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Raycom Media Promotes Nancy Kent-Smith, Frank Jones

By Merrill Knox on Jul. 24, 2013 - 11:49 AM

Raycom Media has promoted Nancy Kent-Smith and Frank Jones in Richmond, Va. Kent-Smith, who has been news director of WWBT-WUPW, Raycom’s NBC and CW affiliates in Richmond, will become the company’s regional news direc ...

WATE and WBXX Team Up For New 10 p.m. Newscast in Knoxville

By Merrill Knox on Jul. 14, 2011 - 11:51 AM

ABC affiliate WATE and CW affiliate WBXX announced a new partnership to produce a 10 p.m. nightly newscast in Knoxville market. The new show will be 35 minutes long and will begin in early August. This is not WATE’s first ti ...

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Knoxville’s WBIR and WTNZ Begin First Phase of Production Partnership

By Andrew Gauthier on Mar. 28, 2011 - 1:47 PM

The first stage of the recently announced partnership between Knoxville NBC-affiliate WBIR and Fox-affiliate WTNZ begins this week. Earlier this month, Raycom Media-owned WTNZ announced that WBIR, which is owned by Gannett, would ...

In Knoxville, WBIR Agrees to Produce WTNZ’s Expanding News Lineup

By Andrew Gauthier on Mar. 1, 2011 - 11:29 AM

In a new partnership, Knoxville NBC-affiliate WBIR will begin producing newscasts for Fox-affiliate WTNZ. Under the agreement, WBIR will expand its 10 p.m. weekday newscast to a full hour while also debuting a new morning newscast ...

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