting | ShopTalk

WKRC Reporter Linked to Registered Sex Offender

By Andrew Gauthier on May. 8, 2012 - 11:53 AM

WKRC reporter Rich Jaffe has a problem: according to police documents, he’s a registered sex offender. Jaffe opened up about his identity issues for a recent sweeps story, describing the trouble he’s run into after his ...

CBS Affiliates | News Directors | ShopTalk

News Director Amy Morris Exits Roanoke’s WDBJ

By Andrew Gauthier on Mar. 31, 2011 - 11:59 AM

Amy Morris, who has been WDBJ‘s news director since 2007, is leaving the Roanoke CBS-affiliate. So far, details about the departure are scarce and it’s unclear if Morris, a native of Roanoke, left on her own accord or ...

FOX Affiliates | ShopTalk | TV Biz

In Indy, WXIN’s Aggressive News Expansion Pays Off with Sweeps Gains

By Andrew Gauthier on Mar. 7, 2011 - 10:36 AM

In January, WXIN became the first station in Indianapolis–and one of the first in the country, for that matter–to begin its weekday sign-on at 4:00 a.m. The Fox-affiliate’s aggressive expansion of its morning new ...

CBS Affiliates | ShopTalk | TV Biz

In Salt Lake City, KUTV Beats KSL at 10 p.m., Completing Dramatic Turnaround

By Andrew Gauthier on Mar. 4, 2011 - 4:24 PM

“KSL can’t automatically dominate the market anymore,” BYU communications professor Dale Cressman told The Salt Lake Tribune last December. “Things have changed.” KSL‘s long reign atop Salt Lake City’s ra ...

ABC Affiliates | ShopTalk | TV Biz

Sweeps Coverage: KMBC Hails the Top Three Highest Rated Newscasts in Kansas City

By Andrew Gauthier on Mar. 4, 2011 - 11:59 AM

Kansas City’s KMBC shared in the sweeps dominance shown by other Hearst-owned ABC-affiliates in February, winning or tying for first in every time period that it has a newscast. Mirroring the success displayed by Boston̵ ...

ABC Affiliates | ShopTalk | Top 10

Hearst ABC-Affiliates Clean Up in Boston and Milwaukee

By Andrew Gauthier on Mar. 3, 2011 - 5:37 PM

Boston’s WCVB and Milwaukee’s WISN, two Hearst-owned ABC-affiliates, continued their local ratings dominance in November. Both WCVB and WISN won the sign-on to sign-off race in their respective markets during the Feb ...

CBS Affiliates | ShopTalk | TV Biz

Every WBNS Newscast Finishes #1 in February

By Andrew Gauthier on Mar. 3, 2011 - 4:21 PM

Columbus’s WBNS has once again proven to be, as it calls itself, “Central Ohio’s News Leader.” For the February sweeps period, the CBS-affiliate’s newscasts finished #1 in all of their respective time ...

CBS Affiliates | Top 10 | TV Biz

CBS-Affiliate KTVT Boasts February Wins at Both 6 and 10 p.m.

By Andrew Gauthier on Mar. 3, 2011 - 1:36 PM

CBS-affiliate KTVT won the nighttime news race in Dallas-Fort Worth with both its 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts finishing first in total viewers for the February sweeps period. This is the first time that both the 6 and 10 p.m. newscast ...

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