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05/12/08
IF Management, Inc., based in NYC, is pleased to make the following announcements:
MELISSA MAGEE has moved to New York to be a meteorologist for WNYW (Fox). Prior to coming to the Big Apple, Melissa was a national meteorologist for AccuWeather in State College, PA. A UCLA graduate, Melissa got her start in weather in nearby Bakersfield, CA, before making the move east to Pennsylvania.
LIZA FERNANDEZ recently moved to San Francisco to be the morning meteorologist for KRON. Prior to that, she was a morning anchor and reporter for KMPH in Fresno.
LOLITA LOPEZ, weekend sports anchor and general assignment reporter for WPIX has added a feature franchise to her repertoire called “Lolita’s Lo-down” and you can learn more about it by clicking www.cw11.com/lolitaslodown
Former WNYW weekend sports anchor REISCHEA CANIDATE has moved to the national level to join ESPN in Bristol, CT. Reischea, who is a graduate of the University of Southern California, will anchor for ESPNews.
MOSHE ARENSTEIN has been promoted to Line Producer of Hardball with Chris Matthews. Moshe, who was a captain in the Israeli Defense Forces and holds a Masters from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, has been with the show for four years.
HEIDI WATNEY is the newest addition to the New England Sports Network (NESN) team. During baseball season Heidi will serve as the network's lead Red Sox reporter, providing live reports during each game as well as the nightly pre-game and post-game shows. In the off-season, she will contribute as a host and reporter for the regional cable network. Heidi comes to Boston from Fresno, CA, where she worked as a weekend sports anchor at KMPH (Fox) and talk show host at ESPN Radio 1430 AM after graduating from the University of San Diego.
KELSEY STARKS has joined WHAS (ABC) in Louisville as the weekend morning anchor/weekday reporter. Previously, Kelsey was a reporter + anchor for WCIV (ABC) in Charleston, SC, where she was the station's lead reporter for the Democratic Primary Debate (at The Citadel) and WCIV's coverage of the tragic Charleston fire that killed 9 firefighters. A native of the Bluegrass State, Kelsey received a bachelor's degree from the University of Kentucky and a master's from Northwestern University.
SHEP MESSING signed a new deal with MSG Network and will be a part of the network's coverage of the New York Red Bulls. A former star goalie with the NY Cosmos, Shep will serve as an in-game and studio analyst for the 7th consecutive season.
Melissa, Liza, Lolita, Reischea, Moshe, Heidi, Kelsey, and Shep are represented by Steven Herz, Carol Perry, Melissa Breen and Jeff Feldman. If Management is located at 810 7th Avenue, 11th Floor, NY, NY 10019, and you can reach the entire team by calling 212-265-7711 or log onto www.ifmanagement.com
05/12/08
From Rick Gever's News Director List...
NEW NEWS DIRECTORS OPENINGS:
To my knowledge...none!
NEW NEWS DIRECTORS NAMED:
WXXA-TV, Albany, NY...GARY LaPLANTE moves across town to take over the ND
position for this Newport TV owned FOX affiliate. Gary has been
the Assistant ND for WTEN-TV in Albany. He's previously worked in
Boston, Providence, and Hartford. Gary replaces GENE ROSS who
moved to another Newport station, WTEV/WAWS in Jacksonville in March.
WEYI-TV, Clio (Flint) MI...LINDSAY MOORE has been promoted to ND for this
Barrington Broadcasting owned NBC affiliate. She replaces DON SHAFER,
who left the station (along with about half the staff) in cutbacks
last month.
WGGB-TV, Springfield, MA...veteran news director DAVID BAER returns to a
newsroom as ND for this Gormally Broadcasting owned ABC station.
Dave's a former news director in (most recently) Portland, ME, and
has also run newsrooms in Providence, Indianapolis, Buffalo, and
Raleigh. He replaces KATHY TOBIN who will now anchor full time.
05/08/08
From DB & Associates...
STELLA PAYNE moves to Philadelphia. Payne will be the Sussex County reporter for Delaware Tonight on WHYY-TV. Stella comes from KTVT in Dallas where she was a free-lance reporter. She is no stranger to Pennsylvania as she previously worked at WHTM in Harrisburg. HARRY BOUNDS is the newest member of the KARK weather department in Little Rock, Arkansas. Bounds will forecast for the KARK 4 Today weekday morning newscast at the NBC affiliate. Harry jumps 69 markets as he comes from KNDU in Kennewick, Washington where he was the morning meteorologist. JEN BATES jumps 57 markets to KWCH in Wichita, Kansas. Bates is the new Sports reporter/fill-in anchor for the CBS station. Jen also comes from KNDU in Kennewick, Washington where she was the weekend sports anchor. GREG CHANDLER is the new weekend sports anchor at KQDS in Duluth, Minnesota. Chandler will also report on sports during the week for the Fox affiliate. Greg comes from Clarksburg, West Virginia where he was the weekend sports anchor for WBOY. STELLA PAYNE, HARRY BOUNDS, JEN BATES and GREG CHANDLER are represented by DAVID BRUNNER of DB & ASSOCIATES in Neffs, Pennsylvania. www.dbandassociates.com 610 767-6183
05/06/08
From Mort Meisner Associates...
RONNIE DAHL Joins FOX O&O WJBK in Detroit as a freelance reporter. Ronnie previously worked at ABC O&O WTVG in Toledo as well as the FOX affiliate in Toledo. Ronnie is a graduate of the College Of Charleston.
Ronnie Dahl is represented by Mort Meisner Associates.
Mort Meisner can be reached at:
248-545-2222 (office)
mmeisassoc@aol.com
Mort Meisner Associates
26711 Woodward Ave.#203
Huntington Woods MI 48070
05/02/08
From DB & Associates...
BECKY FREEMAL is the new co-anchor for FOX 21/27 weeknight 10 pm newscast in Roanoke, Virginia. She comes to WFXR/WWCW from WCPO in Cincinnati, Ohio where she was a reporter/fill-in anchor. AMY KUNS goes to KEPR to co-anchor the weeknight 5, 6 and 11 newscasts. Kuns comes to the CBS affiliate in Yakima, Washington from KTTC and KXLT in Rochester, Minnesota where she anchored the 5pm newscast on KTTC and the 9 pm for Fox 47. JUSTIN COOPER moves to WSPA to forecast weekend mornings for the CBS affiliate in Greenville/Spartanburg, South Carolina. Cooper comes from Las Vegas, Nevada where he worked for KLAS. JAY POLK is the newest member of the WALB weather department. Polk will forecast on the weekend evening newscasts for the NBC station in Albany, Georgia. Jay previously worked at WSAW in Wausau, Wisconsin. BECKY FREEMAL, AMY KUNS, JUSTIN COOPER, and JAY POLK are represented by DAVID BRUNNER of DB & ASSOCIATES in Neffs, Pennsylvania. www.dbandassociates.com
04/30/08
From Mort Meisner Associates...
Bay Scroggins joins ABC AFFILIATE KSTP in Minneapolis as a freelance general assignment reporter. Bay comes to KSTP from the NBC Affiliate in Fort Myers.
Bay is a graduate of East Carolina University
Bay Scroggins is represented by Mort Meisner Associates.
Mort Meisner can be reached at:
248-545-2222 (office)
mmeisassoc@aol.com
Mort Meisner Associates
26711 Woodward Ave.#203
Huntington Woods MI 48070
04/29/08
From Mort Meisner Associates...
