WLEX's Perino Named Sportscaster of the Year

Alexandria native Mary Jo Perino could not believe the latest bit of recognition she received for her work as a sportscaster at WLEX-TV in Lexington, Kentucky.

Perino, the daughter of John and Sandy Perino of Alexandria, was recently named the sportscaster of the year for the state of Kentucky by the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association.

http://www.echopress.com/event/article/id/71800/

Sports/News Reporter Job Opening at WSYX/WTTE

http://www.jobs.net/Job.asp?jid=J3H3QR6R7NSVHZLZZ4W

WCPO A.N.D. Gets Promoted to Palm Beach

WCPO Cincinnati Assistant News Director Jeff Brogan has been named news director at WPTV West Palm Beach. Both are Scripps stations.

Prior to his long stint at WCPO, Brogan worked at WXIX Cincinnati as a producer and assignment editor.

"Jeff has extraordinarily strong skills in both content and production," WPTV VP/General Manager Steve Wasserman said in a memo. "He is a hands-on manager who is anxious to join our team and work side-by-side with our newsroom staff and other department heads to make our newscasts even better than they are today."

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/446595-WPTV_Names_Brogan_News_Director.php

View WDTN.com Promo Here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWZssi7vzUI&feature=channel

Morning Talk Show Host Job Opening at WNKY

http://www.wnky.net/about/jobs/82928787.html

WFIE and WEVV Partnering for Colts Specials

14 WFIE is partnering with WEVV to produce Colts Super Bowl specials.

Both companies are pooling their resources to produce Colts-themed programming that will air during the Super Bowl weekend.

http://www.14wfie.com/Global/story.asp?S=11891593

CET Arts Channel Has Big Ambitions

Come Monday, Cincinnati’s CET will unveil what the Public Broadcasting System says is the first public television station to devote one of its new digital channels to 24/7 arts programming.
The immediate impact of CETarts — digital channel 48.3; Time Warner Cable Cincinnati channel 987 — will be to offer expanded broadcast of PBS shows CET already features on its primary channel. Those include Great Performances, American Masters, Masterpiece, Independent Lens, Austin City Limits and more. and it will allow room for some arts series CET now has no time slot for on channel 48, such as Sierra Center Stage, Jubilee, Classic Gospel, Theater Talk, Woodsongs (a Folk music show out of Lexington) and others.

http://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/article-19851-new-cet-arts-channel-has-ambitious-goals.html

WEVV to Air Show on the Colts' Run to the SuperBowl

Thursday at 6:00pm, My44 (channel 44.2) will broadcast SOUND OFF, an hour-long sports call-in show featuring discussion and debate on the Colts’ run to Super Bowl XLIV. SOUND OFF will give a voice to the fans and allow them to ask questions of those who cover Indiana sports every day.

http://jakesdtvblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/ready-to-sound-off-about-your-colts.html

Martha Heading to Cable, Local Programmers Need to Fill the Hole

Martha Stewart’s loyal fans will need cable to see her in the fall. She’s taking her daytime “Martha Stewart” show out of syndication and moving original episodes exclusively to the Hallmark Channel. This also means that WLWT-TV (Ch 5) needs to find a show to fill the 11 a.m. slot in September.

http://cincinnati.com/blogs/tv/2010/01/26/martha-stewart-following-oprah-to-cable/

General Assignment Reporter Search for WLEX

http://aol.careerbuilder.com/JobSeeker/Jobs/JobDetails.aspx?job_did=J3H55D6B254G7YVGW66

WTWO Heading to Auschwitz

On Friday, WTWO's Elyse Evans previewed a trip she is making to Auschwitz, a Nazi concentration camp.

Saturday morning, Elyse and videographer Mika Brown boarded a bus for Chicago.

From there, they along with 53 others will fly to Cracow, Poland.

Holocaust survivor Eva Kor is organizing the pilgrimage to Auschwitz, where she was held captive during World War II.

http://mywabashvalley.com/content/fulltext/?cid=100031

Read Excerpts from Dan Spangler Court Docs in Lawsuit

Spangler is suing Louisville TV Group and Fusion Communications, his now-former bosses. And thanks to a tipster, I just got my hands on the court documents in which Spangler makes some pretty alarming allegations, so let’s dig in to the juicy, juicy

http://thevillevoice.com/2010/01/21/dan-spangler-sues-station-for-discrimination/

WLWT Settles "Sexting" Lawsuit

Joanna Argus was shocked when she heard her name was shown on a television news show's graphics accompanying a story about "sexting."

