July 12, 2020
Thursday, July 16, 2020 UPDATE:
Greetings:
A network o-and-o news director gets a new job with the network.
Green
JOHNNY GREEN, JR., who’s currently the news director for CBS’s WBZ-TV in Boston, has been named VP of News Services for CBS News. That means he’ll oversee CBS Newspath, the affiliate news feed service.
More details here.
Johnny’s been ND for WBZ since August, 2016, when he was promoted after ten months as assistant ND. He’s also worked in New York Philadelphia, Raleigh, Charlotte (two stations), New Bern, NC, and Myrtle Beach/Florence, SC.
Congrats to Johnny. We’ll have more on this story and all the week’s news in our full newsletter this weekend.
regards,
Rick Gevers
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Monday, July 13, 2020 UPDATE:
A new job for a well known newsman.
Hair
PRINCELL HAIR has been named President and CEO of the Black News Channel. He spent sometime helping BNC during the time leading up to its launch earlier this yaar.
More about Princell’s new duties…and lots of details about his background…in this news release.
Yoder
Also, one correction from last night’s newsletter. We told you that GARY YODER was joining WLFI-TV in Lafayette, which is true. But we incorrectly told you he was going there as ND, when in fact he will be the general manager for that Heartland Media owned CBS affiliate.
Apologies to Gary, and to you.
We’ll see you at the end of the week with our full newsletter.
regards,
Rick Gevers
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Greetings:
Once more, we get to tell you about a news director moving to the GM office.
That ONE move is the only ND change this week, leaving our list of open ND jobs at 29.
There are FOUR new GMs to report, and TWO are current or former NDs.
And in Names in the News, we’ll tell you about a FOUR time ND who’s running for Mayor and a management promotion at a Chicago station.
That’s all below.
Newly Named News Directors:
As far as I know, there were no news director hires announced this week.
New News Director Openings:
Barkley
WYFF-TV, Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville, NC/SC…we told you earlier that ND BRUCE BARKLEY is being promoted to GM for sister Hearst stations KHBS/KHOG-TV (ABC/CW) in Fayetteville/Fort Smith, AR. Bruce’s new station posted this on its website. Bruce has been an ND for Hearst for 20 years, the last eight at WYFF and 12 years at WAPT-TV in Jackson, MS before that. He’s also been an ND in Columbia, SC, and has also worked in Tennessee. Bruce replaces SHAWN OSWALD who was promoted to GM for Hearst’s KETV in Omaha.
Paid Help Wanted Ad:
There are no paid help wanted ads this week.
If you need to advertise a news management job with us, email me for details: rick@rickgevers.com
Other News Management Openings:
ASSISTANT NEWS DIRECTOR:
WXYZ-TV, Detroit, MI (listed 6/21/20)
WNCN-TV, Raleigh, NC (listed 5/31/20)
KUSI-TV, San Diego, CA (relisted 5/10/20)
WGBA-TV, Green Bay, WI (relisted 6/21/20)
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
KRON-TV, San Francisco, CA (Digital EP, listed 6/14/20)
WDVM-TV, Hagerstown MD (new listing this week)
KIAH-TV, Houston, TX (listed 6/28/20)
WWSB-TV, Sarasota, FL (relisted 6/7/20)
KING/KONG-TV, Seattle, WA (relisted 5/3/10)
WNCN-TV, Raleigh, NC (PM EP, relisted 7/5/20)
KVVU-TV, Las Vegas, NV (relisted 6/14/20)
WIVB-TV, Buffalo, NY (Digital EP, listed 6/7/20)
WTVR-TV, Richmond, VA (relisted 5/17/20)
WVLA-TV, Baton Rouge, LA (Digital EP, listed 7/5/20)
KNWA-TV, Fayetteville, AR (PM EP, relisted 5/31/20)
KRIS-TV, Corpus Christi, TX (listed 6/21/20)
MANAGING EDITOR:
WJAX/WFOX-TV, Jacksonville, FL (listed 6/21/20)
WFTX-TV, Ft, Myers, FL (new listing this week)
More News Management Openings:
New listing this week:
KOMU-TV, Columbia, MO (Digital Content Manager)
Listed 7/5/20:
KTSM-TV, El Paso, TX (Digital Content Manager)
Listed 6/28/20:
KOKI-TV, Tulsa, OK (AM Content Manager)
KTVX-TV, Salt Lake City, UT (Managing Editor/Digital News)
Listed 6/14/20:
KRIS-TV, Corpus Christi, TX (Senior Broadcast Manager)
KRIS-TV, Corpus Christi, TX (Real Time Desk Manager)
Relisted 6/21/20:
KARK/KLRT-TV, Little Rock, AR (Digital Director)
Names in the News (and other items):
ANNA ROBERTS has been promoted to Executive Producer of Digital Content for Nexstar’s WGN-TV in Chicago. She’s a 12 year veteran of WGN and its now defunct cable operation, CLTV. Here’s the memo from ND DOMINICK STASI. Anna has also worked for newspapers in Milwaukee and Billings, MT.
