JANUARY 2014
CHAPTER NEWS CALLING ALL COLLEGE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS! SHOW US YOUR WORK!
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Suncoast Chapter SUNCOAST STUDENT TELEVISION AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE ENTER TODAY Deadline: February 21, 2014
The Suncoast Student Television Awards are online and with this year’s online entry process—Student Express—it’s easier than ever to enter. The Award encourages the pursuit of excellence in video production and focuses public attention on outstanding achievements produced by college, university and high school students.
The Student Television Awards deadline is FEBRUARY 21, 2014. The Rulebooks and entry upload information can be found at http://suncoastchapter.org/awards/student-television-awards-of-excellence/
Good luck to this year’s student entrants!
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CHAPTER NEWS
NBCUNIVERSAL OWNED TELEVISION STATIONS NAMES LARRY OLEVITCH PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER OF NBC 6 SOUTH FLORIDA / WTVJ
NEW YORK, NY – The NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations division of NBCUniversal named local broadcast television veteran Larry Olevitch President and General Manager of NBC 6 South Florida / WTVJ. Olevitch will report to Valari Staab, NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations President, and start his new position immediately.
Olevitch brings more than 30 years of local broadcast television experience to his new role, including over a decade at NBCUniversal. For the last two years, he was Senior Vice President of Sales for NBC 6, where he was part of the management team responsible for leading a turnaround at the station. Olevitch succeeds Manuel Martinez, who was recently named President of the Telemundo Station Group.
“Larry has been an integral part of the management team driving the transformation at NBC 6 over the last two years. He knows South Florida and he knows the station’s winning strategy,” said Staab. “I am confident he is the right person to maintain NBC 6’s momentum as it emerges as the leading station in the market for local news and information.” Larry Olevitch
“I am honored to help continue the wonderful tradition of quality news and community commitment at NBC 6,” said Olevitch. “ The entire NBC 6 team has shown tremendous commitment and drive to be the top television station in the South Florida market across all platforms. In today’s multi-platform world, we are well-positioned to deliver the most relevant content to area viewers and I cannot wait to get started.”
Before assuming his role at NBC 6, Olevitch was the Senior Vice President of Integrated Media at the NBC Owned Stations for four years, where he created a new team dedicated to the sales function of all non-broadcast businesses. Previously, he was the Vice President of Sales at NBC 6.
Olevitch holds a BA in Film Management from Bowling Green State University. He and his wife have three daughters and reside in South Florida.
WTVJ INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER DIANA GONZALEZ RETIRES sfltv.com
WTVJ investigative reporter Diana Gonzalez, one of the last remaining veteran reporters in this market, has officially retired from WTVJ.
Diana Gonzalez started her career in 1978 as a general assignment reporter for WTVJ. Five years later, in 1983, she moved to WPLG as the midday newscast anchor, and medical reporter, and remained with Channel 10 for ten years until 1993 when she joined CBS as a national correspondent for the network based in Miami. Gonzalez returned to WTVJ in 1996. Diana Gonzalez
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REGIONAL NEWS
MIKE McCORMICK NAMED WPEC NEWS DIRECTOR By Kevin Eck TVSPY
Mike McCormick has been named news director for West Palm Beach CBS affiliate WPEC.
McCormick last worked at WTEV-WAWS in Jacksonville, FL where he had been news director for five years. He has also worked as news director at WPMI-WJTC in Mobile, AL, WKYC in Cleveland and WTLV-WJXX in Jacksonville.
He replaces Cathy Younkin who left the station in early January.
REP. TREY RADEL TO RESIGN FROM HOUSE By Kevin Eck TVSPY
Rep. Trey Radel (R-FL) resigned from Congress January 27th, according to Politico.
The former anchor for CBS affiliate WINK in Ft. Myers, FL, recently completed a stint in rehab after being arrested for buying 3.5 grams of cocaine from an undercover agent as part of sting operation in Washington, D.C.
He pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of possession of cocaine and was sentenced to one year of supervised probation.
Earlier this month Radel told WINK’s Amanda Hall in a one-on-one interview, “This is embarrassing. I’ve dragged my family through a lot, I have made a real conscious effort at times to shut off the computer, not look at the internet and not watch the TV because I know that I’ve caused a lot of pain.”
WFTV PAIRS JORGE ESTEVEZ, NANCY ALVAREZ By Merrill Knox TVSpy
Orlando ABC affiliate WFTV is pairing Nancy Alvarez and Jorge Estevez for its evening newscasts on sister station WRDQ.
