ShopTalk | TV Biz Obama Buys Up Tampa TV Time During Republican National Convention By Andrew Gauthier on Aug. 9, 2012 - 11:06 AM President Obama’s team plans to blanket the Tampa airwaves with ads during the last week of August while the Republican party holds their national convention in the area. Obama for America has bought up more than $181,000 in ...
News Directors | ShopTalk News Director Doug Culver Leaving WFTS By Andrew Gauthier on Jun. 13, 2012 - 11:05 AM Doug Culver, who has been the news director at WFTS since 2008, is set to leave the Tampa ABC-affiliate. In an email to staff this week, Culver announced that he would be departing in two weeks. “Sometimes opportunity knocks ...
ABC Affiliates | Mornings | ShopTalk Ashley Glass Moves to Weekend Co-Anchor at WFTS By Merrill Knox on Jun. 13, 2012 - 10:05 AM Ashley Glass has been promoted to weekend morning co-anchor at Tampa ABC-affiliate WFTS. Glass, a Florida native, joined WFTS in 2010 as a weekday morning reporter and fill-in anchor. She has previously worked at WCJB in Gainsvill ...
ABC Affiliates | Reporting | ShopTalk Investigative Reporter Alan Cohn Leaves WFTS By Merrill Knox on Jun. 6, 2012 - 1:48 PM Investigative reporter Alan Cohn has parted ways with WFTS in Tampa, Eric Deggans of the Tampa Bay Times reports. “I can’t say what happened,” Cohn said. “All I know is, I’m very proud of what I’ve done at ...
Reporting | ShopTalk Heart Disease Ruled Cause in January Death of Reporter Ken Ward By Merrill Knox on May. 4, 2012 - 10:54 AM Former WSOC reporter Ken Ward, who was found dead at his home in January, died of hypertensive heart disease, the Mecklenburg County Medical Examiner’s office said yesterday. Ward, a morning reporter at WSOC was 44 years old ...
News Directors | ShopTalk WBBJ Taps Keith Baker as News Director By Merrill Knox on May. 1, 2012 - 11:42 AM Keith Baker has been hired as news director at WBBJ, the ABC-affiliate in Jackson, TN. The move was confirmed to TVSpy by WCTI, where Baker is currently the assistant news director. Baker joined WCTI last year from WFTS, the ABC-a ...
ABC Affiliates | Mornings | ShopTalk Mark Joyella Hired as Weekend Anchor at WFTV By Merrill Knox on Apr. 30, 2012 - 11:33 AM Mark Joyella has been hired as the weekend morning anchor at WFTV in Orlando, news director Bob Jordan told TVSpy today. Joyella joins WFTV from CNN, where he is a digital producer for “Erin Burnett OutFront.” He has p ...
ABC Affiliates | Reporting | ShopTalk After 18 Years at WFTS, Don Germaise Will Retire By Merrill Knox on Apr. 24, 2012 - 10:20 AM Don Germaise, the first reporter hired at Tampa Bay’s WFTS, has announced that he will retire in May. “There’s no replacing a Don Germaise,” WFTS news director Doug Culver told Eric Deggans of the Tampa Bay ...
ABC Affiliates | Anchors | ShopTalk Ellen McNamara Set to Join KSTP as Anchor-Reporter By Andrew Gauthier on Apr. 9, 2012 - 4:14 PM WFTS weekend morning anchor Ellen McNamara has left the Tampa ABC-affiliate for a Monday-Friday anchor-reporter job at KSTP in Minneapolis-St. Paul. McNamara began her broadcasting career with CBS-affiliate KLBK in Lubbock, TX. ...
Anchors | ShopTalk Jeff Butera Joins WZVN From WFTS By Merrill Knox on Mar. 28, 2012 - 4:03 PM Reporter Jeff Butera is leaving WFTS in Tampa to join WZVN in Fort Myers. Butera, who has worked at WFTS since 2009, will anchor the 5, 6, 7 and 11 p.m. newscasts for WZVN, the Fort Myers ABC-affiliate. “It’s tough to ...