Anchors | ShopTalk Heads Continue to Roll at WJRT Under New Owner By Andrew Gauthier on Apr. 7, 2011 - 11:59 AM New owner SJL Broadcasting continues to clean house at Flint’s WJRT. After losing its general manager and longtime news director as SJL assumed control of the ABC-affiliate last Friday, WJRT is now saying Goodbye to two anch ...
ABC Affiliates | News Directors | ShopTalk Longtime News Director Jim Bleicher Departs WJRT Amid Ownership Change By Andrew Gauthier on Apr. 5, 2011 - 4:21 PM Jim Bleicher, who led WJRT‘s newsroom for over two decades, has departed his news director post amid an ownership change at the Flint ABC-affiliate. According to sources, Bleicher’s final day with WJRT was last Friday& ...
ABC Affiliates | ShopTalk Ex-ABC O&Os Get New GMs in Ownership Change By Andrew Gauthier on Mar. 31, 2011 - 3:45 PM The two former ABC O&Os recently sold to SJL Broadcasting now have new station heads. The general managers of both WJRT in Flint and WTVG in Toledo have decided to leave their posts and SJL has appointed replacements. WJRTR ...