February 21, 2021
Greetings:
There’s lots to tell you about in this week’s edition.
TWO news director openings, bring our total list to 19. ONE of those openings was created by a promotion to GM in the number one market!
ONE of those 19 ND openings is among our FOUR paid help wanted ads.
ONE new newly named ND, created by the promotion of an assistant news director to the top job at a Spanish language station in Texas.
THREE obituaries, including one of a woman who was the ND for the first Black owned station, another of a long ago Montana ND, and ONE for a longtime producer at a San Francisco o-and-o.
TWO new general managers, BOTH in New York City.
TWO items in Names in the News, both from Chicago, with both more details about the departure of a news director, and the other a retirement of a longtime Chicago EP.
And we welcome the return of AccuWeather as an advertiser. Please check out their ad just below!
Newly Named News Directors:
Rodriguez
KTLM-TV, McALLEN, TX…congratulations to IRIS RODRIGUEZ who’s been promoted to news director for this Telemundo owned station. She’s been the EP there since 2015 and previously worked in Dallas at Telemundo’s KXTX-TV where she was a producer and assignment editor. Iris replaces MIGUELANGEL LOPEZ who was promoted to VP/News at Telemundo’s WTMO-TV.
New News Director Openings:
Matthews
WABC-TV, New York, NY…our UPDATE earlier this week brought you the news that CHAD MATTHEWS has been promoted to news director for this ABC o-and-o. More here. Chad’s been the ND here for the last three years. He was the Assistant ND for one year before that, and earlier in his career spent 12 years at WABC. In between, he was the Assistant ND for WTVJ-TV (NBC) in Miami.
Stewart-James
WDAM-TV, Hattiesburg, MS…GALEAN STEWART-JAMES is leaving this Gray TV owned NBC/ABC affiliate after more than 3 1/2 years as news director. She’s off to West Palm Beach, FL, where she’ll be the assistant ND for Scripps’ WPTV (NBC). Before Hattiesburg, Galean was the EP for WLBT-TV in Jackson, MS and also worked for another Jackson station.
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News Director, KMPH-TV, Fresno, CA:
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Your leadership skills must be outstanding, The life-blood of our organization is our people. Your staff includes seasoned veterans as well as early career journalist who can benefit from your skills as a mentor.
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Executive Producer, WXIX-TV, Cincinnati, OH:
The biggest news station in the Midwest is searching for its next leader!
WXIX-TV in Cincinnati has an immediate opening for a dynamic, creative, and bold Executive Producer.
We deliver 11+ hours of news each day, 60+ hours of news each week. Fox19 is #1 all morning, #1 in the afternoon, and #1 at night!
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We are seeking someone who is not afraid to take the reins of a newscast, using showcasing skills and production tools to make the newscast sizzle. 5+ years of line producing experience is required. Executive Producer experience is preferred. Must be a news geek and have the ability to find and dig for stories.
Qualified candidates will have experience working closely with digital team to create content on all platforms. Must be strong at multi-tasking and attentive to the details but also possesses solid people/management skills. Must be creative, a great writer and can enterprise beyond the news of the day.
Qualified applicants, please apply online.
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Newscast Producer, The National Desk, Sinclair Broadcast Group:
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Other News Management Openings:
ASSISTANT NEWS DIRECTOR:
WJLA-TV, Washington, DC (new listing this week)
KARE-TV, Minneapolis, MN (listed 1/17/21)
KUSI-TV, San Diego, CA (relisted 1/31/21)
WGAL-TV, Lancaster, PA (new listing this week)
WSLS-TV, Roanoke, VA (listed 1/24/21)
WJHL-TV, Johnson City,TN (listed 2/14/21)
KIII-TV, Corpus Christi, TX (listed 2/14/21)
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
WGN-America/News Nation, Chicago, IL (listed 1/3/21)
KPRC-TV, Houston, TX (EP Special Projects, listed 1/10/21)
KPRC-TV, Houston, TX (EP, listed 1/10/21)
WFLA-TV, Tampa, FL (EP Investigations, relisted 1/31/21)
KOIN-TV, Portland, OR (listed 2/7/21)
WTAE-TV, Pittsburgh, PA (new listing this week)
WTTV/WXIN-TV, Indianapolis, IN (Digital EP, relisted 1/10/21)
WNCN-TV, Raleigh, NC (PM EP, relisted 1/24/21)
KSTU-TV, Salt Lake City, UT (listed 1/3/21)
WXIX-TV, Cincinnati, OH (new listing this week, see ad above!)