Akins
Former news director JULIE AKINS is running for mayor of Ashland, OR. She’s currently a city councilwoman there. More in this story from The Ashland Tidings. Julie’s a former ND in Las Vegas, Fresno, and for two stations in Medford, OR. She’s also worked in San Francisco.
General Manager News and Notes:
Lots of GM news this week, with FOUR new GMs, TWO with news director backgrounds.
We mentioned BRUCE BARKLEY‘s promotion to GM for KHBS/KHOG-TV in Fayetteville/Ft. Smith, AR. above, in our New News Director opening section.
Boling
Another former ND moving to the big chair is NEAL BOLING who’s being promoted to GM for KHQ-TV in Spokane, WA. He’s been the station manager there for the last six years after four years as news director for this Cowles owned NBC affilaite. Here’s the news release. Neal replaces PATRICIA McRAE (herself a former ND) who will continue as president of the Broadcast Division for the parent company. Neal’s also worked as an ND in Johnson City, TN, and as a producer for two stations in Tampa.
Rothstein
RYAN ROTHSTEIN moves within Hearst to become GM for WPTZ/WNNE-TV in Burlington, VT/Plattsburgh, NY. Ryan has been the sales manager for WPBF-TV in West Palm Beach, FL. Details about Ryan and his new job in this item from the WPTZ/WNNE website. He replaces JUSTIN ANTONIOTTI (another former ND) who was promoted to GM for Hearst’s WGAL-TV in Lancaster, PA.
Yoder
Finally, GARY YODER joins Heartland TV as news director general manager of the company’s WLFI-TV (CBS) in Lafayette, IN. Here’s the email from CEO ANDY FISHER. The move gets Gary within 3 1/2 hours of family in Northwest Ohio. Gary most recently was GM for Meredith’s WALA-TV (FOX) in Mobile, AL, but previously spent 15 years at WUPW-TV (FOX) in Toledo, beginning there as an account executive and rising to GM.
Allen
WLFI owner Heartland Media is part of BRYON ALLEN‘s growing media empire. The comic turned media mogul was the subject of this well-worth-your-time profile in The Hollywood Reporter.
Our Full List of Open ND Jobs:
Here’s our list of open ND jobs as of Sunday, July 12, 2020:
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
KABC-TV 500 Circle Seven Dr. Glendale, CA 91201
WFMZ-TV 300 E Rock Rd, Allentown, PA 18103
KXTX-TV 4805 Amon Carter Blvd. Ft. Worth, TX 76155 **
KHOU-TV 5718 Westheimer Rd Houston, TX 77057
WUVG-TV 3350 Peachtree Road #1250, Atlanta, GA 30326 **
WWSB-TV 477 10th St. Sarasota, FL 34236
WTMO-TV 1650 Sand Lake Rd. # 340 Orlando, FL 32809 **
WJZY-TV 3501 Performance Rd. Charlotte, NC 28214
WBFF-TV 2000 W 41st St, Baltimore, MD 21211
WYFF-TV 505 Rutherford St, Greenville, SC 29609
WPMT-TV 2005 South Queen Street York, PA 17403
WNYT-TV 715 North Pearl Street, Albany, NY 12204
WRGB-TV 1400 Balltown Road, Schenectady, NY 12309
WALA-TV 1501 Satchel Paige Dr. Mobile, AL 36606
WKEF/WRGT-TV 2245 Corporate Place Miamisburg, OH 45342
WJCL-TV 1375 Chatham Parkway, Savannah, GA 31405
WANE-TV 2915 W. State Blvd.Fort Wayne, IN 46808
KYTX-TV 2211 E SE Loop 323, Tyler, TX 75701
KVAL/KMTR-TV 4575 Blanton Rd., Eugene, OR 97405
KRIS-TV 301 Artesian Street Corpus Christi, TX 78401 *
WLTZ-TV 6140 Buena Vista Rd. Columbus, GA 31907
KOMU-TV 5550 Old 63 S, Columbia, MO 65201
KTVA-TV 2550 Denali St. # 1604 Anchorage, AK 99503
KPLC-TV 20 Division Street, Lake Charles, LA 70601
WCAV-TV 999 2nd Street, S.E. Charlottesville Virginia 22902
WLFI-TV 2605 Yeager Rd. West Lafayette, IN 47906
Delta News 837 Washington Av. Greenville, MS 38701
KIDY/KXVA-TV 5 S. Chadbourne Street San Angelo, TX 76903
KGWN-TV 2923 E. Lincolnway, Cheyenne, WY 82001
* Position is Senior Director of Local Media Content
**: Spanish language station