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Advertising & AgenciesKevin Joyce to local sales manager, St. Louis City, Central West End and Jefferson County, Charter Advertising St. Louis, from account executive, KDNL-TV, St. Louis. Also, Larry LeCompte Jr. to local sales manager, Metro East area, from senior…

NBC’s Steve Schwaid leads KNTV transition

Former WCAU-TV News Director Steve Schwaid is at the center of the hectic world that is KNTV, San Jose, Calif. He is the leader of the 18-person transition team, which is overseeing the now NBC affiliate and soon to be…

If a dupoly is good, a triopoly may be better

At a time when executives are trying to squeeze out more for their money, General Manager Steve Mauldin of CBS-owned WFOR-TV, Miami, is running three stations from one facility and stretching the WFOR news department to do more with less.In…

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Posted Sunday, Feb. 17, at 8:08 a.m. (PT); last updated Monday, Feb. 18, at 12:01 a.m. NBC Enterprises partners with MGM on ‘B.A.I.T’ action hour Just as NBC is considering an added summer 2002 network platform to springboard the launch…

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Posted Friday, Feb. 15, at 12:05 p.m. (PT); last updated at 5:15 p.m. RealNetworks to service NASCAR.com Turner Sports Interactive and RealNetworks, the Internet company known for its audio- and video-streaming software, have reached a multiyear deal to provide RealNetworks…

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Posted Thursday, Feb. 14, at 8:25 a.m. (PT); last updated at 11:50 a.m. dick clark productions purchased for $140 million Dick Clark, the longtime host of “American Bandstand,” is whistling a happy tune. A pair of major investors — Mosaic…

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Posted Wednesday, Feb. 13, at 8:40 a.m. (PT); last updated at 5:05 p.m. Valentine settles with UPN Former UPN President Dean Valentine was unavailable late Wednesday to comment on reports that he and Viacom had settled the lawsuit he’d filed…

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Posted Tuesday, Feb. 12, at 12:32 p.m. (PT); last updated at 4:30 p.m. KCAL-TV becoming part of Viacom family Viacom is in the final stages of buying KCAL-TV from Young Broadcasting. The Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday that the price…

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Posted Monday, Feb. 11, at 11:55 a.m. (PT); last updated at 5:25 p.m. ‘Friends’ back for ninth and final season The stars of NBC’s top-rated “Friends” will be staying together for one more season, with 30 percent-plus pay hikes for…

ABC soap takes a page from telenovela playbook

ABC really owes a big gracias to the Spanish-language broadcast networks.Taking a page from Latino programmers, ABC Daytime’s adoption of shorter, telenovela-like story arcs for its midday soap “Port Charles” has paid off with broad increases in several key young…