NorthPine: Upper Midwest Broadcasting

2019 Coverage of the Broadcast Media

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Former TV weather anchor Scott Steele charges WTMJ with anti-Semitism in federal lawsuit (12/23)

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: WTMJ-TV’s Carole Meekins stepping down from 10 p.m. newscast, will do weekly ‘Positively Milwaukee’ show (12/19)

Pioneer Press: KDWB Jingle Ball felt like the same old song, despite snagging Katy Perry as headliner (12/10)

Des Moines Register: Iowa radio host Marty Tirrell pleads guilty to fraud charge, could face 20 years in prison (12/9)

Black Hills Pioneer: Sold! Dialing in the new owners of KDSJ 980AM (12/5)

Rapid City Journal: Gov. Noem picks Helene Duhamel to finish state senate term of Alan Solano (12/3)

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: WISN-TV newscasts lead in Nielsen’s November ‘sweeps’ ratings at 5, 6 and 10 p.m. (12/3)

Star Tribune: John Lassman, Tom Barnard’s producer, departs KQRS (11/21)

KEYC: Former KEYC Weekend Anchor shares mental health journey (11/11)

The Forum: Niijii Radio rises ‘out of the ashes’ to serve White Earth, nearby communities (10/28)

Wisconsin State Journal: Delays in tower work mean some over-the-air TV channels might not come back online until December (10/23)

Star Tribune: KS95’s Larry ‘Moon’ Thompson prepares for his final radio broadcast (10/2)

St. Paul Pioneer Press: Garrison Keillor starts online reissue campaign of vintage Lake Wobegon monologues (10/2)

St. Paul Pioneer Press: Veteran radio host Stan Turner returns (9/30)

Press release: MPR News Names Stephanie Curtis Director of Programming (9/30)

Star Tribune: Gia Vang, the Twin Cities’ first Hmong-American news anchor adjusts to life in Minnesota (9/25)

Star Tribune: C.J.: Married former TV co-anchors are starting a parenting podcast for WCCO-AM (9/9)

Star Tribune: Meet the woman who is the Minnesota Orchestra’s new radio voice (9/6)

Star Tribune: Longtime Star Tribune columnist C.J. retires (9/3)

Seehafer News: Sheboygan County’s Only Hmong Radio Program Signs Off (9/2)

WPR: Former Wisconsin Public Radio Reporter Glen Moberg Passes Away (9/1)

KWWL: KBBG struggling to stay on air, employees laid off (8/21)

TV News Check: Jessell At Large: FCC Duop Inaction Hurting Station Owners (8/19)

Star Tribune: After Facebook rant, Twin Cities morning-show DJ Brian Oake is out at the Current (8/16)

CNBC: Would you care if music disappeared from FM radio? You may only have a decade to save it (8/9)

RadioInsight: iHeartMedia & EMF Swap Thirteen Translators (8/7)

Broadcasting & Cable: Charter Challenges Broadcasters’ ATSC 3.0 Value-Added Argument (8/7)

WISN-TV: Sally Severson announces exciting change to ‘WISN 12 News This Morning’ (7/29)

Duluth News Tribune: Longtime WDIO news director no longer with station (7/25)

KX News: Someone You Should Know: A Farewell to Jim Olson (7/25)

Iowa City Press-Citizen:Iowa Public Radio will pocket fewer state dollars this year, but still expects to grow (7/23)

WKBT: Lisa Klein says goodbye (7/17)

KCRG-TV9: News anchor Bruce Aune announces retirement (7/15)

The Gazette (Cedar Rapids): Bruce Aune will retire after 34 years as KCRG-TV9 anchor (7/15)

TVNewsCheck: KDLT Says DOJ Has OK’d Sale To Gray (7/11)

Hibbing Daily Tribune: Inside Jobs: Radio host. ‘The Early Morning Show’ with Craig Holgate (7/9)

Star Tribune: After following in his sportscaster father’s footsteps, Ryan Shaver to leave KARE 11 (7/2)