ANCHOR/REPORTER ELIZABETH RIES JUMPS 54 markets to hometown of Minneapolis
and ABC Affiliate KSTP. Elizabeth joins KSTP from the ABC Affiliate in Green
Bay. Elizabeth is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin.
REPORTER MAGGIE NEWLAND JUMPS 49 markets to KSTP in Minneapolis from the NBC
affiliate in FORT Myers. Maggie is a graduate of the
College of William and Mary.
Elizabeth Ries and Maggie Newland are represented by Mort Meisner Associates.
Mort Meisner can be reached at:
248-545-2222 (office)
mmeisassoc@aol.com
Mort Meisner Associates
26711 Woodward Ave.#203
Huntington Woods MI 48070
04/27/08
From Rick Gevers' News Director List...
NEW NEWS DIRECTORS OPENINGS:
KVEA-TV, Los Angeles, CA...veteran California newsman AL CORRAL is leaving this
Telemundo owned station, where's he's been the ND since 2001. He's
also been an ND at KPIX-TV in San Francisco and worked at KCET-TV, the
PBS station Los Angeles.
WOWK-TV, Charleston/Huntington, WV...longtime newsman RON MILLER is retiring
after 43 years in our business. Ron's been ND at this West Virginia
Media Holdings CBS affiliate for almost three years. He's also been
the VP/GM of News 14 Carolina, a two-time ND at WBTV in Charlotte,
and has also worked in Des Moines, Roanoke, Richmond, Portland and
San Diego. You can wish Ron well via email at: 65hawkeye@comcast.net
NEW NEWS DIRECTORS NAMED:
KLD0-TV, Laredo, TX...FELIPE SERRANO is the new ND for this Entravision-owned
Univision affiliate. He has been an anchor/reporter in Costa Rica,
where he worked for Teletica, the Costa Rican network.
04/22/08
From Mort Meisner Associates...
ANCHOR/REPORTER Chris Earl joins KCRG, the ABC AFFILIATE in CEDAR RAPIDS as weekday morning anchor. Chris goes to IOWA from the NBC station in Eau Claire. Chris is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin.
Investigative Reporter Scott Taylor signs a new deal with CBS Affiliate WOIO in Cleveland. Scott who joined WOI in 2002 is a graduate of University of Wisconsin.
Chris Earl and Scott Taylor are represented by Mort Meisner Associates.
Mort Meisner can be reached at:
248-545-2222 (office)
mmeisassoc@aol.com
Mort Meisner Associates
26711 Woodward Ave.#203
Huntington Woods MI 48070
04/20/08
From Rick Gevers' News Director List...
NEW NEWS DIRECTORS OPENINGS:
KSWB-TV, San Diego, CA...as you have likely read elsewhere, this Tribune owned
station will become a FOX affiliate and will start its own news
department.
WEYI-TV, Clio, MI...DON SHAFER left this Barrington Broadcasting owned NBC
station this week, along with more than half of the staff in a dramatic
newsroom reduction. Many of you know Don, who's been an ND in San Diego,
Milwaukee, Oklahoma City, and Green Bay.
KRNV-TV, Reno, NV...here's a newsletter first, as we report someone's hiring
and departure in the same newsletter. ERIC HUSEBY started here as ND
in February, and we were remiss in not reporting that to you then.
Eric left the station this week, however, so the search is on, again.
NEW NEWS DIRECTORS NAMED:
I don't know of any.
04/18/08
WILLINGER TALENT AGENCY ("WTA") is pleased to announce recent moves for some of its clients:
ANNE STATE joins WBBM, the CBS O&O in Chicago this week as primary co-anchor of the 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. weeknight newscasts. She comes from KNSD in San Diego.
JOHN ANDERSON, 1 a.m. host of “SportsCenter” on ESPN, has been named host of the upcoming prime time reality competition, Wipe Out, launching on the ABC television network on June 24 at 8 p.m. EST.
JENNIFER LOPEZ has been named weekday morning meteorologist at KXAS, the NBC O&O in Dallas/Ft.Worth. She is currently a meteorologist for The Weather Channel. Jennifer begins her new duties in June.
ANNE, JOHN and JENNIFER are represented by Gregg A. Willinger, Esq., President of WTA. WTA can be reached at 875 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 1909, New York, NY 10001. Phone: (212) 695-1950 Fax: (212) 695-1855 E-mail: info@willingertalent.com Web Site: www.willingertalent.com
04/11/08
From Rick Gevers' News Director List...
NEW NEWS DIRECTORS OPENINGS:
KELO-TV, Sioux Falls, SD...longtime news director MARK MILLAGE is leaving
this Young Broadcasting owned station after 19 years as a news
director. He’s been named President of Killian College in Sioux
Falls, South Dakota's only community college with 450 students.
Mark's a past RTNDA Chairman, and will leave KELO 25 years to the
day after he started at the station as an intern.
KOBI-TV, Medford, OR...another longtime news director, DAN ACKLEN, has
left this NBC affiliate after more than four years as news
director here. Dan tells me he’s retired, at least from TV. He’s a
former news director in Seattle, Cleveland and Portland who
returned home to Oregon a few years ago to be close to family.
NEW NEWS DIRECTORS NAMED:
WNYW/WWOR-TV, New York, NY...officially announced that veteran NY ND DIANE
DOCTOR will be its next ND. She’s a former ND at both WNBC and
WCBS. This move reunites her with LEW LEONE who was the GM
when both were at WCBS. She replaces SCOTT MATTHEWS who left
the station in January for a job at CNN. In addition, the
stations named JIM DRISCOLL Vice-President. He has been the ND
for WWOR.
04/08/08
From Mort Meisner Associates...
KRISTIN NELSON joins KYTV in Springfield, Missouri as a general
assignment reporter. Kristin who is a graduate of Michigan State
University comes most recently from the CBS affiliate in Traverse City
Kristin is represented by Mort Meisner of Mort Meisner Associates
From Rick Gevers' News Director List...
NEW NEWS DIRECTORS OPENINGS:
WRC-TV, Washington, DC...VICKIE BURNS has been promoted to run the news
department of sister-NBC-o-and-o WNBC-TV in New York. More details
available below.
WAAY-TV, Huntsville, AL...WILLY WALKER has left this Calkins Media owned ABC
affiliate after one year as news director.
NEW NEWS DIRECTORS NAMED:
WNBC-TV, New York, NY...as noted above, VICKIE BURNS has been named VP of News
and content for this o-and-o. She had been the VP/News for sister
o-and-o WRC-TV in Washington, DC. Vickie's a former ND for NBC's
WMAQ-TV in Chicago, and has also worked at two other Chicago stations.
She replaces DAN FORMAN who has left the station.
WNYW-TV, New York, NY...there are numerous media reports that DIANNE DOCTOR
will be the next ND for this FOX o-and-o. That would reunite her with
GM LEW LEONE. They held the same positions once at WCBS-TV in New York.
She's also a former WNBC-TV News Director. If she does take that job,
she'll replace SCOTT MATTHEWS who left the station earlier this year to
take a job at CNN.
WHTR-TV, Indianapolis, IN...congratulations to CAROLYN WILLIAMS who's been named
ND for this Dispatch-owned NBC affiliate. She's been the Assistant ND
here since 2000, and the interm ND since her new boss, GM JIM TELLUS, was
promoted to that job earlier this year. Carolyn's a former ND at KOTV
in Tulsa, and has also worked at in Dallas and Tucson.
