November 26, 2023
Monday, November 27, 2023 UPDATE:
Greetings:
A transfer within Tegna fills one of the largest market (and oldest) ND openings on our list.
Fowler
CAROL FOWLER, who’s been the Director of Content at Tegna’s KSDK-TV (NBC) in St. Louis since 2019, is headed to Atlanta to have the same title at the company’s WXIA-TV (also NBC). Here’s the staff memo from GM KRISTIE GONZALES, and the Tegna news release announcing Carol’s hire. Carol’s also been a news director for THREE stations in Chicago among a few other jobs, as outlined on her LinkedIn page.
At WXIA, Carol replaces JENNIFER RIGBY, who left way back in March to become Senior News Consultant for Gray Television.
We’ll see you Sunday with our full newsletter.
regards,
Rick Gevers
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Greetings:
I hope you and yours had a great holiday week.
People were so busy celebrating that very little news was generated for this week’s edition. (That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.)
We have ONE newly named news director (though it may not be ‘newly’ named since it apparently happened in April).
With no new openings, our list of stations with ND openings drops to 31.
ONE of those open ND jobs is advertised below, among with an ad for an EP job in Portland, OR.
We have ONE obituary of a former ND turned GM, and news of another ND turned GM who is retiring at the end of the year.
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Newly Named News Directors:
WLNE-TV, Providence, RI…if Linkedin is to be believed, and it’s on the internet so it must be true, right?…JOE STUDLEY has been the ND at this Standard Media owned ABC affiliate since April following two months as the Assistant ND. Joe’s spent much of his career on the east coast except for a four year run at KNBC-TV in Los Angeles. He replaces ALLISON GAITO who left in February after less than a year. Joe is the FIFTH ND here in less than two years.
New News Director Openings:
Perhaps due to the holiday week, I am not aware of any new news director openings. If you know something I’ve missed, please let me know!
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Other News Management Openings:
ASSISTANT NEWS DIRECTOR:
KNBC/KVEA-TV, Los Angeles, CA (listed 10/8/23)
WFOR-TV, Miami, FL (relisted 11/12/23)
WCCO-TV, Minneapolis, MN (listed 10/22/23)
WNCN-TV, Raleigh, NC (relisted 10/22/23)
WBNS-TV, Columbus, OH (listed 11/5/23)
KVVU-TV, Las Vegas, NV (listed 11/12/23)
WHTM-TV, Harrisburg, PA (listed 11/5/23)
KCCI-TV, Des Moines, IA (listed 11/12/23)
WISC-TV, Madison, WI (listed 9/10/23)
WLTX-TV, Columbia, SC (listed 11/5/23)
WBRZ-TV, Baton Rouge, LA (listed 11/12/23)
WJHL-TV, Tri-Cities, TN (listed 10/1/23)
WSYM-TV, Lansing, MI (listed 9/10/23)
KBMT-TV, Beaumont, TX (listed 11/5/23)
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
WPIX-TV, New York, NY (Special Projects EP, relisted 10/29/23)
KNBC-TV, Los Angeles, CA (listed 10/22/23)
WTSP-TV, Tampa/St. Petersburg (AM EP, relisted 10/22/23)
WSNN-TV, Sarasota, FL (listed 10/8/23)
KMGH-TV, Denver, CO (listed 11/12/23)
KUSA-TV, Denver, CO (relisted 10/22/23)
WCNC-TV, Charlotte, NC (listed 11/5/23)
KATU-TV, Portland, OR (listed 11/12/23, see ad above!)
