Rick Gevers & Associates

May 30, 2022

Thursday, June 2, 2022 UPDATE:

Greetings:

Now you see them, now you don’t.

That’s the case for both the news director and general manager at Scripps’ KTNV (ABC) in Las Vegas. Both ND NANCY BAUER and GM CHRIS WAY were shown the door yesterday, according to this story in the Las Vegas Review-Journal. (registration may be required.

Bauer

Bauer’s been the ND there since 2019, coming from Bakersfield where she ran the news department at Scripps’ KERO-TV. Before that she spent 20 years as a news director in Los Angeles at KCBS/KCAL-TV and KNBC-TV. She’s also been an ND in San Diego and for a cable operation in Palmdale, CA.

Way joined KTNV in 2017 from Scripps’ KMTV in Omaha. Earlier in his career he worked at KLAS-TV (CBS) in Vegas as Director of Digital Media.

Abouzeid

Also, I made two mistakes in last week’s newsletter that need to be corrected.

First, JOE ABOUZEID will be the GM for Nexstar’s WIVB-TV in Buffalo. moving from sister Nexstar station WDTN-TV (NBC) in Dayton. I had the wrong call letters in our report. Thanks to several readers who caught the error.

Hoder

Interestingly, no one pointed out that I misspelled SHAWN HODER’s name in reporting his move to news director for CBS o-and-o KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh from WTSP-TV (Tegna/CBS) in Tampa-St Petersburg, where he was Assistant ND. (At least I had his name right in the photo caption.) To make it up to you and Shawn, here’s a profile of him from The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

I’ll try and do better in this weekend’s full newsletter…and UPDATES (if any) between now and then.

regards,

Rick Gevers

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Greetings:

We continue our annual tradition of honoring the winner of the Indianapolis 500 in our past-race newsletter.

Sweden’s MARCUS ERICSSON won his first 500 Sunday in an exciting finish with an average speed of 175.428 MPH. Marcus and his CHIP GANASSI racing team won $3.1 million dollars.

                     Marcus Ericsson practicing on Friday – Photo by Rick Gevers

On to our normal business.

TWO new News Directors this week, both first-timers. And NO new openings, leaving 33 stations on our list of openings.

TWO of those 33 stations are advertising those openings among our FOUR paid help wanted ads.

THREE obituaries this week covering the spectrum, from an assistant ND in a small Texas market, to an owner of several very small market stations, to a giant of the industry

THREE GM moves at Nexstar stations, TWO involving former news directors. And just TWO items Names in the News. (Send me your news!)

Newly Named News Directors:

Hoder

KDKA-TV, Pittsburgh, PA…for the third consecutive week a change at a CBS owned station makes the newsletter. This week finds SHAWN HODER returning to Pittsburgh, this time as ND for this o-and-o. More here. Shawn is currently the Assistant ND at Tegna’s WTSP-TV (CBS) in Tampa-St. Petersburg. He’s also worked in Columbus, OH, Atlanta, Washington, DC, Seattle and Orlando. Shawn replaces KATHY HOSTETTER who was promoted to GM for CBS’s WJZ-TV in Baltimore.

Garcia

WINK-TV, Fort Myers, FL…RICH GARCIA has been promoted to news director for this Fort Myers Broadcasting owned CBS affiliate. He’s been the Assistant ND for almost 15 years. His news boss (also his old boss) TOM DOERR, sent me this note with more details. Tom’s been promoted to Director of Local News and Content for this station, and Rich moves up to fill Tom’s old job as news director.

New News Director Openings:

To my knowledge, there are no new ND openings this week. History, though, tells us the first week after a rating period is often active. We’ll see.

Paid Help Wanted Ads:

Assistant News Director, WINK-TV, Fort Myers, FL:

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Localism is our mantra. We care about what makes or will make news in Southwest Florida. Our Assistant News Director must lead with the strategic vision of excellence in breaking news and severe weather coverage, of course, but also encourage hard news enterprise and investigative journalism.

WINK has a proven track record of exceptional coverage in all these areas. The number 2 leader of WINK News will help enhance, shape, and grow those attributes.

WINK News is always on, programming over 80 hours of local news in English and Spanish a week, as well as publishing the best digital news product in Southwest Florida.

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Please read the full job description and apply on winknews.com

No phone calls, please.

Executive Producer, KPRC-TV, Houston TX:

KPRC2, the Graham Media Group owned / NBC affiliated station, is on the search for a leader, coach, creative thinker, innovator and top-notch journalist to join our news team as an Executive Producer.

Our next EP will come to work every day, with the passion and drive to be the #1 news organization in Houston on all platforms.

Houston is a diverse, growing city with a non-stop appetite for breaking news, enterprise and investigative journalism. It’s a market prone to year-round severe weather events and winning weather coverage is a top priority.

You’ll help lead the editorial direction of the newsroom, focusing on stories that interest and engage our very diverse audience. Our ideal candidate is someone who’s obsessed with understanding and serving our target audience, understands how to showcase big stories with memorable live shots, has impeccable news judgement and can motivate and lead veteran reporters and young producers while maintaining their cool under pressure.

Our Executive Producers need to react to breaking news and weather without hesitation and be willing to scrap stories the team has been working on all day to get it covered.

As a condition of employment, GMG requires that all newly hired employees be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus by the first day of employment, to the extent permitted by applicable law, unless you qualify for a medical or religious accommodation, or as otherwise allowed by law.

Visit Click2Houston.com to learn more and apply.

KPRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer

News Director, KADN/KLAF-TV, Lafayette, LA:

NEWS15, the local FOX and NBC affiliate in Lafayette, LA is looking for a News Director to lead our news department. We are looking for someone with outstanding leadership skills who thrives on teaching, coaching and developing a strong and positive newsroom environment. In addition, the News Director leads and supervises all aspects of news, weather, and sports programming production.

The News Director will oversee a department that generates 40.5 hours of on-air content on the Lafayette market’s NBC and FOX stations. Lafayette is a great place to live and work with a culture all its own, and we are looking for a someone to oversee a department that produces professional and engaging content that reflects that culture in a way that appeals to our own families and communities
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Specific Job Duties:

Institutes training systems for new employees.
Makes decisions regarding hiring, evaluation, promotion and termination of employees.
Develops news coverage strategy for the station and its website.
Critiques newscasts daily to correct errors, improve coverage and provide mentoring feedback to news staff.
Prepare the department’s budget and manages expenses to meet established financial goals.

Skills & Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism, or related field, or an equivalent combination of education and work-related experience preferred.
Minimum five years’ experience in news programming production, with at least two years’ experience in a leadership role.

Must be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 (subject to any medical or religious accommodations or other applicable law).

To be considered for this exciting opportunity, please visit this link to apply for the position.

 Equal Opportunity Employer.

News Director, KULR-TV, Billings, MT:

Tired of the big guys?

Why you don’t want to apply for the News Director job in Billings, Montana:

· You can’t use traffic as an excuse for being late to work.
· You’ll burn too many calories enjoying all the ski resorts, lakes and hiking trails.
· There are way too many breweries to choose from.
· You may land a cameo on Yellowstone.

If you don’t heed this warning, you risk becoming a leader in one of the most innovative, family-owned, forward focused journalism organizations in the country, that prides itself on transparency and relaxed intensity. Yes, relaxed intensity is a real thing!

Think twice about this job if you don’t like collaboration, teamwork, or inspiring the next generation of journalists.

This gig isn’t for you if you don’t like strategic planning, telling local stories that matter, and collaborating on a statewide sports network.

And you’ll just hate it here if professional growth, entrepreneurial opportunities, and work/life balance aren’t on your career bucket list.

Want us to give you more reasons why you shouldn’t leave your current, corporate-driven, top-down job, in a congested part of the country for this News Director position in the Treasure State?

Get in touch and contact: Jeff Hite, Director of Recruiting and Training at: jeff.hite@khq.com

KULR-TV is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.

No phone calls please.

Other News Management Openings:

ASSISTANT NEWS DIRECTOR:

KTLA-TV, Los Angeles, CA (Digital AND, relisted 4/17/22)
KSTP-TV, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (listed 5/15/22)
WCNC-TV, Charlotte, NC (listed 4/3/22)
WTHR-TV, Indianapolis, IN (listed 5/15/22)
KENS-TV, San Antonio TX (listed 5/15/22)
WCPO-TV, Cincinnati OH (listed 5/1/22)
WHAS-TV, Louisville, KY (listed 4/3/22)
WGRZ-TV, Buffalo NY (listed 5/15/22)
WPRI-TV, Providence, RI (listed 5/22/22)
WHO-TV, Des Moines, IA (relisted 5/30/22)
WAND-TV, Decatur, IL (listed 3/27/22)
WTVC-TV, Chattanooga, TN (listed 4/3/22)
WBND-TV, South Bend, IN (listed 4/3/22)
KIVI-TV, Boise, ID (relisted 5/22/22)
WKBT-TV, La Crosse, WI (listed 3/27/22)

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:

