Reporting | ShopTalk WSMV Investigation Leads to Arrest, Discovery of Runaway Girls By Merrill Knox on Jul. 27, 2012 - 1:27 PM A recent investigation by Nashville NBC-affiliate WSMV has resulted in an arrest and the discovery of two runaway girls. During a series of ongoing reports on Ashley King, a man who was living in a foreclosed home and clashing wit ...
TV Biz Meredith Revenue Up 10% on Strength of KPHO, KVVU, WSMV By Andrew Gauthier on Apr. 25, 2012 - 10:16 AM Meredith today reported its fiscal 2012 third quarter earnings, announcing a 10% increase in total revenue during the period for its local media group, which consists of 12 stations around the country, including WGCL in Atlanta an ...
NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk | Weather Video: WSMV Anchor Wonders if Cold Weather Causes ‘Shrinkage’ By Andrew Gauthier on Jan. 4, 2012 - 11:52 AM Throwing to meteorologist Dan Thomas during WSMV‘s 4 p.m. newscast on Tuesday, anchor Jennifer Johnson made an unlikely “Seinfeld” reference. Johnson and her co-anchor Demetria Kalodimos had been bantering about ...
ShopTalk | Weather Former WSMV Weathercaster Bill Hall Dies At 65 By Merrill Knox on Dec. 27, 2011 - 11:21 AM Bill Hall, a longtime weathercaster for Nashville NBC-affiliate WSMV, has died. He was 65. Hall joined WSMV in 1974 and was promoted to chief weathercaster in 1977. He left the station in 2005. WSMV announced his death during a ne ...
NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk | Weather WSMV Teams Up With WeatherBug in Nashville By Merrill Knox on Aug. 11, 2011 - 2:15 PM WSMV has announced a partnership with WeatherBug to provide viewers with real-time weather updates from Nashville-area schools, buildings and parks. WeatherBug maintains continuously monitored weather stations at more than 8,000 s ...
ShopTalk Seven Local Stations Nominated for TV News and Documentary Emmys By Merrill Knox on Jul. 18, 2011 - 4:02 PM Seven local news stations were nominated today for TV News and Documentary Emmys. The stations were nominated in two categories: Outstanding Regional News Story for Spot News, and Outstanding Regional News Story for Investigative ...
Social Media Meredith Stations Get New WorldNow Websites By Merrill Knox on Jul. 12, 2011 - 5:48 PM Meredith Local Media Group and WorldNow have completed the launch of ten redesigned local stations’ websites. All of the stations are owned by Meredith and published on a WorldNow platform. The sites were launched in a span ...
NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk Reporter Keller Russell Jumps From Lincoln to Milwaukee By Andrew Gauthier on Jun. 2, 2011 - 10:00 AM Keller Russell, a weekend anchor-reporter with KOLN in Lincoln, is set to join Milwaukee’s WTMJ as a general assignment reporter. “I’m thrilled to be a part of the team of outstanding journalists at WTMJ. It’s a group ...
Reporting | ShopTalk In Nashville, DA Launches Investigation Following WSMV Report on Court Official By Andrew Gauthier on May. 31, 2011 - 5:17 PM “What the Channel 4 I-Team exposed raises questions that deserve answers,” reported WSMV‘s Jeremy Finley last week, paraphrasing the response of Davidson County District Attorney Torry Johnson to the NBC-affiliat ...
NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk Doreen Wade Named VP-GM of WSMV By Andrew Gauthier on Mar. 29, 2011 - 3:08 PM Doreen Wade has been named vice president and general manager of Nashville’s WSMV. Meredith, which owns the NBC-affiliate, announced today that Wade would succeed longtime station boss Elden Hale, who’s retiring this m ...