Shaw out at WXIX (Cincinnati)

Cincinnati-Dayton Media Center blog reports:

Reporter Chris Shaw has left FOX19. Shaw, who had been acting as the station's lead reporter had been with WXIX since 2004.

Sean Bartel is out at WHAS (Louisville); 'The Ville Voice' recaps 2007 reporter changes at Channel 11

The Ville Voice on reporter the shake-up at WHAS in Louisville:

By the time they’re all on board, seven of the station’s nine reporters will have less than two years’ experience in the market, with five of those arriving in Louisville within the last six months. Only longtime veterans Chuck Olmstead and Mark Hebert can remember anything that’s happened here before Giacomo won the 2005 Derby.

Read the entire post here.

Channel 5 GM cites "8 to watch" at WLWT (Cincinnati)

The Enquirer's Kiesewetter:

No more tinkering with the WLWT-TV anchor teams in 2008, promises Richard Dyer, Channel 5 president and general manager.

Read more here.

Dorsey's Year in Review

Louisville TV columnist Tom Dorsey looks back at television in 2007.

Read Tom's column here.

WOSU (Columbus) bringing traditional and new media together

Public media encounters new media in Columbus. A social media gathering in Columbus is bringing local bloggers together to discuss how traditional and new media can collaborate to address community needs. WOSU and the Center for Science and Industry co-sponsored the event in their shared public space, WOSU@COSI.

The group plans to meet again on January 28, 2008 at WOSU@COSI.

Check out the meetings of the Columbus Social Media Cafe at WOSU@COSI

Chic Poppe, veteran reporter-photographer of WCPO (Cincinnati), retires

John Kiesewetter writes a profile in The Enquirer about police reporter-photographer Chic Poppe's 45-year career.

Poppe says: "I'm proud of what I did, and how I did it."

Read the article here.

Scripps and WCPO (Cincinnati) will relaunch kypost.com to cover Northern KY

"Life in the 859" is the focus of the new www.kypost.com, beginning in 2008.

The Post reports:

A new Web site, www.kypost.com, developed by E.W. Scripps and sharing content with WCPO-TV (Channel 9), goes online in the new year. It replaces the current kypost.com, which was part of the joint operating agreement between The Post and The Enquirer, which has been managed and maintained by Enquirer publisher Gannett.

Cincinnati November Sweeps

WCPO and WKRC grow news viewership.

The Business Courier in Cincinnati provides a detailed analysis of November sweeps.

Read the article here.

Moves in Cincinnati

Several items from John Kiesewetter in the Enquirer. Read all about it here.

Christie Dutton moves from WTVQ (Lexington) to WXIX (Cincinnati), "Good Morning Cincinnati" moves to the CW, and WVXU moves local holiday music.

Kenny Rice to host Eclipse Awards

ESPN and Thoroughbred Times report that Kenny Rice, the horse racing and sports announcer, will host the Eclipse Awards ceremony on Jan. 21 at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. Rice previously was sports director at WTVQ (Lexington) in the 1980s and 90s.

Carl Day 'Day' in Fairborn; WDTN (Dayton) veteran anchor honored

Dale Huffman of the Dayton Daily News:

The mayor of Fairborn named Dec. 17 Carl Day 'Day' in Fairborn.

It's not easy to say, but the surprise honor was appreciated by Day, the veteran news anchor for WDTN-TV, Channel 2.

Read the complete commentary.

WCMH (Columbus) will launch outdoor video board

The Columbus Dispatch reports on an explosion of video boards in Capitol Square:

Several news tickers and video screens have surfaced on Capitol Square, and like fireworks on the Fourth of July, they have captured the attention of pedestrians and drivers alike.

Read more here.

B&C: $10,000 FCC Proposed Fine for WLEX (Lexington)

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6514162.html?industryid=47169

CET (Cincinnati) goes HD 24/7

From a CET press release:

Beginning December 17 at noon, CET’s digital broadcast services will change to better serve the increasing number of viewers watching on digital and High Definition TV sets by providing a 24-hour-a-day HD service that will simulcast its analog channel 48.

KET follows Kentuckians to Dublin to examine economic resurgence

KET's The Kentucky-Ireland Parallel follows the Kentuckians looking for new economic development ideas in Dublin, Ireland.

Greater Louisville Inc., Louisville’s metro chamber of commerce and economic development agency, recently hosted a visit to Ireland for some of Kentucky’s leading businesspeople. The group learned about Dublin’s economic boom and how it parallels Louisville’s own resurgence.

Kentucky-Ireland Parallel also includes segments from Dublin that focus on the city’s highly skilled and educated workforce, competitive government vision and corporate tax incentives.