WDCW-TV, Washington, DC, (Digital EP, listed 4/10/22)
KPRC-TV, Houston, TX (listed 5/22/22, see ad above!)
KPHO/KTVK-TV, Phoenix, AZ (listed 4/3/22)
KPNX-TV, Phoenix, AZ (PM EP, listed 5/15/22)
WFLA-TV, Tampa, FL (relisted 4/24/22)
WFTS-TV, Tampa, FL (listed 5/1/22)
KMGH-TV, Denver, CO (relisted 5/8/22)
WKYC-TV, Cleveland, OH (listed 5/15/22)
KXTV, Sacramento, CA (AM EP, listed 5/15/22)
KMOV-TV. St. Louis, MO (Special Projects EP, listed relisted 5/8/22)
WRAL-TV, Raleigh, NC (listing revised 5/8/22)
WTVF-TV, Nashville, TN (relisted 5/8/22)
KSTU-TV, Salt Lake City, UT (listed 4/10/22)
WBNS-TV, Columbus, OH (Special Projects EP. listed 5/15/22)
WCMH-TV, Columbus, OH (listed 5/30/22)
WJAX/WFOX-TV, Jacksonville, FL (listed 5/1/22)
WIAT-TV, Birmingham AL (relisted 4/24/22)
WKBW-TV, Buffalo, NY (listed 4/10/22)
WFTX-TV, Ft. Myers, FL (relisted 5/15/22)
KSEE/KGPE-TV, Fresno, CA (listed 5/22/22)
WPRI-TV, Providence, RI (listed 5/22/22)
KJRH-TV, Tulsa, OK (listed 5/1/22)
WHO-TV, Des Moines, IA (AM EP, listed 5/22/22)
WLTX-TV, Columbia, SC (two openings, AM & PM EP, listed 5/15/22)
WHEC-TV, Rochester, NY (relisted 5/1/22)
WROC-TV, Rochester, NY (relisted 5/22/22)
WNEM-TV, Flint/Saginaw, MI (relisted 5/30/22)
KRGV-TV, Weslaco, TX (AM EP, relisted 4/24/22)
KTSM-TV, El Paso, TX (relisted 4/3/22)
WBTW-TV, Myrtle Beach, SC (relisted 5/22/22)
WBND-TV, South Bend, IN (listed 4/3/22)
WRDE-TV, Milton, DE (listed 5/22/22) **
KFDX-TV, Wichita Falls, TX (listed 4/17/22)

SUPERVISING PRODUCER:

KOMU-TV, Columbia, Mo (relisted 4/3/22)

MANAGING EDITOR:

KPRC-TV, Houston, TX (listed 4/3/22)
KGW-TV, Portland, OR (listed 5/15/22)
Spectrum News, Charlotte, NC (listing revised 4/3/22)
KOMU-TV, Columbia, MO (relisted 4/3/22)

More News Management Openings:

Listed 5/30/22:

WVEC-TV, Norfolk, VA (Director of Digital Content)

Listed 5/15/22:

Spectrum News NY1 (Senior Producer & Senior Producer-Politics) See ad above!

Missouri School of Journalism, Columbia, MO: (Supervising Producer, Documentary Journalism Center)

WKYC-TV, Cleveland, OH (Digital Content Director)
WHAS-TV, Louisville, KY (Digital Content Director)
WMAZ-TV, Macon, GA (Digital Content Director)
WLAX/WEUX-TV, LaCrosse, WI (Digital Content Manager)

Relisted 5/15/22:

KNXV-TV, Phoenix, AZ: (Assignment Desk Manager)
WFTS-TV, Tampa, FL (Manager of Real Time Depth)
U. of Mississippi, Oxford, MS (Director of Student Media)

Relisted 4/17/22:

WJW-TV, Cleveland, OH: (Digital Content Director)

Obituaries:

Lippman

Sad news from KYTX-TV (Tegna/CBS) in Tyler, TX, where Assistant News Director ALICIA PEKEMA LIPPMAN lost her battle with cancer last Tuesday. She was just 32 year old. Alicia worked at stations in Lake Charles, LA, Baton Rouge, and Little Rock. Among the survivors are her husband DAVID LIPPMAN, an anchor at KYTX. This obituary has more.

Murphy

TOM MURPHY, a legendary leader in our industry, died Wednesday at his home at age 96. His first TV job was running a station in Albany, NY. He helped grow Capital Cities Communications which later merged with the much larger ABC company, which, of course, was then acquired by Disney. Two obituaries: The New York Times and from one of those ABC stations, WTVD-TV in Raleigh/Durham.

Marks

STEPHEN MARKS also was involved in running TV stations, but on a much smaller level. He died May 11 at the age of 72. Stephen owned a few small TV and radio stations. Two of this stations have interesting distinctions: according to this obituary, one (WBKB-TV) in Alpena, MI, is affiliated with all four major networks, while another (KXGN-TV) is the only station in the smallest market, Glendive, MT.

Names in the News:

ALEX JUD has been promoted to nightside executive producer for WLS-TV, Disney/ABC’s Chicago station. She’s been the 10:00 producer for the last three years. More in this item distributed by the station. Alex has been at WLS for since 2018. She’s also worked as an executive producer for WTHR-TV (NBC) here in Indianapolis and at WNDU-TV (NBC) in South Bend, IN.

Steve A.

We heard this week from old friend STEVE ACKERMANN who’s taking his skills on the road again. Steve’s teaching at the University of North Texas but is spending at least part of the summer as an interim ND for Nexstar’s WETM-TV in Elmira, NY. Many of you know Steve, whose career includes ND positions in Cincinnati and with Belo’s now defunct Texas Cable News in Dallas and a long run with CBS in a variety of jobs.

General Manager News and Notes:

Several general manager moves this week. TWO of those moves (both at Nexstar stations) involve former news directors who’re moving up the GM ladder.

Danielson

MARK DANIELSON proves you can go home again as he returns to Salt Lake City as general manager for KTVX-TV, Nexstar’s ABC affiliate. Mark worked there early in his career before moving around to (among others) two ND jobs in Idaho and two GM jobs for News-Press and Gazette stations. Mark’s note to me explains why this move means so much to him and his family…and proves that this business is pretty small.

Abouzeid

JOE ABOUZEID moves within Nexstar to take over the company’s Buffalo station, WIVB-TV (CBS). He’s spent the last ten years as general manager for Nexstar’s WDTN-TV (NBC) in Dayton. Joe moved to Dayton from Providence, where he had been news director for WPRI-TV from 2005-2012, and worked as Managing Editor and Assistant ND before that. He replaces BRIEN KENNEDY who is retiring.

The final Nexstar move finds JUDSON BECK staying in cold weather country as he moves from Nexstar’s operations in LaCrosse and Eau Claire, WI, to Green Bay, where he will oversee both WFRV-TV (CBS) in Green Bay and WJMN-TV (Independent) in Marquette, MI.

MUCH more detail about all three people in this news release.

German

DAVE GERMAN leaves Scripps’ KMTV (CBS) after just eight months as general manager to return to Texas as GM for Scripps’ KXXV/KHRD-TV, ABC affiliates that serve the Waco, Temple, and Bryan, TX markets. Before moving to Omaha, Dave was a station manager in Odessa, TX, and also worked in Savannah, GA, and Anchorage. More in this news release from Scripps.

Our Full List of Open ND Jobs:

Here’s our list of open ND jobs as of Monday, May 30, 2022.

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

News 12 New Jersey. 450 Raritan Center Pkwy, Edison, NJ 08837
WUSA-TV 4100 Wisconsin Ave NW. Washington, DC 20016
WBZ-TV 1170 Soldiers Field Rd. Boston, MA 02134
WTSP-TV 11450 Gandy Blvd, St. Petersburg, FL 33702
WCCB-TV 701 Television Place Charlotte, NC 28205
KTVX-TV 2175 West 1700 South Salt Lake City, UT 84104
WITI-TV 9001 N Green Bay Rd. Milwaukee, WI 53209
WTLV/WJXX-TV 1070 East Adams Street Jacksonville, FL 32202
WGRZ-TV 259 Delaware Avenue Buffalo, NY 14202
WIVB-TV 2077 Elmwood Ave Buffalo, NY 14207
WYMT-TV 199 Black Gold Blvd. Hazard, KY 41701
KGMB/KHNL-TV 420 Waiakamilo Rd. Suite 205, Honolulu, HI, 96817
KHQ-TV 1201 W. Sprague Ave. Spokane, WA 99201
WHNT-TV 200 Holmes Avenue Huntsville, AL 35801
WSAV-TV 1430 East Victory Dr., Savannah, GA 31404
KTSM-TV 3801-D Constitution El Paso, TX 79922
KRNV/KRXI-TV 1790 Vassar St. Reno, NV 89502
KNDO/KNDU-TV 216 W. Yakima Ave., Yakima, WA 98902
KAPP/KVEW-TV 601 N. Edison Kennewick, WA 99336
KADN-TV 1500 Eraste Landry Rd. Lafayette, LA 70506 (see ad above!)
WLTZ-TV 6140 Buena Vista Rd. Columbus, GA 31907
KBMT-TV 525 Interstate 10 South, Beaumont, TX 77701
KCAU-TV 5993 Gordon Drive Sioux City, IA
KQDS-TV 2001 London Road Duluth, MN 55812
KODE/KSNF-TV 1502 S. Cleveland Avenue, Joplin, MO 64801
KTAB/KRBC-TV 4510 South 14th St. Abilene TX 79605
KULR-TV. 2045 Overland Ave. Billings, MT 59102 (see ad above!)
KALB-TV 605 Washington Street; Alexandria, LA 71301
WETM-TV 101 East Water Street Elmira, NY 14901
KMVT-TV 1100 Blue Lakes Blvd North, Twin Falls, ID 83301
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

**: Spanish language station

May 22, 2022

Thursday, May 26, 2022 UPDATE:

Greetings:

Another UPDATE, another news director move at a CBS o-and-o.

 Hoder

This time it’s a new VP/News Director for the CBS owned station in Pittsburgh, KDKA-TV. SHAWN HODER returns to The Steel City, where he began his career as a photographer and producer at Cox owned WPXI-TV (NBC). More in this news release from CBS. He’s currently the Assistant ND at Tegna’s currently news director-less WTSP-TV (CBS) in Tampa-St. Petersburg.

Shawn’s also worked in Columbus, OH, Atlanta, Washington, DC, Seattle and Orlando.

He replaces KATHY HOSTETTER who was promoted to VP/GM for CBS’s Baltimore station, WJZ-TV last month, after 3 1/2 years as ND at KDKA.

See you at some point this weekend with the full newsletter.

regards,

Rick Gevers

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Greetings:

Like my waistline, the number of open ND jobs inches slightly higher this week, with 35 stations on our list of openings.

That’s because there are FIVE new ND openings while another THREE jobs were filled. ONE of the new openings is in market #1, another is at a CBS o-and-o, while another CBS owned station filled its vacant ND job.

THREE of the above mentioned 35 stations are advertising those openings among our EIGHT paid help wanted ads.

TWO obituaries this week, one a veteran GM who spent much of his career at ABC stations, and another of a former CBS correspondent who finished his career reporting for a special projects unit in Houston.