WSEE-TV, Erie, PA...veteran reporter SCOTT BREMMER has been promoted to ND for
this CBS affiliate. My records show JOHN CHRISTIANSON had been ND for
this Initial Broadcasting owned station since September, 1999.
04/02/08
N.S. Bienstock, Inc. is proud to announce the following job placements:
DAVID GREGORY launches a new daily show on MSNBC at 6pm called “Race For the White House.” David will still continue to work as Chief White House Correspondent and as a fill-in for Matt Lauer on “The Today Show.”
NATALIE MORALES co-hosts "Today Show Tips" for the Do It Yourself Network. Natalie continues her duties as an anchor and correspondent for "The Today Show" on NBC.
SUNNY ANDERSON is the Food Network’s newest face in the kitchen. Her series “Cooking for Real” premieres Sunday, April 6th at 10:30 AM.
KAREN LEIGH has joined KCNC-TV in Denver as a M-F evening co-anchor from anchor/reporter at WCCO-TV in Minneapolis.
ERIC BOLLING, an independent trader of various commodities, joins N.S. Bienstock as a client and becomes a contributor for the Fox Business Network. Eric was previously a contributor for CNBC and a panelist on CNBC’s “Fast Money.”
ZEV SHALEV joins CBS The Early Show as Senior Broadcast Producer.
VIVIANA HURTADO has joined ABC NewsOne in Washington, DC as a Correspondent from reporter at Al Jazeera English.
CAROLINE LYDERS has joined WJLA-TV in Washington D.C. as a reporter from anchor/reporter at WISN-TV in Milwaukee.
TAMSEN FADAL joins WPIX-TV in New York as a reporter from WCBS-TV.
ANTWAN LEWIS becomes the lead reporter for the "Fugitive Hunters" series on WGN-TV in Chicago.
TODD SCHNITT, host of his own afternoon drive show on WFLA in Tampa becomes nationally syndicated through Jones Radio Networks.
LYTEL YOUNG returned to HGTV for his second season as host & designer for “Save My Bath,” which premiered March 24th.
BILL BOGGS is hosting the web series “My Generation” for AARP.
David, Natalie, Sunny, Karen, Eric, Zev, Viviana, Caroline, Tamsen, Antwan, Todd, Lytel, and Bill are represented by Richard Leibner, Carole Cooper, George Hiltzik, Steve Sadicario, Peter Goldberg, Adam Leibner, Rick Ramage and Adam Nettler at N.S. Bienstock, Inc., 250 West 57th Street, Suite 333, New York, NY 10107, (212) 765-3040. To meet all of our agents, link to www.nsbtalent.com.
03/30/08
From the latest Rick Gever's News Director List.
NEW NEWS DIRECTORS OPENINGS:
KGTV, San Diego, CA...GARY BROWN is leaving this McGraw Hill owned ABC
affiliate to become VP/News for Newport Television, the group that's
buying many of the old Clear Channel TV stations. He'll be based
at the company's headquarters in Kansas City. Gary's been ND here
for about a year and a half, and was previously a news director in
Hartford, Providence, Toledo, and Steubenville, OH.
WGGB-TV, Springfield, MA...this ABC affiliate is looking for a news director.
KATHY TOBIN, who's been in that job, is returning to anchoring full-
time.
NEW NEWS DIRECTORS NAMED:
WLNE-TV, Providence, RI...B.J. FINNELL returns to Providence as the news
director for this ABC affiliate. He also returns to working with
STEVE DOERR, the GM for this Global Broadcasting-owned station.
Steve was the ND at WOIO/WUAB-TV in Cleveland, where B.J. is now
the Assistant ND. And they once worked together at WCAU-TV in
Philadelphia. Earlier in his career, B.J. was the ND for WJAR-TV
in Providence as well as WVIT-TV in Hartford. He replaces ED HART
who left the station in December after three years as ND.
KRDO-TV, Colorado Springs, CO....MICHAEL SIPES heads west to take over the
news department for this News Press & Gazette Broadcasting ABC
affiliate. Michael spent the last seven years as ND for KMBC-TV
in Kansas City before leaving that job last October. He's also
been a news director in Louisville and Jackson, MS. At KRDO, he
replaces DAVID ROSE who left the station last month after almost
12 years as news director.
03/27/08
Napoli Management Group is pleased to announcement the following job placements:
BIANCA de la GARZA makes a move in the Boston market to WCVB TV as the new morning anchor and reporter. Most recently Bianca was the weekend anchor for WXFT. She has the unique opportunity to compete against her husband David Wade (also an NMG client) who is the morning anchor for WBZ.
Award-winning investigative producer SCOTT ZAMOST joins CNN's Special Investigations Unit. He is an investigative producer based at the world headquarters in Atlanta. Most recently, Scott was the investigative producer at WTVJ/NBC 6 in Miami where many of his investigations made national news.
ERIN HAWKSWORTH joins Fox O&O WFXT TV in Boston as a reporter and fill-in anchor. Erin departs Belo’s WFAA TV in Dallas where she has been a sports reporter and fill-in anchor for more than 2 years.
BOB KAPLE moves within Hearst to become the new weekend morning anchor and reporter at WPBF in West Palm Beach. He was a reporter for the company at KCCI in Des Moines.
KRISTINE HARRINGTON is pleased to be joining KTVK in Phoenix as a reporter. Kristine leaves KTNV in Las Vegas where she has also been a reporter.
MELISSA MAHAN happily returns to the West to become morning anchor and reporter at KOAT in Albuquerque. Melissa leaves WLNE in Providence where she has been the morning and midday anchor and reporter.
KATY TUR joins WPIX in New York as a freelance reporter from reporting at News 12 Bronx/Brooklyn.
Bianca and Scott are represented by Mendes J. Napoli; Erin is represented by David Ahrendts; Bob is represented by Laurie Jacoby and Kristine, Melissa and Katy are represented by Jean Sage of Napoli Management Group. You can reach Napoli Management Group by calling 310-385-8222 or by sending an e-mail toNMG@TVTALENT.com. www.tvtalent.com
03/25/08
From DB & Associates...
MOLLIE HALPERN is the new investigative reporter at WSLS in Roanoke/Lynchburg, Virginia. Halpern will also be a fill-in anchor for the NBC station. Mollie comes from WPXI in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where she was a Host and an AP. The award-winning Halpern also worked at WBRE/WYOU in Scranton, PA and NECN in Boston, Mass. SINU ABRAHAM moves to WDBJ in Roanoke/Lynchburg, Virginia. Abraham will report for the CBS affiliate. Sinu comes from WTOP Radio in Washington, DC where she was a reporter and assistant editor. She also previously worked as an Anchor/reporter at WHAG in Hagerstown, Maryland. KRISTI PIEHL re-signs at KSTP in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Piehl will take on the role of Investigative Reporter for the ABC station. MOLLIE HALPERN, SINU ABRAHAM, and KRISTI PIEHL are represented by DAVID BRUNNER of DB & ASSOCIATES in Neffs, Pennsylvania. www.dbandassociates.com 610 767-6183
03/23/08
From Rick Gevers' News Director List.
NEW NEWS DIRECTORS OPENINGS:
KIDK-TV, Idaho Falls, ID...this Fisher Broadcasting-owned CBS affiliate is
advertising for a news director. In fact, you can read that ad
below. TERRY MILLER has been the longtime ND there.
