Jonathan Kuperberg
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Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Sinclair Starts $500,000 Scholarship Fund for Broadcast Diversity
In an effort to aid minority students in the undergraduate studies related to broadcast television, Sinclair Broadcast Group announced Tuesday a $500,000 scholarship fund. Sinclair aims to give out up to $50,000 a year in individual grants of $5,000 or less. Minority students who have demonstrated financial need and are studying broadcasting or journalism at accredited four-year colleges will be… → Read More
Reports: NBC to Drop Affiliation from Sunbeam's WHDH, Launch O&O in Boston
The long-contentious marriage between NBCUniversal and WHDH, the NBC affiliate in Boston, appears to be ending. NBC will not renew its affiliation at the end of the current contract, Dec. 31, 2016, according to reports in the Boston market, and instead move all programming, including Today, Dateline, Sunday Night Football (with its handful of Patriots games), late night and primetime series, to… → Read More
Raycom Media Appoints Kelvin Mize as VP, GM of KSWO in Lawton, Oklahoma
Raycom Media has tapped Kelvin Mize as VP and general manager of KSWO, its ABC affiliate in Lawton, Okla. Mize, who for the last four years had been the general manager and general sales manager at WTNZ, Raycom’s Fox affiliate in Knoxville, Tenn., previously served as sales manager at WMC Memphis and in other sales management capacities at KVVU Las Vegas and WFLI Chattanooga, Tenn. “Mize was a… → Read More
Nexstar’s WZDX Expanding News, Adding Staff, Remodeling Facilities
Nexstar Broadcasting Group announced Thursday it is expanding news at WZDX, adding staff and remodeling its broadcast facilities in Huntsville, Ala. Beginning April 4, the Fox affiliate in DMA No. 79 will air its own locally-based news programming and increase its primetime evening newscast to an hour. It will air from 9-10 p.m. CT each night. Nexstar is planning to spend $3.3 million to furnish… → Read More
Robber Returns During Live Shot on Bank Robbery
In the middle of KIMT reporter Adam Sallet's live shot reporting on a bank robbery, the robber returned to rob the bank again. A bank employee ran over to notify Sallet during his report. The suspect was eventually caught by police. Police later verified that unseen footage captured by KIMT just before Sallet started his report was indeed of the suspect. While this incident could be a reason to… → Read More
Gray TV, The CW Ink Affiliate Agreement Extension, Add 4 New Stations
Gray Television announced Tuesday a multi-year extension for its affiliate agreements with The CW. Four new Gray stations — WMVT-D2 in Madison, Wis., KXJB-D2 in Fargo, N. D., KALB-D3 in Alexandria, La. and KYLX-LD2 Laredo, Texas. — are included in the deal, which covers 23 U.S. markets, making Gray the country’s second largest carrier of CW stations. "Over the past two years, we have… → Read More
KAET, KMOV, WBAL, WRAL Winners of 2016 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards
The winners of the prestigious 2016 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards were announced Tuesday, with four local television stations garnering awards: KAET Phoenix, KMOV St. Louis, WBAL Baltimore and WRAL Raleigh, N.C. All the recipients will be honored at an award ceremony on Jan. 19, 2016 at Columbia University’s Low Memorial Library. KAET Phoenix, known as Arizona PBS, part of the… → Read More
Newsy Lands on Apple TV Best of 2015 List
Newsy, the millennial-geared OTT video news service owned by The E.W. Scripps Company, was included on the Apple TV Best of 2015 list. The annual list highlights the most innovative apps and games of the year developed for Apple TV’s App Store. The Apple TV Newsy app has daily news live streams videos on demand. “Apple’s recognition of Newsy is a huge honor for our team,” said Blake Sabatinelli,… → Read More
Telemundo Station Group Launches New Digital Platform, Mobile Weather Experience
The Telemundo Station Group Thursday unveiled its redesigned digital platforms, featuring a new look for 15 online properties, including desktop, mobile and apps, and an improved weather experience. In an effort to keep Spanish-speaking viewers updated on the go, there are push alerts for severe weather and a “Breaking News” bar. Weather features also include an improved interactive radar and a… → Read More
Capitol Broadcasting Inks Deal With Newsy to Post Videos on Its Websites
Capitol Broadcasting Company has struck a deal with OTT video news service Newsy. CBC, which owns WRAL-TV Raleigh, N.C. as well as three other TV stations in the state, will post its daily news videos on three of its websites: WRAL.com, WRALSportsFan.com and HighSchoolOT.com. Newsy, the millennial-geared service owned by The E.W. Scripps Company, has content distributed on Scripps and Raycom… → Read More
