KHON2 News Receives a Prestigious Edward R. Murrow Regional Award

April 12, 2012

As announced early this morning, KHON2 News has won the prestigious Edward R. Murrow Regional Award by the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA).

Under the Best Use of Video category, the award goes to reporter/ “Wake Up 2day” morning news co-anchor Olena Heu and videographer Taires Hiranaka for their “Marines Homecoming” news story last November.

See their story here:
http://www.khon2.com/news/local/story/Hundreds-of-Marines-Sailors-return...

“I am very proud of Olena and Tai for winning this award for KHON2. They are two of our many rising stars and I'm glad this distinguished organization recognized their good work,” said KHON2 News Director Lori Silva.
The award-winning story will now be entered into the national Murrow Awards, which will be announced later this year.

WKBN TV Wins 2012 Edward R. Murrow Regional Award for Best Website

April 12, 2012

New Vision Television of Youngstown is proud to announce their website WKBN.com has won the prestigious 2012 Regional Edward R. Murrow award under the category “Best Broadcast Affiliated Website”.

NVT Youngstown competed against television stations in Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, and Indiana. This year, Radio Television Digital News Association judges awarded 645 regional Edward R. Murrow Awards in 14 categories, including overall excellence, breaking news, investigative reporting and best website. Awards are broken up by medium (radio, television, online) and by market size (small and large.)

RTDNA received more than 3,500 entries during the 2012 awards season, eclipsing 2011 by more than 500 entries and setting an all-time record for entries in what proved to be one of the most competitive Edward R. Murrow Awards seasons in RTDNA history, according to a release from RTDNA.

CBS 42 Wins Three Alabama Broadcasters Association Awards Including Television Station of the Year

March 26, 2012

CBS 42 Wins Three Alabama Broadcasters Association Awards Including Television Station of the Year

WIAT – TV, CBS 42, is honored to be the recipient of three awards from the Alabama Broadcasters Association, including Best News Anchor, Best Local Programming, and the coveted Television Station of the Year award. All three awards were bestowed upon CBS 42 during an evening banquet at the Cahaba Grand Conference Center in Birmingham, AL on Saturday, March 24, 2012.

The Alabama Broadcasters Association awarded CBS 42 the following honors:
 Television Station of the Year – CBS 42
 Best News Anchor – Sherri Jackson
 Best Local Programming – “Deadly Deception”

Joe Moore is Clearly Hawaii's Anchorman in the February 2012 Nielsen Ratings

March 23, 2012

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – March 23, 2012 (Honolulu, HI) --

Hawaii television viewers reconfirm that when they want news that affects them, Joe Moore and KHON2 is the place they turn to for news and entertainment. The Nielsen ratings for television viewership for the month of February 2012 were released today. Approximately 1,000 households participated in this four-week survey during the period February 2 through 29th.

WAKE UP 2DAY
The KHON2 Morning News is seeing exciting growth by over 4,000 viewers every half-hour during its three-hour weekday newscasts.

CBS 42 Wins Five Associated Press Awards

March 09, 2012

CBS 42 Wins Five Associated Press Awards

WIAT – TV, CBS 42, is honored to be the recipient of five awards from the Associated Press. The announcement was made yesterday, and the awards will be bestowed upon WIAT at the Associated Press (AP) luncheon being held on March 24, 2012.
The Associated Press presented the following awards to CBS 42:

Best Spot News Story – “April Tornado Coverage”
Best Sports Anchor – Jim Dunaway
Best Documentary – “Deadly Deception”
Best Reporter – Chris Womack
Best Soft News Story – Stephanie Salvatore, “A Christmas Wish” 

CBS 42’s Deadly Deception Wins Documentary of the Year Award

January 23, 2012

CBS 42’s Deadly Deception Wins Documentary of the Year Award

KSN Adds Newscasts and Staff

December 20, 2011

Monday, December 20, 2011

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KSN Adds Newscasts and Staff

KSN, Channel 3, today announced it is adding a half hour to its weekday morning show effective January 9. Mark Davidson and meteorologist Leon Smitherman will provide 2 1⁄2 hours of local news and weather each day.
Also in January, KSN will begin airing a Sunday newscast at 5pm with news anchor Aileen Simborio and meteorologist Mark Bogner. These changes occur as KSN launches “Fox Kansas News at 9” January 2 for KSAS-TV. In total KSN will be producing seven additional hours of news each week and expanding it’s on air news content by 30%.

WJCL/ABC • WTGS/FOX 28 • Begins Exciting New Chapter State of the Art Digital Facility Off to a Running Start

October 06, 2011

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WJCL/ABC • WTGS/FOX 28 • BEGINS EXCITING NEW CHAPTER
STATE OF THE ART DIGITAL FACILITY OFF TO A RUNNING START

October 6, 2011 – Savannah, GA – It is a new era for two television affiliates in Savannah, Georgia. This week WJCL (ABC) and WTGS (FOX) signed on Monday morning began broadcasting from a multi-million dollar, state of the art facility located on the third floor of the Savannah Morning News. After months of planning and construction WJCL signed on at approximately 4:30 am with WTGS following shortly thereafter at 7:46 am.

New Vision Television of Youngstown Continues to Bring Home the Hardware

October 06, 2011

October 6, 2011        

For Immediate Release

New Vision Television of Youngstown, which owns or operates four stations in the Youngstown, Ohio market, continues to bring home the hardware as prestigious organizations pass judgment on their work in 2011.

Showing the breadth and expertise of news content dissemination, the WKBN.COM website was voted Ohio’s best by the Associated Press.

For the second consecutive year, Myvalleysports.com, which produces sports content both for their website, and for the CBS, ABC, and FOX television newscasts, captured Ohio’s “Best Sports Operation” award from Associated Press.

NVT’s prolific team of Peggy Sinkovich and Nick Rich continue to pile on the accolades. In 2011 the duo was awarded a regional Murrow for their piece “Excessive Force.”