NEW NEWS DIRECTORS NAMED:
KTVI-TV, St. Louis, MO...AUDREY PRYWITCH has been promoted to this Fox o-and-0
(at least for now) affiliate. She's been the Assistant ND there for
the last seven years. She's been the Acting ND the end of 2007 when
KINGSLEY SMITH left to become ND for FOX's WTXF-TV in Philadelphia
after 18 months as ND here.
03/17/08
From Mort Meisner Associates...
ROB COOK signs a new 3 year deal at ABC Affiliate KSTP in Minneapolis. Rob who is a CBM sealed meteorologist is a graduate of the University of Kansas
Rob is represented by Mort Meisner of Mort Meisner Associates.
03/15/08
From Rick Gevers' News Director List.
NEW NEWS DIRECTORS OPENINGS:
KWTX-TV, Waco, TX...KATHRYN YGLECIAS is leaving this Gray-owned CBS affiliate
to return to Houston as the morning Executive Producer at KHOU-TV. She's
been the ND here for the last three years and previously worked in Oklahoma
City as well as an earlier stint in her career as a producer at KPRC-TV
in Houston.
KBTV, Beaumont, TX...PAUL BERGEN leaves this Nexstar-owned NBC affiliate
to become ND for Nexstar's KTAL-TV in Shreveport. More on that move
below. Paul's been the ND here for six years.
NEW NEWS DIRECTORS NAMED:
New England Cable News, Boston, MA...THOMAS MELVILLE has been promoted to news
director here. He succeeds CHARLIE KRAVITZ who's been named President
of NECN, replacing PHIL BALBONI who is leaving to develop a website
focusing on international news.
KOVR/KMAX-TV, Sacramento, CA...CAMERYN BECK has been promoted to ND for this
CBS owned duopoly. She's been at KOVR since 2005, first as an EP and
(since January) the Assistant News Director. She replaces STEVE CHARLIER
who left in February to become VP/News for Local TV.
KTAL-TV, Shreveport, LA...as noted above, PAUL BERGEN will be the new ND for
this Nexstar-owned NBC affiliate. He's been the ND at sister-Nexstar
station KBTV in Beaumont, TX, as noted above. At KTAL, he replaces
ANDREW PONTZ who left the station in January after more than two years
as ND.
03/11/08
From Mort Meisner Associates...
ANCHOR/REPORTER RON TERRELL signs a new two year deal with FOX Affiliate KOKI in Tulsa. Ron, who joined the stations in 2006 is a graduate of The University Of Oklahoma. Ron is represented by Mort Meisner of Mort Meisner Associates.
Mort can be reached at 248-545-2222, MMeisAssoc@aol.com,
03/07/08
From Rick Gevers' News Director List.
NEW NEWS DIRECTORS OPENINGS:
WMAR-TV, Baltimore, MD...DAVID SILVERSTEIN has resigned as News Director of
this Scripps-owned ABC affiliate. He was ND there about 17 months,
and his replacement will be the fifth ND in just over five years.
WXXA-TV, Albany, NY...GENE ROSS is being promoted within Clear Channel to
become ND for the company's Jacksonville, FL, duopoly, WTEV/WAWS.
More on that below. Gene's been ND here for more than four years,
has also been an ND in Las Vegas, and also worked in San Francisco
and Fresno, CA. WXXA is the FOX affiliate in Albany.
WCSC-TV, Charleston, SC...MARY RIGBY is leaving this CBS affiliate at the
end of May, to join her new husband who is a physician in Greer, SC.
She's worked at WCSC since 1997, and was promoted to ND a little
more than two years ago. WCSC is currently owned by Lincoln
Financial Media, although a sale to Raycom is pending.
NEW NEWS DIRECTORS NAMED:
WTEV/WAWS, Jacksonville, FL...as we reported above, GENE ROSE will be the next
ND for this Clear Channel-owned CBS/FOX duopoly. He's spent the last
four years as ND for the company's FOX affiliate in Albany, NY,
WXXA-TV. Gene's previously been an ND in Las Vegas, Fresno, and
Bakersfield, and also served as the Assistant News Director for KGO-TV
in San Francisco. He replaces LYNN HEIDER who left the station last
month to become ND for KOIN-TV in Portland, OR.
WMBD/WYZZ, Peoria, IL...congratulations to RICK MOLL on his return to an ND's
office as he is joining this Nexstar-owned CBS/Fox duopoly. He has
spent the last eleven months as Manager for Morning News Operations
at WKYC-TV in Cleveland, but has been a news director in Columbus, GA,
Fort Wayne, IN, and Wausaw, WI. Rick's also worked in Nashville,
Cincinnati, Madison, and Wausaw, WI. He replaces JODY DAVIS who left the
station in January after less than a year as ND. Rick becomes the
station's fourth news director in two years.
KQTV, St. Joseph, MO...BRIDGET BLEVINS has been promoted to news director
for this Nexstar-owned ABC affiliate. She also anchors the 5:00 and
6:00 newscasts. She replaces JILL JENSEN who left the station late
last year after more than eight years as news director.
02/29/08
From Rick Gevers' News Director List.
NEW NEWS DIRECTORS OPENINGS:
WNBC-TV, New York, NY...DAN FORMAN is leaving this flagship NBC o-and-o in
March. He assumed the ND duties there in May, 2004 (he had been
Station Manager and VP/News there). He also served as ND for NY's
WABC-TV in New York.
NEW NEWS DIRECTORS NAMED:
KBTX-TV, Bryan, TX...MIKE GEORGE returns to KBTX and the ND office as he's been
named ND for this Gray-TV owned CBS affiliate. Mike worked at KBTX
earlier in his career and spent several years as the ND for KVBC-TV in
Las Vegas. He's also worked in Austin. At KBTX, he replaces CHACE
MURPHY who left the station last month.
KOLN/KGIN-TV, Lincoln, NE...JERRY HOWARD returns to the ND chair as he joins this
Gray TV-owned CBS affiliate. Jerry most recently was the ND for KRTV/KXLH
in Great Falls/Helena, MT. He's also worked in Kansas City, Oklahoma City,
Little Rock, and Topeka, and has also taught. He replaces RANDY LUBE who
left the stations in December.
KLFY-TV, Lafayette, LA...longtime employee DWIGHT DUGAS has been promoted to ND
for this Young Broadcasting owned CBS affiliate. He most recently has
been the Assignment Editor. Dwight succeeds CJ HOYT who left the station
in January after four years as ND to become news director at WFIE-TV in
Evansville, IN.
02/28/08
N.S. Bienstock, Inc. is proud to announce the following job placements:
ANTONIO MORA joins WFOR-TV CBS 4 as the anchor of their 5, 6, and 11 pm newscasts from WBBM-TV in Chicago where he was the 6pm anchor and host of “Eye On Chicago.”
JAMIE ROTH joins WABC TV as a reporter from WFSB-TV in Hartford.
TI-HUA CHANG joins WWOR-TV as a reporter from WCBS in New York.
RAFER WEIGEL joins CNN Headline Sports as a sports anchor from KOVR in Sacramento.
JILL CORDES will host Better Living for Litton Syndications, a series of daily one-minute news segments focusing on environmentally-friendly tips to help viewers live healthier lives, save money and reduce their environmental footprints.
SANDRA ENDO joins CNN NewsSource as a correspondent for the Washington, D.C. Bureau. Sandra was previously the lead political reporter for NY1.