Learn more and watch the programs, plus bonus videos, here.

Kirby Adams leaves WHAS (Louisville)

Tom Dorsey reports in the Courier Journal:

Kirby Adams, who worked at WHAS-TV for 14 years as a local TV magazine host, newscast co-anchor and reporter, has left the station.

Read the entire article.

The History of Cincinnati Television

Jim Friedman has written a book about the history of Cincinnati Television. Contact Jim at: jimfriedman@mac.com

Jim's book is currently available in stores, and includes the shows, personalities and pioneers who made Cincinnati TV what it is today.

Click here to learn more and buy the book online.

Also, the book signing was a huge event! Read about it in The Enquirer.

John Phillips, Mr. K out at Clear Channel in Cincinnati

John Kiesewetter reports the firings on his blog on Cincinnati.com. Read it here.

Louisville November Sweeps

An analysis by Tom Dorsey in the Courier Journal of Louisville November 2007 Sweeps:

Fewer crime stories and interruptions for so-called breaking news are two reasons WHAS-TV thinks it is back in the driver's seat after the recent November ratings period.

Channel 11 was back on top in the early morning and demonstrated new overall strength during the Nielsen ratings survey sweeps. The station attributes the victories to several course corrections made by new management in the past few months.

Meanwhile, WAVE also had one of its best showings in a long time in news. It says it's been growing over the past several Nielsen surveys.

The two local stations were big winners in the viewer sweeps last month, but neither has been able to crack WLKY's grip as the late-news leader. Channel 32 says it has held that title for the 21st time in the past 22 ratings polls.

Read the entire article on the CJ's website.

WNIN (Evansville): 'Night It Rained Tears' documentary premieres

http://www.courierpress.com/news/2007/dec/12/night-it-rained-tears-documentary-premieres/

On the Move

WLEX 18 (Lexington): Jessica Moore has been named a general assignment reporter.

WDRB/WMYO (Louisville) has promoted James Reed to local sales manager and Rick Burrice to national sales manager, Reed's former position. Reed and Burrice are both Louisville natives.

Dayton: New anchors emerge on local news shows

Dayton's television news anchorwomen have been playing musical chairs.

READ Dave Larsen's story here:
http://www.daytondailynews.com/e/content/oh/story/entertainment/tv/2007/12/09/ddn120907lifeanchors.html#comments

WAVE, WDRB, WHAS, WLKY rotate broadcast of Thunder Over Louisville

Business First reports on broadcast rights for Thunder Over Louisville:

Louisville's four major television network affiliates -- WAVE, WDRB, WHAS and WLKY -- will rotate broadcast rights for Thunder Over Louisville, the Kentucky Derby Festival's kickoff event, during the next four years.

The stations' general managers participated in a "pill pull" to determine the order. WDRB will broadcast Thunder in 2008; WHAS will broadcast the event in 2009; WAVE will show Thunder in 2010 and WLKY will do the 2011 broadcast.

Read the entire Business First article.

Tim Black and Eric Stremming of WEVV (Evansville) take second place as "celebrity shoppers"

Read the Henderson Gleaner report here.

The Poynter Institute Asks Tough Questions

The Poynter Institute quotes Steve Ackermann, news director at WXIX (Cincinnati), in this centerpiece article:

"When you have a big story and your reporter comes back with something controversial that may be exclusive, will your producer take the risk of holding it (or just floating it) in the rundown until there is time to discuss how it is being reported? That is a producer who is empowered. After we empower them, it is up to us to help those producers learn how to take the right kinds of risks.

A must read for news producers and reporters: Tough Questions: Deciding When a Story Has 'Gone Too Far' is on the Poynter Institute's website.

Joe Elliott laid off from WHAS radio in Louisville

Not a television story, per se, but an important media story in Louisville. Angie Fenton writes in the CJ:

Despite being laid off as host of a weeknight radio talk show on WHAS, Joe Elliott will continue as a part-time employee with Clear Channel Communications Inc., which owns the station and about 1,200 others across the nation.

"He will be continuing to do our Sunday morning talk show for at least the foreseeable future," said Kelly Carls, regional vice president of programming for Clear Channel Radio.

Read the entire article.

‘The TV Weatherman’ David J. Kirk of WTHI-TV (Terre Haute) dies at 83

David “Dave” J. Kirk is best remembered as “The TV Weatherman” of WTHI-TV for more than 20 years, was general manager of Terre Haute Advertising Company, and for his tireless volunteer work spanning nearly 40 years with the American Cancer Society, American Heart Association of the Wabash Valley, American Red Cross, Mental Health Association, United Way and Fresh Air Camp.

Read the entire article in the Trib Star.