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Official KSHB announcement on Mike Marusarz http://www.kshb.com/about-us/kshb-tv-names-mike-marusarz-evening-anchor

It is the only primary male anchor opening in town right now.

Back to the layoffs... At our station, the Assistant News Director is in charge of the investigative pieces. We just have one reporter and a part-time producer for investigations, so it's not a priority any way you slice it. But I can see the logic behind laying off a special projects manager and giving the responsibility to another manager. I think at KSHB, they moved their special projects manager to their open nightside E.P. position.

KSNW reporter arrested http://ksn.com/2015/03/03/ksn-reporter-arrested/

The Denver Post wrote about KMGH. http://blogs.denverpost.com/ostrow/2015/03/02/channel-7-station-adrift/21521/

This is a curious post from Scott. http://www.ftvlive.com/todays-news/2015/3/2/cuts-happening-at-scripps-stations

KSHB is also adding news on KMCI at 7:00 a.m. beginning in April. KSHB will rearrange its weekend news lineup as well, starting weekend news at 6:00 a.m., moving Weekend Today to 7:00, then continuing local news at 9:00 in the morning.

KDVR had a bad meltdown this morning. The audio board failed before the morning show. They ran Antenna TV from 5:00 to 6:00 a.m. instead of news. The weather and traffic talent used hard-wire mics when the news began. This didn't affect KWGN's news at all.

One of the early Los Angeles television journalists, Stan Chambers, has died at age 91 http://ktla.com/2015/02/13/stan-chambers-longtime-ktla-reporter-dead-at-91/

KFMB-TV sports director Kyle Kraska has been shot at his home. No article yet...

KSHB/Kansas City investigative reporter Ryan Kath is leaving for an investigative reporting job with WBZ-TV in Boston.

WVTM is self-contained, it seems. All the assets are on one site, and the streets are crumbling on the street view. WALA has a primary facility southwest of downtown Mobile, a tower site in another city, and a small studio space in Pensacola. I doubt that accounts for the difference in price, but maybe something to consider.

KCTV/KSMO promoted its Digital Sales Director to General Manager today. The former GM had been at KCTV for two years. I don't know what happened, but he had traveling frequently on the weekends back to Las Vegas, where he previously worked. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mike-cukyne-named-vpgeneral-manager-of-kctv-and-ksmo-in-kansas-city-300018600.html

Suddenlink carries both WMC-TV and KARK in Jonesboro.

I had this sample 2009 newscast leftover from a job interview at KOAT years ago. This is at least two, maybe three versions ago in Hearst world. It's not HD, but my software just ignores my attempt to save it 4:3 and stretches the picture anyway.

But speaking of Milwaukee problems.... http://ftvlive.com/todays-news/2014/11/12/reporter-wins-emmyis-then-booed-off-the-stage

I don't think it will hurt them. Dog owners, and especially pit bull owners, are unusually loyal and defensive. I'll bet some of those posters aren't regular WDJT viewers anyway. Anytime we air a dog-mauling story, we get calls/emails from people who say "I don't normally watch your station, but...".

Longtime KAKE (Wichita) anchor Larry Hatteberg is retiring at the end of sweeps. He started at KAKE in 1963. http://www.kansas.com/news/local/article3687962.html

Meanwhile, here's KSHB's new set.

KSHB anchor swap - weekend morning anchor Lindsay Shively moves to weekday mornings and weekday morning anchor JiaoJiao Shen moves to weekends.

FTV reports KCTV ND Larry Perret is heading to WGCL. He has been in KC for eleven months.

I don't know if other Hearst stations do this, but at KMBC, every time the talent is on camera -- every time -- they'll run the "name" lower third, even if the talent is on cam for a few seconds. I find it distracting.

I would expect Scripps, by adding more stations to the group, will be able to share feature stories from their stations more easily on these platforms. But I haven't seen evidence of it yet. List, RTM and to a lesser extent Now are just repackaged versions of Inside Edition and similar shows, without the syndication cost. Take videos from CNN and YouTube, some fluff stories from Gawker or HuffPost, call it a show.

An anchor from KJRH is moving to KSHB to join "The Now." http://escrippsnews.scrippsnet.com/node/3115

KFOR in Oklahoma City will break ground next year on a new building. http://kfor.com/2014/08/05/kfor-newschannel4-announces-major-plans-to-build-new-digital-multimedia-forecasting-information-center/