That's because Argus, 30, complained several times to WLWT-TV, Channel 5, about the graphic it was using on the air and its Web site and was told each time it would be removed.

The story was about sexting - sending sexually explicit photos or text messages - but had nothing to do with Argus.

Columbus Broadcasters Looking Forward to Political Battles

Mike Cash is ready to have a good 2010.

The director of revenue for television station WCMH, the Columbus region’s NBC affiliate, can look forward to selling ad time around the Winter Olympics in February, primary elections in May and high-profile political races in November.

http://columbus.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2010/01/25/story4.html?b=1264395600%5E2769731

Photog Job at WKEF/WRGT in Dayton

http://www.jobs.net/Job.asp?jid=J3F2BT74BG5LKH1L1BW

Big Mistake on WBKI Facebook Page?

Just figured out why Dan Spangler was really canned from WBKI.

This:

http://thevillevoice.com/2010/01/22/why-didnt-dan-spangler-do-this/

WLWT Goes Widescreen But Not True HD

It’s not true HDTV — like Channels 9, 12 & 19 — but Channel 5 has started broadcasting news in a widescreen format, to fill up your HD screen like the other guys. Here’s how Richard Dyer, WLWT-TV president and general manager, explains it:

http://cincinnati.com/blogs/tv/2010/01/21/channel-5-goes-widescreen-but-not-true-hdtv/

Master Control Jobs Posted for WSYX/WTTE

http://aol.careerbuilder.com/JobSeeker/Jobs/JobDetails.aspx?job_did=J3G1DR6R5D2P81JRN74

CBS Mobile Launches IPhone App for Affiliates

CBS Mobile has rolled out a standalone iPhone news app for 13 local markets. The free application for iPhones and iPod Touch delivers local news, slide shows, on-demand video and Twitter updates from anchors.

“The CBS Television Stations applications are a logical extension of our CBS News app; they give us the chance to engage users at a grassroots level and expose them to the news that matters to them the most,” said Rob Gelick, senior vice president and general manager of CBS Mobile. The division partnered with Treemo Labs to create the application and Transpera to power pre-roll video and ad capabilities.

http://www.televisionbroadcast.com/article/93440

Former WBKI Station Manager Sues Former Employers

Former WBKI station manager and morning show co-host Dan Spangler has filed a lawsuit in Jefferson Circuit Court against the owners of the station, claiming he was wrongfully terminated last June.

http://www.louisvillemojo.com/blogs/Louisville_Blogs/84267/Spangler_Sues_Station__Charges_Religious_Discrimination

Columbus Duopoly Looking for Anchor/Reporter

WSYX/WTTE is looking for an Anchor/Reporter. Could this person be replacing the recently departed Anthony Rothman, or is someone else on their way out?


http://www.careerbuilder.com/JobSeeker/Jobs/JobDetails.aspx?job_did=J3F2226QMMTG8ND2PT5&cbRecursionCnt=1&cbsid=115c830d4b1f4f1189f167c3c7264257-317942673-J5-5

Evansville TV Updates in Sports, Programming, and Haiti Live Shots

Friday night promises to be another great night for fans of high school sports, as WEHT-News25's sports team will broadcast the Class 3A boys basketball matchup between the Washington Hatchets and the Princeton Tigers live from Princeton's historical gym.

The game will air at 7 p.m. Friday on RTV25 (channel 25.2), which is available over the air and also on a number of cable outlets in the Tri-State. For those of you who can't get the channel, it also will be streamed live on the station's Web site.

http://www.courierpress.com/news/2010/jan/21/high-school-basketball-coverage-tips-off-on-weht/

Columbus Sports Reporters Having a Bad Week

It’s been a bad week for TV sports reporters in Columbus.



Last week it was announced that NBC 4’s Omar Ruiz had left the sports crew and returned to his native California.



The move seemed way too sudden to be amiable, as Ruiz’s presence was quickly removed from the station’s website (even the “Deep Thoughts” blog, for goodness sake.)

http://www.theotherpaper.com/articles/2010/01/20/front/doc4b57a8ddb3a0c857014994.txt

A Discussion of Social Media on WXIX

Dave Hatter from Libertas Technologies on Fox 19 (WXIX) discussing social networking / social media – 090522

http://socialmedia123.com/?p=75

Kentucky Native Hits "The Deep End"

The hot new attorney at one of Los Angeles' most prestigious law firms hails from Winchester.