In Names in the News, a former Wyoming news director is retiring, but you know him for another job. A former BNC producer gets a new job and more.

We’ll see you sometime next weekend depending on the Indy 500 goes!

Newly Named News Directors:

Baynes

KOVR/KMAX-TV, Sacramento, CA…MARY BAYNES moves into the big chair at this CBS owned duopoly. She’s been the Assistant ND for the last four years in her second stint here. In between, she was an EP for CBS’s KCBS/KCAL-TV in Los Angeles for four years, and previously spent four years at KOVR. She replaces MIKE DELLO STRITTO who was also promoted, in his case to VP/News at KCBS/KCAL.

Delgado

KXXV/KRHD-TV, Waco, TX…DAN DELGADO starts June 30th as the next ND for these Scripps owned ABC affiliates covering Waco, Bryan and Temple, TX. We told you last week that Dan was leaving Nexstar’s KCAU-TV in Sioux City, IA. It’s a return to Texas for Dan, who’s also been an ND in Laredo and anchored in San Antonio. He replaces SYVLIA VILLAREAL who left last December after six years.

KIMT-TV, Mason City, IA…DAN CLOUSE returns to this Allen Media owned CBS affiliate, this time as ND. Dan passed along this note which has more details and covers his background. He replaces JAIME COPLEY who left late last year after eleven years as ND and 23 at the station. According to her Linkedin page, she’s now working as an advertising manager for a manufacturing company.

New News Director Openings:

Settle

News 12 New Jersey, Edison, NJ…JEREMY SETTLE is leaving this Altice USA owned cable operation. Here’s the staff note from Altice’s SVP/GM JACQUES NATZ. He’s worked here for nine years, first as Assistant ND and, since 2019, as ND. Jeremy’s worked for Fox News Channel and NewsChannel 8 in Washington and for stations in Washington, DC, Wilkes-Barre, PA and Charlottesville, VA.

Bradley

WBZ-TV, Boston, MA…our UPDATE on Tuesday told you that JESSI MILLER BRADLEY had left this CBS o-and-o. Jessi was the news director here for about 18 months, and worked at the station for 25 years. She first joined ‘BZ in 1997 as a producer. She was promoted to Executive Producer in 2019, and news director in October, 2020.

Polizzi

WIVB-TV, Buffalo, NY…LISA POLIZZI has left this Nexstar/CBS affiliate at a most unusual time: in the middle of the coverage of the mass shooting at a local supermarket. This Buffalo News story explains the circumstances. Further complicating matters: the station’s GMs, BRIEN KENNEDY, is scheduled to retire this week. Lisa spent five years as ND and seven at the station, joining from her previous job as ND for WKBW-TV in Buffalo. She’s also worked for a third Buffalo station and in Baltimore.

Gutierrez

KTSM-TV, El Paso, TX…TIM GUITERREZ has left this Nexstar owned NBC affiliate after a little more than 1 1/2 years as ND. Tim had previously been the ND for another Nexstar station, KVEO-TV in Brownsville and earlier worked in Laredo, San Antonio, and Albuquerque.

KQDS-TV, Duluth, MN…we told you above that DAN CLOUSE was leaving after ten years to become ND for KIMT-TV in Mason City, IA.

And be sure to check out the new ad just below for the ND job at WINK-TV in Fort Myers, FL.

Paid Help Wanted Ads:

News Director, WINK-TV, Fort Myers, FL:

WINK News is looking for a News Director with strong leadership skills, great news judgement and exceptional people skills.

Localism is our mantra. We care about what makes or will make news in Southwest Florida. Our News Director must lead with the strategic vision of excellence in breaking news and severe weather coverage, of course, but also encourage hard news enterprise and investigative journalism. WINK has a proven track record of exceptional coverage in all these areas. The next leader of WINK News will enhance and grow those attributes.

WINK News is always on, programming over 80 hours of local news in English and Spanish a week, as well as publishing the best digital news product in Southwest Florida. This news operation requires a proven leader who can nurture a positive culture that produces some of the strongest newscasts in the country.

Creative storytelling, strong live reports and investigative journalism are key components of our newscasts, as well as our digital and social platform presence. Qualified candidates must be digitally savvy and understand the value of social engagement by the entire team.

Recruiting, hiring and developing people with great potential is a critical component of our exceptionalism. WINK grows strong journalists. The WINK News Director must be not only a proven leader, but a coach, teacher, and mentor. The News Director will oversee an exceptional news management team.

Please read the full job description and apply on winknews.com

No phone calls, please.

Executive Producer, KPRC-TV, Houston TX:

KPRC2, the Graham Media Group owned / NBC affiliated station, is on the search for a leader, coach, creative thinker, innovator and top-notch journalist to join our news team as an Executive Producer.

Our next EP will come to work every day, with the passion and drive to be the #1 news organization in Houston on all platforms.

Houston is a diverse, growing city with a non-stop appetite for breaking news, enterprise and investigative journalism. It’s a market prone to year-round severe weather events and winning weather coverage is a top priority.

You’ll help lead the editorial direction of the newsroom, focusing on stories that interest and engage our very diverse audience. Our ideal candidate is someone who’s obsessed with understanding and serving our target audience, understands how to showcase big stories with memorable live shots, has impeccable news judgement and can motivate and lead veteran reporters and young producers while maintaining their cool under pressure.

Our Executive Producers need to react to breaking news and weather without hesitation and be willing to scrap stories the team has been working on all day to get it covered.

As a condition of employment, GMG requires that all newly hired employees be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus by the first day of employment, to the extent permitted by applicable law, unless you qualify for a medical or religious accommodation, or as otherwise allowed by law.

Visit Click2Houston.com to learn more and apply.

KPRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer

News Director, KADN/KLAF-TV, Lafayette, LA:

NEWS15, the local FOX and NBC affiliate in Lafayette, LA is looking for a News Director to lead our news department. We are looking for someone with outstanding leadership skills who thrives on teaching, coaching and developing a strong and positive newsroom environment. In addition, the News Director leads and supervises all aspects of news, weather, and sports programming production.

The News Director will oversee a department that generates 40.5 hours of on-air content on the Lafayette market’s NBC and FOX stations. Lafayette is a great place to live and work with a culture all its own, and we are looking for a someone to oversee a department that produces professional and engaging content that reflects that culture in a way that appeals to our own families and communities
.
Specific Job Duties:

Institutes training systems for new employees.
Makes decisions regarding hiring, evaluation, promotion and termination of employees.
Develops news coverage strategy for the station and its website.
Critiques newscasts daily to correct errors, improve coverage and provide mentoring feedback to news staff.
Prepare the department’s budget and manages expenses to meet established financial goals.

Skills & Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism, or related field, or an equivalent combination of education and work-related experience preferred.
Minimum five years’ experience in news programming production, with at least two years’ experience in a leadership role.

Must be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 (subject to any medical or religious accommodations or other applicable law).

To be considered for this exciting opportunity, please visit this link to apply for the position.

 Equal Opportunity Employer.

Two Senior Producers, Spectrum’s News 1, New York, NY:

Spectrum News NY1 is looking for two Senior-level Producers:

Senior Producer:

· Spectrum News NY1 is looking for a Senior Producer to help us meet our mission: telling local stories that inspire and covering news that truly matters to New York City. You will be producing live and pre-recorded newscasts, making decisions on stories and mentoring Producers and Associate Producers. Are tired of just stacking a newscast? Come produce great content with us!

Senior Producer, Politics:

· Do you love everything politics? Do you want to be able to make an impact and report political stories that matter? Spectrum News NY1 is looking for a Senior Producer, Politics to produce our show,Inside City Hall. You will be working with some of the best political reporters and producers in the country and you will help us cover New York like no one else.

If either of these openings intrigue you, please email Jennifer.Indemaio@charter.com or mike.bothwell@charter.com for more details and be sure to check out 100+ additional openings we have available at jobs.spectrum.com.

Assistant News Director, KSTP-TV, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN:

KSTP-TV, the flagship television station of Hubbard Broadcasting in Minneapolis-St. Paul is looking for an exceptional news manager to fill the position of Assistant News Director for 5 Eyewitness News.

We need a person with at least five years of newsroom leadership experience who can help manage and lead all aspects of our 100-plus member newsroom that is producing over 57 hours of live newscasts each week–along with content across all digital platforms in the nation’s 14th largest market.

The person we are seeking will be capable of working with a great team and exercising strong news judgment on a daily basis.

If working in an environment that emphasizes enterprise reporting and where true innovation has been part of the company’s culture for nearly a century of broadcasting, you should connect with us about this rare opportunity.

We encourage all qualified applicants to apply online by clicking here.

Hubbard Broadcasting is a family-owned company and an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Supervising Producer, Documentary Journalism Center, Missouri School of Journalism, Columbia, MO:

Interested in using your journalism skills to mold the next generation of documentary storytellers? The Missouri School of Journalism is looking for a creative person with a passion for teaching to join its documentary journalism center.

The position is for a faculty member to join the Jonathan B. Murray Center for Documentary Journalism and the school’s hands-on teaching approach to creating documentary content. Candidates must excel at storytelling and have experience with the tools necessary to create long-form, visual documentary content.

The successful candidate must be able to take part in the day-to-day operations of the center while inspiring young storytellers to create their best work. Among other duties, the candidate must be able to teach several of the center’s courses, including courses that involve aspects of camera work, field audio and video/audio editing, supervise a laboratory for the production of documentary journalism content, operate the center’s film company, Method M Films, and manage the center’s Stronger Than Fiction Film Festival showcasing student films.

Candidates should possess a bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited college or university and at least five years of experience in the documentary or journalism field.

Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of the world’s first and best journalism school and to live in a classic American college town with an economical cost of living and a quality of life that’s hard to find elsewhere.

Click this link to apply

News Director, KULR-TV, Billings, MT:

Tired of the big guys?

