View Post Politics | TV Biz Super PACS Equal Super Cash for Local Stations By Kevin Eck on Oct. 12, 2015 - 3:42 PM Political advertising in Iowa is up more than 300 percent from 2012.
View Post Anchors | CBS Affiliates Aaron Bennett to Replace Dave Benton on WCIA By Aneya Fernando on Apr. 24, 2015 - 10:35 AM Sports director Aaron Bennett is replacing Benton, who is stepping down due to brain cancer.
View Post Anchors | NBC Affiliates | Revolving Door Andy Fales Named Morning Co-Anchor at WHO By Kevin Eck on Apr. 23, 2015 - 4:58 PM Fales joins Brooke Bouma and meteorologist Jeriann Ritter from 5:00 to 7:00 a.m., replacing Patrick Dix, who is leaving the station and broadcasting May 15.
View Post NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk | Viral WHO Creates Fake Political Ad Attacking Its Own Anchor By Aneya Fernando on Nov. 4, 2014 - 3:14 PM Post by WHO TV Channel 13 News. Des Moines NBC affiliate WHO knows how much viewers hate all the political ads taking up precious air time around the country. So the station decided to have a little fun and created its own spoof ...
View Post Anchors | NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk Des Moines Reporter Pleads Guilty to OWI By Kevin Eck on Oct. 29, 2014 - 2:55 PM Sonya Heitshusen, reporter and anchor for WHO in Des Moines, Iowa, has pleaded guilty to operating while intoxicated, The Des Moines Register reports. She originally entered a plea of not-guilty to the charge. Heitshusen was arres ...
View Post ShopTalk Two WHO Reporters Arrested for DUI By Merrill Knox on Jun. 9, 2014 - 3:18 PM Two WHO reporters– Sonya Heitshusen and Erik Wheater — were arrested for driving while intoxicated over the weekend, the Des Moines Register reports. Wheater was arrested Friday after police pulled him over because his ...
View Post ShopTalk Meteorologist Arielle Nixon Set to Join WAWS By Merrill Knox on Oct. 2, 2013 - 4:06 PM Meteorologist Arielle Nixon is leaving Des Moines NBC affiliate WHO, the Des Moines Register reports. Nixon is set to join WAWS, the Fox affiliate in Jacksonville. Nixon joined WHO in 2012 as the station’s morning meteorolog ...
View Post NBC Affiliates | Politics | Reporting | ShopTalk Des Moines Reporter Uses Kickstarter to Publish Book on Iowa Caucus By Kevin Eck on Oct. 1, 2013 - 4:56 PM WHO reporter Dave Price recently wrapped up a successful Kickstarter campaign to raise money for his self-published book about the 2012 Iowa Caucus titled Caucus Chaos. “I wrote the book because there’s never been an Iowa ...
View Post ShopTalk Happy National Hug an Anchor Day! By Merrill Knox on Apr. 4, 2013 - 11:36 AM It’s National Hug an Anchor Day, and anchors across the country are getting a little love from colleagues, fans, random people in parking lots and people in tomato costumes. Here’s a sample of how a few stations are ce ...
View Post ShopTalk | Sports Sportscaster Michael Admire Joins WHO By Merrill Knox on Feb. 20, 2013 - 2:35 PM Michael Admire is joining WHO, the NBC affiliate in Des Moines, as a sports anchor, reporter and photographer. Admire previously worked in the same role at KOAM-KFJX in Joplin, Mo. At WHO, he replaces Chris Hassel, who left the st ...