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WKRG News Director Heading to Colorado Springs

By Kevin Eck on Oct. 7, 2016 - 11:16 AM

Rausch worked with KRDO GM Tim Larson while at WIVB in Buffalo.

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Mobile CBS Affiliate Debuts New Set

By Kevin Eck on Apr. 16, 2014 - 3:40 PM

Media General’s Mobile, AL, CBS affiliate WKRG has debuted its new set. Created by David Weller Design of New York, WKRG’s goal was to make a set that viewers in the market would remember. WKRG calls the set “Hig ...

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Here Are The Markets Where LIN Media and Media General Will Sell or Swap Stations

By Merrill Knox on Mar. 24, 2014 - 4:47 PM

As they prepare to merge, LIN Media and Media General will have to sell or swap stations in five markets — Providence, Birmingham, Mobile, Green Bay and Savannah — to comply with FCC rules limiting ownership of more th ...

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Jennifer Mayerle Set to Join WCCO

By Merrill Knox on Feb. 19, 2014 - 10:12 AM

Jennifer Mayerle is joining WCCO, the CBS owned station in Minneapolis, Access Atlanta reports. Mayerle makes the move after eight years at WGCL, the CBS affiliate in Atlanta. Mayerle, who will be a reporter at WCCO, wrote on Fa ...

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Mobile Stations Go Live to Cover Carnival Cruise Liner’s Return

By Kevin Eck on Feb. 14, 2013 - 6:11 PM

Stations in Mobile, AL, broke in to regular programming to cover the return of the disabled Carnival cruise ship Triumph. The ship with 4,200 passengers and crew members on board was being towed into the cruise ship terminal in ...

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CBS Affiliates | Digital

Peter Albrecht Returns to WKRG as Anchor

By Kevin Eck on Jan. 16, 2013 - 11:37 AM

More than ten years after leaving WKRG, Peter Albrecht has re-joined the Mobile, AL, CBS affiliate as an investigative reporter and 5:00 p.m. anchor. WKRG posted the news to its facebook page saying, “We are so happy to welc ...

CBS Affiliates | Reporting | ShopTalk

WANE Photographer Ron Harmeyer Dies at 68

By Merrill Knox on Oct. 10, 2012 - 4:03 PM

WANE photographer Ron Harmeyer, who spent 48 years at the Fort Wayne CBS affiliate before retiring earlier this year, died recently. He was 68. Harmeyer was inducted to the Indiana Associated Press Hall of Fame last year for his w ...

ShopTalk | TV Biz

Dan Cates Named General Manager at WJHL

By Merrill Knox on Aug. 15, 2012 - 11:46 AM

Media General has named Dan Cates vice president and general manager of WJHL, the CBS-affiliate in Johnson City, TN. He begins in his new role on September 3. Cates has worked for Media General since 1999. Most recently, he worked ...

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Jessica Taloney Says Goodbye to WKRG

By Merrill Knox on Jul. 13, 2012 - 2:09 PM

Jessica Taloney signed off this week from WKRG, the CBS-affiliate in Mobile. Taloney, who was called “one of the best News 5 reporters of all time” in a statement on the WKRG website, is signing off to spend more time ...

Media General Reorganizes TV Stations Into Two Regional Units

By Merrill Knox on Jul. 2, 2012 - 1:02 PM

After selling its newspaper assets, Media General has announced a corporate restructuring that elevates James Conschafter and John Cottingham to key leadership roles for the company’s television stations. The company’s ...

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