Why you don’t want to apply for the News Director job in Billings, Montana:

· You can’t use traffic as an excuse for being late to work.
· You’ll burn too many calories enjoying all the ski resorts, lakes and hiking trails.
· There are way too many breweries to choose from.
· You may land a cameo on Yellowstone.

If you don’t heed this warning, you risk becoming a leader in one of the most innovative, family-owned, forward focused journalism organizations in the country, that prides itself on transparency and relaxed intensity. Yes, relaxed intensity is a real thing!

Think twice about this job if you don’t like collaboration, teamwork, or inspiring the next generation of journalists.

This gig isn’t for you if you don’t like strategic planning, telling local stories that matter, and collaborating on a statewide sports network.

And you’ll just hate it here if professional growth, entrepreneurial opportunities, and work/life balance aren’t on your career bucket list.

Want us to give you more reasons why you shouldn’t leave your current, corporate-driven, top-down job, in a congested part of the country for this News Director position in the Treasure State?

Get in touch and contact: Jeff Hite, Director of Recruiting and Training at: jeff.hite@khq.com

KULR-TV is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.

No phone calls please.

EP, Investigations & Special Projects, WJAX/WFOX-TV, Jacksonville, FL:

Action News Jax in beautiful Jacksonville, Florida is looking for an Executive Producer of Investigations and Special Projects.

You will be joining a team of journalists and managers that has won national investigative awards. Our idea candidate is a driven, detail-oriented, and creative executive producer who manages our special projects team.

We are looking for someone who can break local investigative stories, file public records requests, uncover government waste and hold powerful people accountable. Field producing and/or reporting experience is preferred.

You will work in a state that has some of the best public record laws in the country. You will live in a city that has some of the best beaches in the country. You will manage reporters at a station that is a Fox/CBS duopoly.

We are committed to the highest standards of journalistic integrity.

To learn more and apply, click here:

Other News Management Openings:

ASSISTANT NEWS DIRECTOR:

KTLA-TV, Los Angeles, CA (Digital AND, relisted 4/17/22)
KSTP-TV, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (listed 5/15/22, see ad above!)
WCNC-TV, Charlotte, NC (listed 4/3/22)
WTHR-TV, Indianapolis, IN (listed 5/15/22)
KENS-TV, San Antonio TX (listed 5/15/22)
WCPO-TV, Cincinnati OH (listed 5/1/22)
WHAS-TV, Louisville, KY (listed 4/3/22)
WGRZ-TV, Buffalo NY (listed 5/15/22)
WPRI-TV, Providence, RI (listed 5/22/22)
WHO-TV, Des Moines, IA (listed 3/27/22)
WAND-TV, Decatur, IL (listed 3/27/22)
WTVC-TV, Chattanooga, TN (listed 4/3/22)
WBND-TV, South Bend, IN (listed 4/3/22)
KIVI-TV, Boise, ID (relisted 5/22/22)
WKBT-TV, La Crosse, WI (listed 3/27/22)

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:

WFAA-TV, Dallas, TX (AM EP, listed 5/15/22)
WDCW-TV, Washington, DC, (Digital EP, listed 4/10/22)
KPRC-TV, Houston, TX (listed 5/22/22, see ad above!)
KPHO/KTVK-TV, Phoenix, AZ (listed 4/3/22)
KPNX-TV, Phoenix, AZ (PM EP, listed 5/15/22)
WFLA-TV, Tampa, FL (relisted 4/24/22)
WFTS-TV, Tampa, FL (listed 5/1/22)
KMGH-TV, Denver, CO (relisted 5/8/22)
WKYC-TV, Cleveland, OH (listed 5/15/22)
KXTV, Sacramento, CA (AM EP, listed 5/15/22)
WJZY-TV, Charlotte, NC (relisted 4/3/22)
KMOV-TV. St. Louis, MO (Special Projects EP, listed relisted 5/8/22)
WRAL-TV, Raleigh, NC (listing revised 5/8/22)
WTVF-TV, Nashville, TN (relisted 5/8/22)
KSTU-TV, Salt Lake City, UT (listed 4/10/22)
WBNS-TV, Columbus, OH (Special Projects EP. listed 5/15/22)
KLAS-TV, Las Vegas, NV (Digital Content EP, listed 5/1/22)
WJAX/WFOX-TV, Jacksonville, FL (Inv. & Spec. Projects, see ad above!)
WIAT-TV, Birmingham AL (relisted 4/24/22)
WKBW-TV, Buffalo, NY (listed 4/10/22)
WFTX-TV, Ft. Myers, FL (relisted 5/15/22)
KSEE/KGPE-TV, Fresno, CA (listed 5/22/22)
WPRI-TV, Providence, RI (listed 5/22/22)
KJRH-TV, Tulsa, OK (listed 5/1/22)
WHO-TV, Des Moines, IA (AM EP, listed 5/22/22)
WLTX-TV, Columbia, SC (two openings, AM & PM EP, listed 5/15/22)
WHEC-TV, Rochester, NY (relisted 5/1/22)
WROC-TV, Rochester, NY (relisted 5/22/22)
KRGV-TV, Weslaco, TX (AM EP, relisted 4/24/22)
KTSM-TV, El Paso, TX (relisted 4/3/22)
WBTW-TV, Myrtle Beach, SC (relisted 5/22/22)
WBND-TV, South Bend, IN (listed 4/3/22)
WHBF-TV, Rock Island, IL (Digital EP, relisted 4/17/22)
WRDE-TV, Milton, DE (listed 5/22/22) **
KFDX-TV, Wichita Falls, TX (listed 4/17/22)

SUPERVISING PRODUCER:

KOMU-TV, Columbia, Mo (relisted 4/3/22)

MANAGING EDITOR:

KPRC-TV, Houston, TX (listed 4/3/22)
KGW-TV, Portland, OR (listed 5/15/22)
Spectrum News, Charlotte, NC (listing revised 4/3/22)
KOMU-TV, Columbia, MO (relisted 4/3/22)

More News Management Openings:

Listed 5/15/22:

Spectrum News NY1 (Senior Producer & Senior Producer-Politics) See ad above!

Missouri School of Journalism, Columbia, MO: )Supervising Producer, Documentary Journalism Center) See ad above!

WKYC-TV, Cleveland, OH (Digital Content Director)
WHAS-TV, Louisville, KY (Digital Content Director)
WMAZ-TV, Macon, GA (Digital Content Director)
WLAX/WEUX-TV, LaCrosse, WI (Digital Content Manager)

Relisted 5/15/22:

KNXV-TV, Phoenix, AZ: (Assignment Desk Manager)
WFTS-TV, Tampa, FL (Manager of Real Time Depth)
U. of Mississippi, Oxford, MS (Director of Student Media)

Listed 5/1/22:

WGMB/WVLA-TV, Baton Rouge, LA (Digital Content Director)

Relisted 4/17/22:

WJW-TV, Cleveland, OH: (Digital Content Director)

Listed 3/13/22:

Obituaries:

Liss

WALTER LISS, whose career included jobs at several ABC owned stations, died Monday. He was 78 years old. This story from WABC-TV in New York highlights his ABC career, but fails to mention his roles as GM for WPLG-TV (then Post- Newsweek) and President of the Cox TV stations Group. For the rest of the story (as PAUL HARVEY liked to say), check out this profile.

Kelley

CHRIS KELLEY, a former CBS News correspondent who later worked in the Special Projects Unit for KPRC-TV (NBC) in Houston, died May 6th at the age of 83. He began his career working for Armed Forced Radio and TV, moved into radio news, advancing to WCBS radio in New York. Chris later moved to TV side before his final TV job in Houston. More in this detailed and interesting obituary.

Names in the News:

Williams

PETE WILLIAMS, a former news director for KTWO-TV in Casper, WY, is retiring. You probably know him better as the longtime NBC News Justice Department correspondent, but he started in Casper. He later worked for then Congressman DICK CHENEY and the Defense Department. His former station, KTWO, covered his retirement news, as did The Washington Post.

WTSP-TV, the Tegna owned CBS affiliate in Tampa/St. Petersburg, has filled its open morning EP position. TAYLOR BERRY will join on June 6th. She was most recently a Senior Producer with the Black News Channel and has aso worked in Houston and New Orleans.

Speaking of Tegna, for those who missed the news in our UPDATE earlier this week, shareholders have approved the merger with Standard.

General Manager News and Notes:

I’m not aware of any GM openings this week. Please email me if you know of one I’ve missed.

Our Full List of Open ND Jobs:

Here’s our list of open ND jobs as of Sunday, May 22, 2022.

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

News 12 New Jersey. 450 Raritan Center Pkwy, Edison, NJ 08837
WUSA-TV 4100 Wisconsin Ave NW. Washington, DC 20016
WBZ-TV 1170 Soldiers Field Rd. Boston, MA 02134
WTSP-TV 11450 Gandy Blvd, St. Petersburg, FL 33702
WCCB-TV 701 Television Place Charlotte, NC 28205
KDKA-TV 1 Gateway Ctr. Pittsburgh, PA 15222
KTVX-TV 2175 West 1700 South Salt Lake City, UT 84104
WITI-TV 9001 N Green Bay Rd. Milwaukee, WI 53209
WTLV/WJXX-TV 1070 East Adams Street Jacksonville, FL 32202
WGRZ-TV 259 Delaware Avenue Buffalo, NY 14202
WIVB-TV 2077 Elmwood Ave Buffalo, NY 14207
WINK-TV 2824 Palm Beach Blvd. Fort Myers, FL 33916 (see ad above!)
WYMT-TV 199 Black Gold Blvd. Hazard, KY 41701
KGMB/KHNL-TV 420 Waiakamilo Rd. Suite 205, Honolulu, HI, 96817
KHQ-TV 1201 W. Sprague Ave. Spokane, WA 99201
WHNT-TV 200 Holmes Avenue Huntsville, AL 35801
WSAV-TV 1430 East Victory Dr., Savannah, GA 31404
KTSM-TV 3801-D Constitution El Paso, TX 79922
KRNV/KRXI-TV 1790 Vassar St. Reno, NV 89502
KNDO/KNDU-TV 216 W. Yakima Ave., Yakima, WA 98902
KAPP/KVEW-TV 601 N. Edison Kennewick, WA 99336
KADN-TV 1500 Eraste Landry Rd. Lafayette, LA 70506 (see ad above!)
WLTZ-TV 6140 Buena Vista Rd. Columbus, GA 31907
KBMT-TV 525 Interstate 10 South, Beaumont, TX 77701
KCAU-TV 5993 Gordon Drive Sioux City, IA
KQDS-TV 2001 London Road Duluth, MN 55812
KODE/KSNF-TV 1502 S. Cleveland Avenue, Joplin, MO 64801
KTAB/KRBC-TV 4510 South 14th St. Abilene TX 79605
KULR-TV. 2045 Overland Ave. Billings, MT 59102 (see ad above!)
KALB-TV 605 Washington Street; Alexandria, LA 71301
WETM-TV 101 East Water Street Elmira, NY 14901
KMVT-TV 1100 Blue Lakes Blvd North, Twin Falls, ID 83301
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

**: Spanish language station

May 15, 2022

Wednesday, May 18, 2022 UPDATE:

Greetings:

Our last THREE UPDATES have involved women who were once Assistant News Directors at CBS o-and-o’s.

