View Post ShopTalk KNTV Wins Three SPJ Sigma Delta Chi Awards By Merrill Knox on Apr. 16, 2014 - 2:42 PM The Society of Professional Journalists has announced the winners of this year’s Sigma Delta Chi Awards for exceptional professional journalism. Topping the list of local stations is KNTV, the NBC-owned station in San Franci ...
View Post NBC Affiliates | News Directors | ShopTalk Bill Berra Leaving Journal Broadcast Group By Merrill Knox on Feb. 3, 2014 - 1:06 PM Bill Berra is stepping down as vice president of news for Journal Broadcast Group and WTMJ in Milwaukee next month, TVSpy has learned. Berra will stay with the NBC affiliate through the Sochi Olympics, which begin Thursday on NBC. ...
View Post CBS Affiliates | ShopTalk WTSP Drops Sharing Agreement with Rival Stations By Kevin Eck on Oct. 24, 2013 - 11:43 AM WTSP has dropped its local news sharing agreement with two other Tampa stations ABC affiliate WFTS and FOX Owned station WTVT. Initial reports were that the CBS affiliate had laid off four staffers in the move, but according to Fl ...
View Post Politics | ShopTalk Former WFTS Reporter to Run for Congress By Merrill Knox on Aug. 27, 2013 - 10:53 AM Former WFTS reporter Alan Cohn will challenge Rep. Dennis Ross (R) to represent Florida’s 15th Congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives, the Tampa Bay Times reports. Cohn, who plans to officially announce ...
View Post ABC Affiliates | ShopTalk | Sports Sports Director Bob Irzyk Leaving KOCO By Merrill Knox on Aug. 1, 2013 - 11:06 AM Sports director Bob Irzyk is leaving KOCO after three years with the Oklahoma City ABC affiliate, The Oklahoman reports. Irzyk, who appears on the station’s weekday evening newscasts, officially signs off today. Before joini ...
View Post ABC Affiliates | ShopTalk WFTS News Truck Goes Up In Flames By Kevin Eck on May. 2, 2013 - 11:56 AM A news van for Tampa ABC affiliate WFTS caught fire “for no apparent reason.” Photojournalist Tony Jacobson and reporter Ryan Raiche escaped the Dodge Sprinter van without injury. Raiche posted a photo of the burned ou ...
View Post ShopTalk KTUL, KSL and WFTS Win NABEF Service to America Awards By Merrill Knox on Apr. 2, 2013 - 11:50 AM KTUL in Tulsa, KSL in Salt Lake City and WFTS in Tampa are the winners of the National Association of Broadcasters Education Foundation’s annual Service to America Awards. KTUL is the winner of the Service to America Televis ...
ABC Affiliates | Weather Local ABC Meteorologists Match Wits To Aid ‘Sandy’ Victims By Kevin Eck on Nov. 6, 2012 - 9:30 AM Four meteorologists from ABC affiliates around the country will go head to head on the game show “Let’s Ask America” in order to benefit the American Red Cross. (Pictured from left to right) Denis Phillips, chief ...
CBS Affiliates | Reporting | Top 10 Chris Martinez Set to Join WBBM in Chicago By Merrill Knox on Sep. 25, 2012 - 5:14 PM Chris Martinez is the newest general assignment reporter at WBBM, the CBS O&O in Chicago. “WBBM is a legendary television station that’s experiencing a renaissance,” Martinez said in a statement. “Joining t ...
ABC Affiliates | News Directors | ShopTalk Bill McFarland Named News Director at WFTS By Merrill Knox on Sep. 5, 2012 - 2:19 PM Bill McFarland is stepping into the role of news director at WFTS, the ABC affiliate in Tampa Bay. McFarland comes from WABC, the ABC O&O in New York City, where he is the assistant news director. He replaces Doug Culver, who ...