CHANGING BUSINESS CARDS Updates on what your colleagues are doing and where they're headed

From Mort Meisner Associates...

KRISTIN NELSON general assignment reporter joins FOX Affiliate WGHP in Greensboro. Kristin comes from the NBC Affiliate in Springfield, making a 30 market jump. Kristin who is a native of Michigan and is a graduate of Michigan State University.

KRISTIN NELSON 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

02/01/10

IF Management, Inc. is pleased to announce the following client moves:

IF would like to congratulate RAVI BAICHWAL (Anchor/Reporter at WLS-TV in Chicago) on his recent invitation to speak at the prestigious New Dehli Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas (http://www.pbdindia.org/). The conference brings together leading public officials, scientists, academics, artists, business people of Indian origin to share their experience with the Indian government.

MIDWIN CHARLES has been hired to be a Law Enforcement Analyst for “In Session” on Tru TV . Prior to entering the broadcast world, Midwin practiced law full time at Fried Frank in NY, and she served as a law clerk for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit as well as the A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. Research Fellow in Social Justice at Harvard Law School. Midwin currently owns a general practice law firm in NYC. Midwin earned her chops as a legal analyst by volunteering her legal expertise on Fox News and CNN for 4 years.

MIKE COREY will again be part of Westwood One 's Winter Olympics coverage as the play-by-play voice of their Speedskating coverage. This is Mike's second Olympic stint for Westwood One; he was also the voice of their Speedskaing coverage during the 2006 Olympics in Torino, Italy. Mike has recently called basketball and football games for Comcast SportsNet and will also a call a Women's NCAA Tournament game for Westwood One. He is currently the voice of the Delaware Blue Hens for football, men's/women's basketball and baseball.

MELISSA MAGEE has been hired by WPVI to be their weekend weathercaster and general assignment reporter. Prior to Philadelphia, Melissa worked at WNYW in New York and AccuWeather in State College. A UCLA graduate, Melissa started in broadcast as a newscaster and transitioned to weather early in her career.

EVA PILGRIM is the new morning anchor for WXIN in Indianapolis. Eva spent the previous few years as a weekend anchor and reporter at WCCB in Charlotte.

KEVIN ROBINSON has been named Chief Meteorologist for Hearst-owned WLWT in Cincinnati. Kevin moves to Cincinnati from Atlanta where he spent 4 years as a meteorologist at The Weather Channel.

BRIAN TAFFE was recently hired by WPVI in Philadelphia to be a reporter and fill-in anchor. A Boston College graduate, Brian moved to WPVI after he spent several years at Capital News 9 in his hometown of Albany, New York, where he hosted and moderated “Capital Tonight”, a locally produced political show.

TAMARA VAIFANUA is very excited to accept a position in her hometown at KSTU in Salt Lake City as weekend anchor and reporter. Previously, Tamara worked in Las Vegas and St George.

BERNARD WATSON recently moved back to Atlanta to be a reporter for WGCL . Bernard is happy to return to Atlanta where he attended Emory University and worked at the Fox station as a reporter. Bernard is also a graduate of Northwestern University, Medill School of Journalism.

STEVE WEISSMAN joins ESPNEWS as an anchor. Steve was most recently the lead anchor for Comcast SportsNet California, hosting the network's nightly 30-minute news and highlights show. A Northwestern graduate, Steve was a four-time AP award-winning reporter during prior stints in Wisconsin and Michigan.

MATT YALLOF signs a full-time deal with MLB Network , where he will be an anchor and reporter. A veteran of the baseball world, Matt spent three years with SportsNet New York, where he served as the pre-game and post-game host for the New York Mets, before making his debut with MLB Network in 2009. Prior to coming to New York, Matt was with Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia for six years as an anchor, host, and reporter for the network's coverage of the Phillies and Flyers.

ERIC YUTZY joins WTHR-TV in Indianapolis as their Weekend Sports Anchor & Reporter. Eric comes from Nashville where he held the same position at WTVF-TV for the past five years. He’s a 2002 graduate of Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut.

Ravi, Midwin, Mike, Dr. Jeff, Melissa, Eva, Kevin, Brian, Tamara, Bernard, Steve, Matt & Eric are represented by Steve Herz, Melissa Breen, Carol Perry,Gideon Cohen, Josh Santry, Jeff Feldman & Ari Mark at IF Management, Inc , 810 7th Avenue, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10019, P: (212) 265-7711, F: (212) 397-8361, E: info@ifmanagement.com, www.ifmanagement.com

01/30/10

From Rick Gevers' News Director List...

NEW NEWS DIRECTORS NAMED:

KTVX-TV, Salt Lake City, UT...PAT LIVINGSTON fills the vacant ND chair at this Newport TV-owned ABC affiliate. Pat's currently the VP/News for Barrington Broadcasting, and earlier he'd been the ND for the company's WNWO-TV in Toledo. He's also been an ND in Youngstown and Peoria. At KTVX, Pat replaces TOM BELL who was promoted to the company's San Antonio, station, WOAI-TV late last year after about a year and a half as ND at KTVX.

WPTV, West Palm Beach, FL...has reached across the Scripps family as it hires JEFF BROGAN as ND. Jeff is currently the Assistant ND for the company's WCPO-TV in Cincinnati. He started in Cincinnati as a producer, became EP before moving up to AND in 2008. He's a Cincinnati native and earlier had worked at WXIX-TV there. At WPTV, he replaces PETER ROGHAAR who left the station last fall to become ND for WTSP-TV in Tampa, FL.

KOB-TV, Albuquerque, NM...JULIE SZULCEWSKI will be the next news director for this Hubbard Broadcasting owned NBC affiliate. Julie is currently the Managing Editor for WSOC-TV in Charlotte. She's also worked in Orlando, Miami, St. Louis, and Ft. Myers, FL. At KOB, she replaces JAMIE IOOS who left the station last month after about 17 months as news director.

KQDS-TV, Duluth, MN...has named JASON VINCENT news director. He's the morning anchor at WDAY-TV in Fargo, ND. Jason is a Minnesota native and worked in Mankato before moving to Duluth in 2006. At KQDS, he replaces JULIE MORAVCHICK who left the station earlier this month after four years as ND. She was the first ND in the station's history.

KUPB-TV, Midland-Odessa, TX...this Entravision owned Spanish language station has named JOSE ANTONIO PESQUEIRA as its next news director. He previously worked as a sports anchor here and also worked as a reporter in Lubbock. KUPB is a Univision affiliate.

NEW NEWS DIRECTOR OPENING:

KMTV, Omaha, NE...SCOTT PICKEN has left this CBS affiliate after just more than a year as ND for this Journal Broadcasting owned station. Scott moved to Omaha from Journal's station in Boise, one of two Boise stations where he's been an ND. He also worked at Journal's Green Bay station, and has also worked in Honolulu, Rockford, IL, and Ft. Smith, AR.

01/28/10

From Mort Meisner Associates...

HALIE RICHARDSON JUMPS 101 markets to NBC AFFILIATE KPRC from the NBC AFFILIATE IN TYLER. Halie will be doing morning and afternoon traffic reporting. Halie is a graduate of TEXAS A&M University.

HALIE RICHARDSON 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

01/26/10

From Rick Gevers' News Director List...

