Job Hunting on Social Media

The job prospects are supposed to improve in 2010. WXIX does a feature on finding employment through social media networks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXhuhEASixU

Regional Sales Manager Position Open in Columbus

WSYX in Columbus is looking for a regional sales manager. Info here

http://aol.careerbuilder.com/JobSeeker/Jobs/JobDetails.aspx?job_did=J3G2447345LC30M1FFB&cbRecursionCnt=1&cbsid=99f1f1b88c3c4322815546ed6fba630f-316465139-JU-5

Evansville Anchor and Producer Heads to Louisville

There isn't much news to bring you this week because not much happens in local TV over the holidays, but I do have a couple of items to pass along, so let's get right to it.

First up this week, our loss is Louisville's gain as WEHT-News25 bids farewell to two team members: Daybreak anchor Jon Chrisos and newscast producer Ryan Nash are leaving the station for new positions at WAVE-3, the Raycom Media-owned NBC affiliate in Louisville, Ky.

http://www.courierpress.com/news/2010/jan/07/local-tv-station-bids-farewell-to-anchor/

WHAS-AM's Jim Strader vs KY Dept of Fish & Wildlife

I never thought of Jim Strader as an investigative reporter. The outdoors enthusiast seemed to have figured out a way to make a nice living from his outdoors expertise -- radio show, annual expo, newspaper column, etc.

http://www.louisvillemojo.com/blogs/Louisville_Blogs/83921/Strader_Stands_Up_for_Journalism

More Details About New Jerry Springer-Bill Cunningham Show

The Chicago Tribune took notice of my Dec. 27 column item about Jerry Springer and Bill Cunningham taping a point-counterpoint TV pilot…. for the Tribune TV stations run by Randy Michaels (but not WGN America). The pilot was taped Dec. 16 at WXIX-TV, because Pat Barry — a longtime friend and former coworker of Springer (at Ch 5 news), Cunningham and Michaels (from Clear Channel/Jacor) — is producing the show. It’s modeled after ESPN’s “Pardon the Interruption,” where Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon argue over topics.

http://cincinnati.com/blogs/tv/2010/01/06/more-details-about-springer-cunningham-show/

WWHO Signs Up for Rentrak

LIN TV signed up its CW affiliate in Columbus, Ohio for Rentrak’s local measurement service. WWHO-TV will be using Rentrak’s StationView Essentials service for detailed local metrics derived from set-top boxes.

http://www.televisionbroadcast.com/article/92620

Scripps, Cablevision Battle Escalates

Less than a week after Cablevision Systems Corp. pulled Food Network and HGTV from 3.1 million homes in the New York area, Scripps Networks said it plans to re-air a popular new show on local TV stations that reach the region, according to a story in the Wall Street Journal.

http://www.tvnewscheck.com/articles/2010/01/06/daily.9/

WLKY Scores Big With the Battle of the Bluegrass

Louisville CBS affiliate WLKY-TV scored big ratings with last Saturday’s men’s basketball game between the University of Louisville and the University of Kentucky.

http://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/stories/2010/01/04/daily23.html

Raycom - TWC Retransmission Deal Almost Done

Almost a week after Raycom and Time Warner Cable extended their retransmission consent agreement until Jan. 15, Raycom CEO/President Paul McTear says he expects the deal to be finalized by next Friday's deadline. He's waiting to hear back on the "long-form" version of the agreement as it gets tweaked by the legal people. "There's a lot of wordsmithing going on with some very smart people," he says. "I'm very, very optimistic it will be signed on time."

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/442502-Raycom_TWC_Retrans_Deal_On_Track.php

WLKY Reporter Heads Back to School

Ben Jackey, a reporter at WLKY-TV, has been hired as a communications specialist with Jefferson County Public Schools.

He will start Jan. 19.

Jackey, a Louisville native, will make $83,000 a year. His job responsibilities include helping write news releases, working with the news media and assisting in the planning and implementation of live events.

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20100104/NEWS01/1040353/WLKY+reporter+hired+for+school+district+communications

WLWT's Ken Broo Talks About Heart Attack

Channel 5 sports anchor Ken Broo has spent a lot of time the past 10 days thinking about “What if?” What if his heart attack came two days later – the Saturday after Christmas, instead of Christmas eve morning — when he would have been driving to New Orleans to cover the Sugar Bowl for WLWT-TV?

http://cincinnati.com/blogs/tv/2010/01/04/ken-broo-talks-about-his-heart-attack/

Leno Doesn't Hurt WLEX

In the months before Nielsen measured Lexington's television viewership in November, much discussion was had about Jay Leno.

