: Lessons To Learn For Schizophrenic Stations Our outpost in the New York City market asked a provocative question we have been pondering over the …
: Is Social Media Hurting Your Station? Imagine this: Your television station runs a thirty-second promo teasing the stories ahead in the …
: Where Are All The New News Directors? Our long-time friend and industry observer Rick Gevers noted in the last edition of his excellent …
: A Monday Morning Announcement It’s a big day for us here at TVND.Com. Two weeks into our initial foray into online …
: Special Report: Surveying the landscape ahead for Miami's WPLG. We know the dust hasn’t settled from yesterday’s big announcement in Miami that the ABC …
: A Preview in Miami of "Coming Attractions"? So much for a Thursday on which most people would have been focused on the first day of the Madness …
: What Position Your Position Is In? Some 45 years ago, we got our hands on a new book by famed marketing gurus Al Reis and Jack Trout. …
: Give Gray Credit For Thinking Ahead We noted with interest here the announcement from Gray Media yesterday that 37 of its local …
: Do Not Waste This Kind Of Opportunity One of the hazards of spending decades watching local television newscasts is having little patience …
: What’s In A Name? We’re on the road for a few days, but we wanted to share a couple of observations. The first: Why …
: Will 2025 Be The Year Some Local Stations Get Out of Local News? The headline on Scott Jones’ FTVLive.com (which many love to diss but read all the same) is pretty …
: Don’t Sleep on Weekend Newscasts Weekends, especially weekend mornings, are a time period that many television stations just don’t …
: Beware of “re-empowerment” for local television from the FCC My late father always teased me a bit about loving big words as a child. I began reading at a very …
: Yes, We Gave This Thing A Name Our brand consultant says that just calling this by our website address isn’t memorable enough, so …
: Can One New Hire Save Tegna? A favorite read on our bookshelf is Ayn Rand’s “The Fountainhead.” Her sweeping 1943 novel tells the …
: Does Weather Still Always Win? Anyone who has worked in a newsroom with this former news director is probably familiar with what I …
: On Camera Talent Truly Makes A Difference The reviews of Conan O’Brien’s work hosting the 97th Oscars last night were more …
: Can Local TV News Still Matter? Last Friday, February 28th, was my final day as the news director for KSTP-TV, Hubbard …