WNCN-TV, Raleigh, NC (relisted 10/22/23)
WRTV, Indianapolis IN (Digital EP, listed 11/12/23)
WTHR-TV, Indianapolis, IN (AM EP, relisted 10/22/23)
WXIN/WTTV, Indianapolis, IN (relisted 10/8/23)
WKRN-TV, Nashville, TN (relisted 10/8/23)
WBNS-TV, Columbus, OH (AM EP, listed 9/10/23)
WTIC-TV, Hartford, CT (listed 9/10/23)
WTNH-TV, Hartford/New Haven, CT (listed 11/5/23)
KXAN-TV, Austin, TX (listed 11/5/23)
WTMJ-TV, Milwaukee, WI (Digital EP, listed 11/12/23)
WOOD-TV, Grand Rapids, MI (relisted 11/12/23)
WVEC-TV, Norfolk, VA (AM EP, relisted 10/22/23)
WFMY-TV, Greensboro, NC (AM EP, listed 9/10/23)
WIVB-TV, Buffalo, NY (relisted 11/12/23)
WNEP-TV, Wilkes-Barre, PA (listed 11/5/23)
WLEX-TV, Lexington, KY (listed 11/12/23)
WJHL-TV, Johnson City, TN (listed 10/22/23)
WMAZ-TV, Macon, GA (listed 10/22/23)
MANAGING EDITOR, DIGITAL, NEW MEDIA:
WBRZ-TV, Baton Rouge, LA (listed 11/12/23)
More News Management Openings:
Listed 11/5/23:
WJET–TV, Erie, PA (Digital Content Manager)
Relisted 11/5/23:
WBNS-TV, Columbus, OH (Director of Digital Content)
KVUE-TV, Austin, TX (Digital Director)
Listed 10/1/23:
KTXL-TV, Sacramento, CA (Assignment Desk Manager)
Obituaries:
Maiuri
RENARD MAIURI, a former news director turned General Manager, died Wednesday at the age of 74. Renard was the first news director for KDRV-TV in Medford, OR, in 1985, and later served as GM there until 2010. This brief story from KDRV has more details.
Names in the News:
Let’s blame the short holiday week for the lack of Names in the News in this edition. Send me your news!
General Manager News and Notes:
Cardenas
WBNS-TV (Columbus, OH/Tegna/CBS) General Manager JOHN CARDENAS is retiring at the end of the year. He explains his reasons in this note to me. (UPDATE: Since his note John’s daughter gave birth to a healthy daughter.) John’s been GM at WBNS for more than ten years and was the ND there for eleven years, sandwiched around a three year stint as GM of sister station WTHR-TV in Indianapolis. He’s a former ND in Phoenix and worked in several other markets.
Our List of Open News Director jobs:
Here’s our list of open ND jobs as of Sunday, November 26, 2023:
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 Bronx/Brooklyn, 930 Soundview Ave. Bronx, NY 10473
KXTX-TV 4805 Amon Carter Boulevard, Ft. Worth, TX, 75155
WXIA-TV One Monroe Place NE Atlanta, GA 30324
WDIV-TV 550 W Lafayette Blvd, Detroit, MI 48226
WLTV 9405 NW 41st St, Doral, FL 33178 **
KOVR/KMAX-TV 2713 Kovr Dr West Sacramento CA 95605
WCNC-TV 1001 Wood Ridge Cntr. Dr. Charlotte, NC 28217
WRAL-TV 2619 Western Boulevard Raleigh NC 27606
WLOS-TV 110 Technology Drive Asheville, NC 28803
WJAX/WFOX-TV 11700 Central Pkwy 2, Jacksonville, FL, 32224
WBMA-TV 800 Concourse Pkwy Ste 200. Hoover, AL 35244
WRIC-TV 301 Arboretum Pl. Richmond, VA 23236
WRGB-TV 1400 Balltown Rd. Schenectady, NY 12309
WHEC-TV 191 East Avenue Rochester, NY 14604
WZDX-TV 1309 N. Memorial Parkway Huntsville, AL 35801
KNVO-TV, 801 North Jackson Rd., McAllen TX 78501 **
KLEW-TV 2626 17th St, Lewiston, ID 83501
WICS-TV 2680 E. Cook St. Springfield, IL 62703
WKBN/WYTV 3930 Sunset Blvd. Youngstown, OH 44512
KLKN-TV 3240 South 10th Street Lincoln, NE 68502 (Exec. ND)
KNDU/KNDO-TV 216 W. Yakima Ave. Yakima, WA 98902 (see ad above!)
KDRV-TV 1090 Knutson Avenue Medford, OR 97504
WTWO-TV 10849 N US Highway 41, Farmersburg, IN 47850
WDTV 5 Television Dr. Bridgeport, WV 26330
WWNY-TV 120 Arcade St. Watertown, NY 13601
KGNS-TV 120 W. Del Mar Blvd. Laredo TX 78041
Delta News 837 Washington Ave Greenville, MS 38701
WTOK-TV 815 23rd Ave. Meridian, MS 39301
KIDY/KXVA-TV 5 S. Chadbourne Street San Angelo, TX 76903
KYOU-TV 820 West 2nd Street; Ottumwa, IA 52501
KQTV 4000 Faraon St. Joseph, MO 64506
**: Spanish language station