WTNH-TV, New Haven, CT (Digital Content EP, relisted this week)
WISN-TV, Milwaukee, WI (new listing this week)
WHTM-TV, Harrisburg, PA (relisted 1/10/21)
WDSU-TV, New Orleans, LA (new listing this week)
WATN-TV Memphis TN (relisted 1/18/21)
WIVB-TV, Buffalo, NY (Digital EP, relisted 2/14/21)
KCCI-TV, Des Moines, IA (new listing this week)
WFXR-TV, Roanoke, VA (Digital EP, relisted 1/10/21)
KTAL-TV, Shreveport, LA (listed 1/17/21)
WVLA-TV, Baton Rouge, LA (listed 2/14/21)
KTSM-TV, El Paso, TX (relisted this week)
WNCT-TV, Greenville, NC (listed 2/14/21)
WJHL-TV, Johnson City, TN (Digital EP, listed 1/31/21)
WHBF-TV, Rock Island, IL (listed 1/31/21)
KLKN-TV, Lincoln, NE (AM EP, listed 1/3/21)
KDRV-TV, Medford, OR (relisted 2/14/21)
More News Management Openings:
Listed this week:
Spectrum Networks NY1 Senior Manager, News and Content (see ad above!)
Listed 2/14/21:
Listed 1/10/21:
Spectrum News: Senior Director of News, New York
Obituaries:
Lambert
Our sympathy to everyone at NBC’s KNTV (San Francisco/San Jose) on the sudden death last week of producer RICHARD (RICK) LAMBERT. He died of what the station says was a non-Covid related health issue, just days after his 50th birthday. A 20+ year veteran of the station, he’s remembered in this story posted to the station’s website.
Hudson-Samuels
KAREN HUDSON-SAMUELS, a former news director for Detroit’s WGPR-TV, then an independent station, (now WWJ-TV) died earlier this month at the age of 68. No cause of death has been reported. The station, now a CBS o-and-o, was the first Black owned station when she worked there, aired this obituary, and The Detroit News also reported on her passing.
Hanley
One time KXLF-TV (CBS/Butte, MT) news director JACK HANLEY died last Sunday at the age of 87. He died on Valentine’s Day, holding the hands of his two daughters, one of whom wrote this obituary. Check it out for details about a man who lived a very interesting life.
Names in the News:
Balta
We have more details about the departure of HUGO BALTA from public station WTTW-TV in Chicago which we first reported in an UPDATE this Wednesday. The Chicago Tribune says Hugo has joined The Chicago Reporter as a contributing writer, and The Chicago Sun-Times offered a commentary saying it’s a bad time for turmoil at the station.
Shute
Congratulations to longtime Chicago newsman (and old friend) TONY SHUTE on his upcoming retirement. Tony will leave WLS-TV (ABC owned) in late May after 31 years on State Street. He’s currently an EP at the station. Tony earlier worked for eight years as a writer and producer for WGN-TV in The Windy City.
General Manager News and Notes:
TWO new general managers named in New York City this week. We told you above about CHAD MATTHEWS‘ promotion to the top job at WABC-TV, where he’s been the ND for the past three years.
McDonnell
And WPIX-TV, the newly-acquired-by Nexstar owned CW affiliate in New York, named CHRIS McDONNELL general manager. He’s been the GM for the company’s KRON-TV in San Francisco. More details in the official news release. Chris replaces BART FEDER, who many of you know from his long career in news.
Our Full List of Open ND Jobs:
Here’s our list of open ND jobs as of Sunday, February 21, 2021:
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
WABC-TV 7 Lincoln Square, New York, NY 10023
KTLA-TV 5800 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028
WFMZ-TV 300 E Rock Rd, Allentown, PA 18103
KOMO-TV 140 4th Ave. N. Seattle, WA 98109
WFOR-TV 8900 NW 18th Terrace, Doral FL 33172
KTXL-TV 4655 Fruitridge Road Sacramento, CA 95820
KAKW-TV 2233 W. North Loop Austin,TX 78756 **
KMPH/KFRE-TV 5111 E. McKinley Ave. Fresno, CA 93727 (see ad above!)
WNYT-TV 715 North Pearl Street, Albany, NY 12204
WCHS-TV 1301 Piedmont Rd. Charleston, WV 25301
KNVO-TV, 801 North Jackson Road McAllen TX 78501 **
KYTX-TV 2211 E SE Loop 323, Tyler, TX 75701
KADN/KLAF-TV 1500 Eraste Landry, Lafayette, LA 70506
KIII-TV 5002 South Padre Island Drive Corpus Christi TX 78411
WLTZ-TV 6140 Buena Vista Rd. Columbus, GA 31907
KTEN-TV 10 High Point Cir, Denison, TX 75020
KTXS-TV 4420 N. Clack Abilene, TX 79602
WDAM-TV 2362 US-11, Moselle, MS 39459
KIDY/KXVA-TV 5 S. Chadbourne Street San Angelo, TX 76903 ***