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Heath Myrick joins from Hearst’s ABC affiliate in West Palm Beach, Fla., WPBF, where he’s been the CSD for 25 years.

Reviving a 1991 music image campaign goes against the “grain of what television news is nowadays, but that is what we wanted to do,” says Cyle Dickens, creative services branding specialist at Gray’s NBC affiliate.

New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for a maintenance technician, executive news producer, assistant engineer, reporter/MMJ, local sales manager, content manager and marketing consultant.

Nicknamed “Weatherman J” by his teammates while playing football and pursuing a degree in meteorology at the University of Oklahoma, Jaden Knowles wanted to be a broadcast meteorologist as far back as he can remember.

To promote a time change for the morning meteorologist, WCAX Burlington, Vt., used the most famous time travel machine in movie history.

New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for a digital director, general sales manager and news director.

You remember the story: police raided a small-town newspaper in Kansas, seizing computers and phones. Pilar Pedraza, a political reporter for KAKE Wichita, got an exclusive sit-down with the woman at the center of the story.

Steve Noviello, Fox O&O KDFW’s consumer reporter, and John Kukla, the Dallas station’s creative services VP, look back through 20 years of collaboration featuring Noviello’s stories and Kukla’s marketing.

New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for two director of sales positions and an assistant news director.

The campaign, “Know My Neighborhood,” introduces viewers to an inside perspective and guided tour of area neighborhoods conducted by people who know them best, the residents.

A new historical documentary from WRAL Raleigh, N.C., Ghosts in the Stadium, examines the unknown past of four iconic football stadiums in the Carolinas. “I had no idea the secrets we’d uncover at these sites,” says Cristin Severance, WRAL investigative documentary producer.

In a breaking news market like Houston, KPRC’s in-depth investigations stand out. “It’s stories not everyone can commit to doing,” says Natalia Vasquez, the Graham NBC affiliate’s creative director.

Demi Gough, a national news writer and producer at Sinclair’s corporate news hub, says attending Sinclair’s Producer Academy back in 2017 set her on a path to success.

New jobs posted on TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for a broadcast maintenance technician. Other existing job openings include an anchor/producer, multimedia journalist (MMJ), sales manager, executive news director, evening anchor/managing editor and promotion manager.

From now until the end of 2023, WMAQ, NBC’s Chicago O&O, will be celebrating its 75^th anniversary looking back at the historic moments that helped shape Chicago. “As we celebrate WMAQ-TV’s historic 75^th anniversary this month, NBC Chicago will relive numerous stories that occurred over the decades and honor the on-air and behind-the-scenes trailblazers who helped define our legacy,” says Kevin Cross, WMAQ’s GM.

New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for a sales manager, executive news director, evening anchor/managing editor and promotion manager.

A college football watch party at a minor league baseball park turned into a blast for thousands of fans.

I caught up with John Baldwin and asked what words he might impart to the local TV promotion community. “Writing is the most important part of it,” he says. “Be creative and put it down on paper and then step back and look at it and think, does this sell the aspects that you were hoping to sell to the viewer. If the answer is yes, then go for it.”