July 19, 2026
Tuesday, July 19, 2026 UPDATE:
Greetings:
A new job for a former New York City news director, and a move within Tegna fills an ND opening in St. Louis.
Morris
AMY MORRIS is joining CNN as Vice President/News for the East Region. She posted the good news on her Linkedin page. The move allows her to stay in New York, where she most recently was Senior Vice President/News for NBC’s WNBC/WNJU-TV (NBC-Telemundo), a job she left last March when that position was eliminated. Amy’s Linkedin bio has her full career history.
But that’s not the only news today.
Thomas
DENISHA THOMAS moves within Tegna to become the next ND for KSDK-TV (NBC) in St. Louis, where she replaces TIM GERAGHTY. Tim transferred to KHOU-TV in Houston last March.. The station’s website has more. Denisha’s been the Director of News Content for Tegna’s WXIA-TV (NBC) in Atlanta where she reports to Director of Content TODD SPESSARD. She previously served as ND for Tegna’s WATN-TV in Memphis and interim ND at WWL-TV (CBS) in New Orleans. More on her background here.
Speaking of WWL, we made a bad mistake in Sunday’s newsletter reporting the departure of current WWL ND NICOLE EVERAGE. We misspelled her name (accidentally inserting the similar name of one of our neighbors.) Apologies to Nicole, and to you.
Barring other big news, we’ll be back Sunday with our full report.
regards,
Rick Gevers
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Greetings:
TWO new news director opening to report, with ONE job filled as our count of open ND jobs moves to 25.
There are TWO Paid Help wanted ads for jobs in Florida and Texas (winter WILL be here before you know it.)
And very little other news…unfortunately it involves job cuts in several markets.
Hopefully we’ll have more news to share next week.
Newly Named News Directors:
Sanchez
KOAA/KKTV, Colorado Springs, CO…DANIEL SANCHEZ, who’s been the news director for Scripps’ KOAA (NBC) for just more than a year, will add additional duties as ND for KKTV (CBS). (Scripps recently acquired KKTV as part of a station swap with Gray Media and will operate the two stations from one newsroom.) Here’s the memo from GM ROSS WHITE. JOSH BARLOW had been the ND at KKTV before crossing the street to Nexstar’s KXRM-TV late last year.
New News Director Openings:
Everage
WWL-TV, New Orleans, LA…NICOLE (WAIVERS) EVERAGE will leave this Tegna owned CBS affiliate in a few weeks. She’s been the news director here since May 2023 when she was promoted from executive producer. Nicole’s also worked for stations in Dallas, Orlando and two other New Orleans stations as you’ll learn from her Linkedin page.
KNOE-TV, Monroe, LA…KRISTIN HODGES (right) has left this Gray Media owned CBS/ABC affiliate after just over three years as the news director. She’s earlier worked in Roanoke, Tampa, and Chattanooga. She posted this on Linkedin.
Help Wanted Ads:
WINK-TV, Ft. Myers, FL: Executive Producers (click on ad)
KSAT-TV, San Antonio, TX: Manager of Coverage and Content:
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News Management Openings:
ASSISTANT NEWS DIRECTOR:
KTXL-TV, Sacramento, CA (listed 6/7/26)
WCNC-TV, Charlotte, NC listed 5/25/26)
KFSM-TV, Fayettevilla, AR (listed 7/12/26)
WMBD-TV, Peoria, IL (relisted 5/25/26)
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
WPIX-TV, New York, NY (Digital EP, relisted 7/12/26)
KHOU-TV, Houston, TX (relisted 5/17/26)
WMUR-TV, Manchester, NH (Boston market) (listed 5/17/26)
KRON-TV, San Francisco, CA (relisted 6/21/26)
WFLA-TV, Tampa, FL (listed 6/7/26)
WFTS-TV, Tampa, FL (relisted 7/5/26)
KXTV, Sacramento, CA (relisted 5/17/26)
WNCN-TV, Raleigh, NC (Lifestyle Show EP, listed 6/7/26)
WRAL-TV, Raleigh, NC (Multiplatorm EP, listing revised 7/19/26)
KSDK-TV, St. Louis, MO (relisted 5/17/26)
KTVX/KUCW-TV, Salt Lake City, UT (listed 7/12/26)
WBAL-TV, Baltimore, MD (listed 5/17/26)
WTIC-TV, Hartford, CT (listed 6/21/26)
WCPO-TV, Cincinnati, OH (relisted 7/5/26)
WXIX-TV, Cincinnati, OH (listed 6/21/26)
WPBF-TV, W. Palm Beach, FL (listed 5/17/26)
WVEC-TV, Norfolk, VA (relisted 5/17/26)
KOCO-TV, Oklahoma City, OK (listed 5/17/26)
WWL-TV, New Orleans, LA (relisted 5/17/26)
WINK-TV, Ft. Myers, FL (listed 7/19/26, see ad above!)
