WBNS Continues Its Ratings Domination

Building off of a very successful May ratings book, WBNS-10TV continued its dominance in local news and syndicated programming, winning key time periods, from sign-on to sign-off, including every local newscast, the station announced Thursday.
Since July 2006, WBNS-10TV has won the average household ratings for every daily newscast in the quarterly Nielsen Sweeps.

http://www.10tv.com/live/content/station/stories/2009/07/30/story_july_sweeps.html?sid=102

Union Comment Irks WTWO Exec

A top Bemis corporate official is hitting back in response to criticism from a union leader amid the current strike at the company’s Terre Haute plant.In a recent interview on WTWO-TV, Noel Beasley, executive vice president of Workers United, the Bemis union, stated that Bemis Co. had “disrespected” its workers and the Terre Haute community.“I decided to respond to this absurd and outrageous remark,” wrote Gene Seashore, vice president of Bemis Co. and a Terre Haute resident in the late 1990s.

http://www.tribstar.com/news/local_story_210222015.html

Time Warner Re-Organizing Channels in Cincy and Dayton

TWC Re-Organizing Channels Here: We first saw the required FCC notice on Time Warner's Cincinnati-area website, stating that a bunch of channels were about to be dropped, moved or added. Here's the page if you're interested. We didn't post it because we did not have a hard date, or confirmation that these would even occur. Now we do...it'll be August 25, reports John Kiesewetter. And local PBS members/viewers won't be happy in either Dayton OR Cincinnati.

http://ohkyintristatemedia.blogspot.com/2009/07/major-re-organization-by-time-warner.html

Member Stations Highlight Their Emmy Wins

Below are just some of the links of people posting stories about their Emmy wins.

http://www.whas11.com/topstories/stories/whas11-topstories-090726-regional-emmy09.7c26e6d8.html

http://jakesdtvblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/whas-wave-and-ket-take-home-regional.html

http://mywabashvalley.com/content/fulltext/?cid=76651

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/whio-tv-grabs-regional-emmy-awards-224309.html

http://www.10tv.com/live/content/station/stories/2009/07/27/story_emmys.html?sid=102

http://wkunews.wordpress.com/2009/07/27/wkyu-pbs-emmys/

WCMH Gets a New GM

WCMH parent (NYSE:MEG) said Dan Bradley, the station’s directorf of digital journalismand content, will become vice president and GM on July 1. He replacesa Rick Rogala, who stepped into the job in fall 2007 to replacew Craig Robinson after working as GMfor NBC’ss KARK-TV in Little Rock, Ark. Rogalqa is leaving WCMH to returnm to hisprevious employer, Texas-based (NASDAQ:NXST).

http://ricky0stanley.wordpress.com/2009/07/25/wcmh-taps-new-gm-business-first-of-columbus/

Will WTWO's Strike Be Over by August?

The employee strike at Bemis could be over by next month. Bemis confirmed to WTWO the company has agreed to meet with the union. The meeting is planned for the week of August 10. Union employees have been on strike since early this week. The strike began after negotiations with the company failed.

http://mywabashvalley.com/content/video/?watch=1&cid=76561

WXIX Connects Viewers Directly to its' Newscast

Raycom Fox affiliate WXIX Cincinnati (DMA 34) has established an online franchise connecting viewers directly to its Fox19 Ten o'clock News.
Fox19 Live Chat allows audience members to discuss the news of the day live with anchors Tricia Macke and Dan Carroll during the broadcast.

http://www.tvnewscheck.com/articles/2009/07/24/daily.4/

WOUB to Participate in PBS Digital Learning Library

Ohio University's WOUB, which provides radio and television public broadcasting services to the region, is one of 12 initial Public Broadcasting Service stations participating in the PBS Digital Learning Library.

