July 28, 2019
Friday, August 2, 2019 UPDATE:
Greetings:
A longtime newtork o-and-o news director turned network o-and-o general manager has a new job on the corporate staff of one of America’s biggest broadcast companies.
Tully
SUSAN TULLY has been named Senior VP of Local Content Development for Nexstar Broadcasting. This news release will tell you that it’s a newly created position and explains the duties.
Susan spent 28 years working for NBC, most of that time as VP/News for the company’s KXAS-TV in Dallas/Ft. Worth, before become GM for NBC’s WVIT-TV in Hartford/New Haven. We told you last April that Susan was leaving that job after four years, a decision she explained via this email to her staff.
Her new job will be based at Nexstar’s HQ in Irving, TX, so she gets to stay in Texas.
She also worked in news management roles for NBC owned stations in Philadelphia and San Diego.
Congratulations to Susan.
We’ll have details on this story and all the weeks news in our full newsletter this weekend.
regards,
Rick Gevers
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Greetings:
TWO is the magic number in this week’s report.
TWO newly named news directors.
TWO new news director openings.
And TWO paid help wanted ads (among THREE ads this week) for ND openings.
There’s also a new ad for a faculty job at the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
All those changes leave 30 stations with ND openings, by count. And we have updated last week’s story about an ND opening in Duluth.
Just ONE item in Names in the News, and that’s the upcoming retirement of a two-time ND who has spent much of the later part of his career in Oklahoma.
And there’s some large market movement in our General Manager section…a change at a network o-and-o in Philadelphia, a former ND (and current GM) moves to a network owned station in Orlando, and two Nexstar GMs get bumped up to corporate jobs.
All that and more follows this ad from our friends at the Devlin Design Group.
Newly Named News Directors:
Estes
WCBD-TV, Charleston, SC…TONYA ESTES joins this Nexstar owned NBC affiliate as its next news director. She’s been the Assistant ND for Hearst’s WPBF-TV in West Palm Beach, FL, for the past two years, and has also worked for two other WPB stations, and in Miami (two stations), Seattle, Charlotte, and Greensboro, NC. Tonya replaces KYLE BRINKMAN who left in May to become ND at sister-Nexstar station WSPA-TV in Spartanburg/Greenville, SC.
Bradley
WTXL-TV, Tallahassee, FL…VICKI BRADLEY becomes the ND for this Scripps’ owned ABC affiliate. Here’s the memo from GM MATT BROWN. She joined the station five months ago as the morning executive producer. Vicki’s a former news director in Tyler, TX, and has worked for two stations in Greensboro-High Point, as well as in Wilmington, NC, and for the Weather Channel. At WTXL, she replaces DAVID LEE who left in June after more than five years as ND.
New News Director Openings:
Stanfield
KZBK/KXLF-TV, Bozeman and Butte, MT…these Scripps owned CBS affiliates have an opening for a new news director. KEVIN STANFIELD has been both the news director and anchor there: he is staying on as the anchor but is giving up the ND part of the job. Kevin has worked here since January, 2018, after seven years as an anchor in Bismarck, ND.
Rates
KAEF-TV, Eureka, CA…this Sinclair Broadcasting owned ABC is looking for a news director to replace SCOTT RATES who was both ND and anchor there. Sinclair’s West Coast Group Manager JEFF PARSONS tells me they are looking for an ND only, but might reconsider if the right person came along. Scott has been there for three years, previously worked as the Assistant ND for sister station KRCR-TV in Redding, and has worked as a reporter in San Francisco and Orlando.
Steve G.
Also, we now have more details about the opening at WDIO-TV in Duluth, which we shared with you last week. We didn’t know much about STEVE GOODSPEED, who it turns out had been there for 27 years before station management told him last month that his services were no longer needed. The weekly newspaper in Cloquet, MN, The Pine Journal (circulation, 5,111) caught up with Steve.
Please note: There’s a paid ad below for Steve’s former job at WDIO, as well as an ad for the opening at WCMH-TV in Columbus, OH.
Paid Help Wanted Ads:
News Director, WCMH-TV, Columbus, OH:
WCMH-TV, the NBC affiliate in Columbus, Ohio, one of the great cities in America, DMA #34, seeks a News Director to lead and supervise all aspects regarding the creation, execution and distribution of news, weather, sports programming and special projects, on all platforms, including our primary TV station, dedicated websites, apps and social media sites.
The News Director stays abreast of changes to the industry that affects both media consumers and journalists and has the ability to devise plans to collect and distribute relevant, meaningful content to audiences regardless of platform.
Manages all aspects of the News Department (other than Production.)
Plans and manages staffing, training, and performance evaluations for the News Department.
Makes decisions regarding hiring, evaluation, promotion and termination of employees.
Develops news coverage strategy for the station and its website.
Critiques newscasts daily to correct errors, improve coverage and provide mentoring feedback to news staff.
Assigns projects to staff and verifies that deadlines are being met.
Ensures growth and achievement of viewer rating goals and online engagement metrics.
