View Post News Directors | ShopTalk Shane Moreland Named KWWL News Director By Merrill Knox on May. 5, 2014 - 4:41 PM Shane Moreland has been named news director at KWWL, the NBC affiliate in Waterloo-Cedar Rapids-Dubuque-Iowa City. He begins in his new role May 26. “Shane’s track record of success leading local television news operations ...
View Post NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk WSLS GM Leaving Station for Personal Reasons By Kevin Eck on Apr. 18, 2014 - 11:30 AM WSLS VP and GM Leesa Wilcher is leaving the Roanoke NBC affiliate in May. “Due to personal reasons I am leaving WSLS and returning to the TriCities,” Wilcher told The Roanoke Times. “It has been an exciting time for me these ...
View Post Sports | Weather How Did NBC Affiliates Balance the Storm and the Olympics? By Merrill Knox on Feb. 13, 2014 - 11:13 AM A massive winter storm made its way up the East Coast Wednesday night, presenting a challenge for NBC affiliates forced to balance covering the storm with NBC’s primetime coverage of the Sochi Olympics. The NBC owned station ...
View Post TV Biz Media General Stations Go Dark on Dish Network By Merrill Knox on Oct. 1, 2013 - 11:18 AM Media General stations in 18 markets have gone dark on Dish Network as the two companies failed to reach a new carriage agreement by midnight Monday. Media General owns stations in Birmingham, Mobile, Tampa, Augusta, Columbus, Ga. ...
View Post NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk Scott Leamon Quitting WSLS for Police Department Job By Kevin Eck on Aug. 9, 2013 - 11:45 AM WSLS reporter Scott Leamon starts his new role as a spokesman for the Roanoke Police Department Monday. “You spend a lot of hours covering the news, so I got to a lot of tee ball games in time for the last inning,” Leamon ...
View Post CBS Affiliates | Mornings | ShopTalk Erin Barnett, Marco Villarreal Named Morning Co-Anchors at WVLT By Merrill Knox on Jul. 1, 2013 - 4:22 PM Erin Barnett and Marco Villarreal have been named morning co-anchors at WVLT, the CBS affiliate in Knoxville, Tenn. Barnett joins the station from WSLS in Roanoke, Va., where she was a general assignment reporter. Villarreal most ...
View Post Anchors | NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk Anchor John Carlin Returning to WSLS By Kevin Eck on Jun. 5, 2013 - 11:38 AM WSLS has announced John Carlin will rejoin the Roanoke, VA, NBC affiliate on July 8. “The market wants a proven journalist and dedicated community leader, and that’s what we have in John Carlin,” said WSLS vice p ...
View Post NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk Rachel Lucas Moving to WSLS By Kevin Eck on May. 28, 2013 - 4:35 PM Rachel Lucas is joining Roanoke, VA, NBC affiliate WSLS. The move was announced by Bluefield, VA, NBC affiliate WVVA on its facebook page, “After more than two years with us here at WVVA, today is Rachel Lucas’ final d ...
View Post Anchors | NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk Anchor Jay Warren Signing Off From WSLS By Merrill Knox on Apr. 16, 2013 - 9:24 AM Jay Warren is leaving WSLS to “pursue other career opportunities,” the Roanoke NBC affiliate announced Monday. His last day will be April 19. Warren began his WSLS career in 1998 as a reporter. Since 2008, he has ancho ...
Politics | ShopTalk Political Ad Spending Up In Roanoke-Lynchburg By Merrill Knox on Jul. 30, 2012 - 11:52 AM The Roanoke Times looks at political ad spending in the Roanoke-Lynchburg market, where political advertisers have allocated or spent $6.5 million on the four local stations there: For proper context, consider this: In 2008, which ...