PAM OLIVER was the sideline reporter for Fox NFL Sunday’s coverage of Super Bowl XLII.
STEFANIE CRUZ is promoted and assumes anchor duties for the KOVR CBS 13 weekday morning (5-7am) and noon newscasts. Stefanie continues as a weekday morning anchor (7-10am) for duopoly sister station KMAX CW 31 Good Day Sacramento.
WDIV Detroit announces the return of popular news anchor RHONDA WALKER to the Local 4 Morning Newscast among an array of anchor changes by the station.
CHRISTINE NAGY, weekday morning co-host on New York’s LITE-FM, joins N.S. Bienstock as a client.
Antonio, Jamie, Ti-Hua, Rafer, Jill, Sandra, Pam, Stefanie, Rhonda and Christine are represented by Steve Sadicario, George Hiltzik, Peter Goldberg, Adam Leibner, Rick Ramage and Jennifer Campanile at N.S. Bienstock, Inc., 1740 Broadway, New York, NY 10019, (212) 765-3040. To meet all of our agents, link to www.nsbienstock.com.
02/22/08
WILLINGER TALENT AGENCY ("WTA") is pleased to announce recent moves for some of its clients:
ANNE STATE is moving to Chicago to co-anchor the 5:00 p.m. weeknight newscast at WBBM in late April. Anne is currently an anchor and reporter for KNSD in San Diego.
NICOLE MANSKE joins ESPN as an anchor and reporter for its NASCAR coverage. Previously, Nicole was the co-host of “Speed Report” for The Speed Channel.
ELIZABETH HUR moves to her hometown of Philadelphia to join the staff of KYW as a general assignment reporter. Previously, Liz was a reporter at KTVX in Salt Lake City and a freelance reporter for WCBS.
CHRISTINA LOREN recently joined WFOR in Miami as the morning traffic anchor. Prior to that, Christina was the morning weather anchor at KERO in Bakersfield, California.
CRAIG LUCIE moved to WESH in Orlando as a general assignment reporter, from KTBC in Austin, Texas.
CHRIS JANSING has been named NBC News correspondent based in Burbank, contributing stories for “NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams,” “Today” and will continue as a contributing anchor for MSNBC. Chris joined NBC News in June 1998 as an anchor for MSNBC and has covered major national and international stories for NBC News.
CHARLES BILLI was recently named weeknight anchor at WSVN in Miami. Charles, who will be co-anchoring the 4:00, 4:30, 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. newscasts, joined the station in 1998 as a general assignment reporter and was most recently anchoring the weekend newscasts.
SHANNON SPAKE, reporter at ESPN, was recently promoted to Pit Reporter for both NASCAR Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series telecasts.
AMANDA ROSSETER has been promoted to weekend morning anchor at powerhouse WSB in Atlanta. She joined the station last year as a reporter.
JENNA MALONEY was recently promoted to weekday 5:00 a.m. anchor at WXIN in Indianapolis. She joined WXIN last year as the weekend anchor.
APRIL WARNECKE was also promoted to morning weather anchor for the wildly popular “Good Morning Arizona” at KTVK in Phoenix. April joined KTVK in July 2005 as weekend weather anchor.
ANNE, NICOLE, ELIZABETH, CHRISTINA, CRAIG, CHRIS, CHARLES, SHANNON, AMANDA, JENNA and APRIL are represented by Gregg A. Willinger, Esq. and Traci Wilkes, Esq. at WTA. WTA can be reached at 875 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 1909, New York, NY 10001. Phone: (212) 695-1950 Fax: (212) 695-1855 E-mail: info@willingertalent.com Web Site: www.willingertalent.com
Here's the latest from Rick Gever's News Director List...
NEW NEWS DIRECTORS OPENINGS:
KPHO-TV, Phoenix, AZ...TOM BELL resigned today after more than four years as
News Director for the Meredith-owned CBS affiliate. He'll leave the
station in early March. Tom has also been a news director for WKBD-TV
in Detroit, and had spent two stints as the Assistant ND for KMOV-TV
in St. Louis, where he worked for then KMOV ND STEVE HAMMEL who is the
GM for KPHO.
WEWS-TV, Cleveland, OH...STEVE HYVONNEN is leaving this Scripps-owned ABC
affiliate to return to Florida as the new ND for WKMG-TV in Orlando.
(More on that below.) Steve's been the ND here since July 2006. He's
also been a news director in Birmingham, and the EP for Daytime
Programming for MSNBC. He's also worked in Miami and Hartford.
NEW NEWS DIRECTOR NAMED:
WKMG-TV, Orlando, FL...as noted above, STEVE HYVONNEN will be the next ND at
this Post-Newsweek owned CBS affiliate. He replaces SUSAN FORBES
who returns to her former position as Assistant News Director.
Susan was promoted to ND at WKMG in July, 2006.
KKTV, Colorado Springs, CO...LIZ HALTIWANGER has been promoted to ND for
this Gray Television owned CBS affiliate. She has been the Assistant
ND here, and replaces NICK MATESI who left the station last month
after more than four years as ND.
02/15/08
Pretty thin, but here's the latest from Rick Gevers' and Associates...
NEW NEWS DIRECTORS OPENINGS:
None that I am aware of.
NEW NEWS DIRECTOR NAMED:
KOCO-TV, Oklahoma City, OK...STEPHANIE CROSWAIT returns to her home state and a
news director's job. She'll start as ND for this Hearst-owned ABC
affiliate next month. Stephanie is currently the Assistant ND for
WBNS-TV in Columbus (which is looking for her replacement, see the ad
below). Earlier in her career she was the ND for WPTY/WLMT in Memphis.
She's also worked in Indianapolis, Baltimore, Cincinnati, and Tulsa.
Stephanie replaces SHERRIE BROWN who was promoted last month to be ND
for Hearst's KMBC-TV in Kansas City.
From Mort Meisner Associates...
JOE MAZAN signs a new two year deal with KSTP in Minneapolis as General
Assignment reporter. Joe is a graduate of Columbia College in Chicago and
the biggest White Sox fan in America.
Joe Mazan is represented by Mort Meisner of Mort Meisner Associates.
Mort can be reached at 248-545-2222, MMeisAssoc@aol.com,
or 26711 Woodward Ave., Ste. 203, Huntington Woods, MI 48070.
02/12/08
From Mort Meisner Associates...
LENISE LIGON JOINS FOX AFFILIATE WALA IN MOBILE as Monday through Friday
primary anchor. Lenise, who is a graduate of Michigan State University comes
to WALA from the CBS Affiliate in Charlotte.
Lenise Ligon is represented by Mort Meisner of Mort Meisner Associates.
Mort can be reached at 248-545-2222, MMeisAssoc@aol.com, or
26711 Woodward Ave., Ste. 203, Huntington Woods, MI 48070.
From Rick Gevers' News Director List.
NEW NEWS DIRECTORS OPENINGS:
KOVR/KMAX, Sacramento, CA...we told you earlier this week in an emailed update
that STEVE CHARLIER was leaving the CBS-owned duopoly to become VP/News
for Local TV, a relatively new station group. Steve's been the ND here
since 2005, and previously was the ND another CBS o-and-o, Salt Lake
City's KUTV. He's also worked in Seattle, Phoenix, and Waterloo, IA.
KAIT-TV, Jonesboro, AR...RANDY PARROTT is leaving at the end of the month after
more than five years as ND for this Raycom-owned ABC affiliate. Randy
tells me he'll a little time off but plans to stay in the business.
