Greetings:

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, we have a fair amount of activity

to report this week.

FIVE new NDs were hired, two in top 20 markets, while  FOUR  ND jobs became

open, all in medium and smaller markets.

That keeps the count of open ND jobs at 36.

There are two obituaries this week:  one for a longtime Houston newsman, the other

for the mother of a former RTNDA chairman.  And there's just one Name in the News.

That and more after this week's changes:

NEW NEWS DIRECTOR OPENINGS:

WPMI-TV, Mobile, AL...MIKE McCORMICK has been promoted to be ND for sister Newport

         station WTEV/WAWS in Jacksonville, FL.  More on that below.  Mike's been

         ND here for about 16 months.  WPMI is an NBC affiliate.

KTAL-TV, Shreveport, LA...PAUL BERGEN is leaving this Nexstar-owned NBC affiliate

         after seven months as ND.

WTVA-TV, Tupelo, MS...ROBERT DAVIDSON has left this NBC affiliate.  The station

         is owned by Frank Spain, LLC.

KNOE-TV, Monroe, LA...TAYLOR HENRY will be leaving this Hoak Media owned CBS

         affiliate.  Taylor tells me he is talking with several other news

         organizations and will leave KNOE by the ned of this year.  Taylor has

         been the ND here since December, 2005.

NEW NEWS DIRECTORS NAMED:

WSNS-TV, Chicago, IL...JOSE 'TONY' MARTINEZ has been promoted to ND for this Telemundo

         station in Chicago, according to a report from ROBERT FEDER in the Chicago

         Sun-Times.  Martinez has been the EP here, and replaces ESTEBAN CRESTE who

         became ND for KVEA-TV in Los Angeles.

KMGH-TV, Denver, CO...JEFF HARRIS returns to Denver and this McGraw-Hill owned ABC

         affiliate as ND.  Jeff has been working as EP of Special Projects for

         KPIX-TV in San Francisco, but previously had held the same position for

         KMGH.  He's also worked in Cleveland, and replaces BYRON GRANDY who was

         promoted to Station Manager here after more than seven years as ND.

WTEV/WAWS, Jacksonville, FL...MIKE McCORMICK is the next ND for this Newport owned

         CBS/FOX duopoly.  As noted above, Mike's been at sister Newport station

         WPMI-TV in Mobile, but he's no stranger to Jacksonville, having spent

         seven years as ND for WTLV/WJXX there before moving to Cleveland as ND

         for WKYC-TV for ten months.  He replaces GENE ROSS who has left the station

         after just six months as ND.

KVEO-TV, Brownsville, TX...HENRY MEDRANO will be the next ND for the Communications

         Corporation of America NBC affiliate.  Henry now works for KENS-TV in San

         Antonio and formerly worked for CBS Newspath.  He replaces DREW HADWAL who

         left in August after a year on the job.  Drew was the station's first ND.

WAGT-TV, Augusta, GA...GREG BALDWIN has been promoted to ND for this Schurz 

         Communications owned NBC affiliate.  He has been the EP there, and replaces

         SCOTT BRADY who was promoted to be ND for this company's sister station in

         Springfield, MO.

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OTHER NEWS MANAGEMENT OPENINGS:

ASSISTANT NEWS DIRECTOR:

KHOU-TV, Houston, TX (listed 8/8/08)

WBNS-TV, Columbus, OH (relisted 9/26/08)

KTVX-TV, Salt Lake City, UT (relisted 9/26/08)

KOCO-TV, Oklahoma City, OK (new listing this week)

KHBS/KHOG, Fort Smith, AR (relisted 8/15/08)

EXECUTIVE NEWS PRODUCER:

KPHO-TV, Phoenix, AZ (relisted 8/29/08)

KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA (AM EP, relisted 9/19/08)

KING-TV, Seattle, WA (Nightside EP, listed 9/14/08)

KIRO-TV, Seattle, WA (relisted 9/26/08)

WFOR-TV, Miami, FL (Nightside EP, listed 9/26/08)

WTAE-TV, Pittsburgh, PA (AM EP, listed 9/19/08)

WSOC-TV, Charlotte, NC (Nightside EP, relisted 9/19/08)

WTVF-TV, Nashville, TN (listed 8/8/08)

WZTV, Nashville, TN (relisted 9/26/08) 

WHP-TV, Harrisburg, PA (relisted 9/26/08)

WXII-TV, Winston-Salem, NC (Dayside EP, relisted 9/26/08)

KOLD-TV, Tucson, AZ (AM EP, listed 8/22/08)

WLTX-TV, Columbia, SC (relisted this week)

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, SPECIAL PROJECTS:

KHOU-TV, Houston, TX (listed 7/25/08)

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, INVESTIGATIONS/SPECIAL PROJ.