Alvarez will join Estevez as co-anchor of WRDQ’s 10 p.m. newscasts Sunday through Thursday. The pair will also anchor WFTV’s 6 and 11 p.m. newscast on Sundays. According to WFTV, they are the first Hispanic team to anchor an English language newscast in Orlando.
“They’re close friends, and it shows on television,” news director Matt Parcell said in a statement. “ They present the news in a personable way.” Jorge Estevez Nancy Alvarez
Alvarez previously anchored WFTV’s weekend evening newscasts. Estevez previously anchored WRDQ’s 10 p.m. newscast with Martie Salt, who will continue to anchor WFTV’s weekday evening newscasts.
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REGIONAL NEWS
MARK McEWEN RETURNING TO WKMG By Hal Boedeker Orlando Sentinel
Mark McEwen, who survived a stroke while working at WKMG-Channel 6, is returning to the CBS affiliate to report inspiring local stories for the noon news. McEwen’s reports will start airing in several weeks, the station announced Friday. His workload? “Two reports a week to begin with,” said McEwen, 59. Mark McEwen WKMG General Manager Skip Valet said McEwen will “cover stories designed with one simple goal: to make our viewers smile.” The reports will “look at the positive moments that make Central Florida life so enjoyable,” Valet added. McEwen worked at CBS in morning news for 16 years before coming to Orlando in 2004 as a morning anchor. He said the noon reports will be like those on “CBS Sunday Morning” and will accentuate good news. “You hear a lot of bad news,” he said. “We’re here to show the positive light on things, telling stories you might not hear anywhere else ... about heroes who may be across the street.” McEwen has battled back from a massive stroke in 2005. How is he these days? “I’m fine, I’m fine,” he said. “ I go to the gym every day. I’m glad to be here.” Since leaving WKMG, McEwen said he has been “giving speeches, getting healthy, writing a book [‘Change in the Weather’].” He also hosted a proposed series called “McEwen’s Mark,” but that is over, he said. McEwen said he wanted to be an example to the public that people can come back from strokes. “It’s something to achieve, something to set your course by,” he said. “ I would like to help people know there is life after a tragedy in their lives. There’s part 2, part 3.” His return is very good news, indeed.
JESSICA SANCHEZ RETURNS TO WKMG AFTER CANCER TREATMENT By Merrill Knox TVSpy
WKMG traffic reporter Jessica Sanchez is returning to the Orlando CBS affiliate nearly a year after she was diagnosed with cancer, the Orlando Sentinel‘s Hal Boedeker reports. “I am pleased to announce that Jessica Sanchez continues to get positive news from her doctors,” WKMG General Manager Skip Valet said. “ Jessica tells us her oncologist reports recent tests are negative, and after a year-long battle, her cancer is gone.” Sanchez told Boedeker that she will return to the station behind the scenes and work on a part-time basis temporarily. Jessica Sanchez “I’ll see how I feel, getting caught up, relearning the traffic equipment, reprogramming my body to wake up at 2 a.m.,” Sanchez said. “They want to see how I do with all of that. I want to go back and go back for good. I think it’s the best way to go back in part time and get used to everything.
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REGIONAL NEWS
DAVE NUSSBAUM JOINS WWL IN NEW ORLEANS By Kevin Eck TVSPY
Meteorologist Dave Nussbaum made his debut on New Orleans CBS affiliate WWL on January 16, 2014.
Nussbaum will work the Noon and 5:00 p.m. shows.
Nussbaum said goodbye to Baton Rouge ABC affiliate WBRZ after working there for more than a decade.
PEOPLE MOVES
KELI FULTON joins Comcast SportsNet in Washington, DC. She was most recently an anchor and traffic reporter at WPTV in West Palm Beach, FL.
MIKE McCORMICK has been named news director for West Palm Beach CBS affiliate WPEC. He last worked at WTEV-WAWS in Jacksonville, FL where he had been news director.
KAIT PARKER joins The Weather Channel as an on camera/field meteorologist. Parker comes from WPTV in West Palm Beach, where she has been the weekday morning meteorologist for the past three years.
JEFF BERARDELLI joins WPEC in West Palm Beach as the severe weather expert and meteorologist. He previously worked at WFOR in Miami.
MOLLY ROSENBLATT joins WOFL in Orlando as a meteorologist and traffic anchor for the morning newscast. Previously, she worked at WGNO in New Orleans.
HOLLANI DAVIS joins West Palm Beach NBC affiliate WPTV as a news and traffic anchor. Davis comes from WDBJ in Roanoke, VA, where she was the 10:00 and 11:00 pm anchor.
DAVE NUSSBAUM joins CBS affiliate WWL as the Noon and 5:00 pm meteorologist. He comes from ABC affiliate WBRZ in Baton Rouge, LA.
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