August 25, 2024
Greetings:
For the second week in a row, FOUR jobs were filled this week, with ONE new opening.
That shrinks our list of open ND jobs to 35.
No help wanted ads, but new copy from our longtime supporter Stephen Arnold Music, and Sciline has some free offerings to help your content.
We’re sorry to report the death of a longtime New Mexico general manager. We have details about the passing of a retired CBS News correspondent whose son followed him in to our business. And we have the full obituary for JOHN LANSING, including a suggestion for those wishing to make a memorial contribution as well as more details about his life and career.
No new GMs this week…at least that I am aware of.
And TWO items in Names in the News: A new President for ABC News, and we’ll tell you about a longtime ND and anchor who’ll be away from her job while she battles breast cancer
All that and more below.
Newly Named News Directors:
Marsoun
KWQC-TV, Moline, IL….she’s back! BETH MARSOUN is once again ND for this Gray TV owned NBC affiliate. She was ND there until 2014, when she left for a series of jobs outside of television. Beth returned to the station in February as EP of Quad Cities Live, a 3:00 PM program. You can track those out of TV jobs on her Linkedin page. She replaces ANNE HUGHES who left after 2 1/2 years as ND.
Lopez
KYTX-TX, Tyler, TX…MARANGELI LOPEZ is the new news director for this Tegna owned CBS affiliate. She’s also the evening anchor there and previously worked in Albany, NY, but grew up near Tyler. Marangeli replaces MATEO GAMBOA who left in January to return to Dallas as the Assistant News Director of Mornings for CBS owned KTVT-TV.
Richard
KATC-TV, Lafayette, LA…DAMIEN RICHARD has been promoted to ND for this Scripps owned ABC station. Details in this memo from GM SEAN TRCALEK. Damien’s been here for eight years, most recently as the Assistant ND. Damien succeeds NICHOLE CYRPIAN who left in July to become Exec. Dir. at the Roy Howard Community Journalism Center at her alma mater, the University of Southern Mississippi.
Curtis
WTVY-TV, Dothan, AL…perhaps retirement didn’t agree with longtime Dothan broadcaster KEN CURTIS. We told you in 2017 that he was retiring from WTVY where he’d been a senior reporter. Now he’s back as ND. Ken had also been an ND for WDHN-TV in Dothan. At WTVY, he replaces WHITNEY ARGENBRIGHT who left in February after a year as ND and 2 1/2 as the AND.
New News Director Openings:
WOAI-TV, San Antonio, TX…MICHELLE GERMANO has left this Sinclair owned NBC affiliate after a little more than 18 months as ND. A San Antonio native, Michelle tells me she plans to stay in the area. Before WOAI, Michelle was the ND for WTVD-TV (ABC owned) in Raleigh/Durham. She also was an ND in Tucson and worked in Houston and Corpus Christi, TX.
August SciLine events
Zoom – All events are free
EXPERT INTERVIEWS (15-minute, 1-on1 Zoom interviews):
August 26th (1-3 p.m. EDT): Helping kids with vaccine pain and fear with Dr. Stefan Friedrichsdorf (UCSF)
August 29th (2-4 p.m. EDT): Special education teacher shortage with Dr. Kimber Wilkerson
MEDIA BRIEFING: Resisting misinformation in your election reporting
Wednesday, August 28th (1-2 p.m. EDT)
Journalistic accuracy during election season is especially difficult in the face of sophisticated efforts to sow voter confusion and new technologies that can generate synthetic “truths”. This briefing will offer research-backed strategies and tools to help reporters recognize and verify material of questionable validity and correct misinformation without inadvertently amplifying it.
Panelists:
- Dr. Cuihua (Cindy) Chen, UC Davis
- Dr. Kate Starbird, University of Washington
- Dr. Briony Swire-Thompson, Northeastern University
SciLine, a philanthropically funded, free service for reporters, also runs a free expert matching service that connects reporters rapidly to scientist-sources on deadline.