NEW NEWS DIRECTORS NAMED:

KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA...NEAL BOLING has been named Executive News Director of Content and Promotion, and JANA GRAY has been promoted to News Director for this Cowles-owned NBC affiliate. Neal has been the ND for WJHL-TV in Johnson City, TN, and previously worked as an EP in Tampa. Jana has been an EP at KHQ. Neal and Jana replace JONATHAN MITCHELL who left the station in December to become ND for NBC's KNTV in San Francisco/San Jose, CA.

KHBS/KHOG, Ft. Smith/Fayetteville, AR...has named DAWN DUGLE as the next ND for this Hearst-owned ABC station. Dawn's currently the Assistant ND for Hearst's WAPT-TV in Jackson, MS. She's also worked in Austin, TX, and Tampa...and worked for one year in Kwajalein-the Republic of Marshal Islands, creating and producing a weekly news magazine for the island community. At KHBS/KHOG, she replaces MIKE COURINGTON who left the station last fall after more than six years as ND.

WVVA-TV, Bluefield, WV...MARK RIGSBY will be the next ND for this Quincy Newspapers- owned NBC affiliate. Mark's been the Assistant ND for KGAN-TV in Cedar Rapids, IA. He's also worked in Charleston/Huntington, WV, Clarksburg, WV, and Wilmington, NC. At WVVA, he replaces GREG CARTER who remains with the station as an anchor and Content Manager. Greg was the ND/Anchor for almost six years.

NEW NEWS DIRECTOR OPENINGS:

KGMB-TV, Honolulu, HI...CHRIS ARCHER is leaving this Raycom-owned CBS affiliate to follow his wife, CANDACE HIRLEMAN to California, where she's been named News Promotion Manager for KABC-TV in Los Angeles. Chris has been ND here since May, 2006. He plans to stay at the station until May to help recruit and train his successor.

WJHL-TV, Johnson City, TN...as reported above, NEAL BOLING is headed to Spokane as Executive News Director of Content and Promotion for KHQ-TV. He's been ND for this Media General owned CBS affiliate for just over two years.

RTDNA Convention update:

RTDNA Chairman STACEY WOELFEL offers this view on our report last week on the organization's convention plans. We told you in an UPDATE last week that 2010 was the last year of RTDNA's concurrent conference with NAB, and plans in 2011 are to hold a joint conference with SPJ. Stacey clarifies the situation:

I caught that hint of sadness in your newsletter over the ending of the full RTDNA convention in Las Vegas. I'm writing to cheer you up. The truth is we're not cutting back programming at the annual convention, we're actually adding Las Vegas as an extra site--a "bonus" convention day, if you will.

The 2010 convention has been scheduled for some time to be our last with NAB in Las Vegas, an arrangement originally set up following 9/11 and our missed 2001 convention. Starting in 2011, our annual convention is going back on the road as it used to do, traveling to different cities. I know you've reported on our planning to share sites in 2011 with SPJ and have a joint convention to bring a bigger, more converged group of journalists together.

It might not have been clear to you that this would actually be our new annual convention. We're still working on details with SPJ so I don't have a location or dates to release yet. But I do know we are planning on keeping the length and programming robust and at a volume which people have come to expect. In fact, with the SPJ programming thrown in, the convention should be even bigger than it has been for some time.

Knowing that we had this plan in the works, our executive directors and I wanted to keep some presence in Las Vegas for those news people who still plan to attend NAB to go gear shopping or whatever. We've been trying to bring more one and two-day seminars to various parts of the country lately, recognizing that many people can't get the time or the funding to attend the full convention like they used to. So we started working with the NAB folks last year to set up an "RTDNA Day" at their convention to serve that mission. We're really not cutting back anywhere. We're actually adding Las Vegas an an extra site beyond the annual convention.

I hope those quick notes help explain where we're headed with our convention and outreach mission--and keep you from getting too melancholy over convention days gone by. I honestly think, come 2011, RTDNA members young and old will really have something to be excited about. Stacey Woelfel Chairman Radio Television Digital News Association staceywoelfel@komu.com

01/23/10

N.S. Bienstock, Inc. is proud to announce the following job placements:

JUJU CHANG joins the new Good Morning America family as the news reader. She will continue contributing reports to 20/20.

ASHLEIGH BANFIELD joins ABC News as a contributor to 20/20 and Good Morning America.

NATALIE MORALES co-hosted the Golden Globe Awards Red Carpet Special on NBC.  She was also a correspondent for NBC Studios’ coverage of New Years Eve With Carson Daly.

ALI VELSHI. adds anchoring the weekday 1:00pm-3:00pm slot on CNN Newsroom to his duties as chief business correspondent and host of “Your $$$$$.”

DARLA MILES joins WABC-TV in New York as a reporter from WFAA-TV in Dallas.

HENRY WOFFORD joins Comcast Sports Net Bay Area in San Francisco as a sports anchor/reporter from WTHR-TV in Indianapolis.

JILLIAN MELE adds general assignment reporting duties to her traffic anchoring at WCAU-TV in Philadelphia.

ROB CARLMARK jumps over a hundred markets and joins KPNX-TV in Phoenix as a meteorologist from KSBY-TV in San Luis Obispo, California.

NAJAHE SHERMAN moves home to Kansas City to join KSHB-TV as a weekend morning anchor from weekday morning anchor at KSLA-TV in Shreveport.

BLAKE MCCOY is promoted to weekend anchor at KTNV-TV in Las Vegas. Blake joined the station from KBCI-TV in Boise just four months ago.

MELISSA MACK has joined WBZ in Boston as a meteorologist from WJW in Cleveland.

NEFERTITI JACQUEZ joins KPRC-TV in Houston as a reporter from WTXF in Philadelphia.

ALINA MACHADO leaves WDJT in Milwaukee to join WTVD in Raleigh-Durham as a reporter.

LIZ ELAN makes a 54 market jump by joining KGTV in San Diego as a reporter from KSLA in Shreveport.

ALISON STEWART was a correspondent for NBC Studios’ coverage of New Years Eve With Carson Daly.

ROSHUMBA WILLIAMS will appear as a judge on the third season of TV Land’s “She’s Got The Look.”

SHARON HOFFMAN has been promoted from coordinating to senior producer on Good Morning America.

N.S. BIENSTOCK welcomes WALTER KELLEY as a new client and he enters into a new agreement with KCPQ-TV in Seattle as chief meteorologist.

N.S. BIENSTOCK welcomes CARA LIU as a new client and she enters into a new agreement with KPHO-TV in Phoenix as a reporter.

N.S. BIENSTOCK welcomes GUY RAWLINGS as a new client and he enters into a new agreement with WESH-TV in Orlando as primary sports anchor.

Juju, Ashleigh, Natalie, Ali, Darla, Henry, Jillian, Rob, Najahe, Blake, Melissa, Nefertiti, Alina, Liz, Alison, Roshumba, Sharon, Walter, Cara and Guy are represented by Carole Cooper, Adam Leibner, Rick Ramage, Peter Goldberg, Steve Sadicario and Jennifer Campanile 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.

01/22/10

TVContract.Com is proud to announce the following client news:

John Hanson has re-signed with KSTP, the Hubbard-owned ABC affiliate in Minneapolis, where he will continue his duties as co-host of Twin Cities Live. John has also done quite a bit of fill-in sports work at KSTP, including hosting coverage of the Vikings, Wild and state high school football playoffs.

