September 10, 2023
Wednesday, September 13, 2023 UPDATE:
Greetings:
Another day, another new VP/News Director for a CBS o-and-o. And this time he doesn’t have to share the job with someone else!
Nemitz
BRIAN NEMITZ returns to the Upper Midwest as he’s been named VP/ND for CBS’s WCCO-TV in Minneapolis-St. Paul. You’ll learn in this news release that Brian is from Western Wisconsin and watched WCCO growing up. He’s been the ND for Sinclair’s WLOS-TV (ABC) in Asheville, NC, since 2018 and had been the Assistant ND there for the previous three years. He’s also worked in Miami, Pensacola, FL, Grand Rapids, MI, and Eau Claire, WI.
At WCCO, Brian replaces KARI PATEY who moved to a newly created job as VP/Producer Development for the CBS owned stations. She’ll move to that new role (announced back in May) when Brian gets to the Twin Cities.
There’s still one more CBS owned station with an ND opening (WFOR-TV) in Miami. Will they fill that job tomorrow, making it THREE consecutive days with such an announcement?
I doubt it, but as too many bad reporters have said “Only time will tell.”
If not, we’ll be back Sunday.
regards,
Rick Gevers
Tuesday, September 12, 2023 UPDATE:
Greetings:
A veteran Los Angeles news executive returns to LA as one of TWO VP/News Directors for a network owned operation.
Goldberg
MATT GOLDBERG joins KCBS/KCAL-TV as VP/News Director, joining MIKE DELLO STRITTO as one of TWO managers with that title. This news release explains the division of duties between the two.
Matt’s spent the last 20 years with NBC, including stints at KNTV in San Francisco and KNBC-TV in Los Angeles where he was the Assistant ND.
Before going to NBC, Matt spent two years as an investigative producer with KCBS/KCAL. He also served two years as board president for Investigative Reporters and Editors.
Barring any more UPDATES, we’ll be back Sunday with our full newsletter.
regards,
Rick Gevers
Monday, September 11, 2023 UPDATE:
Greetings:
There’s a news director change in a top 21 market today and we have the details.
Stevens
JASON STEVENS has been promoted to news director for Gray Television’s WBTV (CBS) in Charlotte. Details in this news release from the station, which includes his detailed career history. Jason’s been the Assistant News Director there since 2022.
He replaces MOLLY KELLEHER, who’s been ND here since January 2022 and is a nine year veteran of the station.
Kelleher
Molly is leaving to become the Assistant ND for Gray sister station KCTV (also CBS) in Kansas City. I asked her about what some might consider an unusual move, and here’s her reply:
It is incredibly motivating to hear about the direction GM Curtis Miles and News Director Josh Morgan are taking KCTV. Gray is building something exciting at KCTV with really great people and I’m excited to be a part of it. It is time to use all I have learned in my 9-year run at WBTV and go do great things for the next Gray station.
Also, I need to correct two items from last night’s full newsletter.
PATRICK PAOLINI took a new job as EVP of Ad Sales for Fox Television Sales. He did NOT retire, as I erroneously told you in reporting the appointment of his replacement as GM of Fox’s WTTG-TV in Washington, SUE DIVINEY.
And apologies to CARRIE HOFMANN, the former ND at Tegna’s WCNC-TV in Charlotte who’s off to be GM for WLTX-TV in Columbia, SC. I managed to spell Carrie’s last name THREE different ways in the emailed version of the newsletter (but as one reader pointed out, that’s a .333 average which would likely get me into the baseball Hall of Fame.)
I aspire to be better than that, though, and apologies to Carrie, Patrick, and to you.
We’ll see if we can do better next weekend.
regards,
Rick Gevers
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Greetings:
For a holiday week, a fair amount of activity!
TWO new ND openings, one at a top ten network o-and-o, the other created by one of our favorite things, an ND leaving to take a GM job. And we have TWO ND jobs filled.
With those changes, our list of open ND jobs remains at 36, with ONE of those stations advertising its opening in our Paid Help Wanted ad section below.
In addition to that ND becoming a GM, another GM job was filled in a top ten market o-and-o.
In Names in the News, changes at the top of NPR and Univision News, am anchor crosses the street in Portland (OR) to take a news management job and there a number of other moves to share.
Barring a mid-week UPDATE, we’ll see you next weekend!
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Newly Named News Directors:
WBND-TV, South Bend, IN…this Weigel Broadcasting owned ABC affiliate has apparently filled its news director opening. GM AARON RAMEY confirmed the job had been filled and promised me a news release with details this week. We’ll share when we can.