TWO were promoted to news director this month.

ONE, who was promoted to ND in 2020, left her job.

Baynes

Today’s news is good, though, for MARY BAYNES, who’s been upped to VP/News Director at CBS’s KOVR/KMAX-TV in Sacramento. She’s been the Assistant ND there since 2019 in her second stint at the station. In between, she worked for CBS’s KCBS-KCAL-TV in Los Angeles as an executive producer. She’s also worked in Salinas.

More in this news release from CBS.

Mary replaces MIKE DELLO STRITTO who was promoted to VP/ND for the aforementioned KCBS/KCAL in Los Angeles last February.

The other two women featured in our recent UPDATES?

Yesterday we told you that JESSI MILLER BRADLEY has left WBZ-TV in Boston after 18 months as ND and almost 25 at the station.

And last week we reported that LISA WHITE had been promoted to VP/ND at KPIX-TV. She’s a 22 year veteran of the station.

There WILL be a test later.

We’ll be back Sunday with our full newsletter.

regards,

Rick Gevers

Tuesday, May 17, 2022 UPDATE:

Greetings:

Another change in the news director’s office at a CBS o-and-o, this one involving an employee who had been at the station almost 25 years. And a pending sale of a group takes another step forward.

Bradley

JESSI MILLER BRADLEY has left CBS’s WBZ-TV in Boston after a little more than 1 1/2 years as news director. She first joined ‘BZ in 1997 as a producer. She was promoted to Executive Producer in 2019, and news director in October, 2020, after JOHNNY GREEN JR. moved to New York as VP of News Services for CBS News. He’s now GM at WCBS-TV in New York.

And, Tegna shareholders have approved the merger of the company with an affiliate of Standard General. Details here.

More this weekend with our full newsletter.

regards,

Rick Gevers

**** ***** ***

Greetings:

We have LOTS of changes in this week’s newsletter.

There are FOUR new ND openings.

There are FIVE ND jobs filled (though, for reasons we explain, we’re only going to tell you who filled THREE of them.

That leaves 32 stations on our always unofficial list of station with ND openings. THREE of those stations are advertising those openings among our EIGHT paid help wanted ads. And those ads range from the largest market to smaller ones, and include an ad for an interesting job at the University of Missouri School of Journalism.

There’s an obituary for a legendary network news executive whose son followed him to network news. There’s ONE new GM appointment, and CBS creates an investigative unit at its new innovation lab in Dallas.

And I still have TWO tickets available for this year’s Indianapolis 500 (Sunday, May 29th). They are in the Tower Terrace on the front straight, behind the pits. $120 each (face value). Email me if you are interested: rick@rickgevers.com

Read on!

Newly Named News Directors:

White

KPIX-TV, San Francisco, CA…our Thursday UPDATE brought first word of LISA WHITE‘s promotion to VP/ND for this CBS o-and-o. Lisa’s been the Assistant ND here for 22 years and previously worked for ten years at KRON-TV (also in the Bay Area, and for six years in Seattle. She replaces MARK NEERMAN who left the station in January after 3+ years.

Reynolds

WPTV, West Palm Beach, FL…you learned in another update (on Wednesday) that KATHY REYNOLDS would be the next ND for this Scripps’ owned NBC affiliate. Here’s the note from GM BILL SIEGEL. Kathy’s currently the News Content Director for Tegna’s WUSA-TV (CBS) in Washington and has previously been an ND in three other markets. She replaces NICOLE HOGENSEN who returned to her native Ohio as ND for Sinclair’s WSYX-WTTE-TV (ABC/FOX) in Columbus.

Ressler

WBNG-TV, Binghamton, NY…ASTRID RESSLER has been promoted to ND for this Gray TV owned CBS/CW operation. Here’s the memo from GM BOB KRUMMENACKER and Astrid’s bio page from the station website. She joined the station as the producer for the 6:00, 10:00 and 11:00 PM newscasts after five years in radio. Astrid replaces JOSH HARVISON who moved to Gray’s KNOE-TV in Monroe, LA.

Of note: We’ve removed two Scripps stations from the list of open ND Jobs. Both have been filled and we expect announcements soon. The stations are KXXV-TV in Waco, TX, and KBZK/KXLF-TV in Bozeman, MT.

New News Director Openings:

WUSA-TV, Washington, DC…we alerted you earlier this week that KATHY REYNOLDS was leaving this Tegna/CBS operation (where she was News Content Director) to become ND for Scripps’ WPTV (NBC) in West Palm Beach. More on her move above.

Woodard

WGRZ-TV, Buffalo, NY…that same UPDATE told you that JEFF WOODARD’s return to this Tegna owned NBC station was short lived. He’s leaving for ‘family reasons’. Jeff spent 18 years here, seven as ND, before leaving in 2016 for a PR job at a SUNY-Fredonia. He returned in March, replacing ATHAN KOMPOS who served as news director for four years.

Delgado

KCAU-TV, Sioux City, IA…DAN DELGADO is leaving this Nexstar owned ABC affiliate for a new job which will be announced soon. Dan joined KCAU in May, 2018, coming from KSNT-TV in Topeka, KS, where he was the Assistant ND. Dan’s also been a news director in Laredo and Tyler, TX, and also worked as an anchor in San Antonio. We’ll tell you about his new job when it’s announced.

Wencl

KAGS-TV, Bryan/College Station, TX…this Tegna owned NBC affiliate is looking for a new ND. My records show that ERIN WENCL had been the ND there since June 2019. She’s also held news management jobs in Laredo, TX, and Fargo, ND.

And be sure to check out the new ad just below for the ND job at KADN/KALF-TV in Lafayette, LA.

Paid Help Wanted Ads:

News Director, KADN/KLAF-TV, Lafayette, LA:

NEWS15, the local FOX and NBC affiliate in Lafayette, LA is looking for a News Director to lead our news department. We are looking for someone with outstanding leadership skills who thrives on teaching, coaching and developing a strong and positive newsroom environment. In addition, the News Director leads and supervises all aspects of news, weather, and sports programming production.

The News Director will oversee a department that generates 40.5 hours of on-air content on the Lafayette market’s NBC and FOX stations. Lafayette is a great place to live and work with a culture all its own, and we are looking for a someone to oversee a department that produces professional and engaging content that reflects that culture in a way that appeals to our own families and communities
.
Specific Job Duties:

Institutes training systems for new employees.
Makes decisions regarding hiring, evaluation, promotion and termination of employees.
Develops news coverage strategy for the station and its website.
Critiques newscasts daily to correct errors, improve coverage and provide mentoring feedback to news staff.
Prepare the department’s budget and manages expenses to meet established financial goals.

Skills & Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism, or related field, or an equivalent combination of education and work-related experience preferred.
Minimum five years’ experience in news programming production, with at least two years’ experience in a leadership role.

Must be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 (subject to any medical or religious accommodations or other applicable law).

To be considered for this exciting opportunity, please visit this link to apply for the position.

 Equal Opportunity Employer.

Two Senior Producers, Spectrum’s News 1, New York, NY:

Spectrum News NY1 is looking for two Senior-level Producers:

Senior Producer:

· Spectrum News NY1 is looking for a Senior Producer to help us meet our mission: telling local stories that inspire and covering news that truly matters to New York City. You will be producing live and pre-recorded newscasts, making decisions on stories and mentoring Producers and Associate Producers. Are tired of just stacking a newscast? Come produce great content with us!

Senior Producer, Politics:

· Do you love everything politics? Do you want to be able to make an impact and report political stories that matter? Spectrum News NY1 is looking for a Senior Producer, Politics to produce our show,Inside City Hall. You will be working with some of the best political reporters and producers in the country and you will help us cover New York like no one else.

If either of these openings intrigue you, please email Jennifer.Indemaio@charter.com or mike.bothwell@charter.com for more details and be sure to check out 100+ additional openings we have available at jobs.spectrum.com.

Assistant News Director, KSTP-TV, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN:

KSTP-TV, the flagship television station of Hubbard Broadcasting in Minneapolis-St. Paul is looking for an exceptional news manager to fill the position of Assistant News Director for 5 Eyewitness News.

We need a person with at least five years of newsroom leadership experience who can help manage and lead all aspects of our 100-plus member newsroom that is producing over 57 hours of live newscasts each week–along with content across all digital platforms in the nation’s 14th largest market.

The person we are seeking will be capable of working with a great team and exercising strong news judgment on a daily basis.

If working in an environment that emphasizes enterprise reporting and where true innovation has been part of the company’s culture for nearly a century of broadcasting, you should connect with us about this rare opportunity.

We encourage all qualified applicants to apply online by clicking here.

Hubbard Broadcasting is a family-owned company and an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Supervising Producer, Documentary Journalism Center, Missouri School of Journalism, Columbia, MO:

Interested in using your journalism skills to mold the next generation of documentary storytellers? The Missouri School of Journalism is looking for a creative person with a passion for teaching to join its documentary journalism center.