Sarah Danik starts next week as the new morning/midday anchor at KIMT, New Vision’s CBS affiliate in Mason City, Iowa. For the last two years, Sarah’s been a reporter/fill-in anchor at WOI in Des Moines.

Finally, as of February 1st Kris Lantz will be taking over as the Roswell bureau reporter for KRQE, the Lin-owned CBS affiliate in Albuquerque. Previously, Kris worked as a reporter at KIEM in Eureka, California and off-air at KPIX in San Francisco.

New contracts for John, Sarah and Kris were negotiated by Rick Carr, Esq. of TVContract.Com. Rick can be reached at (303) 918-8414 or rick@tvcontract.com.

01/21/10

From Mort Meisner Associates...

ANNA PRENDERGAST JOINS ABC AFFILIATE WHAS IN LOUISVILLE AS A GENERAL ASSIGNMENT REPORTER. Anna previously worked at ABC Affiliate WSOC in Charlotte and at the NBC Affiliate in Paducah. Anna who has won a number of Associated Press Awards including 1st Place for Investigative Reporting is a graduate of Clemson University.

ANNA PRENDERGAST 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

01/19/10

3 Kings Entertainment, LLC is pleased to announce the following job placements:

APRIL WOODARD joins BET Networks as a Host & Correspondent in New York City. Previously, April was a Senior Correspondent for Inside Edition for over 10 years.

HARRY CICMA becomes the Primary Sports Anchor for FiOS1 & WRNN-TV in the New York City market, from sports producer/reporter/anchor at WJAR in Providence. Harry is also the voice of World Team Tennis on the Tennis Channel, he hosts and produces his own tennis show on NESN and also anchors and reports for NBCSports.com in New York City.

JESSICA MORAN joins Comcast SportsNet New England in Boston as a Sports Anchor / Reporter from weekend sports anchor at KDBC-TV in El Paso, Texas.

COREY ROSE jumps 180 markets and joins KUSA-TV in Denver as the Weekend Morning Anchor / Reporter from anchor at KTWO in Casper, Wyoming.

BRIGIDA MACK jumps across the street and joins WBTV in Charlotte as a Reporter from reporter at WSOC.

ANNA LAUREL becomes the Main Anchor for The Ten O’clock News on KMPH-TV in Fresno from traffic reporter / fill-in anchor at KPNX in Phoenix.

STEPHANIE MAXWELL joins WAPT in Jackson, MS as Main Co-Anchor of the News at 5pm, 6pm and 10pm from morning anchor / reporter at WHNS in Greenville, SC.

April, Harry, Jessica, Corey, Brigida, Anna and Stephanie are all represented by Matthew Kingsley. Matthew Kingsley is the President / Founder & CEO of 3 Kings Entertainment, LLC - Matthew can be reached at 3117 N. Hoyne Ave. - Chicago, IL 60618 - (773) 687-8410 (Voice) E: matthew@3kingsentertainment.net W: http://www.3kingsentertainment.net

01/19/10

From Mort Meisner Associates...

NICOLE CUNNINGHAM , WEATHERCASTER JUMPS 126 markets to FOX AFFILIATE WPMT IN YORK from the NBC Affiliate in Yuma. Nicole is a graduate of Columbia College in Chicago.

NICOLE CUNNINGHAM 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

01/17/10

News on RTNDA from Rick Gevers...

RTDNA today announced that the 2010 convention in Las Vegas will be the last multi-day event held in concert with NAB. That's been the format since 2002. As many of you will remember, the 2001 Convention, scheduled for mid-September in Nashville of that year, was canceled in the wake of 9/11. Previously the (then) RTNDA conference would be held in different cities each year.

As this news release explains, in 2011 and 2012 RTDNA will produce a 'day of programming' during the NAB conference in Las Vegas. The organization is also in continued talks with SPJ to hold a joint convention in 2001 at a time and location T-B-D.

I understand why this decision had to be made, but, as someone who's been to every convention since 1979, I'm very sorry to see this happen.

01/15/10

From Rick Gevers' News Director List

NEW NEWS DIRECTORS NAMED:

KCBS/KCAL-TV, Los Angeles, CA...SCOTT DIENER has been named VP/News for this CBS owned duopoly. It's a return to his native California for Diener, who has been the ND for CBS's Dallas/Ft. Worth duopoly, KTVT/KTXA since August, 2007. The move also reunites him with GM STEVE MAULDIN who was the GM in Texas until he moved to KCBS/KCAL last month. Scott's also been an ND in Phoenix, San Jose/San Francisco, Louisville, and Cincinnati. He replaces longtime Los Angeles ND NANCY BAUER-GONZALEZ who has left the station after more than seven years as ND.

KCTV, Kansas City, KS...this Meredith owned CBS affiliate has named BLAISE LABBE as its next ND. Blaise is currently Director of Online Content for KWTV in Oklahoma City, a title he's held since March, 2009. He'd been the ND there for six years before that. Blaise had been the Assistant ND for Belo's KENS-TV in San Antonio before moving to KWTV. He's also worked in Houston, Wichita Falls, TX, and Amarillo. During his career, he's worked as a studio cameraman, news photographer, reporter, and even did the weather. At KCTV, he replaces TRACY BROGDEN-MILLER who left the station in December after two years as ND.

KSEE-TV, Fresno, CA...CHRIS MANSON will be the next ND for this Granite-Broadcasting owned NBC affiliate. Chris most recently was VP/News for Nexstar until his job was eliminated last fall. Earlier in his career, Chris had been the ND for Nexstar's WMBD-TV in Peoria. He's also worked in Scranton, PA, and Monterey-Salinas, CA. At KSEE, he replaces GEOFF ROTH who left the station last August to take a teaching position at Hofstra University after two years as ND.

KRNV-TV, Reno, NV...General Manager MARY BETH FARRELL has assumed the ND duties for this Sunbelt Communications owned NBC affiliate. And she's hired a new Assistant ND, MATT McCONICO, who most recently had been an EP for WINK-TV in Ft. Myers, FL.

WPBN/WTOM-TV, Traverse City, MI...after an eight month search, this Barrington Broadcasting owned NBC affiliate has named GREG BALDWIN as its next ND. He had been the ND for WAGT-TV in Augusta, GA. He replaces DOUG DeYOUNG, who left the station last May to Director of Government Relations for the Traverse City Chamber of Commerce, after more than 10 years as ND.

WWAY-TV, Wilmington, NC...SCOTT PICKEY returns to Wilmington the new ND for this Morris-owned ABC affiliate. Most recently, Scott was the interim ND at KDBC-TV in El Paso, TX, but earlier in his career he was the ND at WECT-TV in Wilmington. He's also been an ND in Fayetteville, AR, and has worked in Huntsville, Raleigh, Richmond, and Syracuse. At WWAY, he replaces veteran ND PAUL PAOLICELLI who left the station in October after two years as ND.

KFDX-TV, Wichita Falls, TX/Lawton, OK...longtime main anchor DOUG BILEYU has been named News Director for this Nexstar-owned NBC affiliate. He replaces CHRIS HUSTON who's been named ND for KIDK-TV in Idaho Falls after more than five years as ND (more on that below). Doug's a native of the area and has been at the station since 1995. He's also been an ND in Garden City, KS.

