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No retirement for Scheiffer
Bob Schieffer had talked about retirement from CBS News, but instead he’s signed a new long-term contract. He’ll continue on “Face the Nation,” which he ...
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Elizabeth E. Tallett has been appointed to the board of directors at Meredith Corporation, effective with the August 2008 meeting, and will stand for election ...New venture gets veteran
The new VOD joint venture by Viacom’s Paramount Pictures, MGM Studios and Lionsgate will have a cable veteran at its helm. Mark Greenberg has been ...Promotion at TVG
David Nathanson has been promoted to President of TVG, “America’s Horseracing Network.” Nathanson had been Sr. Vice President and General Manager of TVG since October ...Lisa Owens joins Scripps Networks to manage online partnerships and distribution
Lisa Choi Owens is joining Scripps Networks as senior vice president, online partnerships and distribution, reporting directly to Deanna Brown, president of the interactive group ...Regan named VP/GM of Scripps station in Cleveland
Victoria Regan, an award-winning television exec, has been appointed vice president and general manager of WEWS, the ABC affiliate in Cleveland and the first television ...ABC News names three ops positions
ABC News President David Westin announced three new operations positions: Todd Donovan has joined the Network as vice president, News Technology, Chris Myers has been ...CFO for O&Os
Rick Baran joins CBS May 19th as Executive Vice President and CFO, CBS Television Stations. Baran spent the past five-and-a-half years with Tyco International, most ...NBCU Domestic Television ups Bruce Casino
Bruce Casino has been named SVP/Cable and Ancillary Sales at NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution. Casino, who is based in New York City, will continue ...Randy moves up
Randy Michaels has gotten a promotion to COO at Tribune Company, putting him in charge of everything, whereas he had previously been CEO of Interactive ...Splitting responsibilities
Emilio Nicholas Jr. has joined CaribeVision in the newly created position of President and CEO of Advertising. He will oversee all national and local ad ...Two new COOs
Nexstar is promoting Timothy Busch and Brian Jones to Co-Chief Operating Officer, effective June 1st. They will succeed COO Duane Lammers, who is leaving the ...Upped at Telemundo
Telemundo Communications Group has promoted Eli Velazquez from Director to Vice President, Sports, Telemundo. In his new role, Velazquez will oversee all sports related programming ...Bird has Vision
New Vision Television has hired David Bird as Corporate Chief Engineer, working out of KOIN-TV Portland. He was previously Regional Chief Engineer for Clear Channel ...Beach bound
When Steve Wasserman stepped down as VP/GM of Post-Newsweek’s WDIV-TV (Ch. 4, NBC) Detroit in January (1/8/08 TVBR #4) he said he wanted to return ...
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Dave Garland
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02 July, 2008 08:00:25
Mischief...you bet!
There will be someone or some entity that will see this as a possible revenue generating source. They will front buyers to file ...
Pocket Radio
on
27 June, 2008 09:43:35
"HD Radio spinners claim a breakthrough year: Pulling a fast one"
"According to a press release from the Alliance 330,000 HD receivers were sold last year. ...
Frenchy McGruder
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25 June, 2008 11:44:00
AM HD radio is DOA. It will eventually be written in broadcast history books as perhaps the most overrated, unneeded and underperfoming "advancement" in the ...
Pocket Radio
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25 June, 2008 09:21:48
"Germany flicks off-switch on DAB"
"Part of the problem is that analogue FM never went away and most people didn't seem to care for the clear ...
Pocket Radio
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25 June, 2008 09:11:05
"Editorial: More Than Half Full"
"AM-HD continues to fight uphill. Several manufacturers showed impressive new transmitter models designed to optimize and maintain HD performance. Yet the ...