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