KTVH-TV, Helena, MT...this Beartooth Communications Company owned NBC affiliate
has a posting for a news director job on its website. My records show
that SEAN HARKNESS has been ND there since October, 2003.
NEW NEWS DIRECTORS NAMED:
WDBD-TV, Jackson, MS...we're a little tardy in reporting that MIKE INGALLS will
be the first ND for this FOX affiliate which is starting a news
department. Mike tells me they'll be on by May. He's a former EP at
WDSU-TV in New Orleans, and has also worked in Orlando, as well as
stops in Augusta and Albany, GA.
KVIA-TV, El Paso, TX...BRENDA de ANDA has been promoted to news director
for this News-Press & Gazette owned ABC affiliate. She's been
the Ass't. ND here since 2002 and has worked there for ten years.
Brenda replaces another longtime KVIA employee, ERIC HUSEBY, who's
been ND since 1999 and worked there for 17 years. Eric is leaving
for a new job which should be announced soon.
KNWA/KFTA, Fayetteville, AR...BROOK THOMAS has been promoted to ND from
Assignment Editor for this Nexstar-owned NBC/Fox duopoly. He replaces
SCOTT PICKEY who left the station last November after about 18 months
as ND.
WTXL-TV, Tallahassee, FL...KEITH WHEELER is the first of three former ND's in
this week's newsletter who's returning to the ND chair. Keith has
been named News Director for this Calkins Media owned ABC affiliate.
He most recently has worked in PR for Disney in Orlando, where he'd
earlier worked as Associate Managing Editor/Online for the Orlando
Sentinel. He's previously been a news director at WHP-TV in Harrisburg,
PA, and at KESQ-TV in Palm Desert, CA, and also worked in Los Angeles.
Keith replaces RICHELLE RIDGEWAY who left the station last November.
KVAL-TV, Eugene, OR...JENNIFER KUGLIN is #2 on our hit parade of former ND's
returning to a news director's job as she has been named ND for this
Fisher-owned CBS affiliate. She's been working as an EP for Northwest
Cable News in Seattle, but before that was ND at KECI-TV in Missoula, MT,
where she began as a technical director and worked her way up, eventually
becoming ND. At KVAL, she replaces DEANA REECE who left the station last
October to become ND for WICS/WICD in Springfield/Champaign, IL.
KODE/KSNF, Joplin, MO...anchor JIM JACKSON is the new news director for this
Nexstar-owned ABC and NBC owned duopoly. He's been the main evening
anchor there for 28 years! He replaces LARRY YOUNG who passed away
last month after a long career in Joplin television.
KTTC/KXLT, Rochester, MN...NOEL SEDERSTROM also returns to an ND's job as he
joins this Quincy Newspapers-owned NBC/FOX duopoly. Noel most
recently was ND at WWMT-TV in the Kalamazoo/Grand Rapids, MI, market.
He served eight of his 18 years at the station as ND. Noel tells
me he has quite a bit of family in Minnesota. He replaces MARK CARROS
who left the station in December after less than a year as ND.
02/01/08
From Rick Gevers' News Director List.
NEW NEWS DIRECTORS OPENINGS:
KWQC-TV, Davenport, IA...APRIL SAMP is leaving this Young Broadcasting
owned NBC affiliate after almost three years as ND. She's
been named ND for KGAN-TV in Cedar Rapids....more on that below.
WMBD/WYZZ, Peoria, IL...JODY DAVIS has left this Nexstar-owned CBS and
FOX duopoly after about one year as ND.
NEW NEWS DIRECTORS NAMED:
KGAN-TV, Cedar Rapids, IA...as mentioned above, APRIL SAMP will be the
next News Director for this Sinclair owned CBS affiliate. She's
spent the last three years as ND for KWQC-TV in Davenport, and
previously worked in Oklahoma City, Kansas City, and Des Moines.
April is an Iowa native and went to Iowa State. She replaces
TEDD O'CONNELL who left the station last month after a year
and a half as news director.
01/26/08
From Rick Gevers' News Director List.
NEW NEWS DIRECTORS OPENINGS:
WTEV/WAWS, Jacksonville, FL...LYNN HEIDER is leaving this Clear Channel-
owned-for-now duopoly to become ND at KOIN-TV in Portland, OR.
Lynn's been ND here for more than three years. More on her and
her new job below.
KRDO-TV, Colorado Springs, CO...DAVE ROSE is stepping down as ND for this
News-Press & Gazette owned ABC affiliate after almost 12 years as
ND (he'd also been an ND there earlier in his career). Dave says
family pressures due to the health of his parents are the reason.
You can learn more about this opportunity in the paid ad below.
KBTX-TV, Bryan-College Station, TX...CHACE MURPHY has left the Gray TV
owned CBS affiliate after less than a year as news director.
NEW NEWS DIRECTORS NAMED:
KOIN-TV, Portland, OR...as noted above, LYNN HEIDER will be the next news
director for this CBS affiliate. She's leaving her current job
as ND for WTEV/WAWS in Jacksonville. She's also been an ND in
Cleveland and Kansas City. She replaces JEFF ALAN who's leaving
this New Vision TV owned station after two years as ND.
WNEP-TV, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA...one of the longest running open ND
positions on our list has been filed by ERIK SCHRADER. Erik's
been an ND in Savannah, GA, and Springfield and Joplin, MO.
Erik replaces DENNIS FISHER who left a year ago to become ND
at WHTM-TV in Harrisburg, PA.
WEAU-TV, Eau Claire, WI...JOHN HOFFLAND is back as ND for this Gray TV
owned NBC affiliate. John left the station last February after
14 years as ND and has been working as ND for a local radio
cluster. He replaces GLEN MABIE who left the station earlier
this month.
WGEM-TV, Quincy, IL...PATRICE JORDAN has been named ND for the station
she grew up watching. She's spent much of her career away from
Quincy, working in Los Angeles, Washington, Denver, Pittsburgh,
Atlanta, Tulsa, and Des Moines in a variety of roles. (Friends
from one of those stops can wish her well via email: pjordan@wgem.com)
She replaces BOB GOUGH who left the station last October after less
than two years as ND for this Quincy Newspapers owned NBC station.
Also, GREG CATLIN, news director of Granite's WBNG-TV in Binghamton, NY,
has been named VP of News for both WBNG and sister Granite station WTVH-TV
in Syracuse, NY.
01/24/08
From Mort Meisner and Associates...
Takisha Roberson joins CBS O&O KTVT in Dallas as a freelance general assignment reporter. Takisha who is a graduate of The University of North Texas most recently worked at the ABC affiliate in Detroit.
Matt Brode signs a new two year contract to remain as Monday-Friday morning show meteorologist at NBC Affiliate KV0A in Tucson. Matt is a graduate of the University of Arizona
Takisha Roberson and Matt Brode are represented by Mort Meisner of Mort Meisner Associates.
Mort can be reached at 248-545-2222, MMeisAssoc@aol.com, or 26711 Woodward Ave., Ste. 203, Huntington Woods, MI 48070.
01/23/08
From DB & Associates...