The position is for a faculty member to join the Jonathan B. Murray Center for Documentary Journalism and the school’s hands-on teaching approach to creating documentary content. Candidates must excel at storytelling and have experience with the tools necessary to create long-form, visual documentary content.

The successful candidate must be able to take part in the day-to-day operations of the center while inspiring young storytellers to create their best work. Among other duties, the candidate must be able to teach several of the center’s courses, including courses that involve aspects of camera work, field audio and video/audio editing, supervise a laboratory for the production of documentary journalism content, operate the center’s film company, Method M Films, and manage the center’s Stronger Than Fiction Film Festival showcasing student films.

Candidates should possess a bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited college or university and at least five years of experience in the documentary or journalism field.

Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of the world’s first and best journalism school and to live in a classic American college town with an economical cost of living and a quality of life that’s hard to find elsewhere.

Click this link to apply:

News Director, WHNT-TV, Huntsville, AL:

Join the country’s largest TV ownership group in Huntsville, Alabama!

WHNT/WHDF, North Alabama’s News Leader, is looking for our next News Director. Our current one was promoted within the company!

News 19 is the #1 one rated station in the Huntsville market-DMA 76, producing more than 50 hours of award-winning news each week.

As our next News Director, you will be hands-on with our news coverage each day, leading and guiding a hardworking team of journalists. You will develop the strategy for our newsroom to drive audience growth on all our market-leading platforms.

Huntsville is nestled at the foothills of the Appalachians between Birmingham and Nashville, and is the fastest growing metro area in Alabama, and the cost and quality of living is unmatched in the Southeast. It’s nicknamed Rocket City and is home to the U.S. Space and Rocket Center, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, along with military and defense contractors.

Want to join the nation’s largest TV ownership group where you will find endless opportunities?

Apply here:

News Director, KULR-TV, Billings, MT:

Tired of the big guys?

Why you don’t want to apply for the News Director job in Billings, Montana:

· You can’t use traffic as an excuse for being late to work.
· You’ll burn too many calories enjoying all the ski resorts, lakes and hiking trails.
· There are way too many breweries to choose from.
· You may land a cameo on Yellowstone.

If you don’t heed this warning, you risk becoming a leader in one of the most innovative, family-owned, forward focused journalism organizations in the country, that prides itself on transparency and relaxed intensity. Yes, relaxed intensity is a real thing!

Think twice about this job if you don’t like collaboration, teamwork, or inspiring the next generation of journalists.

This gig isn’t for you if you don’t like strategic planning, telling local stories that matter, and collaborating on a statewide sports network.

And you’ll just hate it here if professional growth, entrepreneurial opportunities, and work/life balance aren’t on your career bucket list.

Want us to give you more reasons why you shouldn’t leave your current, corporate-driven, top-down job, in a congested part of the country for this News Director position in the Treasure State?

Get in touch and contact: Jeff Hite, Director of Recruiting and Training at: jeff.hite@khq.com

KULR-TV is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.

No phone calls please.

Morning Executive Producer, WRAL-TV, Raleigh, NC:

WRAL News, a multiplatform news organization is seeking a strong Executive Producer to oversee the presentation and look of WRAL morning newscasts.

We’re looking for a leader who will coach the producing staff, write and approve scripts and digital content, enhance weather and traffic presentations, and contribute to special coverage. The ideal candidate will find new and engaging ways of presenting content in our newscasts while working closely with our graphics, promotions, and news management teams.

We are looking for a person with outstanding communication and organizational skills, superb news judgment, and a creative mind. Our next morning EP needs to excel at breaking news and have an eye for showcasing. If you have a vision for graphics and a passion for memorable, creative and captivating newscasts, this is the job for you.

WRAL is locally owned by Capitol Broadcasting Company, a pioneering, community advocate company that offers some of the best benefits in the business.

Requirements include five years of experience in producing newscasts, two years of news management experience and a four-year college degree.

You must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to work at CBC. If there is a medical or religious reason preventing you from receiving an available COVID-19 vaccination, and you are selected as a candidate for consideration, we have an accommodations process in place to evaluate those requests.

A pre-employment drug screening is required. EOE, M/F. All Capitol Broadcasting Company properties are tobacco free. Capitol Broadcasting Company participates in E-Verify.

To apply, visit here:

EP, Investigations & Special Projects, WJAX/WFOX-TV, Jacksonville, FL:

Action News Jax in beautiful Jacksonville, Florida is looking for an Executive Producer of Investigations and Special Projects.

You will be joining a team of journalists and managers that has won national investigative awards. Our idea candidate is a driven, detail-oriented, and creative executive producer who manages our special projects team.

We are looking for someone who can break local investigative stories, file public records requests, uncover government waste and hold powerful people accountable. Field producing and/or reporting experience is preferred.

You will work in a state that has some of the best public record laws in the country. You will live in a city that has some of the best beaches in the country. You will manage reporters at a station that is a Fox/CBS duopoly.

We are committed to the highest standards of journalistic integrity.

To learn more and apply, click here:

Other News Management Openings:

ASSISTANT NEWS DIRECTOR:

KTLA-TV, Los Angeles, CA (Digital AND, relisted 4/17/22)
KSTP-TV, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (listed 5/15/22, see ad above!)
WCNC-TV, Charlotte, NC (listed 4/3/22)
WTHR-TV, Indianapolis, IN (listed 5/15/22)
KENS-TV, San Antonio TX (listed 5/15/22)
WCPO-TV, Cincinnati OH (listed 5/1/22)
WHAS-TV, Louisville, KY (listed 4/3/22)
WGRZ-TV, Buffalo NY (listed 5/15/22)
WHO-TV, Des Moines, IA (listed 3/27/22)
WAND-TV, Decatur, IL (listed 3/27/22)
WTVC-TV, Chattanooga, TN (listed 4/3/22)
WBND-TV, South Bend, IN (listed 4/3/22)
KIVI-TV, Boise, ID (listed 3/20/22)
WKBT-TV, La Crosse, WI (listed 3/27/22)

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:

WFAA-TV, Dallas, TX (AM EP, listed 5/15/22)
WDCW-TV, Washington, DC, (Digital EP, listed 4/10/22)
KPHO/KTVK-TV, Phoenix, AZ (listed 4/3/22)
KPNX-TV, Phoenix, AZ (PM EP, listed 5/15/22)
WFLA-TV, Tampa, FL (relisted 4/24/22)
WFTS-TV, Tampa, FL (listed 5/1/22)
WTSP-TV, Tampa, FL (AM EP, listed 5/15/22)
KMGH-TV, Denver, CO (relisted 5/8/22)
WKYC-TV, Cleveland, OH (listed 5/15/22)
KXTV, Sacramento, CA (AM EP, listed 5/15/22)
WJZY-TV, Charlotte, NC (relisted 4/3/22)
KMOV-TV. St. Louis, MO (Special Projects EP, listed relisted 5/8/22)
WRAL-TV, Raleigh, NC (listing revised 5/8/22, see ad above!)
WTVF-TV, Nashville, TN (relisted 5/8/22)
KSTU-TV, Salt Lake City, UT (listed 4/10/22)
WBNS-TV, Columbus, OH (Special Projects EP. listed 5/15/22)
KLAS-TV, Las Vegas, NV (Digital Content EP, listed 5/1/22)
WJAX/WFOX-TV, Jacksonville, FL (Inv. & Spec. Projects, see ad above!)
WIAT-TV, Birmingham AL (relisted 4/24/22)
WKBW-TV, Buffalo, NY (listed 4/10/22)
WFTX-TV, Ft. Myers, FL (relisted 5/15/22)
KJRH-TV, Tulsa, OK (listed 5/1/22)
WLTX-TV, Columbia, SC (two openings, AM & PM EP, listed 5/15/22)
WHEC-TV, Rochester, NY (relisted 5/1/22)
WROC-TV, Rochester, NY (listed 3/20/22)
WNEM-TV, Saginaw, MI (relisted 3/20/22)
WAFF-TV, Huntsville, AL (relisted 3/20/22)
KRGV-TV, Weslaco, TX (AM EP, relisted 4/24/22)
KTSM-TV, El Paso, TX (relisted 4/3/22)
WBTW-TV, Myrtle Beach, SC (listed 3/20/22)
WBND-TV, South Bend, IN (listed 4/3/22)
WHBF-TV, Rock Island, IL (Digital EP, relisted 4/17/22)
KFDX-TV, Wichita Falls, TX (listed 4/17/22)
KSAN/KLST-TV, San Angelo, TX (listed 4/17/22)

SUPERVISING PRODUCER:

KOMU-TV, Columbia, Mo (relisted 4/3/22)

MANAGING EDITOR:

KPRC-TV, Houston, TX (listed 4/3/22)
KGW-TV, Portland, OR (listed 5/15/22)
Spectrum News, Charlotte, NC (listing revised 4/3/22)
KOMU-TV, Columbia, MO (relisted 4/3/22)

More News Management Openings:

Listed 5/15/22:

Spectrum News NY1 (Senior Producer & Senior Producer-Politics) See ad above!

Missouri School of Journalism, Columbia, MO: )Supervising Producer, Documentary Journalism Center) See ad above!

WKYC-TV, Cleveland, OH (Digital Content Director)
WHAS-TV, Louisville, KY (Digital Content Director)
KFSM-TV, Fayetteville, AR (Digital Content Director)
WMAZ-TV, Macon, GA (Digital Content Director)
WLAX/WEUX-TV, LaCrosse, WI (Digital Content Manager)

Relisted 5/15/22:

KNXV-TV, Phoenix, AZ: (Assignment Desk Manager)
WFTS-TV, Tampa, FL (Manager of Real Time Depth)
U. of Mississippi, Oxford, MS (Director of Student Media)

Listed 5/1/22:

WGMB/WVLA-TV, Baton Rouge, LA (Digital Content Director)

Relisted 4/17/22:

WJW-TV, Cleveland, OH: (Digital Content Director)

Listed 3/13/22:

Obituary:

Wald

RICHARD WALD, a longtime news executive who served as President of NBC News and a top exec at ABC News, died Friday. He was 92 and had suffered a stroke in his sleep earlier in the week. The tributes were many: here are stories from Variety, NBC News, and ABC News. He began his career in newspapers and later taught at Columbia University. His son, JONATHAN, has worked for NBC, CNN, and CNBC.