KIDK-TV, Idaho Falls, ID...as noted above, veteran news director CHRIS HUSTON will be the next ND for this Fisher Broadcasting owned CBS affiliate. As we told you above, Chris is currently the ND at KFDX-TV in Wichita Falls, TX/Lawton, OK. Chris tells me the move puts him close to lots of family. He's also been an ND in Erie, PA, (twice) and Altoona, PA. He replaces TED DAWSON who continues at the station as the Sports Director. Ted has pulled double duty for about a year.

WLFI-TV, Layafette, IN...anchor JEFF SMITH is assuming the responsibilities of News Director following the departure of longtime station employee CHRIS MORISSE. She was one of four station employees (and two department heads) who lost their jobs in a downsizing last week. Morisse had been with this LIN-owned CBS affiliate for more than 20 years and had been a reporter before becoming news director.

NEW NEWS DIRECTOR OPENINGS:

WGBO-TV, Chicago, IL...this Univision station is looking for a new ND to replace ISIS CHAVERRI who left the station last month after two years as ND. Isis moved to Canada to be closer to family.

KTVT/KTXA-TV, Ft. Worth/Dallas, TX...we told you about that SCOTT DIENER is following his former GM (STEVE MAULDIN) to KCBS/KCAL as VP/News. Scott's been ND here since 2007, and had been the Assistant ND there before that.

WAVE-TV, Louisville, KY...LEE ELDRIDGE has resigned as ND for this Raycom-owned NBC affiliate after three years as ND. He's apparently headed to California to pursue opportunities out of the business. Lee's also been an ND in Rochester, NY, Chattanooga, and Greenville, NC.

01/13/10

From Mort Meisner Associates...

METEOROLOGIST MATT BRODE jumps to CBS AFFILIATE KOIN in PORTLAND from the NBC affiliate in Tucson. Matt who is a graduate of the University Of Arizona will take over the Monday through Friday morning show slot in Portland. Matt has a rich history of weather forecasting, having worked at both the CBS affiliate in Duluth and the ABC affiliate in Palm Beach Gardens.

DAVE BONDY, GENERAL ASSIGNMENT REPORTER MOVES TO PITTSBURGH NBC AFFILIATE WPXI from the FOX Affiliate in Birmingham Alabama. Dave who also fills in at the anchor desk has also worked in Saginaw, Wilmington and Evansville. Dave who has won numerous Associated Press and RTNDA Awards for his reporting is a graduate of Eastern Michigan University.

DAVE BONDY AND MATT BRODE 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

01/11/10

From Rick Gevers' News Director List...

NEW NEWS DIRECTOR NAMED:

WTOC-TV, Savannah, GA...JAN SMITH has been promoted to ND for this Raycom-owned CBS affiliate. She's been the Assistant ND at WTOC, and earlier was an ND in Bangor, ME. She spent much of the earlier part of her career on-air, in both Bangor and El Paso, TX. Jan replaces LARRY SILBERMANN who will now devote his full attention to his role as Regional News Director for Raycom. He's been doing that in addition to being ND at WTOC. Larry's been ND here for seven years, and has also worked in Syracuse, Cincinnati, Louisville, and Portland. Congrats to both Jan and Larry.

Also, I'm told the KSEE-TV (Fresno) and WWAY-TV (Wilmington, NC) openings have been filled and I've removed them from the list of opening at the bottom of this list. We should have the names next week.

NEW NEWS DIRECTOR OPENING:

KQDS-TV, Duluth, MN...JULIE MORAVCHICK, the only ND this Red River Broadcasting-owned FOX affiliate has ever had, has left the station. Julie has been the ND since the station began doing news in 2006. She was also the assignment editor and did some reporting. She's also worked at another Duluth station as well as in Minneapolis-St. Paul.

01/04/10

From Rick Gevers' News Director List...

NEW NEWS DIRECTOR NAMED:

KTSM/KTBC-TV, El Paso, TX...HOLLIS GRIZZARD has been named Station Manager and ND of these combined stations. Hollis has spent the last three years as ND for KZTV in Corpus Christi, TX. (His duties there will be assumed by SANDRA RICHARDS, ND of KRIS-TV, which now operates both stations.) Hollis is a veteran newsman who's worked as an anchor, reporter, investigative reporter, and news director in many Texas markets, and also spent six years as a consultant for Magid. In El Paso, he replaces KIM BRIDGER who is moving to Corpus Christi to begin work on a graduate degree. Kim was ND here for more than 2 years.

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NEW NEWS DIRECTOR OPENINGS:

None, to my knowledge, which remains a nice thing during the holidays.

12/29/09

From MediaStars...

JENNI HOGAN inks a new multi-year deal to remain KIRO-TV's primary traffic anchor. The deal also allows Jenni to host outside projects.

LAURA DIAZ is promoted to M-F AM anchor at WKMG in Orlando. Previously she was the weekend anchor.

ANDRES DIAZ becomes a writer/producer for CNN Headline News in Atlanta. Andres leaves KTVK Phoenix where he was the producer for Belo's 9pm primary newscast.

ANNA VELASQUEZ re-signs as weekend anchor at KGET in Bakersfield.

ANDY RICE and his group WCGAPS (West Coast Ghost and Paranormal Society) has signed an exclusive production agreement with Indigo Films.

BETH BEYER becomes a writer/producer at KSAZ in Phoenix. Previously she was a freelance reporter for Destination TV.

CHRISTINE LEE becomes the traffic anchor and MMJ for KPNX, Phoenix. Previously she was the reporter for Gannett's Flagstaff bureau.

IRENE MARIN becomes deputy bureau chief of RTTV (Russia TV) America in Washington, DC. She leaves KGTV as AM EP.

JAVIER SOTO is promoted to weekend AM anchor at KTVK Phoenix. Previously he was Belo's Flagstaff bureau reporter and fill-in anchor.

KYE MARTIN re-signs as traffic anchor for CLTV and WGN in Chicago. She also continues as fill-in anchor/reporter at WGN.

ROB EICHER becomes weekend meteorologist at WOFL Orlando. Rob was most recently a meteorologist with WKMG and WeatherBug.

STELLA INGER is promoted to M-F AM Anchor at KPSP in Palm Springs. Stella was most recently the weekend anchor.

TAIRSA SWENSON leaves CNN Atlanta to become EP of Northwest Cable News in Seattle. It's a return home for Tairsa who was a producer at KIRO.

EDDIE PAUL becomes the co-host and technical advisor of National Geographic's "Cut in Half".

Contact MediaStars at info@mediastars.tv or www.mediastars.tv

12/27/09

The NWT Group would like to congratulate the following:

Jason Volentine jumps 95 markets and into the Top 10 to reporter at KIAH in Houston from anchor/multi-media journalist at KOLN in Lincoln, NE.

Stephen Narisi named supervising producer “America’s Most Wanted: America Fights Back” on FOX from producer/writer “On the Case with Paula Zahn” Investigation Discovery network.

Thalia Hayden moves up 42 markets to multi-media journalist at WPTV West Palm Beach from reporter at WHEC in Rochester, NY.

Stacey Skrysak to evening anchor at KTRV in Boise, ID from reporter/fill-in anchor at WWTV in Traverse City, MI.