Determines programming and evaluation of equipment needs to produce quality programming.
Responds to coverage questions.
Works with other senior station leaders or other departments in a collaborative way to establish and reach station goals.
Performs other duties as assigned
Reports directly to the station’s VP / General Manager
If you’re up for the challenge, apply by clicking here .
Assistant Professional Practice Professor/KOMU Digital Editor, Missouri School of Journalism, Columbia, MO:
The Missouri School of Journalism seeks a journalist with extensive newsroom experience and a talent for teaching at the university level. The ideal candidate will have at least five years of reporting and editing experience in a newsroom; some newsroom management experience is preferred.
This faculty member will manage the content and presentation of KOMU.com and teach students to create, curate and publish quality digital content for the website and various apps. This individual also will teach students and manage KOMU’s social media channels.
Knowledge of the latest trends and techniques in in interactive news presentation is a must.
The job includes a minimum of 30 hours per week at KOMU-TV, the School of Journalism’s NBC-affiliate television station, and supervising the work of student reporters, anchors, newscast producers and videographers. The job also includes classroom teaching and service to the Journalism School and the University.
Screening of applicants will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Hiring is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2019 with an immediate start date.
Please visit here and search job opening id #30809 to access the online application system.
The University of Missouri is committed to cultural diversity and it is expected that successful candidate will share this commitment.
MU is an Equal Employment Opportunity/ADA institution and encourages applications from women and minority candidates.
News Director, WDIO-TV, Duluth, MN:
WDIO-TV is seeking a News Director ready to take a powerful market leader to new heights. This leader oversees all news, weather and sports content and delivery channels and is responsible for directing and managing the news department — seeing that the station’s vision and community mission is understood by the entire news organization.
WDIO-TV, News Channel 10/13 is the award-winning ABC network affiliate for Northeastern Minnesota and Northwest Wisconsin. Part of Hubbard Broadcasting, WDIO-TV is committed to excellence in all that it does-broadcast news with hyper-local coverage, important public service that deals powerfully with today’s issues, and now, more than ever, top-notch digital content, to reach our viewers and followers with information the way they want to receive it.
When you work for WDIO-TV, you will find yourself among dedicated, passionate people who work hard every day to improve our product and our community. If you have the qualifications, and you are a person of talent and integrity, we invite you to apply!
To learn more about the day to day duties and qualifications for this remarkable opportunity please visit our web site by clicking here:
News Management Openings:
ASSISTANT NEWS DIRECTOR:
KUSI-TV, San Diego, CA (relisted 7/14/19)
WHEC-TV, Rochester, NY (relisted 7/7/19)
KSPR-TV, Springfield, MO (listed 7/17/19)
WBND-TV, South Bend, IN (relisted 7/14/19)
WJAC-TV, Johnstown, PA (relisted 7/14/19)
KRNV-TV, Reno, NV (listed 6/9/19)
KERO-TV, Bakersfield, CA (listed 7/14/19)
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
KPRC-TV, Houston, TX (Special Projects EP, listed 7/7/19)
WXYZ-TV, Detroit, MI (AM EP, listed 6/16/19)
KDVR/KWGN-TV, Denver, CO (AM EP, listed 5/27/19)
KOIN-TV, Portland, OR (AM EP, listed 6/23/19)
WVIT-TV, Hartford, CT (Dayside EP, listed 6/23/19)
WBNS-TV, Columbus, OH (Senior EP, relisted 7/14/19)
WISN-TV, Milwaukee, WI (AM EP, relisted 7/21/19)
WVTM-TV, Birmingham, AL (relisted 6/9/19)
WHP-TV Harrisburg, PA (listed 6/2/19)
WHTM-TV, Harrisburg, PA (Digital EP, listed 6/23/19)
WAVY-TV, Norfolk, VA (AM EP, relisted 7/7/19)
WWL-TV, New Orleans, LA (AM EP, relisted 7/7/19)
WBRE-TV, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, PA (relisted 7/14/19)
WNEM-TV, Saginaw, MI (AM EP, listed 7/21/19)
KMTV, Omaha, NE (AM EP, new listing this week)
KGUN-TV, Tucson, AZ (listed 5/27/19)
KWWL-TV, Waterloo, IA (listed 6/16/19)
WFFT-TV, Ft. Wayne, IN (listed 6/23/19)
WFXG-TV, Augusta, GA (listed 6/16/19)
WTAJ-TV, Altoona, PA (Digital Executive Producer, relisted 6/23/19)
KERO-TV, Bakersfield, CA (PM EP, listed 6/2/19)
KSBY-TV, San Luis Obispo, CA (PM EP, listed 6/16/19)
Other News Management Openings:
New Listings this Week:
WBRE-TV, Wilkes/Barre/Scranton, PA (Digital Content EP)
Relisted this week:
WRAL-TV, Raleigh, NC (Enterprise Executive Producer)
WTNH-TV, Hartford/New Haven, CT (Digital Content Manager)
Listed 7/21/19:
E.W. Scripps, Cincinnati, OH, (Senior Director of Content)
E.W. Scripps, Denver, CO (Senior Director of National Content)
Listed 7/14/19:
Nexstar Broadcasting, Irving, TX (Senior VP, Local Content Development)
Listed 7/7/19:
KMTV, Omaha, NE (Digital Content Manager)
Listed 6/30/19
KGET-TV, Bakersfield, CA (Digital Content Manager)
Relisted 6/23/19:
WKRG-TV, Mobile, AL (Digital Content Manager)
KFDX-TV, Wichita Falls, TX (Digital Content Manager)
Listed 6/16/19:
Rocky Mountain PBS, Denver, CO (Investigative Producer)
WBRC-TV, Birmingham, AL (Digital Content Mgr.)