Dugle
KIEM/KVIQ-TV, Eureka, CA…DAWN DUGLE will be the next news director for this Imagicomm owned operation. She replaces MARK FINNEGAN who left in June after less than a years as ND. Dawn’s a former ND in Arkansas who’s been out of the newsroom for a while as she’s been writing books described here as ‘spicy romantic comedies’. KIEM is an NBC affiliate with KVIQ is a low power CBS affiliate.
New News Director Openings:
Schiller
KRIV-TV, Houston, TX…multiple reports tell us that SUSAN SCHILLER parted ways this week with this FOX o-and-o. The first of those reports came from longtime Houston TV blogger MIKE McGUFF. I emailed Susan for confirmation but have not heard back. She’s been the ND here for seven years following a long career at CBS, including 15 years as ND for CBS’s KYW-TV in Philadelphia.
Hofmann
WCNC-TV, Charlotte, NC…congrats to ND CARRIE HOFMANN who’s been promoted to general manager for sister Tegna station WLTX-TV (CBS) in Columbia, SC. She’s been ND for this NBC affiliate for more than three years following a six year run as ND for Scripps’ KSHB-TV (NBC) in Kansas City. Carrie’s also worked in Denver, Milwaukee, and Phoenix, in addition to an earlier turn at WCNC.
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Other News Management Openings:
ASSISTANT NEWS DIRECTOR:
WFOR-TV, Miami, FL (listed 9/3/23)
WNCN-TV, Raleigh, NC (listed 8/20/23)
KENS-TV, San Antonio, TX (listed 8/20/23)
WOOD-TV, Grand Rapids, MI (relisted 9/10/23)
WGHP-TV, Greensboro/High Point, NC (relisted 9/10/23)
WNEP-TV, Scranton, PA (listed 8/20/23)
KREM-TV, Spokane, WA (listed 8/20/23)
WISC-TV, Madison, WI (listed 9/10/23)
WNCT-TV, Greenville, NC (relisted 7/9/23)
WCIA-TV, Champaign, IL (listed 8/13/23)
WSYM-TV, Lansing, MI (listed 9/10/23)
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
WPIX-TV, New York, NY (Special Projects EP, listed 8/28/23)
WTSP-TV, Tampa/St. Petersburg (AM EP, relisted 8/20/23)
KSTP-TV, Minneapolis/St. Paul (listed 7/30/23)
KUSA-TV, Denver, CO (listed 8/20/23)
WNCN-TV, Raleigh, NC (relisted 8/6/23)
WTHR-TV, Indianapolis, IN (AM EP, listed 8/20/23)
WXIN/WTTV, Indianapolis, IN (relisted 8/6/23)
KENS-TV, San Antonio, TX (listed 9/10/23)
WBNS-TV, Columbus, OH (AM EP, listed 9/10/23)
WTIC-TV, Hartford, CT (listed 9/10/23)
WKRN-TV, Nashville, TN (listed 8/6/23)
WOOD-TV, Grand Rapids, MI (listed 9/10/23)
WVEC-TV, Norfolk, VA (AM EP, listed 8/20/23)
WFMY-TV, Greensboro, NC (AM EP, listed 9/10/23)
WATN-TV, Memphis, TN (listed 9/10/23)
WIVB-TV, Buffalo, NY (listed 8/13/23)
WLEX-TV, Lexington, KY (listed 7/2/23)
KREM-TV, Spokane, WA (listed 8/20/23)
WOI-TV, Des Moines, IA (listed 8/20/23)
WHEC-TV, Rochester, NY (listed 7/30/23)
WTOL-TV, Toledo, OH (listed 8/20/23)
WCIA-TV, Champaign, IL (Digital EP, relisted 8/20/23)
KTSM-TV, El Paso, TX (listed 8/30/23)
WKBT-TV, La Crosse-Eau Claire, WI (listed 9/3/23)
KRIS-TV, Corpus Christi, TX (listed 7/2/23)
More News Management Openings:
Listed 9/10/23:
KVUE-TV, Austin, TX (Digital Director)
Listed 8/27/23:
WKRG-TV, Mobile, AL (Digital Content Manager)
Listed 8/20/23:
WBNS-TV, Columbus, OH (Director of Digital Content)
Obituaries:
Always pleased when there are no obituaries to report.
Names in the News:
Lansing
JOHN LANSING is stepping down as head of National Public Radio, a job he’s held for the past four years. We have stories from The New York Times and Deadline. John began his career as a photographer in Paducah, KY and moved on to news director, general manager and corporate jobs all over the country, including a long run as head of Scripps Networks. His NPR bio page has more.
DANIEL CORONELL returns to Univision as President of News.