Paid Help Wanted Ads:
No ads this week. If you have an opening you need to fill, there’s no more targeted audience than ours. Email me for details: rick@rickgevers.com
Other News Management Openings:
ASSISTANT NEWS DIRECTOR:
WXYZ-TV, Detroit, MI (listed 8/18/24)
KUSA-TV, Denver, CO (relisted 7/21/24)
WDAF-TV, Kansas City, MO (listed 7/1/24)
WVEC-TV, Norfolk, VA (relisted 7/21/24)
WHAS-TV, Louisville, KY (listed 8/11/24)
WBRE/WYOU-TV, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, PA (listed 7/28/24)
KTHV-TV, Little Rock, AR (listed 7/21/24)
KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA (listed 7/7/24)
WGBA-TV, Green Bay, WI (listed 7/28/24)
WFRV-TV, Green Bay, WI (listed 7/14/24)
KFSM-TV, Fayetteville, AR (listed 7/21/24)
KIVI-TV, Boise, ID (listed 7/21/24)
WCYB-TV, Tri-Cities, TN & VA (relisted 8/11/24)
KWES-TV, Midland, TX (relisted 7/21/24)
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
KTLA-TV, Los Angeles, CA (listed 7/28/24)
WPHL-TV, Philadelphia, PA (AM EP, listed 7/28/24)
KIAH-TV, Houston, TX (AM EP/Special Projects, relisted 8/11/24)
KPRC-TV, Houston, TX (Morning Broadcast EP, listed 7/28/24)
KPRC-TV, Houston, TX (Evening Broadcast EP, listed 7/28/24)
WFLA-TV, Tampa, FL (relisted 7/28/24)
WEWS-TV, Cleveland, OH (listed 8/11/24)
Spectrum News 1, Raleigh NC (relisted 7/21/24)
WNCN-TV, Raleigh, NC (relisted 8/18/24)
WTHR-TV, Indianapolis, IN (AM EP, relisted 7/21/24)
WBAL-TV, Baltimore, MD (listed 8/11/24)
KTVX/KUCW-TV, Salt Lake City, UT (relisted 8/11/24)
KUTV, Salt Lake City, UT (listed 7/1/24)
WCMH-TV, Columbus, OH (listed 7/1/24)
WPBF-TV, W. Palm Beach, FL (listed 8/11/24)
WTLV/WJXX-TV, Jacksonville, FL (listed 7/21/24)
WGAL-TV, Lancaster, PA (listed 8/11/24)
WXII-TV, Winston-Salem NC, (Weekend EP, listed 8/11/24)
WIVB-TV, Buffalo, NY (AM EP, listed 7/28/24)
WGRZ-TV, Buffalo, NY (listed 7/21/24)
WINK-TV, Ft. Myers, FL (two openings, listing modified 6/2/24)
WRIC-TV, Richmond, VA (relisted 8/11/24)
WBIR-TV, Knoxville, TN (listed 7/21/24)
KWCH-TV, Wichita, KS (listed 7/1/24)
WLTX-TV, Columbia, SC (listed 7/21/24)
KOAA-TV, Colorado Springs, CO (AM EP, listing modified 7/1/24)
WMTM-TV, Portland, ME (listed 8/11/24)
KPAX-TV, Missoula, MT (listed 8/18/24)
More News Management Openings:
Listed 7/21/24:
WTLV/WJXX-TV, Jacksonville, FL (Digital Director)
WWL-TV, New Orleans, LA (Digital Director)
Obituaries:
Anderson
BILL ANDERSON, longtime general manager for Nexstar’s KRQE-TV (CBS) in Albuquerque, NM, died this week. While he was fighting liver cancer, he died of an infection. He’s been GM here since 1991 and was inducted into the NATAS Silver Circle in 2022. This tribute video has details on his background, lists his fomer markets and his brief acceptance speech. I could not find anything about his passing on the station’s website.
Jones
Retired CBS News Correspondent PHIL JONES died at his Florida home over the weekend. He was 87. He retired from CBS in 2001 after 32 years, where he was known as one of “Cronkite’s Kids.” The network remembered him in this story. He leaves behind his daughter PAM, and his son PAUL, now an anchor in Lexington and a former sportscaster in Dallas, Nashville, and Indianapolis.