The online library will consist of video, audio, images, games and interactive simulations for use in pre K-12 classrooms, but it also will be free to the public. Officials expect the library will open in late fall or early winter.

http://www.woub.org/about/index.php?page=47&item=1715

WTVW's Jackie Monroe Moves to WFIE

Viewers won't be seeing television news anchor Jackie Monroe on Evansville's airwaves any time soon — but she's still around and plans to return.
Monroe, who formerly co-anchored the 6, 6:30 and 9 p.m. newscasts at local Fox affiliate WTVW, has left that station to work for Evansville's NBC affiliate, 14WFIE-NBC. Monroe's last day of employment at WTVW was Friday, and her last day on the air was July 10.

http://www.courierpress.com/news/2009/jul/21/anchor-monroe-leaves-fox-for-nbc/

WKYT's TG Shuck Heading Back to Air

T.G. Shuck, chief meteorologist at WKYT (Channel 27), left Central Baptist Hospital on Monday morning after being readmitted last week with complications from an appendix surgery.
"It depends on how he's feeling, but he very well could be back on the air as soon as the end of this week," WKYT news director Robert Thomas said. "But most likely, it will be next Monday."(July 27th)

http://www.kentucky.com/101/story/868212.html

What Walter Cronkite Meant to Local News

He was seen right here on Channel 9 and around the world.Friday night legendary CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite died.Before Twitter, Facebook and the Internet, news stations received all the incoming news from one printer.The evening 9News spoke with the man who saved a very important piece of paper from that printer; the original copy that came into Channel 9's newsroom when Cronkite announced his retirement.

http://www.kypost.com/content/wcposhared/story/What-Walter-Cronkite-Meant-To-Local-News/iuA1ln6uEkeLye5arif8XQ.cspx

The Peggy Mitchell Show Memorabilia on Display

Fans of “The Peggy Mitchell Show” can get a close-up look at puppets, pictures and other memorabilia from the show in an exhibit at Central Library.
Mitchell, who died in April at age 73, hosted “The Peggy Mitchell Show” on WEHT Channel 25 from 1961-86. The show’s puppet characters included Ezmarelda, Terrible Tilly and Monkey Shine, and Mitchell often invited Tri-State children to join her on the show.
Other items in the exhibit include Mitchell’s puppet house, news stories and music. All of the items are on loan from Mitchell’s son, Kirk.

The exhibit is on display in the library’s lobby through the end of August.

http://www.courierpress.com/news/2009/jul/17/peggy-mitchell-show-memorabilia-display-central-li/

Criticism of WEHT Promos Sparks Lively Online Debate

Last Friday, I posted an entry about WEHT's new station promos, and my feelings about them.If nothing else, it's certainly sparked a lively discussion, based on the comments that have been posted since then. Earl Waitman, whose job it is to make the promos for WEHT, had this to say:

There was a time in TV when all stations took shots at each other. Almost all competitors in every line of work invite direct comparison. If you are proud of your product you have nothing to fear. These promos do nothing more than invite the viewer to make a direct comparison between the tv newscasts and not be brainwashed into watching a certain station's news. If this wish of free will and independent thought is somehow disturbing to you, I would suggest that you are completely missing the point of WEHT's promos.

http://jakesdtvblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/weht-promos-revisited.html

WBKO Meteorologist Attacked by Dog

Some days, even the dogs don't like the forecast.All kidding aside, WBKO (ABC/Fox/CW, 13, Bowling Green) weekend meteorologist Jason Berry is recovering tonight from a dog attack in his own driveway as he was headed to work this past weekend.The black and gray dog, believed to be a stray, bit Berry on the arm and clawed his head.For more on this story, click here, and if you have any information on the whereabouts of the animal in question, please call the Warren County Sheriff's Department at 270-842-1633.

http://jakesdtvblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/wbko-weekend-meteorologist-attacked-by.html

WLEX Institutes Second Furlough

With the economy still struggling, Lexington's NBC affiliate is furloughing its employees for the second time this year."It was certainly the least painful option that we had, and it was one that kept everyone working, albeit at a lesser level," said WLEX (Channel 18) General Manager Pat Dalbey.Employees will be required to take four unpaid days off during the second half of the year, he said.