Well, the attorney doesn't. Dylan Hewitt grew up in a working-class New England family and went to Yale and Columbia universities. But Matt Long, the actor who plays Dylan on ABC's new drama, The Deep End, hails from the home of Ale-8-One.

http://www.kentucky.com/712/story/1102913.html

Columbus Media Joins Hope for Haiti Event

The American Red Cross of Greater Columbus, the City of Columbus and local media representatives will host a day-long fundraiser to benefit Haiti on Thursday, Jan. 21 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the Ohio Historical Society parking lot off I-71.

Attendees will be able to drive up and donate at the Columbus Hope for Haiti event. Local television, radio, and Print personalities, along with government officials and the American Red Cross, will be on hand to accept cash and check donations all day at the fundraiser.

http://www.examiner.com/x-33933-Columbus-Wellness-Examiner~y2010m1d19-Columbus-leaders-media-and-Red-Cross-unite-for-Haiti-disaster-relief

WBNS Extends HD Footprint

Since February 2007, WBNS-TV, the Dispatch Broadcast Group-owned CBS affiliate in Columbus, OH, has broadcast its local newscasts in HD. But lately, the HD footprint around the building has gotten a little bigger.

http://broadcastengineering.com/hdtv/wbns-tv-extends-infrastructure-0119/

Family and Friends Remember Francene Cucinello

Family, friends and fans of Francene Cucinello gathered Monday morning in Louisville to honor the WHAS Radio personality who passed away last week. Among the speakers at the Southeast Christian Church memorial service was longtime friend Kristin Emery, who met Cucinello when they were students at West Virginia University.

http://www.wfpl.org/2010/01/18/memorial-service-held-for-francene-cucinello/

KET Says Experience Counts in New Director

In choosing its new executive director, the leaders of Kentucky Educational Television decided against a national search and promoted an internal executive who dropped out of college before joining the network for a nearly 25-year career.

It's an educational background that might seem surprising, but it is not unprecedented, national observers say, and also comes at a time when many state networks are promoting staffers to save the costs and time-consuming nature of searches.

http://www.kentucky.com/181/story/1099661.html?storylink=omni_popular

KET to Broadcast "Thoroughbred" in March

Public television station KET will present “Thoroughbred,” directed by Academy Award winner Paul Wagner, on March 8 at 8 p.m. EST.

The film spans the globe highlighting Thoroughbred horses and those associated with them. The film explores the life of backstretch workers at Aqueduct, breeding at Three Chimneys Farm, the Dubai operation of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, the Keeneland September yearling sale, and culminates with the 2009 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1).

http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/national-news/2010/January/15/KET-to-broadcast-Thoroughbred-on-March-8.aspx

Host of "The Francene Show" Dies at 43

Francene Cucinello, the host of “Francene Show” passed away Friday. She suffered a heart attack on Monday, January 11th followed by a brain aneurysm on Wednesday. Francene passed away at 3:15 p.m. Friday (January 15) at Norton Hospital. She was 43.

http://www.whas11.com/news/local/Francene-Cucinello-host-of-Francene-Show-on-WHAS-dies-81765067.html

Why Did WKTY Change Its Weather Maps?

Our goal in redesigning our weather maps was to make the weather as clear and easy to understand as possible. To accomplish this, we felt it was important to make the details and differences among weather systems as prominent as possible.

http://www.wkyt.com/news/headlines/81516027.html

WFIE GM Happy Leno's Back to Late Night

After watching its affiliates' late news ratings tank since the September debut of "The Jay Leno Show," NBC finally has capitulated to the stations' demands and announced that the show will move from that slot soon.

Network officials announced Sunday that Leno's last show will be Feb. 11.

http://www.courierpress.com/news/2010/jan/14/affiliates-thrilled-nbc-moving-leno-to-later/

Dayton's Carl Day Out of Hospital After Heart Attack

Carl Day, the local TV personality known for his bouts with cancer, was released on Friday, Jan. 15, from Kettering Medical Center after treatment for a heart attack.