Lansing
And one update on a passing we first brought you last week….the complete obituary for long time broadcaster JOHN LANSING who died unexpectedly on August 14th. You can read it here. John was 67. The obituary has great details on his career and family life, and provides a suggestion for anyone wishing to make a memorial contribution. Services will be held a later date and we’ll let you know when.
Names in the News (and other stuff):
Almin K.
ABC News named a new President. ALMIN KARAMEHMEDOVIC (common spelling) has been the Senior EP for World News Tonight. He first joined the network in 1998 as a freelance video editor in London. Here’s the story from ABC News. Almin replaces KIM GODWIN who left in May after three years. You may remember that Kim’s a former local news director in Los Angeles, Dallas, and Cleveland.
Bell
Please join me in wishing WJHG-TV (Panama City, FL) news director and anchor DONNA BELL well in her fight with breast cancer. She bid her viewers a temporary farewell in revealing her diagnosis, discovered on what would have been her mother’s 80th birthday. Her Mom died of cancer. She offers good advice for all in that video which is worth watching. And if you want to wish her well, click here for her email address. Donna’s been at WJHG (now owned by Gray) for 30 years.
General Manager News and Notes:
No GM changes this week, to my knowledge.
Our List of Open News Director jobs:
Here’s our list of open ND jobs as of Sunday, August 25, 2024:
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
WXTV 500 Frank W Burr Blvd Ste 6. Teaneck, NJ 07666 **
WFLD-TV 205 N. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60601
KPRC-TV 8181 Southwest Freeway Houston, TX 77074
KATU-TV 2153 NE Sandy Blvd. Portland, OR 97232
KTVI/KPLR-TV 2250 Ball Drive St. Louis, MO 63146
WOAI-TV 4335 NW Loop 410, San Antonio, TX, 78229
Spectrum News Texas (based in Austin, TX)
WXMI-TV 3117 Plaza Drive NE Grand Rapids, MI 49525
WOLF-TV 1181 Highway 315 Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702 (News Manager)
WJAR-TV 23 Kenney Drive Cranston, RI 02920
WATN-TV 1725 Shelby Oaks Dr N. Memphis, TN 38134
KATV 10 Turtle Creek Lane Little Rock, AR 72202
WKEF/WRGT-TV 2245 Corporate Place Miamisburg, OH 45342
WGBA-TV 1391 North Rd Green Bay, WI 54313
WZDX-TV 1309 N. Memorial Parkway Huntsville, AL 35801
KTBS-TV 312 E. Kings Highway. Shreveport, LA 71104
WSIL-TV 1416 Country Aire Drive Carterville, IL 62918
WFFF/WVNY-TV, 298 Mountain View Drive, Colchester, VT, 05446
KNVO-TV, 801 North Jackson Rd., McAllen TX 78501 **
KLEW-TV 2626 17th St, Lewiston, ID 83501
WGXA-TV 599 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Macon, GA 31201
KHSL-TV 3460 Silverbell Rd. Chico, CA 95973
KDRV-TV 1090 Knutson Ave. Medford, OR 97504
KQDS-TV 2001 London Road Duluth, MN 55812
KOSA-TV 4101 E. 42nd. Suite J-7. Odessa, TX. 79761
KMID/KPEJ-TV 1550 West I-20 Odessa, TX 79763
KWES-TV 11320 West County Rd. 127. Odessa, TX, 79765
WTWO-TV 10849 N US Highway 41, Farmersburg, IN 47850
WDTV 5 Television Dr. Bridgeport, WV 26330
KTVQ-TV 3203 3rd Ave N., Billings, MT 59101
WWNY-TV 120 Arcade St. Watertown, NY 13601
KTVZ-TV 62990 O.B. Riley Rd. Bend OR 97703
KREX-TV 345 Hillcrest Drive Grand Junction, CO 81501
KYOU-TV 820 West 2nd Street; Ottumwa, IA 52501
KQTV 4000 Faraon St. Joseph, MO 64506
**: Spanish language station