Craig Gold to weekend morning meteorologist at WPEC in West Palm Beach, FL. He was previously a meteorologist at KTKA in Topeka, KS.

Adam Aaro promoted to weeknight anchor/reporter from morning anchor/reporter at KTVZ in Bend, OR. Adam joined KTVZ in March of this year.

Bill Young to weekday morning anchor at KFOX in El Paso, TX. Bill was previously an anchor at KWTX in Waco, TX.

Carina Sonn to KTVK in her hometown of Phoenix from Midwest correspondent, FOX News.

Meteorologist Maureen McCann enters into a new multi-year contract with News 8 Austin.

Rachel Kent to video journalist at WFFF in Colchester, VT from video journalist at WWNY in Watertown, NY.

Jeff Stensland to reporter at WSIL in Carterville, IL from reporter at WPSD in Paducah, KY.

All of these journalists are represented by The NWT Group, No Whining Talent. For more information, please visit our website: www.NoWhiningTalent.com, or contact us at 817-987-3600.

12/21/09

From Rick Gevers' News Director List...

NEW NEWS DIRECTORS NAMED:

WHEC-TV, Rochester, NY...longtime station employee STEVE RICHARDS ascends to the news director spot for this Hubbard Broadcasting owned NBC affiliate. Steve first joined the station as a vacation relief photographer in 1986! He's currently the Assistant News Director, a job he's held since 2005, and was Managing Editor before that. A note of congratulations would reach Steve at: srichards@whec.com. He replaces MIKE GOLDRICK who earlier this month to become ND at WPXI-TV in Pittsburgh after three years as ND.

KSPR-TV, Springfield, MO...BRIDGET LOVELLE has been named ND for this ABC affiliate. She is currently the Assistant ND for WPTY/WLMT-TV in Memphis. She's also worked in Norfolk, Va, and Wichita, KS. She replaces BRAD BELOTE who was named Director of Digital Content for KYTV in Springfield. KSPR is operated by Schurz Broadcasting which owns KYTV. Brad was ND there for three years.

WQAD-TV, Moline, IL...who says you can't go home again? ALAN BAKER, who grew up 20 miles from this station, has been promoted to ND for this LocalTV owned ABC affiliate. Alan's another former photographer who's moved his way up the management ranks, working in Ft. Myers, FL, Columbus, OH, Nashville, and San Jose/San Francisco. He returned home in 2002, beginning at WQAD as a photographer before moving to the assignment desk, then Assistant ND. He becomes the sixth ND in seven years here and replaces BILL CAREY, who left last month to return to New York as ND for WPIX-TV after just over a year as ND at WQAD. Your kind note would reach Alan at: alan.baker@wqad.com

NEW NEWS DIRECTOR OPENINGS:

None, to my knowledge, which is a nice thing right before the holidays.

12/18/09

From Mort Meisner Associates...

IRIKA SARGENT, GENERAL ASSIGNMENT REPORTER joins NBC Affiliate WPMI in Mobile Alabama. Irika previously reported for NBC Affiliate KOMU in Columbia Missouri. Irika who is a graduate of the University of Missouri also holds a Law Degree from the Cornell Law School.

IRIKA SARGENT 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

12/07/09

The very latest from Rick Gevers' News Director List...

NEW NEWS DIRECTOR OPENINGS:

KOB-TV, Albuquerque, NM...JAMIE IOOS has left this Hubbard Broadcasting owned NBC affiliate after just more than a year as ND. Jamie's been an ND in Las Vegas, worked as a consultant for Crawford Johnson & Northcott, and has worked in newsrooms in Boston, Providence, Cedar Rapids, and Columbia, MO. Her replacement will be the fifth ND in 6 1/2 years.

WTEN-TV, Albany, NY...ROB HUBLER is leaving after 14 months as ND for this Young Broadcating owned ABC affiliate. He's moving to Florida where he'll be the new Assistant ND for WOFL-TV in Orlando, the FOX o-and-o. His replacement will be the fourth ND in just over four years here.

KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA...JONATHAN MITCHELL is leaving to become VP of News for KNTV, the NBC o-and-o in San Jose/San Francisco, CA. More on that below. Jonathan's been the ND for this Cowles-owned NBC affiliate for the last three years.

NEW NEWS DIRECTOR NAMED:

KNTV, San Jose/San Francisco, CA...as mentioned above, JONATHAN MITCHELL has been named VP of News for this NBC o-and-o. For the last three years, Jonathan has been the ND for KHQ-TV in Spokane, WA. He's also been an ND at WNWO-TV in Toledo, and has worked in Cincinnati and Medford, OR. At KNTV, he replaces SUSAN SULLIVAN who left the station earlier this summer after two years to return to New York as ND for sister NBC o-and-o WNBC-TV.

12/03/09

From Rick Gevers' News Director List...

NEW NEWS DIRECTOR OPENINGS:

WPTV, West Palm Beach, FL…PETER ROGHAAR is leaving this Scripps/NBC affiliate to move across the state to be the ND for WTSP-TV in Tampa. More on that move below. Peter’s been the ND here since 2000.

NEW NEWS DIRECTORS NAMED:

WTSP-TV, Tampa, FL…as mentioned above, PETER ROGHAAR has been named Director of News and Information for this Gannett-owned CBS affiliate. In addition to his 9+ years as ND in West Palm Beach, Peter’s also worked in Austin, TX, Boston, Miami, and Atlanta, where he was the Assistant ND for Gannett’s WXIA-TV before moving to West Palm Beach. At WTSP, he replaces longtime Gannett employee DARREN RICHARDS, who resigned in October after 4 1/2 years as ND to work for a Tampa PR firm.

KALB/NALB-TV, (yes, you read that right) Alexandria, LA…KEITH WEISS will be the next ND for this Hoak Media owned NBC/CBS duopoly. (KALB/NBC airs on digital channel 5.1, NALB/CBS airs on 5.2, and both are available over the air and on cable.) Keith most recently was EP and News Planning Manager for KXAS-TV in Ft. Worth/Dallas. He’s also worked in Augusta, Ga. He replaces MICHELLE GODDARD who was promoted to GM in September after almost nine years as ND.

11/23/09

From Napoli Management Group.

Emmy Award-winning anchor JEFF VAUGHN is joining Belo's KENS-TV in San Antonio as primary anchor following an exhaustive national search to replace long-time anchor Chris Marrow who is retiring. Jeff departs Scripps' KSBH in Kansas City where, as morning anchor, he developed an award-winning franchise, "Workers Wanted," over the last 3 years. Prior, Jeff spent 8 years at WDIV in Detroit as an anchor and reporter and began his television career at KCBD in Lubbock and KMID in Midland, Texas.

Emmy Award-winning sports anchor JOHN HENRY SMITH has moved to Cajun country as sports director and anchor for WVUE in New Orleans (where he knows the Saints are headed to the Superbowl). John Henry was previously with WPLG in Miami as a sports anchor and reporter.

ANDREW GOBEIL has joined Global's WLNE in Providence as morning anchor and reporter. He was most recently an anchor and host with South Carolina ETV and had a long history as the Bureau Chief for Meredith television station's Washington Bureau and as morning anchor at Meredith's Las Vegas newsroom, KVVU.