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/carl-day-released-from-hospital-day-after-heart-attack-495149.html?cxtype=rss_local-news

WBNS Rolls Out Central Ohio's First HD Newscast with Snell Kahuna

Snell today announced that the Dispatch Broadcast Group's CBS affiliate, WBNS-TV, has rolled out central Ohio's first HD newscast thanks to the company's Kahuna multiformat SD/HD production switcher. In addition, the Dispatch Broadcast Group has deployed a second Kahuna to power the recent HD upgrade for its 10TV Productions division and the Ohio News Network (ONN), a 24-hour news channel co-located at the WBNS studios in Columbus. By seamlessly incorporating SD sources into HD transmissions, the two Kahuna systems have given Dispatch a smooth and cost-effective path to native HD broadcasting.

http://hd.broadcastnewsroom.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=953755&afterinter=true

Julie Tam Leaving Fox 41

TIME TO SAY GOODBYE… I’m 
leaving WDRB-TV FOX 41 in early 2010, after more than 4 years as a news
reporter and anchor here. Early on, I fell in love with Louisville and
the surrounding towns throughout Ke…ntucky and Southern Indiana, where
I’ve traveled to cover news and on my own time for pleasure. It’s a
beautiful and convenient place to live. I love our house and our
exquisite neighborhood. Now it’s time to move on.

http://thevillevoice.com/2010/01/13/julie-tam-says-shes-leaving-fox-41/

Job Openings at Dispatch Broadcast Group

Check out the job openings at the Dispatch Broadcast Group in Columbus, OH

http://wittpathinternships.blogspot.com/2010/01/dispatch-broadcast-group-job-openings.html

WEVV Resolves Basketball Conflict

It's nice to see other stations step up to the plate when sporting (and other) events of local interest get bumped elsewhere. WEVV-My44 is doing so this coming weekend with the SEC basketball games on Saturday.




Here's the official press release from the station:

http://jakesdtvblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/wevv-my44-to-air-sec-basketball.html

Why Dale Huffman Loves Dayton

With the surprise exit of NCR Corp. and the shuttering of most GM projects here — the Dayton skyline looms a shade or two darker at the conclusion of 2009.

Even though it won’t be remembered as our city’s most lighthearted year, it is time to share my annual list of reasons why I love my hometown of Dayton, Ohio.

I hope you agree with me that we do have things to be thankful for.

In no specific order are 16 positive things we can count on as we head down the paths of 2010. As always, we will greet familiar adventures, and explore the challenges destined to surprise us.

http://fortheloveofdayton.wordpress.com/2010/01/11/dale-huffmans-list-16-reasons-why-i-love-dayton/

Lexington Reporters Take on The Leno-O'Brien Debacle

When NBC announced early last year that it would retain Jay Leno for a prime-time show after he left The Tonight Show, his successor, Conan O'Brien, did the only thing he could: congratulate his predecessor on his new deal.

But O'Brien had to sense trouble, and now he's got it.

http://www.californiachronicle.com/articles/yb/139866321

NBC 4 Airing "The Autism Puzzle"

NBC 4 (WCMH-TV) will air the fifth in a series of locally produced programs on the complex topic of Autism. The next edition of “The Autism Puzzle” will air Wednesday, January 27 at 7 p.m. on NBC 4.

Hosted by NBC 4’s Jerod Smalley and Ellie Merritt, the program looks at the Medical Home Model, a new concept in organizing care for autistic children, and how the American Academy of Pediatrics is working to increase awareness of this concept with families.

http://www2.nbc4i.com/cmh/news/local/article/nbc_4_presents_next_edition_of_the_autism_puzzle1/29758/

Springer vs. Cunningham - Were You Surprised?

Score Round One for Jerry Springer. That’s my take on the “Jerry & Bill Show,” the pilot for a weekly debate show starring Springer and 700 WLW-AM’s Bill Cunningham that aired Sunday night on WXIX-TV (Ch 19).

I’m still stunned from hearing conservative Cunningham declare that there “aren’t any dirt poor” people in the the United States. And that all the poor people in this country are overweight. He said: “We have fat poor people.”

http://cincinnati.com/blogs/tv/2010/01/11/did-you-watch-springer-and-cunningham/

More Weather Shakeups in Cincinnati

Valerie Abati will move to weekends, and Eric Green move to Albuquerque, after Kevin Robinson arrives today at WLWT-TV from the Weather Channel. Robinson, 30, a 1997 Princeton High School graduate, replaces chief meteorologist Derek Beasley, who quit in August to become chief forecaster for a Mobile station. Robinson will debut here on the 5, 6 & 11 p.m. newscasts by the end of the week, once he’s comfortable with the technology, says GM Richard Dyer.

http://cincinnati.com/blogs/tv/2010/01/11/ch-5-news-valerie-abati-to-weekends-eric-green-leaving/

We just received late breaking word that Eric Green is leaving WLWT-TV 5 and heading west.

