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Allbritton Communications’ ABC affiliate WJLA Washington (DMA 8) today hired Steve Chenevey who will become the co-anchor of Good Morning Washington and the ABC7 Noon News beginning next month. Chenevey […]

When the Giants hit the field in San Francisco Sunday, there’ll be a blitz — of New York sports anchors and reporters covering the game. Many NYC sports anchors are heading West to cover the Giants’ NFC championship game with the 49ers. It’s a game none of them would be at without the New York team there in the hunt for the Super Bowl.

Lindsay Milbourne is joining Fox O&O WTVT Tampa, Fla. (DMA 14). She will contribute to Good Day Tampa Bay Weekends, as well as various weekday newscasts. Most recently, Milbourne was […]

The Media General  NBC affiliate will debut an hourlong newscast at 11 a.m. beginning Monday, re-establishing a program that was discontinued in 2009.

The Hartford, Conn., CBS affiliate’s weekday newscasts at noon and 6 p.m. will be available to listeners of two area AM stations.

Tim Ring of Belo independent KTVK Phoenix (DMA 13) was named the 2011 Arizona Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association [NSSA]. It’s the first time […]

A new local newscast promising a combination of hyper-local stories with television’s immediacy is how WADL Detroit and Journal Register describe their joint venture, News @ 9, which will debut Monday, Jan. 16.

The Morgan Murphy Madison, Wis., CBS affiliate WISC takes over news duties for Sinclair’s Fox affil after WMSN’s contract with Quincy’s WKOW expired.

Meghan Packer will host the new weekday half-hour on Gannett’s CBS affiliate in Greensboro, N.C.

Concerned that subtle “pay-for-play” marketing ploys are seeping into the news, the FCC has proposed a regulation that would require the nation’s 1,500 commercial TV stations to disclose online the corporate interests behind the news.

The reality is that more people are consuming local news content across more hours and across additional station platforms. Station websites have become the online choice for local news and weather. And, possibly the most significant expansion of on-demand news is now underway with direct broadcasting to mobile screens — mobile DTV.

Most of the seven top-25 stations that filled the 4 p.m. time period left by Oprah‘s departure with local newscasts report they’re pleased with their performance so far in this new TV season. Three are holding their top positions in household ratings, and at least two more are leading their markets in key demos. Here’s a first look at how the newscasts are doing.

A new report from the Pew Research Center reaffirms that TV is still the most popular local medium overall. Viewers primarily tune in for just three things: weather, breaking news, and traffic. But the study also notes TV “might easily be replaced by mobile platforms that are even more accessible than TV.”

Look around the local news landscape, and you’ll see a trend in cutesie names, visual tricks and, darn it, even voice-overs telling viewers what’s coming up next. Somewhere behind the scenes, there’s a new-age consultant saying “suckers.” All, of course, while checking their growing bank statements online.

LSN Mobile, which owns and operates the nation’s largest mobile news network, reports that its local news app for iPhone, Android and BlackBerry has been downloaded more than 5 million […]

As local news and information become the hot topics on the Web, an increasing number of websites, including AOL’s Patch and local search company Fwix, are vying to become go-to sources in the local space.

The Gainesville Television Network, made up of WGFL (CBS) and WMYG-LP (MNT) and WNBW (NBC), is offering six weekday newscasts.

This January, after the Tribune-owned Fox affiliate in Indianapolis expands its weekend morning news shows by an hour, the station will be airing 54 1/2 hours of live local news each week. And if everything goes as planned, by the end of 2012 it will add a 6-7 p.m. newscast weekdays, bringing the total to an astonishing 59 1/2 hours.

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal’s pride in  his office’s ability to bypass traditional media to get his message out via social media is just one point of contention putting Deal and the local media at odds. “There’s no group of editors or news directors who can prevent me from communicating directly with a mass audience,” Deal reportedly said at a recent gala.

If broadcasters really want to own mobile, they need to harness and harvest consumers’ infatuation with constantly having their smartphones in hand, writes Neal Augenstein. The reporter and tech editor for WTOP-FM Washington says his own attempt was through an engagement app that lets people listen to the station and browse its site with easy UGC opportunities.