Eure
He’s worked in both local and network news, and now JOSH EURE joins Nexstar-owned “The Hill” as executive producer of video. Details in this post from “The Hill’ website. Josh most recently was VP of Live Programming for The Black News Channel. He’s a former ND in Waco, TX, has worked in a number of other local markets, as well as several different network gigs as you’ll learn via his LinkedIn page.
Domurat
KGW-TV, Tegna’s Portland, OR, NBC affiliate, has lured STEPHANIE DOMURAT across the street to become its new managing editor. Stephanie’s been an anchor at KPTV in Portland for eight years and posted her thoughts…and the note from KGW ND GREG RETSINAS…on her LinkedIn page.
Speaking of crossing the street, in Ft. Myers, FL RICHARD FLESCH joins WINK-TV (CBS) as managing editor, leaving Scripps’ WFTX-TV (FOX) where he was ‘real time desk manager’. He’s a former ND for WCIA-TV in Champaign, IL.
In a move between two Gray TV stations, STANLEY DANZEY joins KCTV (CBS) in Kansas City as an EP. He’d held the same job at Gray’s WRDW-WAGT-TV in Augusta. GA.
Former KLFY-TV (Lafayette, LA) News Director DEE STANLEY has been promoted to President and CEO of Sides and Associates in Lafayette.
General Manager News and Notes:
Diviney
FOX o-and-o WTTG-TV in Washington, DC, has promoted SUE DIVINEY to General Manager. She’s been VP of Finance there since 2017 and replaces PATRICK PAOLINI who retired moved to a corporate sales job. More here.
And careful readers noted above that CARRIE HOFMANN will be the new GM for Tegna’s WLTX-TV in Columbia, SC, leaving Tegna’s WCNC-TV in Charlotte where she was ND.
Our List of Open News Director jobs:
Here’s our list of open ND jobs as of Sunday, September 10, 2023:
It’s unofficial, there may be others that are open, and some of these may have been filled. If you know of any in either category, please let me know: rick@rickgevers.com
KCBS-TV 4200 Radford Av. Studio City, CA 91604 (VP/ND for AM news)
KRIV-TV 4261 Southwest Freeway Houston, TX 77027
KTVU-TV 2 Jack London Sq. Oakland, CA 94607
WXIA-TV One Monroe Place NE Atlanta, GA 30324
WZDC-TV 4001 Nebraska Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20016 **
WDIV-TV 550 W Lafayette Blvd, Detroit, MI 48226
WCCO-TV 90 S. 11th Street Minneapolis, MN 55403
WFOR-TV 8900 NW 18th Terrace Doral, FL 33172
WLTV 9405 NW 41st St, Doral, FL 33178 **
WCNC-TV 1001 Wood Ridge Center Drive Charlotte, NC 28217
WRAL-TV 2619 Western Boulevard Raleigh NC 27606
WOOD-TV 120 College Ave. SE Grand Rapids, MI 49503
WWMT-TV 590 West Maple St. Kalamazoo, MI 49008
WLNE-TV 10 Orms St. Providence, RI 02904
KFTV 3239 W Ashlan Av. Fresno, CA 93722 **
WRGB-TV 1400 Balltown Rd. Schenectady, NY 12309
WATE-TV 1306 North Broadway Knoxville, TN 37917
WACH-TV 1400 Pickens St. Columbia, SC 29201
WHNT-TV 200 Holmes Avenue Huntsville, AL 35801
KLEW-TV 2626 17th St, Lewiston, ID 83501
WICS-TV 2680 E. Cook St. Springfield, IL 62703
WQAD-TV 3003 Park 16th Street Moline, IL 61265 (see ad above!)
WFIE-TV 1115 Mt. Auburn Road Evansville, IN 47720
KIMA-TV 2801 Terrace Heights Dr. Yakima, WA 98901
WDIO-TV 10 Observation Road Duluth, MN 55811
KIFI-TV 1915 N. Yellowstone Hwy. Idaho Falls, ID 83401
WTWO-TV 10849 N US Highway 41, Farmersburg, IN 47850
WDTV 5 Television Dr. Bridgeport, WV 26330
WWNY-TV 120 Arcade St. Watertown, NY 13601
KGNS-TV 120 W. Del Mar Blvd. Laredo TX 78041
Delta News 837 Washington Ave Greenville, MS 38701
KAEF-TV 540 E Street Eureka, CA 95501
KYOU-TV 820 West 2nd Street; Ottumwa, IA 52501
KQTV 4000 Faraon St. Joseph, MO 64506
KTVH-TV 100 W Lyndale Ave. Ste A. Helena, MT 59601
KNOP-TV 402 S. Dewey. North Platte NE 69101
**: Spanish language station