Names in the News:

CBS has named FOUR investigative newspeople to be based at its innovation news lab in Dallas based at o-and-o KTVT-TV. Among the hires are veteran reporter STEPHEN STOCK, most recently at NBC’s KNTV in San Jose/San Francisco, and longtime Denver investigative producer NICOLE VAP, who left Tegna’s KUSA-TV (NBC) a few weeks ago. More in this news release from CBS. (Because we here at the Rick Gevers Newsletter are Working for You and On Your Side, we counted the number of words in the first sentence so you don’t have to: 63!)

General Manager News and Notes:

Ron B.

Gray Television has tabbed RON BARTHOLOMEW as its next General Manager for WNDU-TV, the NBC affiliate in South Bend, IN. He’s currently director of sales for Gray’s WMC-TV (NBC) in Memphis and replaces JOHN O’BRIEN who was promoted to GM for Gray’s WAVE-TV (also NBC) in Louisville.

Our Full List of Open ND Jobs:

Here’s our list of open ND jobs as of Sunday, May 15, 2022.

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

WUSA-TV 4100 Wisconsin Ave NW. Washington, DC 20016
WTSP-TV 11450 Gandy Blvd, St. Petersburg, FL 33702
KOVR/KMAX-TV 2713 KOVR Drive, West Sacramento, CA 95605
WCCB-TV 701 Television Place Charlotte, NC 28205
KDKA-TV 1 Gateway Ctr. Pittsburgh, PA 15222
KTVX-TV 2175 West 1700 South Salt Lake City, UT 84104
WITI-TV 9001 N Green Bay Rd. Milwaukee, WI 53209
WTLV/WJXX-TV 1070 East Adams Street Jacksonville, FL 32202
WGRZ-TV 259 Delaware Avenue Buffalo, NY 14202
WINK-TV 2824 Palm Beach Blvd. Fort Myers, FL 33916
WYMT-TV 199 Black Gold Blvd. Hazard, KY 41701
KGMB/KHNL-TV 420 Waiakamilo Rd. Suite 205, Honolulu, HI, 96817
KHQ-TV 1201 W. Sprague Ave. Spokane, WA 99201
WHNT-TV 200 Holmes Avenue Huntsville, AL 35801 (see ad above!)
WSAV-TV 1430 East Victory Dr., Savannah, GA 31404
KRNV/KRXI-TV 1790 Vassar St. Reno, NV 89502
KNDO/KNDU-TV 216 W. Yakima Ave., Yakima, WA 98902
KAPP/KVEW-TV 601 N. Edison Kennewick, WA 99336
KADN-TV 1500 Eraste Landry Rd. Lafayette, LA 70506 (see ad above!)
WLTZ-TV 6140 Buena Vista Rd. Columbus, GA 31907
KBMT-TV 525 Interstate 10 South, Beaumont, TX 77701
KCAU-TV 5993 Gordon Drive Sioux City, IA
KIMT-TV 135 E William St. Albert Lea, MN 56007
KODE/KSNF-TV 1502 S. Cleveland Avenue, Joplin, MO 64801
KTAB/KRBC-TV 4510 South 14th St. Abilene TX 79605
KULR-TV. 2045 Overland Ave. Billings, MT 59102 (see ad above!)
KALB-TV 605 Washington Street; Alexandria, LA 71301
WETM-TV 101 East Water Street Elmira, NY 14901
KMVT-TV 1100 Blue Lakes Blvd North, Twin Falls, ID 83301
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

**: Spanish language station

May 8, 2022

Thursday, May 12, 2022 UPDATE:

Greetings:

A long vacant ND opening at a CBS o-and-o has been filled with a veteran station employee.

White

Congratulations to LISA WHITE who has been promoted to VP/News Director for CBS owned KPIX-TV in San Francisco. She’s been the Assistant News Director there for 22 years. Lisa earlier worked at KRON-TV in San Francisco for ten years, as well as six years working a producer in Seattle.

Details in this news release from CBS/Paramount.

Lisa replaces MARK NEERMAN who left the station in early January.

In fairness, there was a GM change after Mark left which undoubtedly slowed the search.

More this weekend with our full newsletter.

regards,

Rick Gevers

Wednesday, May 11, 2022 UPDATE:

Greetings:

Two ND changes in medium markets to share with you today.

Reynolds

KATHY REYNOLDS leaves WUSA-TV (CBS/Tegna-soon-to-be-Standard-Media) in Washington, where she was News Content Director, for sunny Florida and Scripps WPTV (NBC), where her title will be News Director. This staff memo from GM BILL SIEGEL has more details. Kathy’s a former ND in Toledo, Flint, and Portland, ME.

At WPTV, she replaces NICOLE HOGENSEN who left in March to return to her native Ohio as ND for Sinclair’s WSYX/WTTE-TV (ABC/FOX) in Columbus. Nicole spent six years as news director (and eleven years) at WPTV.

Woodard

Meanwhile, family reasons have caused JEFF WOODARD to step down as news director for Tegna’s WGRZ-TV (NBC). Jeff just returned to WGRZ in March after six years away. He was the news director there for seven years (part of his 18 years at the station) before leaving in 2016 to become marketing director for SUNY-Fredonia. Jeff had replaced ATHAN KOMPOS who left last year after 20 years, four as ND.

We’ll see you this weekend with our full newsletter.

regards,

Rick Gevers
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Lots more ND activity this week than in the past few, with FOUR new openings and FOUR new NDs to tell you about.

There’s an unfortunate back story to one of those openings, as you’ll see below.

We now have 34 stations on our list of openings. TWO of those open ND jobs are among our FOUR paid ads.

There is ONE obituary for the ND of a PBS station in Florida. And, to the best of my knowledge, NO GM changes this week.

Names in the News brings details of a new RTDNA survey with a disturbing trend, a veteran newsman takes a new job as a consultant and we have a few managers on the move.

One personal note, if you will. I have FOUR tickets available for this year’s Indianapolis 500 (Sunday, May 29th). They are in the Tower Terrace section along the front straight, behind the pits. $120 each (face value). Email me if you are interested: rick@rickgevers.com

Have a great week.

Newly Named News Directors:

Caron

WBTW-TV, Myrtle Beach, SC…PAUL CARON moves within Nexstar to take over as news director for this CBS affiliate. Paul’s been the ND for Nexstar’s WHNT-TV (also CBS) in Huntsville, AL for the last three years. Paul spent much of his career in Atlanta at WGCL-TV and CNN, where he worked for 30 years. Paul’s also worked in Miami. At WBTW, Paul replaces RYAN WEBB who returned to Nexstar’s WKRN-TV in Nashville and his old job as EP of the late news.

Adrian

WTVO/WQRF-TV, Rockford, IL…COVENTRY ADRIAN has been promoted to news director for this Nexstar operation. She had been the assignment editor there, but has an extensive background with stops in several markets. Details on her Linkedin page. Nexstar owns WQRF, a FOX affiliate, and operates WTVO (ABC) which is owned by Mission Broadcasting.

KMIR-TV, Palm Springs, CA…according to the station’s website, TRINO MARTINEZ has been promoted from Assistant ND to news director for this Entravision owned NBC affiliate. He replaces GINO LAMONT who left earlier this year. Trino becomes the fourth ND in five years here.

WBKB-TV, Alpena, MI…KEVIN HODGE returns as ND and anchor for this locally owned station. He had worked at WBKB before moving to WWTV in Cadillac, MI.

New News Director Openings:

Wilson

WITI-TV, Milwaukee, WI…JIM WILSON has left this Fox o-and-o after more than 30 years of service, the last three as news director. Jim started at the station of as photographer, was promoted to chief photographer, and then upped to Assistant News Director in 2017. He ascended to the ND chair in 2019 when JOHN LaPORTE left the station to go to KIRO-TV (Cox/CBS) in Seattle.

Doerr

WINK-TV, Ft. Myers, FL…a promotion for longtime news director TOM DOERR creates an opening for an ND at this locally owned CBS affiliate. Tom shared: My new title is Director of Local News & Content. My responsibilities will continue oversight of WINK News and Noticias WINK, but will also include oversight of Gulfshore Life and Gulfshore Business magazines. He’s been ND here since 2016 and has an impressive background.

WHNT-TV, Huntsville, AL…you learned above that PAUL CARON is leaving one Nexstar CBS affiliate for another, as he’s moving to WBTW-TV in Myrtle Beach as ND. Paul was ND here for three years. The station is advertising for his replacement: check out their ad just below.

Wheeler

WETM-TV, Elmira, NY…this Nexstar owned NBC affiliate is looking for a new news director to replace ZACH WHEELER. This story in the local newspaper explains why the search is necessary. Zach was just promoted to news director last February. He’d been at the station for more than 15 years and had been the main anchor and managing editor for almost four years.

Paid Help Wanted Ads:

News Director, WHNT-TV, Huntsville, AL:

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News Director, KULR-TV, Billings, MT:

Tired of the big guys?

Why you don’t want to apply for the News Director job in Billings, Montana:

· You can’t use traffic as an excuse for being late to work.
· You’ll burn too many calories enjoying all the ski resorts, lakes and hiking trails.
· There are way too many breweries to choose from.
· You may land a cameo on Yellowstone.

If you don’t heed this warning, you risk becoming a leader in one of the most innovative, family-owned, forward focused journalism organizations in the country, that prides itself on transparency and relaxed intensity. Yes, relaxed intensity is a real thing!

Think twice about this job if you don’t like collaboration, teamwork, or inspiring the next generation of journalists.

This gig isn’t for you if you don’t like strategic planning, telling local stories that matter, and collaborating on a statewide sports network.

And you’ll just hate it here if professional growth, entrepreneurial opportunities, and work/life balance aren’t on your career bucket list.

