ABC Affiliates | FOX Affiliates | Mornings | ShopTalk Dan Carroll Named Morning Anchor At WKEF-WRGT By Merrill Knox on Dec. 27, 2011 - 12:45 PM Dan Carroll has signed a three-year deal to be the morning anchor on WKEF-WRGT in Dayton, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer. Carroll has been filling in on the program since Pete Scalia left the station in September. He will be ...
Anchors | ShopTalk Christopher Heath Leaving San Antonio for Main Anchor Job in Dayton By Andrew Gauthier on Dec. 6, 2011 - 4:39 PM Texas native Christopher Heath has left San Antonio’s KENS to become a main anchor at WKEF in Dayton, OH. “It has been my distinct honor and privilege to be a part of this newsroom and moreover this city,” Heath ...
Mornings | NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk In Dayton, WDTN Will Launch 4:30 a.m. Newscast By Merrill Knox on Nov. 11, 2011 - 9:45 AM WDTN, the NBC-affiliate in Dayton, will launch an expanded newscast with a 4:30 a.m. start time on Monday. “The weather is changing and there’s no better time to give our viewers an even-earlier look at how they should ...
ShopTalk | TV Biz Ohio Stations Yank Ad Featuring Grandmother By Andrew Gauthier on Oct. 13, 2011 - 11:59 AM Thirty TV stations across Ohio have reportedly pulled a political ad off the air over its controversial use of footage featuring a great-grandmother from Cincinnati. 78-year-old Marlene Quinn recently signed on to appear in an ad ...
News Directors | ShopTalk WKEF-WRGT News Director Dies After Year-Long Battle with Brain Cancer By Andrew Gauthier on Mar. 21, 2011 - 11:00 AM Pat Casey, the news director of Dayton’s WKEF and WRGT, died over the weekend after a year-long battle with brain cancer. He was 54. Casey was diagnosed with Glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer, in February of 2 ...