Listed 5/27/19:
WTTG-TV, Washington, DC (Planning Manager)
Names in the News (and other items):
Perry
Longtime newsman BILL PERRY is retiring. He’s a former news director in Knoxville and Ft. Myers, and has worked in Dallas, Louisville, Ada, OK, and Oklahoma City. He’s currently the VP of Content Production for OETA (Oklahoma Educational Television Authority), a statewide PBS network in Oklahoma. Learn more about his duties there and the health issue that’s a factor in his decision by reading this email he sent me. Friends can wish him well via an email to: BPerry@oeta.tv
General Manager News and Notes:
Kennedy
BRIEN KENNEDY (and that is the correct spelling ion his first name), who’s been the general manager for CBS o-and-o KYW-TV in Philadelphia, has left the station after four years. During that time, as you’ll learn in this story from the Philadelphia Business Journal, he employed three different news directors. Before KYW, Brien was general manager for CBS owned stations in Minneapolis (WCCO-TV) and Miami (WFOR-TV).
McClain
We told you earlier this week that former (three time) news director MIKE McCLAIN is headed to Orlando as the GM for Fox’s WOFL-TV. More in this story from the Orlando Sentinel. Mike’s been the GM for Fox’s WJYZ/WMYT-TV in Charlotte for the past year, but previously has been the ND for Fox owned stations WTVT-TV in Tampa, WAGA-TV in Atlanta, and WBRC-TV in Birmingham.
Nexstar has upped two of its current general mangers to newly created positions of Senior Vice President and Regional Manager. Moving up are MATT ROSENFELD, currently the GM for KGPE/KSEE-TV in Fresno, and TRACI WILKINSON who’s been running Nexstar’s CW affiliate in Phoenix, KSAW-TV. This news release fills in the details.
Our Full List of Open ND Jobs:
Here’s our list of open ND jobs as of Sunday, July 28, 2019:
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
Verizon Fios 1 News 800 Westchester Avenue, Rye Brook, NY 10573
WFMZ-TV 300 E Rock Rd, Allentown, PA 18103
WFAA-TV 606 Young St, Dallas, TX 75202
WUVG-TV 3350 Peachtree Road #1250, Atlanta, GA 30326 **
KTVK/KPHO-TV 5555 N 7th Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85013
KUSA-TV 500 E Speer Blvd, Denver, CO 80203
KUVS-TV 1710 Arden Way, Sacramento CA 95815 **
KSDK-TV 1000 Market St. St. Louis MO 63101
KFMB-TV 7677 Engineer Road San Diego, CA 92111
KSHB-TV 4720 Oak St, Kansas City, MO 64112
WBNS-TV 770 Twin Rivers Dr, Columbus, OH 43215
WCMH-TV 3165 Olentangy River Rd. Columbus, OH 43202 (see ad above!)
WITI-TV 9001 N Green Bay Rd, Brown Deer, WI 53209
WPEC-TV 1100 Fairfield Dr. West Palm Beach, FL 33407
WBIR-TV 1513 Bill Williams Ave. Knoxville, TN 37917
WJRT-TV 2302 Lapeer Rd, Flint, MI 48503
WTOL-TV 730 N. Summit St. Toledo OH 43604
WAFF-TV 1414 N. Memorial Parkway. Huntsville, AL 35801
KXXV-TV 1909 S New Rd, Waco, TX 76711
WLTZ-TV 6140 Buena Vista Rd. Columbus, GA 31907
KVII-TV 1 Broadcast Center, Amarillo, TX 79101
KRCR-TV 755 Auditorium Dr. Redding, CA 96001
KCBD-TV 5600 Ave. A Lubbock, TX 79404
WDIO-TV 10 Observation Rd, Duluth, MN 55811 (see ad above!)
KTTC-TV 6301 Bandel Rd. NW Rochester, MN 55901
WOAY-TV P.O. BOX 3001 Oak Hill, WV 25901
KRTV 3300 Old Havre Hwy. Black Eagle, MT 59414
KXLF/KZBK-TV 1003 S Montana St, Butte, MT 59701
KAEF-TV 540 E St Eureka, California 95501
KAVU-TV 3808 N Navarro St, Victoria, TX 77901
**: Spanish language station