ShopTalk Stephanie Grady Set to Join WITI in Milwaukee By Merrill Knox on Jul. 9, 2014 - 11:25 AM Stephanie Grady is joining Milwaukee Fox affiliate WITI, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel‘s Duane Dudek reports. WITI news director John LaPorte told Dudek Grady starts in September. She comes from WXXA-WTEN in Albany, where s ...
View Post CBS Affiliates | ShopTalk | Sports KC Kantz Promoted to Sports Director at WTAJ By Merrill Knox on Jul. 19, 2013 - 9:54 AM KC Kantz has been promoted to sports director at WTAJ, Nexstar’s CBS affiliate in Altoona, Pa. “KC has been an important part of our sports team and the television station for some years now. His dedication to local, ...
View Post CBS Affiliates | ShopTalk Former WSEE Anchor and Reporter Carol Pella Dies By Kevin Eck on Mar. 29, 2013 - 10:12 AM Carol Pella, former reporter for Erie, PA, CBS affiliate WSEE has died. Pella started her career at WSEE in 1974 and worked as both an anchor and a reporter. She was known for her fearless style of investigative journalism. “ ...
View Post ABC Affiliates | Reporting | ShopTalk Scott McDonnell Joins KMBC in Kansas City By Merrill Knox on Feb. 26, 2013 - 3:46 PM Scott McDonnell is the newest reporter at KMBC, the ABC affiliate in Kansas City. “Scott is a very strong reporter who wants the big story,” news director Sherrie Brown said in a statement. “I know our viewers wi ...
CBS Affiliates | NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk Bill Cummings Signs on as News Director at WICU-WSEE By Kevin Eck on Oct. 8, 2012 - 5:35 PM Bill Cummings will join WICU-WSEE as news director, according to the Rick Gevers blog. Cummings, who will replace current news director Lisa Adams, comes from KSWT, in Yuma, AZ, after less than a year at the CBS affiliate. Adams, ...
News Directors | TV Biz WTVG News Director Tapped to Oversee SJL Broadcasting’s News Operations By Andrew Gauthier on Feb. 10, 2012 - 3:55 PM SJL Broadcasting announced today that WTVG news director Brian Trauring has been tapped to oversee news operations for all of the company’s stations. Trauring will continue serving as WTVG’s news director as he takes o ...
ABC Affiliates | FOX Affiliates | ShopTalk Erie News Veteran Jill McCormick Joins WJET-WFXP By Merrill Knox on Dec. 8, 2011 - 5:08 PM A familiar face is returning to the Erie market: Jill McCormick, who has worked at both NBC-affiliate WICU and CBS-affiliate WSEE, is joining ABC-Fox duopoly WJET-WFXP, TVSpy has confirmed. “Jill has been in the industry for ...
ABC Affiliates | ShopTalk | Weather Meteorologist Ray Petelin Joins Pittsburgh’s WTAE By Merrill Knox on Sep. 13, 2011 - 11:12 AM WTAE, the ABC affiliate in Pittsburgh, has hired Ray Petelin to be the station’s weekend meteorologist. Petelin has been a meteorologist for the morning show at WSEE, the CBS affiliate in Erie, since 2003. For the past sever ...
ABC Affiliates | ShopTalk | TVBiz SJL Holdings Submits a Bid for McGraw-Hill’s WRTV By Merrill Knox on Aug. 5, 2011 - 2:26 PM George Lilly’s SJL Holdings has entered an undisclosed bid to buy WRTV, the ABC affiliate in Indianapolis, from McGraw-Hill, TVNewsCheck reported today. McGraw-Hill announced the sale of their four local television station ...
News Directors | ShopTalk Julie Eisenman Lands in Savannah as News Director of WJCL-WTGS By Andrew Gauthier on Jul. 13, 2011 - 4:22 PM Julie Eisenman, who has spent the majority of her broadcast career in Erie, PA, has landed in Savannah, where she’s been named news director of WJCL-WTGS. After spending three years leading the newsroom at Erie’s WICU& ...