View Post ShopTalk | TV Biz Dominic Mancuso Named GM at WOIO-WUAB By Merrill Knox on May. 12, 2014 - 11:45 AM Dominic Mancuso has been named vice president and general manager at WOIO-WUAB, Raycom Media’s CBS and MyNetworkTV affiliates in Cleveland. He begins in his new role May 30. “I’ve been doing as much research and ...
View Post ShopTalk | Weather Meteorologist Katy Morgan Joins WZTV By Merrill Knox on Jan. 6, 2014 - 10:50 AM Katy Morgan is joining Nashville Fox affiliate WZTV as the chief meteorologist, she announced on Facebook. Post by Katy Morgan. Morgan announced her departure from WXIX last month. The Cincinnati Enquirer reports Steve Norris will ...
View Post ABC Affiliates | Top 10 | Weather Troy Christensen Joins WLS From KFOR By Merrill Knox on Oct. 14, 2013 - 10:45 AM Meteorologist Troy Christensen has joined WLS, the ABC owned station in Chicago, Robert Feder reports. Christensen joins WLS from KFOR, the NBC affiliate in Oklahoma City. He made his debut Saturday morning on the 6 and 8 a.m. new ...
View Post FOX Affiliates | Mornings | ShopTalk Bob Sellers, Jennifer Waddell to Co-Anchor WZTV Morning Newscast By Merrill Knox on Sep. 30, 2013 - 3:31 PM Bob Sellers and Jennifer Waddell debuted today as the new morning co-anchors at WZTV, the Fox affiliate in Nashville. News director Bryan McGruder talks to The Tennessean about the revamped newscast, which has been developed sin ...
View Post ShopTalk Jennifer Waddell Says Goodbye to KGUN By Merrill Knox on Sep. 9, 2013 - 9:53 AM After eight years at KGUN, Jennifer Waddell has signed off from the Tucson ABC affiliate. She is moving to Nashville, where she will be the morning anchor at WZTV. Waddell said an emotional goodbye to the station on the 10 p.m. ne ...
View Post News Directors | ShopTalk Bryan McGruder Joins WZTV as News Director By Merrill Knox on Feb. 27, 2013 - 4:34 PM Four months after his departure from WDAF, Bryan McGruder has been named news director at WZTV, the Fox affiliate in Nashville. “We are excited to have someone of Brian’s stature and experience leading our news department at F ...
View Post FOX Affiliates | Reporting | ShopTalk WZTV Offers $10,000 Reward in Reporter Shooting By Kevin Eck on Dec. 12, 2012 - 2:18 PM WZTV, Nashville’s Fox affiliate, is offering $10,000 to anyone who can provide information about the robbery and shooting of reporter Erika Lathon. The Nashville Police Department has posted the reward notice to its website, ...
View Post FOX Affiliates | Reporting | ShopTalk WZTV Reporter Erika Lathon Shot After ATM Robbery By Merrill Knox on Dec. 7, 2012 - 10:39 AM Veteran WZTV reporter Erika Lathon was shot overnight after being robbed at an ATM in Nashville. Lathon was shot in the left arm after being robbed at a Bank of America drive-through ATM at 17th Ave. N. and Church street, accordin ...
CBS Affiliates | Top 10 WCBS Hires Two Ahead of WLNY Acquisition By Merrill Knox on Jan. 24, 2012 - 10:34 AM Viewers of WCBS, the CBS O&O in New York, will see some new faces in the coming weeks. The station has hired Carolyn Gusoff (pictured) to its Long Island bureau, the New York Daily News reports. Gusoff joins WCBS from rival WN ...
Digital | FOX Affiliates | ShopTalk WZTV Debuts New Set as Part of HD Makeover By Andrew Gauthier on Sep. 20, 2011 - 5:14 PM WZTV debuted a new, HD-optimized set this week–the final step in the station’s high definition makeover, which included an updated logo and a new red, white, and blue color scheme. “Our set is high-tech, hip and ...