LISA MISHLER is the newest member of the WINK news team in Fort Myers, Florida. Lisa will co-anchor the weeknight 11:00 newscast and report for the CBS affiliate. The award-winning Mishler comes from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where she reported for KYW and anchored for WCAU. She also worked in Boston, Orlando and Lancaster. MARC DOPHER moves to WYFF in Greenville, South Carolina. Marc will be a sports reporter/anchor for the NBC station. Dopher previously worked at KRGV in Weslaco, Texas where he was a sports anchor/reporter. BRIAN NEUDORFF joins the weather team at WROC in Rochester, New York. Brian will forecast for the weekday morning and noon shows at the CBS affiliate. Neudorff comes from WJET/WFXP in Erie, Pennsylvania, where he was weekend meterorologist. SHERRIE EVANS moves to Tri-Cities, Tennessee. Sherrie anchors the AM newscasts of Tri- Cities This Weekend on WCYB-NBC and the weekend evening newscasts on MyFox WENT. Evans comes from WPDE in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina where she was a reporter/fill-in anchor. LISA MISHLER, MARC DOPHER, BRIAN NEUDORFF, and SHERRIE EVANS are represented by DAVID BRUNNER of DB & ASSOCIATES in Neffs, Pennsylvania. www.dbandassociates.com 610-767-6183
01/22/08
From Mort Meisner Associates...
MARIANNE MARTINEZ joins CBS O&O KTVT in DALLAS as a fulltime freelance reporter. Marianne who is a graduate of The University of Missouri comes to KTVT from FOX O&O KDVR in Denver
3 Kings Entertainment, LLC is pleased to announce:
VINCE CELLINI returns to the Golf Channel as a Main Anchor for “Golf Central” and as Host of “The Grey Goose 19th Hole.”
ANISH SHROFF joins ESPNEWS in Bristol, CT as a Studio Anchor from sports reporter/anchor at WSYR-TV in Syracuse, NY.
DAVE BENZ becomes the Weekend Sports Anchor at Fox O&O WTTG-TV in Washington, DC.
TELLY HUGHES moves to Fox Sports Net North in Minneapolis as a Host/Reporter from sports anchor/reporter at KPLR-TV in St. Louis.
SCOTT MACFARLANE re-signs as a Correspondent for Cox Broadcasting in Washington, DC.
BRIGIDA MACK is promoted to Sunday Morning & Noon Anchor/Reporter at WSOC-TV in Charlotte from reporter.
DAN JAEHNIG joins WJAR-TV in Providence as an Evening News Anchor.
LYRA MANNING moves to WBTW-TV in Myrtle Beach as a Morning and Noon Anchor.
TRENNI KUSNIEREK joins Fox Sports Net in Milwaukee as a full-time freelance Host and Sideline Reporter for the Milwaukee Brewers telecasts. She will continue to freelance for the Big Ten Network and for the NFL Network. Previously, Trenni was a sports anchor/reporter for Fox Sports Net in Pittsburgh.
VINCE, ANISH, DAVE, TELLY, SCOTT, BRIGIDA, DAN and LYRA are all represented by Matthew Kingsley. TRENNI is co-represented by Matthew Kingsley and Alan Sanders. Matthew Kingsley is the President & CEO of 3 Kings Entertainment, LLC, The Premiere Talent Management & Consulting Firm located at 3117 N. Hoyne Ave • Chicago, IL 60618. You can reach Matthew at (773) 687-8410 (Voice & Fax) E: matthew@3kingsentertainment.net W: www.3KingsEntertainment.net
01/21/08
MediaStars International is proud to announce the following client placements:
ROB EICHER joins WKMG-TV, Orlando as Meteorologist from the same position at Central Florida News.
STELLA INGER crosses the street to KPSP-TV in Palm Springs, CA as weekend anchor. Previously she was a reporter at KESQ.
KYSHA REID joins CNN/Atlanta as a producer. She most recently was assistant news director at KWWL in Waterloo, IA.
ADRIENNE MOORE joins CBS O&O KFMB in San Diego, CA as a reporter. Prior to that, she was a reporter/fill-in anchor at KGTV.
STEVE CASCIONE is part of the new line-up at Global Broadcasting's WLNE-TV in Providence as a meteorologist. He most recently was AM Meteorologist at cross town WPRI. Prior to WPRI, Steve spent 22 years at WLNE including host of the popular "Cooking Up A Storm" show.
CHUCK POWELL re-signs as morning host of Riviera Broadcasting's 103.9 KEDJ "The Edge" in Phoenix.
You can contact MediaStars at: info@mediastars.tv
01/21/08
From Rick Gevers' News Director List...
NEW NEWS DIRECTORS OPENINGS:
WNYW-TV, New York, NY...SCOTT MATTHEWS becomes the second FOX o-and-o
ND to leave for CNN in the past few weeks, following WTTG's
KATHERINE GREEN. Scott will become Director of Programming for
CNN, based in Atlanta. He's been the ND at WNYW since April,
2004, and earlier was ND for Fox's WTXF-TV in Philadelphia and
WFXT-TV in Boston. (Scott wasn't the only person with NY ND
experienced hired by CNN this week...check out Names in the News
for the other.)
WTHR-TV, Indianapolis, IN...Congratulations to veteran news director
JIM TELLUS who's been promoted from ND to General Manager for
this Dispatch Broadcasting-owned NBC affiliate. Jim joined
the station in December, 2006, as news director, a job he's
also held in Seattle, Norfolk, and Wichita.
KGAN-TV, Cedar Rapids, IA...this Sinclair-owned CBS affiliate is looking
for a new news director to replace TEDD O'CONNELL who has left
the station. Tedd was ND there for about 18 months.
KTAL-TV, Shreveport, LA...ANDREW PONTZ has left this Nexstar-owned
NBC affiliate after a little more than two years as ND.
KLFY-TV, Lafayette, LA...CJ HOYT is leaving this Young Broadcasting owned
CBS affiliate to become ND for WFIE-TV in Evansville, IN. (More
details below). CJ's been the ND there for four years.
NEW NEWS DIRECTORS NAMED:
WFIE-TV, Evansville, IN...CJ HOYT has been named ND for this Raycom-owned
NBC affiliate. He's now the ND for Young's KLFY-TV in Lafayette, LA
and has previously worked in Knoxville, Greenville (SC), and, (in a
rare break from his history of working in 'ville's), Lincoln, NE.
Two other things you should know: CJ doesn't use periods in 'CJ'
and he's the second person with that moniker to be ND at WFIE.
The other one, C.J. Beutein (with periods) left in 1993 to replace
your editor as ND for WTOL-TV in Toledo. CJ Hoyt replaces BILL
CUMMINGS who left WFIE in November.
KBJR/KDLH-TV, Duluth, MN...BARBARA REYELTS has been named News Manager in
charge of Daily News Operations for this Granite Broadcasting
owned duopoly. She first joined KBJR in 1979 as a reporter, the
first job in her 29 years at the station. She replaces DERRICK
HINDS who left the station last September after almost four years
as ND.
01/18/08
Napoli Management Group is pleased to announce the following job placements:
ERIC WILSON joins WKMG in Orlando as the morning meteorologist. Eric stays in the Post Newsweek family moving from WDIV in Detroit.
ART BARRON is pleased to return to the Twin Cities and KSTP TV as morning anchor. Art leaves WFOR in Miami where he was an anchor and reporter.
PAULA TUTMAN has been promoted to the newly created position of “Local Correspondent” for WDIV’s morning newscasts. In this new position, Paula will have a major on set role in the daily broadcast.
CAROLINA LEID is thrilled to be making a huge move to join the reporting team with WABC in New York. She leaves WEWS in Cleveland where she was a reporter for the past 2 years.