KSHB-TV, Kansas City, MO (listed 8/8/08)

MANAGING EDITOR:

KSLA-TV, Shreveport, LA (listed 7/25/08)

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OBITUARY:

Funeral services were held this morning (Friday, 10/3) for longtime Houston

newsman RAY MILLER.  We told you earlier in the week that he died at the age 

of 89 after a long illness.  Ray retired as ND of KPRC-TV in 1979, though he 

continued to work at the station.  Be sure to check out the opening sentence

(and more, of course) in this obituary from the Houston Chronicle.

Our sympathy to former RTNDA chairman and longtime Baton Rouge newsman JOHN

SPAIN on the recent loss of his mother.  FRAN SPAIN died Thursday, 9/25/08,

at the age of 94.  The family has requested memorial donations to the Baton

Rouge Area Foundation, where John is the Executive Vice President.  Your

condolence note would reach him at: jspain@braf.org

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NAME in the NEWS:

KRCR-TV in Redding, CA has a new Assistant ND.  CARA DOYLE joins the station

from KCTV in Kansas City where she was the morning producer.

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Here's a complete list of all stations that I believe have a current

ND opening, as of Friday, October 3, 2008.  If you know of any updates,

corrections, or additions to this list, please let me know via email

at: rick@rickgevers.com

KTLA-TV   5800 Sunset Blvd.               Los Angeles, CA 90028

CLTV News 2000 York, Suite 114            Oak Brook IL 60523

KTVK-TV   5555 N. 7th Avenue              Phoenix AZ 85013

WWSB-TV   1477 10th St.                   Sarasota FL 34236 

WOFL-TV   35 Skyline Dr.                  Lake Mary FL 32746

WRTV      1330 N. Meridian St.            Indianapolis IN 46202

KGTV      4600 Air Way                    San Diego CA 92102

KUTH-TV   525 South 300 West #1           Salt Lake City UT 84101 *

KUTV      299 S. Main St. #150            Salt Lake City UT 84111

WVUE-TV   1025 S. Jefferson Davis Pkwy.   New Orleans LA 70125

WGRZ-TV   259 Delaware Avenue             Buffalo NY 14202

KMPH-TV   5111 E. McKinley Ave.           Fresno CA 93727

WTEN-TV   341 Northern Blvd.              Albany NY 12204

WPMI-TV   661 Azalea Road                 Mobile AL 36609

WFTX-TV   621 SW Pine Island Rd.          Cape Coral FL 33991

KMTV      10714 Mockingbird Dr.           Omaha NE 68127

WSTM-TV   1030 James St.                  Syracuse NY 13203

KTAL-TV   3150 N. Market                  Shreveport LA 71107

WAAY-TV   1000 Monte Sano Boulevard       Huntsville AL 35801

WPTZ-TV   5 Television Drive              Plattsburgh NY 12901

WHBF-TV   231 18th St.                    Rock Island IL 61201 

WQAD-TV   3003 Park 16th St.              Moline IL 61265 

KDBC-TV   2201 E. Wyoming Ave.            El Paso TX 79903

WCTI-TV   225 Glenburnie Dr.              New Bern NC 28561

WTXL-TV   1620 Commerce Blvd.             Midway FL 32343

KDLT-TV   3600 S. Westport Ave.           Sioux Falls SD 57106

KOLO-TV   4850 Ampere Dr.                 Reno NV 89502

KBAK/KBFX 1901 Westwind Dr.               Bakersfield CA 93301 

WTVA-TV   PO Box 350                      Tupelo MS 38802

KNOE-TV   1400 Oliver Rd.                 Monroe LA 71211

KBMT-TV   525 Interstate 10 S.            Beaumont TX 77701

KMIR-TV   72920 Parkview Dr.              Palm Desert CA 92260

KTUU-TV   701 E. Tudor Rd. #220           Anchorage AK 99503

WTHI-TV   918 Ohio St.                    Terre Haute IN 47808

KIMT-TV   112 N. Pennsylvania Ave.        Mason City IA 50401

KIDK-TV   1255 E.17th St.                 Idaho Falls ID 83404

Bold type indicates new listing this week.

* indicates Spanish language station

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Rick Gevers

Rick Gevers & Associates

PO Box 577

Zionsville IN 46077

317-769-7900 (phone)

317-769-7910 (fax)

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