Green becomes the new morning meteorologist for KOAT-TV 7 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A source which asked not to be identified tells us his last day will be January 13th (as in, Wednesday). We're not sure when Green will be allowed to work for KOAT.

Ah, but KOAT is a Hearst station...just like WLWT. So there may not be a non-compete involved here, with Green moving within the Hearst group.

http://ohkyintristatemedia.blogspot.com/2010/01/this-just-in-green-headed-out-wlwt-door.html

Leno at 10 Ends on the 11th

NBCU Television Entertainment Chairman Jeff Gaspin tells TV critics in Los Angeles that the low-rated primetime hour will end the night before NBC's telecast of the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics. Primetime Leno "did not meet affiliates' needs," he says. Replacing Leno after the Olympics will be a mix of original shows, repeats, extended Dateline and shows pulled from cable nets Bravo and USA, he says.

http://www.tvnewscheck.com/articles/2010/01/10/daily.1/

Why Andrews is Out at 11 on WKRC

So why did WKRC-TV remove Kit Andrews from Channel 12's 11 p.m. news last week after 19 years?

The official word from Local 12 was that she "expressed an interest in ... a lifestyle change."

But Channel 12 also was looking for a ratings boost by promoting Cammy Dierking to main co-anchor with Rob Braun.

Clyde Gray and Carol Williams on WCPO-TV (Channel 9) have been closing the gap at 11 p.m.

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20100110/ENT11/1100332/1175/ENT/Andrews+wanted+off+evening+news+

WDTN's Howard One of Layoff Casualties

Sharon Howard, the executive director of community and public relations at WDTN-TV, is among four people who have lost their jobs in a work force reduction at the station, Dayton’s NBC network affiliate.

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/wdtns-sharon-howard-loses-job-in-work-force-reduction-484023.html

WDTN Lays off 4

The economy has led to WDTN-TV Channel 2 laying off four of its employees, officials at the station confirmed Friday.

Four employees at the station were let go Thursday, a station official said. The workforce reductions were made because of the economy, and the station would not say who specifically was let go.

http://dayton.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2010/01/04/daily39.html

Dayton Broadcasting Legend Returns to Local TV

Carl Day, a veteran Dayton television anchor, has come out of retirement and has returned to television just in time for his 72nd birthday.

Day will be doing special commentary pieces on WRGT-TV,Channel 45 and WKET-TV, Channel 22 newscasts twice a week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/retired-local-tv-anchor-carl-day-back-on-the-air-483192.html

Jerry vs. Willie is ON

You could call it Jerry vs. Willie…. or Willie vs. Willie? You can see that Bill Cunningham-Jerry Springer pilot for a possible weekly debate show at 10:30 p.m. Sunday on WXIX-TV (Ch 19). It will air at the same time Cunningham does his national radio show (10-midnight) on 700 WLW.

http://cincinnati.com/blogs/tv/2010/01/08/jerry-vs-willie-sunday-on-fox-19/

Public Media Outlets Look to Fill Infrastructure Gaps

In a recent presentation at WOSU in Columbus, Ohio, John Proffitt, who blogs about public media, painted a gloomy picture. In slide after slide, the stats mounted. New gadgets, new social media habits, new channels for distribution and consumption all added up to one conclusion: public TV stations are rapidly losing both value and relevance.

http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2010/01/public-broadcasters-hustle-to-fill-infrastructure-gap007.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+pbs%2Fmediashift-blog+%28mediashift-blog%29

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/

WXIX Spring Weather Promo

WXIX Spring Weather Promo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q95vGxpdsY

Sesame Street's 'Olivia' Dies

Alaina Reed Hall, the actress who played Olivia on TV's "Sesame Street," has died of breast cancer in Los Angeles, her family said

http://www.timesoftheinternet.com/139999.html

New WSYX Promo Video

New ABC6 Promo featuring new main anchor Bob Kendrick

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rltn2LE3So4

Cincinnati's 6 Figure Weather Radar Still Broken

The forecast for WKRC-TV's Precision Doppler 12 Radar?

Dark and cloudy.

For the entire year, Channel 12 chief meteorologist Tim Hedrick and his heavily promoted "Weather Authority" team has not used the $750,000 Doppler 12 radar unit in Cold Spring.