http://www.kentuckyweeklytranscript.com/article.cfm?articleID=42752

Will WLEX Anchor Make a Run for Congress

We have been sitting on this one for a couple of days, but it's just too huge to not talk about, especially for our friends to the south in Lexington.Rich Emery sent us this Kentucky.com article about WLEX-TV 18/Lexington anchor Lee Cruse, who is mulling over a possible run at the US Congress seat currently held by Ben Chandler. Cruse currently anchors "LEX 18 News Sunrise" and "LEX 18 News at 12:30".

http://ohkyintristatemedia.blogspot.com/2009/07/out-of-market-lexington-personality-for.html

See WOSU's Facilities

Check out WOSU's facilities at COSI in Columbus, OH

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aaank98pwao

WTVQ to Broadcast Some UK Games

When the Southeastern Conference announced a 15-year deal with ESPN last fall, it was unclear how University of Kentucky athletics fans might be affected.
Would basketball and football games be broadcast on a lesser-known ESPN channel that might not be offered by area cable providers?
Because ESPN is owned by ABC, would major games go to Lexington ABC affiliate WTVQ (Channel 36)?

http://www.kentucky.com/101/story/859468.html

WCPO Losing Graphics Department

WCPO-TV (Channel 9) will lose five employees when its parent company, Scripps Howard Broadcasting Company, centralizes two of its departments.

The company is consolidating workers who handle commercial sales and scheduling, as well as graphics; those jobs will move to Tampa, Fla. and Phoenix, Ariz. This will be done at all the company's 10 national stations, said Bill Fee, WCPO vice present and general manager.

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090710/ENT/907110334/WCPO+to+shed+jobs

Emmy® Award recipients announced

A complete listing of Emmy® Award recipients is at: http://www.ohiovalleyemmy.org/

LIVE Emmy Awards Coverage on FB

Getting ready for the Emmy Awards. Catch LIVE updates from the EMMY Award ceremony tonight, on FB: http://bit.ly/18dnQa

Former WKYT Sports Anchor Joins WHAS

WHAS11 today announced Drew Deener is joining the WHAS11 Cardinal Sports Network’s broadcast team. Deener will be the play-by-play announcer and will join Doug James and Bob Valvano for WHAS11’s coverage of the 2009-10 University of Louisville football and basketball seasons.

http://www.whas11.com/news/local/stories/UofL_Announce_Team.23257ec4.html

Courier Journal to Layoff 44 More Employees

More layoffs and early retirements came to the state's largest newspaper Thursday. Several sources at the Courier-Journal tell WHAS11 that 44 employees in many different departments, including a handful in the news division, are being cut.

http://www.whas11.com/topstories/stories/whas11-top-090709-cjlayoffs.2507b712.html

Former WBNS Traffic Reporter Fired from Police Job

Residents of this Licking County village don't know whether they will continue to have a police force after the chief of nine years was fired.

Mike Kilburn, 54, who had served as Alexandria's police chief since March 2000, was terminated after a five-hour administrative hearing Tuesday. Village Council members retreated into executive session for about 15 minutes at the end of the hearing before coming back to vote 4-1 to fire Kilburn. Councilwoman Naomi Compton abstained.

http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/07/09/copy/Kilburn.ART_ART_07-09-09_B3_H2EE0TL.html?adsec=politics&sid=101

Former WHIZ GM Dies in Plane Crash

Michael and Andrew Land had spent the holiday weekend with family in Huntington, W.Va., when on the way home the single-engine Cessna plane Michael was flying suddenly disappeared off the radar.

http://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/article/20090708/NEWS01/907080301/1002

WOUB Honored by Tellys

WOUB’s documentary “The 8th Wonder: The Waterloo Wonders” was given the bronze honor by the Telly Awards.