Emmy Award-winning sports anchor and reporter GREG TOLAND is thrilled to join Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic in Washington as a freelance sports anchor. Greg previously was with WJLA in Washington as weekend sports anchor and reporter for 9 years.

Morning news anchor BRAD HARVEY renews with WTOL in Toledo as morning anchor and reporter.

KIRK YUHNKE is trading his snow gear for sunscreen as he becomes morning anchor and MMJ for KNXV in Phoenix. Kirk is currently morning anchor at KSTU in Salt Lake City.

CARLA WADE returns to her hometown as she joins KOCO as a reporter and fill-in anchor. Carla has been the weekend anchor for WTVQ in Lexington.

REZA SAYAH has become the Middle Eastern correspondent for CNN assigned to Pakistan from CNN Atlanta.

KEVIN CORKE will be joining WTVJ in Miami as weeknight anchor and reporter. He had been a correspondent for NBC prior to this assignment.

RAFAEL ROMO is the new Latin America Editor for CNN. Rafael had been a freelance reporter for Univision Network.

ALEXIS BERNACCHI joins NCAA On Campus TV show on the CBS College Sports Network as host and correspondent.

ROD HILL will join KGW's First Alert Storm Team in early December as weekend evening meteorologist. Rod has won several awards for his work in the Portland market over the past 10 years. Rod most recently worked for KATU in Portland.

MARC STEWART moves to KMGH in Denver as a reporter. He leaves WSMV in Nashville where he also was a reporter. Marc begins his new position in December.

NMG welcomes MICHAELA PEREIRA as a client and is happy to report that she will continue to be the anchor of the extremely successful KTLA morning news in Los Angeles.

SHANNON ROYSTER renews with KSLA in Shreveport as primary co-anchor.

JOE VITHAYATHIL renews with KPTV in Portland as the morning feature reporter.

PETER BUSCH is promoted to weekend evening anchor at KPHO in Phoenix. Peter has been reporting for the station.

GRACIELA MORENO has renewed her agreement as a primary anchor with KFSN in Fresno and has also added duties as a show host for the station's community affairs programs.

DERRICK GUNN has renewed his agreement, serving now as one of the primary anchors for Comcast in Philadelphia.

ERIC KAHNERT joins Denver's #1 news station, KUSA as a reporter and fill-in anchor. Eric has been a reporter and anchor at KOB in Albuquerque.

CARA SAPIDA is promoted to full-time reporter at WPXI in her hometown of Pittsburgh. Cara has been freelancing for the past several months.

ERYKA WASHINGTON renews as weekend morning anchor and reporter with WESH in Orlando.

DEANNA DURANTE renews as reporter with WCAU in Philadelphia.

Jeff, John Henry, Andrew, Greg and Brad are represented by David Ahrendts; Kirk and Carla are represented by Liz Sherwin; Reza and Kevinare represented by Jean Sage; Rafael and Alexis are represented by Al Corral; Rod, Marc, Michaela, Shannon and Joe are represented by Liz Hart; Peter, Graciela and Derrick are represented by Mendes J. Napoli; Eric and Cara are represented by Sue McInerney and Eryka and Deanna are represented by Laurie Jacoby of Napoli Management Group. You can reach NMG by calling 310-385-8222 or by sending an email to nmg@tvtalent.com. Please visit us on the web at www.tvtalent.com.

11/20/09

N.S. Bienstock, Inc. is proud to announce the following job placements:

THALIA ASSURAS will host "The Madoff Hustle" for Discovery ID.

LEYNA NGUYEN has been promoted to Weekday 4pm and 9pm Anchor at KCAL-TV in Los Angeles from Weekend Evening Anchor.

KEISHA BURNS jumps 176 markets to Northwest Cable News in Seattle as a Weekday Morning Weathercaster from KTVZ-TV in Bend, Oregon.

TRAM MAI has been promoted to Host and Anchor of a new weekday 4:30pm local news and lifestyle program at KPNX-TV in Phoenix from Weekday Morning Anchor.

BOB KENDRICK joins WSYX-TV/WTTE-TV in Columbus, Ohio as the weeknight 5,6,10 and 11pm main Anchor from CHEK-TV in Victoria, British Columbia.

JOHN KNICELY joins KMOV-TV in St. Louis as a Weekday Morning Anchor from Weekend Anchor at WCCB-TV in Charlotte.

JASON NICHOLAS joins N.S. Bienstock as a new client and enters into a new agreement with WEWS-TV in Cleveland as a Meteorologist.

NATALIE MORALES interviewed Kate Gosselin for the TLC special, "Kate: Her Story."

SUZANNE PHAN joins KXTV in Sacramento as a Reporter from KCRA-TV.

LAUREN PRZYBYL joins KDFW-TV in her hometown as Co-Anchor and Co-Host of Good Day Dallas from Reporter/Anchor at WHDH-TV in Boston.

LOURDES DUARTE has been promoted to Monday-Friday 5pm Anchor/Reporter at WGN-TV in her hometown of Chicago.

JENNIFER KIM joins KGTV in San Diego as a Reporter from KHQ in Spokane, Washington.

DANIELLE LEIGH joins KCRA-TV in Sacramento as a Reporter from KXRM in Colorado Springs.

FRANK HOLLAND joins WDIV-TV in Detroit as a Reporter from NEWS-12 in Westchester County, New York.

JADE McCARTHY will join New England Sports Network (NESN) as a Host and Co-Anchor in her hometown of Boston from WCAU-TV in Philadelphia.

KEITH GARVIN joins KTVT as a Monday-Friday Evening Anchor/Reporter from Weekend AM Anchor at WRC-TV in Washington D.C.

JANET CHOI has joined the New York bureau of CBS Newspath as a Correspondent. Janet was previously a Reporter at KTLA in Los Angeles.

Thalia, Leyna, Keisha, Tram, Bob, John, Jason, Natalie, Suzanne, Lauren, Lourdes, Jennifer, Danielle, Frank, Jade, Keith and Janet are represented by Carole Cooper, Rick Ramage, Peter Goldberg and Jennifer Campanile 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.

11/18/09

From Rick Gevers' News Director List...

NEW NEWS DIRECTOR OPENING:

KSEE-TV, Fresno, CA...while this is technically not a new opening, we did want to call attention to this position as the station is running a paid ad in this newsletter. The job has been vacant since August, when GEOFF ROTH left to pursue a teaching career at Hofstra Univeristy. KSEE is an NBC affiliate and is owned by Granite.

NEW NEWS DIRECTORS NAMED:

WSFL-TV, Ft. Lauderdale/Miami, FL...as we reported earlier this week, KERRI CAVANAUGH has been named ND for this Tribune-owned independent station here. Kerri has been an EP for WFTS-TV in Tampa and has also worked in West Palm Beach and Tuscaloosa, AL. At WSFL, she replaces JOSE SUAREZ who left the station in September after nine months as ND. WSFL airs a morning news program in conjunction with Tribune's Sun-Sentinel newspaper.

WCNC-TV, Charlotte, NC...we also told you earlier this week that CORRIE HARDING will be the next ND for this Belo-owned NBC affiliate. Corrie's spent the last 4+ years as ND for Cox's WPXI-TV in Pittsburgh. He's also worked in Washington, Dallas, Cleveland, and Columbus, OH. At WCNC, he replaces MARY ALVAREZ who was named EP of Local Programming at the station after four years as ND and more than nine at the station.