Want us to give you more reasons why you shouldn’t leave your current, corporate-driven, top-down job, in a congested part of the country for this News Director position in the Treasure State?

Get in touch and contact: Jeff Hite, Director of Recruiting and Training at: jeff.hite@khq.com

KULR-TV is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.

No phone calls please.

Morning Executive Producer, WRAL-TV, Raleigh, NC:

WRAL News, a multiplatform news organization is seeking a strong Executive Producer to oversee the presentation and look of WRAL morning newscasts.

We’re looking for a leader who will coach the producing staff, write and approve scripts and digital content, enhance weather and traffic presentations, and contribute to special coverage. The ideal candidate will find new and engaging ways of presenting content in our newscasts while working closely with our graphics, promotions, and news management teams.

We are looking for a person with outstanding communication and organizational skills, superb news judgment, and a creative mind. Our next morning EP needs to excel at breaking news and have an eye for showcasing. If you have a vision for graphics and a passion for memorable, creative and captivating newscasts, this is the job for you.

WRAL is locally owned by Capitol Broadcasting Company, a pioneering, community advocate company that offers some of the best benefits in the business.

Requirements include five years of experience in producing newscasts, two years of news management experience and a four-year college degree.

You must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to work at CBC. If there is a medical or religious reason preventing you from receiving an available COVID-19 vaccination, and you are selected as a candidate for consideration, we have an accommodations process in place to evaluate those requests.

A pre-employment drug screening is required. EOE, M/F. All Capitol Broadcasting Company properties are tobacco free. Capitol Broadcasting Company participates in E-Verify.

To apply, visit here:

EP, Investigations & Special Projects, WJAX/WFOX-TV, Jacksonville, FL:

Action News Jax in beautiful Jacksonville, Florida is looking for an Executive Producer of Investigations and Special Projects.

You will be joining a team of journalists and managers that has won national investigative awards. Our idea candidate is a driven, detail-oriented, and creative executive producer who manages our special projects team.

We are looking for someone who can break local investigative stories, file public records requests, uncover government waste and hold powerful people accountable. Field producing and/or reporting experience is preferred.

You will work in a state that has some of the best public record laws in the country. You will live in a city that has some of the best beaches in the country. You will manage reporters at a station that is a Fox/CBS duopoly.

We are committed to the highest standards of journalistic integrity.

To learn more and apply, click here:

Other News Management Openings:

ASSISTANT NEWS DIRECTOR:

KTLA-TV, Los Angeles, CA (Digital AND, relisted 4/17/22)
WCNC-TV, Charlotte, NC (listed 4/3/22)
WCPO-TV, Cincinnati OH (listed 5/1/22)
WXBW-TV, Buffalo, NY (listed 3/13/22)
WHAS-TV, Louisville, KY (listed 4/3/22)
WHO-TV, Des Moines, IA (listed 3/27/22)
WAND-TV, Decatur, IL (listed 3/27/22)
WTVC-TV, Chattanooga, TN (listed 4/3/22)
WBND-TV, South Bend, IN (listed 4/3/22)
KIVI-TV, Boise, ID (listed 3/20/22)
WKBT-TV, La Crosse, WI (listed 3/27/22)

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:

WDCW-TV, Washington, DC, (Digital EP, listed 4/10/22)
KPHO/KTVK-TV, Phoenix, AZ (listed 4/3/22)
WFLA-TV, Tampa, FL (relisted 4/24/22)
WFTS-TV, Tampa, FL (listed 5/1/22)
KMGH-TV, Denver, CO (relisted 5/8/22)
WJZY-TV, Charlotte, NC (relisted 4/3/22)
KMOV-TV. St. Louis, MO (Special Projects EP, listed relisted 5/8/22)
WRAL-TV, Raleigh, NC (listing revised 5/8/22, see ad above!)
WTVF-TV, Nashville, TN (relisted 5/8/22)
KSTU-TV, Salt Lake City, UT (listed 4/10/22)
KLAS-TV, Las Vegas, NV (Digital Content EP, listed 5/1/22)
WJAX/WFOX-TV, Jacksonville, FL (Inv. & Spec. Projects, see ad above!)
WIAT-TV, Birmingham AL (relisted 4/24/22)
WKBW-TV, Buffalo, NY (listed 4/10/22)
WFTX-TV, Ft. Myers, FL (listed 3/13/22)
KJRH-TV, Tulsa, OK (listed 5/1/22)
WHEC-TV, Rochester, NY (relisted 5/1/22)
WROC-TV, Rochester, NY (listed 3/20/22)
WNEM-TV, Saginaw, MI (relisted 3/20/22)
WAFF-TV, Huntsville, AL (relisted 3/20/22)
KRGV-TV, Weslaco, TX (AM EP, relisted 4/24/22)
KTSM-TV, El Paso, TX (relisted 4/3/22)
WBTW-TV, Myrtle Beach, SC (listed 3/20/22)
WBND-TV, South Bend, IN (listed 4/3/22)
WHBF-TV, Rock Island, IL (Digital EP, relisted 4/17/22)
KFDX-TV, Wichita Falls, TX (listed 4/17/22)
KSAN/KLST-TV, San Angelo, TX (listed 4/17/22)

SUPERVISING PRODUCER:

KOMU-TV, Columbia, Mo (relisted 4/3/22)

MANAGING EDITOR:

KPRC-TV, Houston, TX (listed 4/3/22)
Spectrum News, Charlotte, NC (listing revised 4/3/22)
KOMU-TV, Columbia, MO (relisted 4/3/22)

More News Management Openings:

Listed 5/1/22:

WGMB/WVLA-TV, Baton Rouge, LA (Digital Content Director)

Relisted 4/17/22:

WJW-TV, Cleveland, OH: (Digital Content Director)

Listed 3/13/22:

Listed 3/6/22:

U. of Mississippi, Oxford, MS (Director of Student Media)

Obituary:

Glenn

JULIE GLENN, the news director for WGCU-TV (PBS) in Ft. Myers, FL, died Saturday, April 30th. She was 50, and succumbed to a progression of glioblastoma. Julie had been at the station for almost six years and previously worked at WGEM-TV in Quincy, IL. In between, she spent time working in the wine industry. Her full life story (with many pictures) is in this obituary.

Names in the News:

The latest RTDNA/Syracuse University survey has a disturbing fact: One in five news directors say their newsroom employees were attacked in 2021. Read more from the RTDNA website.

Aldama

According to his Linkedin page, CESAR ALDAMA has joined Frank N. Magid & Associates as a Senior Consultant. Cesar most recently worked as VP of News & Production for the Black News Channel. He’s also a former news director for WFOR-TV (CBS owned) in Miami, news operations manager for WCAU-TV (NBC owned) in Philadelphia, Senior Director of News for Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic (among other jobs), but he started as a photographer in Miami.

Quick notes:

COURTLAND JEFFREY has been promoted to Digital Director for Scripps’ KNXV-TV (ABC) in Phoenix.

At Nexstar’s KTXL-TV (FOX) in Sacramento, SERGIO ROBLES crosses the street to become the Digital Content Director. He had been working at Univision’s KUVS-TV.

JASON WALKER starts tomorrow (Monday, May 9th) as the new Assistant ND for KBTX-TV (Gray/CBS). He’s been the news operations manager and chief photographer at KEYE-TV in Austin, TX. Warning: Self serving item ahead: KBTX ND JOSH GORBUTT wrote: “Thanks…for all the great candidates our ad brought in.”

General Manager News and Notes:

I’m not aware of any GM changes this week.

Our Full List of Open ND Jobs:

Here’s our list of open ND jobs as of Sunday, May 8, 2022.

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

KPIX-TV 855 Battery St. San Francisco, CA 94111
WTSP-TV 11450 Gandy Blvd, St. Petersburg, FL 33702
KOVR/KMAX-TV 2713 KOVR Drive, West Sacramento, CA 95605
WCCB-TV 701 Television Place Charlotte, NC 28205
KDKA-TV 1 Gateway Ctr. Pittsburgh, PA 15222
KTVX-TV 2175 West 1700 South Salt Lake City, UT 84104
WITI-TV 9001 N Green Bay Rd. Milwaukee, WI 53209
WPTV 1100 Banyan Blvd. West Palm Beach, FL 33401
WTLV/WJXX-TV 1070 East Adams Street Jacksonville, FL 32202
WINK-TV 2824 Palm Beach Blvd. Fort Myers, FL 33916
WYMT-TV 199 Black Gold Blvd. Hazard, KY 41701
KGMB/KHNL-TV 420 Waiakamilo Rd. Suite 205, Honolulu, HI, 96817
KHQ-TV 1201 W. Sprague Ave. Spokane, WA 99201
WHNT-TV 200 Holmes Avenue Huntsville, AL 35801 (see ad above!)
KXXV-TV 1909 S. New Rd. Waco, TX 76711
WSAV-TV 1430 East Victory Dr., Savannah, GA 31404
KRNV/KRXI-TV 1790 Vassar St. Reno, NV 89502
KNDO/KNDU-TV 216 W. Yakima Ave., Yakima, WA 98902
KAPP/KVEW-TV 601 N. Edison Kennewick, WA 99336
KADN-TV 1500 Eraste Landry Rd. Lafayette, LA 70506
WLTZ-TV 6140 Buena Vista Rd. Columbus, GA 31907
KBMT-TV 525 Interstate 10 South, Beaumont, TX 77701
KIMT-TV 135 E William St. Albert Lea, MN 56007
KODE/KSNF-TV 1502 S. Cleveland Avenue, Joplin, MO 64801
WBNG-TV 560 Columbia Dr. Johnson City, NY 13790
KTAB/KRBC-TV 4510 South 14th St. Abilene TX 79605
KULR-TV. 2045 Overland Ave. Billings, MT 59102 (see ad above!)
KALB-TV 605 Washington Street; Alexandria, LA 71301
WETM-TV 101 East Water Street Elmira, NY 14901
KXLF/KBZK-TV 90 Television Way, Bozeman, MT 59718
KMVT-TV 1100 Blue Lakes Blvd North, Twin Falls, ID 83301
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

**: Spanish language station