The documentary, produced and directed by Cheri Russo, WOUB News managing editor and edited by Nick Parsons, premiered in November 2008 on WOUB-TV. The program tells the story of a basketball team from Waterloo, Ohio, who came from obscurity to take the Class B state championship in 1934 and 1935. The documentary shows how a small group of farm boys from Waterloo overcame obstacles to give hope to a region that had suffered greatly during one of the most difficult times in American history.

http://www.woub.org/about/index.php?page=47&item=1679

WLWT News Director Resigns

WLWT-TV Channel 5 News Director Brennan Donnellan has resigned after six years with the Hearst-Argyle Television station to focus on a blog devoted to news and events in Anderson Township.

“The news business is facing a whirlwind of change,” Donnellon wrote in July 7 blog entry at aroundanderson.com, in which he announced his departure from News 5. “I believe opportunities are being created right now for new channels of community information like Around Anderson. This seems like the best and most exciting way to build something positive for our hometown.”

http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2009/07/06/daily23.html

Columbus BlueJackets Hire New Radio Play by Play Person

The Syracuse Crunch announced today that the Columbus Blue Jackets have added long-time Crunch broadcaster Bob McElligott to the club's broadcast team. He will join veteran play-by-play announcer George Matthews on all games broadcast via the Columbus Blue Jackets Radio Network, including flagship stations WBNS-AM, Sports Radio 1460 The Fan, and WWCD-FM, CD 101.

http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3858745

Former WHIO Director and Middletown Mayor Dies

Tributes poured in Monday, July 6 for Bob Wells, the former mayor of Middletown who passed away on Sunday at the age of 76.

“One of the things I’ll truly miss about him was I had a rapport with him,” said William “Kip” Moore, who served with Wells on city council. “He had a great knowledge of the city and was just a wealth of information for me.”

http://www.journal-news.com/news/hamilton-news/wells-friends-colleagues-pay-tribute-to-mayor-broadcaster-191697.html

WCMH Newsroom Veteran Gets GM Nod

With the beleaguered broadcast business increasingly focused on the bottom line, Dan Bradley’s promotion to general manager at WCMH Columbus July 1 may have surprised some. While group managers have typically preferred a seasoned sales type to head up a station, Bradley’s resume is full of news experience, including news director at WFLA Tampa and an eight-year stint as VP of news for corporate parent Media General. Most recently, he was director of digital journalism and content at WCMH.

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/307377-Newsroom_Veterans_Getting_GM_Nods.php

WXIX's Analog Signoff

WXIX's analog signoff. Watch and see.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzLYpNaZsQ0

FOrmer WTVW Anchor Dies of Pancreatic Cancer

Former WTVW-Fox 7 anchorwoman Ann Moore has lost her two-year battle with pancreatic cancer.

An entry for July 3 on her Web site says, “Mom got to go to heaven early this morning. When she departed from this world, she was surrounded by the love of her family. Her suffering is over and the light of her love is still alive in all of us.”

http://btop.courierpress.com/news/2009/jul/03/ann-moore-dies-pancreatic-cancer/

WCPO Gets New Digital Antenna

Workers removed the antenna from the tower on the morning of Wednesday, June 24. After they removed the analog antenna, crews began the process of moving the new one to the top of the tower.

On Tuesday, July 7, crews began placing the new antenna at the top of the tower.

The new antenna will provide viewers with a much more powerful digital signal.

http://www.wcpo.com/news/local/story/UPDATE-WCPOs-New-Digital-Antenna-Going-Up/sz6E0mBbsEOuUBJfa0fwag.cspx

WXIX Expands 6pm News

TV viewers in the region will have four choices for local news at 6 p.m. when WXIX-TV (Channel 19) expands its year-old 6:30 p.m. newscast to an hour on Sept. 21.

“People have four local news choices for news at 6 a.m. Now they’ll have it at 6 p.m. too,” says Bill Lanesey, Channel 19 general manager.

The same anchor team - Tricia Macke, Dan Carroll and Steve Horstmeyer - will deliver the “Fox 19 Evening News @ 6 O’Clock.”

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090701/ENT/307010099/1175/Channel+19+to+expand+evening+news

See WOSU's Analog Signoff

See WOSU's analog signoff

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