Media General Open to New Bid From Nexstar, Says Current One Undervalues It
Media General said Wednesday that its board is still open to exploring an improved proposal from Nexstar Broadcasting Group, but the one unanimously rejected “materially undervalues Media General and its prospects and is not in the best interests of Media General’s shareholders.” Nexstar announced Wednesday morning that negotiations had reached an impasse and Media General had rejected its new… → Read More
TVB Launching Political Advocacy Campaign on Power of Local TV Advertising
TVB is launching its first national political advocacy campaign to champion the importance of political advertising on local broadcast television. The campaign is debuting its website — wegetvoters.com — which doubles as its tagline — on Wednesday, calling local broadcast TV the “most effective tool in the political media planner’s toolbox.” The association is also airing a series of TV ads,… → Read More
Scripps Names Chip Mahaney National Director of News Recruitment
The E.W. Scripps Company has tapped award-winning journalist Chip Mahaney as national director of news recruitment. In the new role, effective Jan. 4, Mahaney will lead efforts for hiring news managers in 24 Scripps TV markets, focusing on openings for news directors, assistant news directors and executive producers. “He is extremely well-connected in the industry, and he understands the Scripps… → Read More
Sinclair Ups Tom Burke to Station Manager of WUCW in Minneapolis-St. Paul
Sinclair Broadcast Group has elevated Tom Burke to station manager of WUCW-TV, the CW affiliate in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn. Burke had been serving as Sinclair’s director of sales, network, since January 2014, while also working as WUCW’s senior account executive. Burke, who initially joined Sinclair in 1991 as an account executive, also served as local sales manager for WUCW. “During my… → Read More
Set to Launch Digital News Site Circa, Sinclair Taps John Solomon as COO
Sinclair Broadcast Group announced Monday the launch of independent digital news site “Circa” and the appointment of John Solomon as chief creative officer. Solomon, an award-winning journalist who at 22 became The Associated Press’ youngest news editor, had been VP of content and business development for The Washington Times, making the newspaper profitable for the first time in 33 years. “As… → Read More
Tegna Completes Purchase of 3 Sander Media TV Stations
Tegna has completed its acquisition of a trio of Sander Media LLC TV stations following FCC approval last week. The purchase was initially announced in July. The stations, operated by Tegna Media under shared services and other agreements since December 2013, are KGW, the NBC affiliate in Portland, Ore.; WHAS, the ABC affiliate in Louisville, Ky.; and KMSB, the Fox affiliate in Tucson, Ariz. → Read More
Kim Ballard Appointed News Director of WFMY in North Carolina
WFMY has promoted Kim Ballard to news director, effective immediately. She had been an executive producer at the Tegna-owned CBS affiliate in Greensboro-High Point-Winston-Salem, N.C. “Kim is an inspired leader, viewer advocate and news stalwart who is making WFMY News 2 the right now source for Piedmont-Triad information,” said Larry Audas, WFMY president and general manager. “In today’s 24/7… → Read More
Raycom Media Completes $160 Million Acquisition of Drewry Communications
Raycom Media has completed its $160 million purchase of Drewry Communications. The acquisition, announced in August, bolsters Raycom Media’s national household share to over 14%. With the addition of ABC affiliate KSWO in Lawton, the deal adds the state of Oklahoma to the Raycom Media’s portfolio. In addition, the company’s presence in Texas is strengthened by adding ABC affiliate KXXV in Waco,… → Read More
Broadcasters Foundation Raising Funds, Awareness With Holiday Giving Campaign
The Broadcasters Foundation of America has launched its annual giving campaign. The 2015 Holiday Giving Campaign supports the Annual Year-End Appeal for donations to the Guardian Fund, which can be read here. The campaign calls for broadcasters to raise awareness of the Foundation’s mission to provide aid to colleagues in acute need with cases of grave illness, advanced age, death of a spouse,… → Read More
WTAE Pittsburgh to Hold Bundle-Up Telethon Dec. 4
WTAE Pittsburgh will hold its WTAE-TV project Bundle-Up Telethon on Dec. 4. Now in its 30th year of providing community service, Hearst Television’s ABC affiliate has raised more than $13.4 million and provided winter outerwear to more than 260,000 needy children and senior citizens in the Pittsburgh area through its partnership with The Salvation Army Western Pennsylvania Division. “No child or… → Read More