WKRG-TV, Mobile, AL...veteran ND MIKE RAUSCH will start next month as the new ND for this Media General-owned CBS affiliate. Mike's been an ND in Portland, OR (twice), Orlando, Louisville, Rochester, NY. He's also worked in Ft. Wayne, Nashville, Little Rock, and Buffalo. Mike's been out of the TV business since 2006 when he started his own on-line training company. The move reunites him with GM JOE GOLENIOWSKI...they worked together at WHAS-TV in Louisville. At WKRG-TV, he replaces DAN CATES who left the station in May after 10 years as ND, when he was named ND at sister-Media-General station WSPA-TV in Spartansburg, SC.

WBBJ-TV, Jackson, TN...we're a little late in reporting that ROBERT DAVIDSON is the new ND for this Bahakel owned ABC affiliate. Robert is the former ND for WTVA-TV in Tupelo. He replaces BRAD GRANTHAM who left the station in September to return to Louisiana for personal reasons.

11/16/09

Mort Meisner Associates has some moves to share.

KRYSTAL WHITMAN jumps 114 markets to NBC Affiliate WEYI in Flint from the ABC Affiliate in Jonesboro. Krystal joins WEYI as a reporter and fill-in anchor. Krystal is a native of Louisiana and received her degree in journalism from Northwestern State University.

METEOROLOGIST PAUL HEGGEN JUMPS NBC O&O WSMV in Nashville from the FOX affiliate in Tulsa. Heggen joins WSMV as weekday morning weather anchor. Paul is a graduate of Texas A&M University and the University of Denver.

PAUL HEGGEN and KRYSTAL WHITMAN 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

11/12/09

TVContract.Com is proud to announce the following client news: Lee Zurik is staying home in New Orleans! After 9 years with Belo's WWL, Zurik has agreed to move across the street to WVUE, the Fox affiliate owned by New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson. Zurik, who earlier this year won a coveted Peabody Award for an investigation into the New Orleans Affordable Housing program, will anchor and be the Chief Investigative Reporter at Fox 8.

Lee's contract was negotiated by Rick Carr, Esq. of TVContract.Com. Rick can be reached at (303) 918-8414 or rick@tvcontract.com.

11/11/09

The NWT Group would like to congratulate the following:

RHIANNON ALLY named national correspondent for the syndicated lifestyle and entertainment show “Better TV”. Rhiannon comes to “Better” from morning traffic anchor/reporter for KCTV in Kansas City. She also served as the Entertainment News Co-Host for Fat Piggy Media, an online video entertainment service featured on commercial radio station websites.

JESSICA ZARTLER jumps 168 markets to multi-media journalist at KUSA in Denver from multi-media journalist at KKCO in Grand Junction, Colorado.

KARLA LEAL moves up 77 markets to KEYE in Austin as co-anchor of a new Spanish language newscast from anchor/reporter at KKEY in Bakersfield, California.

BRAD STEPHENS enters into a new multi-year agreement as primary anchor at KCTV in Kansas City.

ELIZABETH ERWIN moves up 29 markets to multi-media journalist at KPHO in Phoenix from multi-media journalist at WWMT in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

DAVE FROEHLICH promoted to weekend anchor in addition to his reporting role at WDAF-TV in Kansas City.

ROCHELLE RITCHIE heads to WPTV in West Palm Beach, Florida as a multi-media journalist. She was previously at KREM in Spokane, Washington.

KENNY LOPEZ jumps 67 markets to a multi-media journalist at KTXL in Sacramento from KVEO in Brownsville, Texas.

EMILY PANTELIDES takes on new duties as the morning anchor at WPEC, West Palm Beach, Florida. This is the second promotion at the station for Emily, who came to the station as weekend morning anchor and then moved to anchor/reporter for the 7pm newscast.

JEFF BUTERA returns to his home state of Florida as a reporter at WFTS in Tampa from reporter at KPHO in Phoenix.

JOSH DAVIS enters into a new agreement with WMUR in Manchester, N.H.

KELLY O’CONNELL moves to up 40 markets to weekend anchor/reporter at KGAN in Cedar Rapids, Iowa from reporter at WRBL in Columbus, Georgia.

DIETRICH NISSEN jumps 78 markets to multi-media journalist KREM in Seattle from reporter at KAAL in Rochester, Minnesota.

JOE LePAGE returns to the anchor desk and does so as morning anchor at WLFI in his hometown of Lafayette, Indiana from freelance reporter KSLA in Shreveport, LA.

TERESA WOODARD enters into a new agreement with KTVI In St. Louis as weekend morning anchor/reporter. She is also continuing her position as host of "Rams All Access” a weekly show covering the St. Louis Rams on Fox Sports Midwest.

KELYY BURKE moves up 62 markets to sports anchor/reporter at WSIL in Carterville, Illinois from sports anchor/reporter at KDRV in Medford, Oregon.

PETER LINTON-SMITH renews as a reporter at WTVT in Tampa.

KEVIN HOLDEN to sports anchor/reporter at WDJT in Milwaukee from sports anchor/reporter at WOFL in Orlando.

HEATHER SHANNON enters into a new agreement at WTMJ in Milwaukee.

SARA CELI moves to morning show Breaking News anchor/reporter at WXIX in Cincinnati from reporter.

SALLY MacDONALD renews her agreement at KRIV, the FOX O&O in Houston.

ANDY CUNNINGHAM moves to reporter at KABB in San Antonio, Texas from reporter at WKYT in Lexington, Kentucky.

STEPHANIE DIFFIN heads to her hometown of Wichita as a producer at KAKE from anchor/producer at KSNF in Joplin, Missouri.

NANCY ZAMBRANO enters into a new contract as reporter at KTBC in Austin, Texas.

RYAN DUFFY renews contract as a multi-media journalist at WTLV/WJXX in Jacksonville, Florida.

CHRISTIE ILETO moves to reporter at KOAT in Albuquerque from reporter at WAFF in Huntsville, Alabama.

NICK KENNEY renews at WMC in Memphis, Tennessee.

JESSICA WHEELER moves from anchor at Freedom Broadcasting owned WLAJ-TV in Lansing, Michigan to reporter at Freedom Broadcasting owned WWMT-TV in Grand Rapids/Kalamazoo, Michigan.

AMBER STUART signs a new agreement at WHNT in Huntsville, Alabama.

All of these journalists are represented by The NWT Group, No Whining Talent. For more information, please visit our website: www.NoWhiningTalent.com , 817-987-3600.

11/10/09

TVContract.Com is proud to announce the following client news:

Jeremy Nelson will soon be heading back to Wisconsin, after accepting an offer to become the new Weekend Meteorologist at WISN, the Hearst-owned ABC affiliate in Milwaukee. After a long stint as the Chief Met at WMSN/Madison, Nelson spent the last 3 years forecasting at KSHB in Kansas City, and he will begin his duties in Milwaukee in December.

Jeremy's contract was negotiated by Rick Carr, Esq. of TVContract.Com. Rick can be reached at (303) 918-8414 or rick@tvcontract.com.

11/06/09

From Rick Gevers' News Director List...

