July 5, 2020
Tuesday, July 7, 2020 UPDATE:
Greetings:
Another news director moves to the general manager chair!
Barkley
This time the congratulations go to BRUCE BARKLEY, who’s been named Presdient and GM of KHBS/KHOG-TV (ABC/CW) in Fayetteville/Fort Smith, AR. The news release is here.
Those are Hearst stations, as is WYFF-TV (NBC)in the Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville market in the Carolinas where Bruce has been ND since 2012. Before that, he was the ND of Hearst’s WAPT-TV (ABC) in Jackson, MS for 12 years. He’s also been an ND in Columbia, SC, and has worked in Knoxville and the Tri-Cities, TN markets.
At KHBS/KHOG, Bruce will replace SHAWN OSWALD who was promoted to GM for the company’s KETV (ABC) in Omaha.
More in our full newsletter this weekend.
regards,
Rick Gevers
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Greetings:
As you might expect, the holiday week brought few changes.
But we do have ONE newly named news director to share, and THREE new openings, including ONE at a top ten market CBS affiliate.
Those changes leave our list of open ND jobs at 28 positions.
There’s ONE paid ad for a content manager job in Tulsa.
No obituaries, thankfully, and just ONE GM move.
And the only item in Names in the News is a positive health update on a former ND and multi-time general manager.
That’s all below.
Newly Named News Directors:
Munoz
KAVU-TV, Victoria, TX…JAMES MUNOZ adds news director to his duties at this Morgan Murphy Media owned ABC affiliate. He’s been anchoring there and will continue to anchor the 5:00 news. James has been a news director before in Midland and San Angelo, TX, and has worked on-air in San Antonio, Corpus Christi, Amarillo and Lufkin, TX. He replaces ROXANN FISHER who left the station in February after less than six months as ND.
New News Director Openings:
Ramirez
KHOU-TV, Houston, TX…SALLY RAMIREZ is leaving this Tegna-owned CBS affiliate. She’ll stay while the search for her successor goes on. Houston media blogger MIKE McGUFF has more. The news of Sally’s departure came as her husband, anchor RUSS LEWIS announced he was leaving to return to Oregon to work in his family’s business. Sally was ND for 4+ years, coming from KGW-TV in Portland, OR, where she was the assistant news director for the last five of her 17 years at that Tegna sister station. She’s also worked in Sacramento, Chicago, Washington, Tucson and El Paso.
Vizcon
WTMO-TV, Orlando, FL…ROBERTO VIZCON is out at this Telemundo affiliate after a little more than two years in his second stint at the station. The first time he was general manager. And the current GM, LUIS ROLDAN, resigned this week. The entire soap opera is detailed in this story from Media Moves. Vizcon has worked as a news director for Univision stations in Miami and Puerto Rico.
Sadar
WJCL-TV, Savannah, GA…congratulations to SINAN SADAR who’s the latest beneficiary of a promotion within Hearst. He’s been named director of news talent recruitment for the company. Details here. Sinan’s been ND here for 5+ years, spent more than six years as ND for WPTZ-TV in Plattsburgh, NY, and four years as the Ass’t, ND for Hearst’s KOAT-TV in Albuquerque, NM. Sinan has also worked in Houston (two stations), Cleveland, Albany, NY, and Syracuse.
Paid Help Wanted Ad:
Content Manager, Morning News, KOKI-TV, Tulsa OK:
KOKI-TV/Fox 23 and Cox Media Group are searching for an experienced journalist who has the drive, energy and passion to work as the station’s Content Manager for our 5- hour long morning newscasts.
The successful candidate will execute the station’s strategic plan on all platforms, utilizing research to oversee content and coverage on our TV, radio, digital, and social media platforms. “
KOKI-TV, Fox 23, is Tulsa’s most trusted news source, Covering News That Matters. Next year will mark the 40th anniversary of the station, which debuted in October of 1980. Since 2012, the station has been owned by Cox Media Group.
Tulsa is known for being a dynamic city with a variety of bustling urban districts, exceptional dining, an unsurpassed love of the arts and one of the largest collections of art deco architecture in the nation.”
You can learn more about this opportunity and apply by clicking here.
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:
WGN-TV, Chicago IL (listed 6/21/20)
KRON-TV, San Francisco, CA (Digital EP, listed 6/14/20)
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 this week)
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, new listing this week)
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)
More News Management Openings:
New listing this week:
KTSM-TV, El Paso, TX (Digital Content Manager)
Listed 6/28/20:
KOKI-TV, Tulsa, OK (AM Content Manager, see ad above!)
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):
Vann
A positive health update for longtime GM (and former news director) LES VANN. We told you recently that Les had broken four ribs and injured his sternum while he battled both Parkinson’s Disease and Guillain-Barre Syndrome. But he advised me this week that he’s back home:
General Manager News and Notes:
We mentioned the only GM move we know about above, in our report on the ND opening at WTMO-TV in Orlando. The station’s GM, LUIS ROLDAN, resigned this week, too.
Our Full List of Open ND Jobs:
Here’s our list of open ND jobs as of Sunday, July 5, 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
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