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20091219/ENT/912200313/1175/Channel+s+12+s+radar+still+under+the+weather

WBNS General Manager - Top Buckeye

When you run a station in a market full of Buckeyes, it helps to be one yourself. While WBNS Columbus has long been a ratings giant in the No. 34 DMA (see Market Eye: Bucking the Trend), President/General Manager Tom Griesdorn—Ohio State Class of 1972—extended the gap between the CBS affiliate and its competition in 2009. WBNS launched a weather channel on its digital tier over the summer, debuted a WBNS iPhone app earlier this month, and grabbed every local news race in November by a comfortable margin, doubling the nearest competitor in late news.

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/441113-Tom_Griesdorn_Columbus_Top_Buckeye.php

Columbus Stations Weather Recession Well

Business is gaining momentum in Columbus, home of The Ohio State University, and WBNS is, too. The Dispatch Broadcasting station has long been a ratings giant in Columbus, but it has extended its lead over the rest of the pack. Thanks to private ownership based in Columbus and a well-established anchor crew, WBNS had a memorable November book. “We've won every news race before,” says President/General Manager Tom Griesdorn, “but not by this margin.”

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/441111-Market_Eye_Bucking_the_Trend.php

Evansville Ratings - Leno Effect at Play?

Well, folks, the numbers are in, and as I suspected, there's good news and bad news for just about everyone at the local news stations.



Get the full details after the jump ... the graphic is just part of the story!

When I wrote recently that I wasn't sure if WFIE's 14NEWS at 10 would overcome the inertia of Jay Leno's almost complete failure at 9:00, I told you that I thought NEWS25 had the opportunity to take the time slot.

http://jakesdtvblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/ratings-are-in-wfie-maintains-lead-in.html

WLWT Re-Signs Rico

We got word of this very early this morning from our source close to WLWT-TV 5/Cincinnati.

That source sent word to us this morning that the station has re-signed meteorologist Randi Rico to a three year deal to do mornings for the still struggling NBC affiliate.

http://ohkyintristatemedia.blogspot.com/2009/12/new-this-morning-wlwt-re-signs-rico.html

WHIO and Cox Radio Going Under 1 Roof

Cox Media Group will unite WHIO-TV as well as local Cox radio stations — WHIO (simulcast on AM and FM), WHKO and WZLR — under one roof at the Cox Ohio Publishing Media Center, the company said Tuesday, Dec. 15.

The goal is to build new television and radio studios and offices at the 1611 S. Main St. center by late 2010 or early 2011, said Alex Taylor, Cox Media Group group vice president . The company will start working with contractors, probably in the first quarter of 2010, he said.

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/whio-tv-cox-radio-stations-moving-to-ddn-media-center-building-449464.html?showComments=true

WCPO and WXIX Announce Local News Share Agreement

From: John Kieswetter

Copying what is being done in other cities, Scripps’ WCPO-TV (Ch 9) and WXIX-TV (Ch 19) announced a “local news sharing agreement.” Basically, it means that they’ll work together and only send one camera crew instead of two to some press conferences, trials, meetings or possibly even high school football or basketball games. They established the partnership after looking at similar arrangements by Scripps stations in Cleveland, Detroit, Phoenix and Tampa, plus by other stations in Philadelphia, Washington DC, Dallas and Chicago.

The joint announcement says: Under the terms of the agreement, the two stations will share coverage of certain scheduled events permitting both news organizations to more efficiently use their newsgathering resources. Once launched, the stations will identify specific events and rotate the responsibility for covering those events. The stations can always choose to staff events with crews if the station feels the pool coverage will not be adequate for its needs. The agreement will be primarily used to cover routine court hearings, news conferences and public meetings.
“This will allow both stations to better utilize our talented journalists,” says FOX19 News Director Steven Ackermann in the press release. “Each day, we find ourselves with multiple journalists sitting in a courtroom or attending a news conference that could be recorded by one station and shared with the other.”

WHAS Crusade for Children Raises 42K

A special telethon for the WHAS Crusade for Children had raised $42,146 as of early Tuesday, Crusade president and chief executive officer Dawn Lee said.

“We felt it (the telethon) went really well, especially for the first one” specifically for the Crusade’s endowment fund, Lee said.

She said more pledges are expected before the books are closed on the telethon.


http://www.whascrusade.org/2009/12/building-the-future-special-now-on-the-air/