WREG-TV, Memphis, TN (listed 6/7/26)
WBBH-TV, Ft. Myers, FL (listed 5/17/26)
WGRZ-TV, Buffalo, NY (relisted 5/17/26)
KTHV-TV, Little Rock, AR (relisted 5/17/26)
KARK/KLRT-TV, Little Rock, AR (Morning EP, relisted 6/21/26)
KCCI-TV, Des Moines, IA (listed 5/17/26)
WBTW-TV, Myrtle Beach, SC (Digital EP, listed 5/25/26)
KYTX-TV, Tyler, TX (listed 6/21/26)
KRIS-TV, Corpus Christi, TX (relisted 5/17/26)
KBMT-TV, Beaumont, TX (relisted 5/17/26)
KWES-TV, Midland, TX (listed 6/14/26)
MANAGING EDITOR:
WDBJ-TV, Roanoke, VA (listed 7/5/26)
WCBD-TV, Charleston, SC (listed 6/7/26)
Other News Management Openings:
Listed 7/12/26:
KSAT-TV, San Antonio, TX (Manager of Coverage and Content, see ad above!)
WAYV-TV, Norfolk, VA (Assistant Digital Manager)
Listed 6/28/26:
WXMI-TV, Grand Rapids, MI (Executive Reporter)
Listed 5/31/26:
Hubbard DC, Washington, DC (Market President)
Listed 5/25/26:
KOMU-TV, Columbia, MO (General Manager)
Arizona PBS, Phoenix, AZ (Dir. of News & Public Affairs)
WPTV, West Palm Beach, FL (Executive Reporter)
Names in the News (and other stuff):
More job cuts around the industry.
The NY Post reports massive layoffs across some of the News 12 Newsrooms in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Westchester and Connecticut.
And Sinclair’s WKRC-TV (ABC) in Cincinnati eliminated jobs of several journalists and canceled its weekend morning newscasts.
General Manager News and Notes:
No news this week, to my knowledge. Please email me if I missed something!
Our List of Open News Director Jobs:
Here’s our list of open ND jobs as of Sunday, July 19, 2026:
It’s unofficial, there may be others that are open, and some of these m have been filled. If you know of any in either category, please let me know: rick@rickgevers.com
WPVI-TV 4100 City Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19131
KGO-TV 900 Front St, San Francisco, CA 94111
WOFL-TV 35 Skyline Drive, Lake Mary, FL 32746
KMGH-TV 2323 Delgany St, Denver, CO 80203
KSDK-TV 1001 Highlands Plaza Dr. St. Louis, MO 63110
KOKH/KOCB-TV 1228 E. Wilshire Blvd. Oklahoma City, OK 73111
WLKY-TV 1918 Mellwood Ave. Louisville, KY 40206
WGNO-TV 1 Galleria Blvd, Suite 850 Metairie LA 70001
WWL-TV 1024 N. Rampart St. New Orleans, LA 70116
WHBQ-TV 485 South Highland St. Memphis, TN 38111
WREG-TV 803 Channel 3 Drive, Memphis, TN 38103
KOKI-TV 2625 S Memorial Dr, Tulsa, OK 74129
KAKE-TV 1500 N. West St. Wichita, KS 67203
KLEW-TV 2626 17th St, Lewiston, ID 83501
KNVO-TV, 801 North Jackson Rd., McAllen TX 78501 **
KCEN-TV 215 N. 3rd Street Temple, TX 76501
WSIL-TV 1416 Country Aire Drive Carterville, IL 62918
WHBF-TV 231 18th St. Rock Island, IL 61201
KNDU-TV 3312 W. Kennewick Ave. Kennewick, WA 99336
WWAY-TV 1224 Magnolia Village Way, Leland, NC 28451
WCBI-TV 201 5th Street South Columbus, MS 39701
KNOE-TV 1400 Oliver Rd., Monroe, LA 71201
KBMT-TV 525 Interstate 10 South, Beaumont, TX 77701
KNBN-TV 510 North Cambell Suite 8. Rapid City, SD 57701
KAVU-TV. 3808 N Navarro St. Victoria, TX 77901
**: Spanish language station