ERIC HARRYMAN is joining the WAVY/FOX 43 news team as the new FOX 43 10pm weeknight co-anchor. Eric leaves KIVI in Boise where he was the weekday morning co-anchor for the past 3 years.
ROBERT SANTOS joins Fisher Broadcasting’s KOMO-TV in Seattle as weekend weather anchor and reporter. Robert leaves KVBC TV in Las Vegas where he also was a weather anchor and reporter. Robert has held reporting positions in Los Angeles and San Diego.
MIKE MARUSARZ has been promoted to weekend morning anchor at Scripps’ KSHB TV in his hometown of Kansas City. Mike has been a reporter with KSBH for the last 2 years.
NAAMUA DELANEY has joined CNN where she is anchoring for CNN.com. Previously, Naamua was one of the co-hosts of iVillage Live.
NISCHELLE TURNER is the sideline reporter for a special on the world famous “Harlem Globetrotters.” The special will be seen on My Network on January 28th.
ANDREW LURIA joins KOVR as sports reporter and anchor from KCOY in Santa Barbara where he anchored the morning news. A Cornell graduate and avid sports fan, he is very happy to get back to reporting on sports.
COURTNEY ZUBOWSKI returns home to Houston to KHOU as a general assignment reporter. Courtney leaves sister station KTVK in Phoenix where she also was a reporter.
Eric Wilson, Art and Paula are represented by Mendes J. Napoli; Carolina and Eric Harryman are represented by Liz Hart; Robert and Mike are represented by David Ahrendts; Naamua and Nischelle are represented by Laurie Jacoby and Andrew and Courtney are represented by Jean Sage of Napoli Management Group. You can reach Napoli Management Group by calling 310-385-8222 or by sending an e-mail toNMG@TVTALENT.com.
01/15/08
From Mort Meisner Associates.
STACEY KULOW joins CBS AFFILIATE WRDW IN AUGUSTA as Monday through Friday morning anchor. Stacey joins WRDW from KLKN in Lincoln. Stacey is a graduate of the University of Iowa.
STACEY KULOW is represented by Mort Meisner of Mort Meisner Associates. Mort can be reached at 248-545-2222, MMeisAssoc@aol.com, or
26711 Woodward Ave., Ste. 203, Huntington Woods, MI 48070.
01/14/08
From Rick Gevers' News Director List.
NEW NEWS DIRECTORS OPENINGS:
WEAU-TV, Eau Claire, WI...this Gray Television owned NBC affiliate has
an ad on its website for a news director opening. GLEN MABIE
had been ND there since last February.
NEW NEWS DIRECTORS NAMED:
None that I know of.
TVContract.Com is proud to announce the following client news:
Paul Mueller is back in Providence. After several years in Boston, then Seattle, Mueller has returned to WLNE, Global Broadcasting’s ABC affiliate, as the co-anchor of the station’s new 4pm newscast. Mueller will also anchor the Sunday 11pm show and report for the 11pm newscast during the week.
Paul’s contract was negotiated by Rick Carr, Esq. of TVContract.Com. Rick can be reached at (303) 918-8414 or rick@tvcontract.com.
01/11/08
From Mort Meisner Associates...
METEOROLOGIST PAUL HEGGEN HAS BEEN NAMED MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING WEATHER ANCHOR AT FOX AFFILIATE KOKI IN TULSA. Paul joined the television station in 2005, coming from the CBS affiliate in Huntington, West Virginia.
Paul is a graduate of the University of Denver.
Paul Heggen is represented by Mort Meisner of Mort Meisner Associates. Mort can be reached at 248-545-2222, MMeisAssoc@aol.com, or
26711 Woodward Ave., Ste. 203, Huntington Woods, MI 48070.
01/09/08
N.S. Bienstock, Inc. is proud to announce the following job placements:
STEVE KROFT of CBS News, with a team including Executive Producer JEFF FAGER and Executive Editor PATTI HASSLER, wins an Alfred I. duPont - Columbia University Award in broadcast journalism for CBS’s 60 Minutes: The Mother of All Heists, an investigative report on corruption in the Iraqi Defense Ministry.
RICHARD ENGEL of NBC News wins an Alfred I. duPont - Columbia University Award in broadcast journalism for War Zone Diary, a reflective chronicle of his reports from Iraq.
HODA KOTB of NBC News wins an Alfred I. duPont - Columbia University Award in broadcast journalism for NBC’s Dateline: The Education of Ms. Groves, the story of a ‘Teach for America' educator.
JOHN REISS joins N.S. Bienstock as a new client and MSNBC’s “Hardball with Chris Matthews” as Executive Producer.
LARA LOGAN hosts the VH1 Classics series, “Classic 60 Minutes”, premiering January 6th.
TOM HAYNES joins WAGA in Atlanta as the new 11:00pm news anchor/reporter from anchor/reporter at WSVN in Miami.
DAVID QUINLAN joins KIRO in Seattle as a consumer reporter from reporter at KXAS in Dallas.
VINITA NAIR joins ABC News as a Digital Anchor/Correspondent from reporter/anchor at KWGN in Denver.
JACK CAFFERTY, veteran CNN broadcaster and author of the New York Times Best Seller It’s Getting Ugly Out There, signs an additional contract with the publisher, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. for his new book.
GLENN BECK's An Inconvenient Book reaches #1 on the New York Times Best Seller list.
PAULA ZAHN will host "Retirement Revolution," a two-part PBS series exploring retirement in America, expected to air in the spring of 2008.
SIMONE WILKINSON joins KUSA in Denver as a reporter from WSYX in Columbus.
DAVID POGUE, the personal technology columnist for the New York Times, will now contribute to CNBC, evaluating the latest tech products and trends during their Business Day programming. David will also continue his work as a correspondent for CBS News.
ROSHUMBA WILLIAMS hosted NBC’s “2007 Fashion On Ice.”
CBS News Chief Foreign Correspondent LARA LOGAN and her team win the Association of International Broadcasters' award for "Clearest Coverage of a Single News Event," for her report on the resurgence of the Taliban in Afghanistan.
N.S. Bienstock welcomes RICK RAMAGE, formerly of Ken Lindner & Associates, as its newest agent. Rick and his family will be relocating to the Big Apple from Los Angeles.
Steve, Richard, Hoda, John, Lara, Tom, David, Vinita, Jack, Glenn, Paula, Simone, David, and Roshumba are represented by Richard Leibner, Carole Cooper, Steve Sadicario, George Hiltzik, Peter Goldberg, Adam Leibner, Adam Nettler and Jennifer Campanile at N.S. Bienstock, Inc., 1740 Broadway, New York, NY 10019, (212) 765-3040. To meet all of our agents, link to www.nsbienstock.com.
01/06/08
From Rick Gevers' News Director List...
NEW NEWS DIRECTORS OPENINGS:
KKTV Colorado Springs, CO...this CBS affiliate is advertising for a
News Director/Production Manager. NICK MATESI had been the ND
there since October, 2003. KKTV is owned by Gray Television.
NEW NEWS DIRECTORS NAMED:
WICU-TV, Erie, PA...JULIE EISENMAN has been promoted to News Director for
NBC affiliate. She's currently an anchor and reporter there, and
replaces veteran ND PHIL HAYES who will remain with the station
as a consultant. Phil's been the ND there since 1999, and was
previously an ND in Toledo and other markets.
KWES-TV, Midland, TX...MARK KURTZ has accep
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