Nationally, the comedian's weeknight prime-time talk show has been disastrous for many affiliates' late-night newscasts. In markets where viewership is measured more frequently — Nielsen measures Lexington just four times annually — the newscasts following Leno's show hemorrhaged viewers.

http://www.kentucky.com/103/story/1081543.html

Anchor Shake Up at WKRC

It seems to be a busy news day.

We briefly caught WKRC-TV 12's noon news today...and saw Kit Andrews doing the midday news which left us scratching our heads. Andrews, of course, has done evenings with Rob Braun for 19 years.

In an update just posted by John Kiesewetter, we get the answer. It's a big move.

http://ohkyintristatemedia.blogspot.com/2010/01/major-shakeup-at-wkrc-tv.html

Clooney Museum Gets Donation From George

A northern Kentucky museum has acquired two costumes worn by George Clooney in the movie “Up in the Air.”

The Rosemary Clooney House Museum has the costumes on display in Louisville as part of a touring exhibit to introduce the Augusta museum to a larger audience.

http://www.wlky.com/entertainment/22117413/detail.html

UPDATE - CALL FOR ENTRIES AND OTHER AWARDS INFORMATION

All -

The 2010 Ohio Valley Emmy Call For Entries is coming soon. Please make sure you check our website for exact dates.

Also, if you have or know college students majoring in media or high schoolers working in video production, please make sure to go to our website to find out more about our Student Production Awards and Scholarship and our High School Student Television Awards of Excellence. Call for entries for those will be coming out in the next 4 - 6 weeks.

If you have any questions on Emmy Call for Entries - contact Cherie Housley at chousley@ohiovalleyemmy.org

If you have any questions on College or High School Awards - contact Nicole Williams at nwilliams@ohiovalleyemmy.org

Ohio Valley Emmy Focus Blog Updates 2010

Happy New Year to all.

This year my resolution is to update our blogs more often!

Therefore I am setting a schedule to help me keep my word AND to let you know when to expect new postings.

In 2010, I will be updating our blog twice a week, Wednesdays and Sundays. Please make sure to check in for new info those days.

And as always, if you have anything you would like posted on our blog, please email me the story and link at nwilliams@ohiovalleyemmy.org. Put "BLOG POSTING" in the subject line.

Former WHAS/WTVQ Engineer Dies

Terry Wright, the Chief Engineer at WLTX, passed away as the result of a massive heart attack Wednesday night. He was 61.

During his career, Terry held many technical positions including Assistant Chief Engineer at WHAS-TV in Louisville, KY, Chief Engineer at WKPC-TV in Louisville, Chief Engineer at WTVQ-TV in Lexington, KY, Regional Chief Engineer for WEPX/WPXU in Greenville, NC, and Chief Engineer for WCIV-TV in Charleston, SC.

http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=82394&catid=35

Will Free TV be A Thing of the Past

Fierce negotiations between Time Warner Cable and Fox owner News Corp., along with the recent purchase of NBC Universal by Comcast Corp., are underscoring changes in television. And the notion of free, over-the-air broadcasting might be unraveling.

That could mean higher cable- or satellite-TV bills.

Although the story is current, its roots go back more than 60 years, when TV stations began airing news, sports and entertainment free and made their money by showing commercials.

All went well for decades, until cable TV and the Web began fracturing the audience for free TV and siphoning away its ad dollars. The current recession has squeezed advertising further, forcing broadcasters to accelerate their push for new revenue to pay for programming.

And pay they must, because "Good programming is expensive," said Rupert Murdoch, whose News Corp. owns Fox, at a shareholders meeting in the fall. "It can no longer be supported solely by advertising revenues."

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/business/stories/2009/12/31/free_broadcast.ART_ART_12-31-09_A1_0CG5J4F.html?sid=101

WLKY Wins Media Eclipse Award

The Sports Network
Louisville, KY television station WLKY has won the the Media Eclipse Award for Local Television for its feature on owner-trainer Tom McCarthy. WLKY previously won the award in 2006.

Produced by John Boel and Scott Eckhardt, the program was about the 75-year- old McCarthy who served as trainer, groom and assistant for his one horse stable. The lone horse in his stable was General Quarters who won the Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland.


http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/horse-racing/story/1400861.html

John Kieswetter: TV Trends This Decade

Not only did what we watch on TV change in the past decade, but there was a revolution in how we watched, too.

And given all the changes, it will be fun to see what our video habits will be like 10 years from now.


The Big (and Small) Picture: In the past decade, we’ve bought flat plasma TV screens bigger than a picture window, and smaller than the face of a wristwatch. (Remember wrist watches?) While many people were amazed at the movie-quality clarity of high-definition TV, others preferred the convenience of watching TV on their iPod, cell phone or laptop.

http://cincinnati.com/blogs/decade/2009/12/23/tv-trends-in-this-decade/