NEW NEWS DIRECTOR OPENINGS:

WHAM-TV, Rochester, NY…STEVE DAWE is leaving this Newport Television owned ABC affiliate to become Director of Multi-Media Engagement for WXXI-TV, the PBS affiliate in Rochester. Steve’s been the ND here for more than three years, and was the station’s promotion director before that. Before he joined WHAM, he was the ND for WUHF-TV, the FOX affiliate in Rochester.

KIDK-TV, Idaho Falls, ID…this Fisher Broadcasting owned CBS affiliate is looking for a new ND to replace TED DAWSON, who’s held that job since November. Ted had been the Sports Director there before he was promoted to ND. Earlier in his career, Ted anchored sports for two different Los Angeles stations.

NEW NEWS DIRECTORS NAMED:

WNJU-TV, Teterboro, NJ…JOSE MORALES has been named VP/News for the Telemundo o-and-o. He’s been Director of Digital Content for Telemundo Local Media. I assume (I know, that’s dangerous) that he is replacing HUGO BALTA. You’ll remember we told just last month that Hugo had been laid off from his job as ND here.

WSAZ-TV, Charleston/Huntington, WV…congratulations to GROVER TADLOCK who has been promoted to ND for this Gray TV-owned NBC affiliate. Grover is currently the Managing Editor here. His first job was in that market as a part-time photographer. He was promoted to Director of Photography in 2005 and bumped to Managing Editor in 2007. He replaces SCOTT SAXTON who left the station in September to become ND for WECT-TV in Wilmington, NC.

10/29/09

TVContract.Com is proud to announce the following client news:

Janet Kwak is making a 128-market leap, from Anchor/Reporter at KTXS/Abilene, TX to GA Reporter at WOAI, the Newport-owned NBC affiliate in San Antonio.

Janet was assisted with her contract negotiations by Rick Carr, Esq. of TVContract.Com. Rick can be reached at (303) 918-8414 or rick@tvcontract.com.

From Rick Gevers' News Director List...

NEW NEWS DIRECTOR OPENINGS:

WOAI-TV, San Antonio, TX…AARON RAMEY has left this NBC affiliate after two years as ND. Aaron’s previously been an ND in Louisville and Knoxville. WOAI is owned by Newport Television.

KSPR-TV, Springfield, MO…BRAD BELOTE is returning to KYTV in Springfield as Director of Digital Content. KYTV is owned by Schurz Broadcasting which also operates KSPR. Brad was ND for KSPR for three years.

NEW NEWS DIRECTORS NAMED:

WUSA-TV, Washington, DC…FRED D’AMBROSI becomes the fifth ND in five years for this Gannett-owned CBS affiliate. (His title will be Director of the News and Information Center.) Previously Fred spent 12 years as ND for KFMB-TV in San Diego before leaving in May, and he was the ND for WISN-TV in Milwaukee for seven years. He’s also worked in Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Green Bay, and Columbia, MO. At WUSA, he replaces longtime Gannett newsman LANE MICHAELSEN who left in August to become VP/News for NBC’s WTVJ-TV in Miami.

WHP/WLYH-TV, Harrisburg, PA…CRAIG HUME will be the next ND for this Newport TV owned CBS/CW duopoly. Craig’s a former ND in Los Angeles, Chicago, Orlando San Diego, and Las Vegas. He replaces CAROLINE IMLER who is leaving the station to be closer to family in North Carolina.

WHAS-TV, Louisville, KY…MARK NEERMAN is back in the ND office as he’ll take over at this Belo-owned ABC affiliate. Mark’s currently the Assistant ND at NBC’s KNTV in San Jose/San Francisco, but he’s previously been an ND in Las Vegas and Richmond. The move reunites him with GM MARK PIMENTEL, who hired him as ND at WTVR in Richmond. He replaces GENIE GARNER who left last month after two years as ND to take the ND job at KITV in Honolulu.

WNYT-TV, Albany, NY…ERIC HOPPEL has been promoted to ND at this Hubbard-owned NBC affiliate. He’s been the Assistant ND here and replaces PAUL LEWIS who left the station in August after three years as ND. Paul’s now enrolled in a master’s program at Quinnipiac University.

WYIN-TV, Merrilville, IN…RYAN PRIEST has been promoted to ND for this PBS station which airs a nightly newscast. He had been the Assistant ND, and has also worked in Evansville, IN, and Tampa. He replaces TODD HAUER who left the station in August to work in Media Relations for Valparaiso University.

WNCT-TV, Greenville, NC…MARTY VAN HOUSEN will be the next ND for this Media General owned CBS affiliate. Marty had been ND for WTLV/WJXX in Jacksonville, FL, until May, 2008, and previously spent six years as ND for KMOV-TV in St. Louis. Earlier he worked for KABC-TV in Los Angeles. He replaces ADAM HENNING who left last June to take an ND job at WAFF-TV in Huntsville, AL.

10/26/09

From Mort Meisner Associates...

CHRISTIAN BORIS JOINS ABC AFFILIATE KTNV IN LAS VEGAS AS A METEOROLOGIST. Christian most recently worked at KTVZ in Oregon where he was chief meteorologist. Christian is a graduate of Penn State University where he received his degree in Meteorology.

CHRISTIAN BORIS 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

10/19/09

From Rick Gevers' News Director List...

NEW NEWS DIRECTOR OPENINGS:

KUVS-TV, Sacramento, CA…congratulations to ISABEL GONZALEZ who is being promoted to ND for sister-Univision o-and-o KXLN-TV in Houston. (See below). She’s been the ND here for almost two years.

KHBS/KHOG-TV, Ft. Smith, AR…MIKE COURINGTON has resigned as ND for this Hearst owned ABC affiliate. He’s been the ND here since February 2003, when he was promoted.

NEW NEWS DIRECTOR NAMED:

KXLN-TV, Houston, TX…ISABEL GONZALEZ has been named ND for this Univision o-and-o. As we mentioned above, she has been the ND for sister-Univision o-and-o KUVS-TV in Sacramento. She replaces REY CHAVEZ who left the station in June after just more than one year as ND.

Two other notes. HUGO BALTA, ND for Telemundo’s WNJU-TV in Teterboro, NJ (the New York market) was laid off this week as part of NBC/Universal cutbacks. I am assuming (always dangerous) that he is not being replaced, so I have NOT listed that as an opening.

And please note that we have removed WDIV-TV in Detroit from the list of open ND positions. DEBORAH COLLURA, the VP/News for station owner Post-Newsweek, has been serving as ND here since BOB ELLIS was promoted to GM for the company’s WJXT-TV in Jacksonville. Deb tells me she’ll continue to do both jobs until at least the first of the year when the situation will be re-evalutated.

10/11/09

From Rick Gevers' News Director List...

NEW NEWS DIRECTOR OPENINGS:

None, that I know of. As always, we appreciate your emailed tips to: rick@rickgevers.com

NEW NEWS DIRECTOR NAMED:

WOFL-TV, Orlando, FL…we told you earlier this week that JEFF ZELLER has been promoted to ND for this FOX o-and-o. Jeff’s been the Assistant ND since 2006, and has also worked in Pittsburgh, Detroit, Tampa, Cincinnati, and Dayton. He replaces GAVIN MALISKA who left the station last month after ten months as ND. Jeff is the fifth ND in just over six years here.

10/07/0