Sinclair said it has deals with select creditors to boost its liquidity and strengthen its balance sheet for the long-term, meaning the station group may be expecting the Trump administration to open the market up for more station acquisitions. Sinclair Television Group and certain affiliated entities have entered into a "transaction support agreement" or TSA...
Dallas-Fort Worth's Fox-owned and-operated duopoly KDFW and KDFI will build a new, purpose-built television studio and state-of-the-art content creation center in Irving-Las Colinas, Texas. "We are pleased to relocate to Irving in what will be a grade-A complex, and we thank Mayor Stopfer and the Irving-Las Colinas Chamber of Commerce for making this possible," said...
Los Angeles' local stations saw a spike in viewership when the fires in Pacific Palisades and Altadena started on Tuesday. Stations went wall-to-wall with coverage. Variety said the local stations saw their normal viewership double and even triple in some cases, especially as the fires began to spread. According to Nielsen data, market leader KABC...
Spectrum News NY1 today announced the launch of a new three-hour weeknight lineup, all anchored by Cheryl Wills. Wills will lead both New York Tonight at 8 p.m. and NY1 at Ten at 10 p.m. She'll also remain the host of the weekly public affairs program In Focus with Cheryl Wills "Born and raised in...
WVEC anchor Dan Kennedy is leaving the Tegna owned Hampton Roads CBS affiliate after nearly seven years. The station said he and his family are moving to Atlanta where he will anchor and report for WVEC sister station, WXIA 11Alive. "Norfolk was never on my map, but it's been the best unexpected chapter of my...
Des Moines CBS affiliate KCCI has named Kristen Joyal creative services director. She starts February 10 and succeeds Nathan White who left the station in December 2024. "Kristen's creativity and leadership skills should help us nurture the outstanding culture and cohesiveness of our creative services team, while also helping us further elevate and amplify the...
Hartford meteorologist Ashley Baylor thinks now is not the time to talk about climate change as the underlying cause of the fires that burned through Los Angeles. Baylor is a meteorologist at WTNH in Hartford, Connecticut. She aired her views about when things are appropriate in a reply to an X post by meteorologist Chris...
A KNBC reporter is taking internet heat for interviewing Dennis Quaid as he was getting out of the way of one of the approaching the LA area wildfires. Quaid was loading his car when KNBC's Robert Kovacik stopped by for a roughly16 minute chat where he spoke of Quaid in the third person. Quaid was...
I've been watching some pretty compelling coverage of the fires in and around Los Angeles for the past few days. Personally, I flip between KNBC and KCBS, only because I subscribe to apps that allow me to do that from my couch 400 miles North in the Bay Area -- Sorry Fox and ABC stations....
KXAN reporter Ryan Chandler is joining NBC News as a Texas-based correspondent. Chandler is the Austin Texas Capitol Correspondent for the Austin, Texas Nexstar owned NBC affiliate. "Follow your dreams, kids: this week I am so grateful to join @nbcnews as a correspondent - based in Texas and reporting nationwide @todayshow @nbcnightlynews @nbcnewsnow @msnbc," Chandler...
KJ Jacobs has joined Cincinnati ABC affiliate WCPO as the weekday morning traffic anchor/meteorologist. He'll work alongside anchors Adrian Whitsett, Kristen Skovira and meteorologist Jennifer Ketchmark. He'll also deliver forecasts weekly for WCPO 9 News. Before joining WCPO, Jacobs was the weekend evening meteorologist at WCNC, the NBC affiliate in Charlotte, N.C. Before that, he...
KTLA reporter John Fenoglio was reporting live from the Eaton Fire in Altadena, California on Tuesday evening when he tried to help put out some flames that had spread to a home. The station said Fenoglio is a former EMT and volunteer firefighter who "It looks like the back of his house is catching [fire],"...
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. and NBCUniversal have reached a comprehensive multi-year agreement to renew NBC Television Network affiliations in 33 markets across the country, including 29 stations owned by Nexstar, three owned by Mission Broadcasting, Inc., and one owned by White Knight Broadcasting, Inc. Together, the 33 stations reach more than 14 million U.S. television...
Meteorologist Robert Johnson will join Philadelphia NBC owned station (WCAU) NBC10's First Alert Weather team. The Phildelphia native starts Monday, January 20. "We are excited to have Robert join NBC10 and return to his hometown of Philadelphia," said Elizabeth Flores, vice president of news for NBC10 and Telemundo62. "His commitment to providing accurate and engaging...
Retired WLS traffic anchor Roz Varon has started up a scholarship fund to remember her daughter, who died last week. Sara Beth Janz was 29 years old when she died in New Mexico from a recent illness, Varon said. "It is with the heaviest of hearts that I share the last picture I took with...
Fox 11 (KTTV) reporter Matthew Seedorff tried to help firefighters on Tuesday afternoon. Seedorf was covering the Palisades Fire, which spread Tuesday evening, burning more than 1,200 acres in just a few hours. Seedorff used a garden hose that he found and tried to put out some of the flames on the street and near...
E.W. Scripps has promoted Lyn Plantinga to the role of senior vice president of local media, effective immediately. Plantinga will lead local media operations, overseeing Scripps' team of regional vice presidents, all while serving as general manager for WTVF, Nashville's CBS-affiliated local television station owned by Scripps. She has served as regional vice president and...
Russ Nelligan has been promoted to vice president of marketing for Hearst Television. Nelligan has been the creative services director at WCVB, Hearst Television's flagship station and Boston's ABC affiliate, since 2006. Nelligan will be based at Hearst Television's New York headquarters and will continue to report to Kyle Grimes, who oversees a portion of...
Liz Roldan has been named news director for Houston CW station KIAH. Roldan left CBS affiliate KHOU in October after working there for nearly four years. "I am honored to join the CW39 Houston family and remain here in the city where my passion for journalism began," Roldan said in a statement posted by Houston...
Jon Kramer has been named vice president and general manager of Fox affiliate WMSN in Madison, Wisconsin. Kramer has been the station's general sales manager since 2019. "Jon's extensive expertise in developing innovative advertising strategies and his proven track record in maximizing revenue make him the perfect choice to lead WMSN Fox 47," said Rob...
