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The Cox Media Group-owned NBC affiliate serving Western Pennsylvania is preparing for a big change on its 5pm, 6pm and 11pm newscasts. On December 13, a 40-year veteran of the station's news team will depart the station.

Steve George will succeed him

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There's another change in the employee roster at the nation's No. 1 audio content creation and distribution company, and it will see a new individual take on its engineering and technology needs. After 32 years, Jeff Littlejohn will be leaving iHeartMedia.

Digital Alert Systems, Nautel and Telos officials discussed it with commission staff

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One Top Local TV Leader could not be more satisfied with his leadership roles within ABC Owned Stations, which have seen him recently relocate from Fresno to Houston. "Make no mistake, this is an amazing time to be a part of the television industry," says Michael Carr.

Broadcast Media's Most Prestigious Leadership Conference — Forecast 2025 — begins on Wednesday morning at the Harvard Club in breezy Midtown Manhattan, and the VIP-exclusive annual symposium has just secured two big names from the advertising and marketing world. 

The VP of Sales for iHeartMedia's radio properties across Amish Country and the Lehigh Valley has been promoted to Market President, putting her in charge of the company's properties in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton and Reading, Pa., radio markets.

She's the former Chief Marketing Officer of Angi Inc., and directed the rebrand of what was once Angie's List. Now, she has been tapped to serve in the role of VP and "Chief Experience Officer" for the owner of Premion and a collection of broadcast TV stations including flagship CBS affiliate WUSA9.

The goal of this exercise is to remove the opportunity for error in our systems

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Fred Jacobs says most PDs have not been taught to even consider the dynamics of metadata

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