Star Tribune: ‘It’s just kind of sad’: Minnesota pride takes a hit as our radio shows move to New York (6/29)

Star Tribune: Comedy legend Bob Newhart recalls how Twin Cities radio helped make him a star (6/28)

Grand Forks Herald: Radio personality Duaine Sanden dies at age 74 (6/17)

Star Tribune: Minnesota’s Barry ZeVan ‘the Weatherman’ offers old-school forecasts (6/13)

Star Tribune: Former WCCO anchor Jamie Yuccas finds calm in a chaotic career (6/12)

Green Bay Press Gazette: WIXX edits Vikings references out of Lizzo’s ‘Truth Hurts’ (6/11)

Quad City Times: WLLR announces death of Bo J. Spates (6/10)

St. Paul Pioneer Press: Services Friday for ‘Radio Bob’ Smith, broadcaster and station owner (6/6)

St. Paul Pioneer Press: Veteran MN radio host to return to the airwaves next month (6/6)

WJON: News Legend Paul Stacke Passes Away (6/4)

Star Tribune: Minnesota blues hero Tony Glover, an influence on Dylan and the Stones, dies at 79 (5/30)

Radio Ink: WRDN Reaches Out To Help Farmers (5/30)

KMEG/KPTH: Fox 44 celebrates 20 years on air (5/28)

KNUJ: In Remembrance of Perry Galvin (5/28)

Racine Journal Times: Dex Card’s employees reflect on radio legend life (5/27)

Star Tribune: KARE 11’s Randy Shaver learns he’s cancer-free a second time (5/6)

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Steve Czaban returning to Milwaukee sports radio (5/3)

Star Tribune: After 23 years, Fox 9’s Jeff Passolt exits anchor desk: ‘It’s someone else’s turn’(4/30)

Des Moines Register: Iowa sports radio pioneer Marty Tirrell emerges as alleged scam artist with multiple victims (4/28)

KMSP: Jeff Passolt retiring after 23-year career at FOX 9 (4/18)

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Court TV to return on 6 Wisconsin stations (4/16)

Lincoln Journal Star: LIBA president, talk radio host Coby Mach found dead Friday (4/15)

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Longtime Milwaukee radio voice Karen Dalessandro lands full-time afternoon show at WKLH (4/11)

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Meg McKenzie and Dave Murphy are out on WRIT-FM’s morning show (4/4)

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: WMVS-TV (Channel 10) in Milwaukee is the nation’s highest-rated PBS station overall (4/3)

Twin Cities Business: Hubbard Broadcasting’s Skor North Aims to Innovate AM Radio (4/3)

Star Tribune: Why Emmy-winning TV anchor Angela Davis made the leap to public radio(3/27)

Current: Minnesota’s community radio stations find unique niche for covering arts and culture(3/20)

Des Moines Register: Des Moines sports radio personality dies after being struck by semitrailer on I-80 (3/19)

Sioux Falls Argus Leader: KDLT cancels broadcasts due to flooding (3/14)

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: News anchor Brad Hicks leaves WITI-TV (3/14)

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: WISN-TV sets debut for its new 9 p.m. newscast (3/7)

Star Tribune: Lindsey Seavert moves to part-time role at KARE: ‘It’s not exactly a goodbye’(3/5)

Star Tribune: Former KFAN regular Henry Lake replaces Al Malmberg at WCCO Radio (2/26)

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Eden Checkol to anchor WISN-TV’s 11 a.m. newscast, following Melinda Davenport’s departure (2/21)

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: WISN radio’s Mark Belling tells his listeners he’s taking a break after having a stroke (2/19)

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Adrienne Pedersen to succeed Mike Gousha as host of WISN-TV’s ‘Upfront’ (2/14)

Star Tribune: Fox 9 anchor Jeff Passolt sues state for a slip and fall (2/13)

Lincoln Journal Star: KC company starting Nebraska-wide radio news network (2/1)

Star Tribune: James Mahlon Rupp, TV pioneer at WCCO, dies at 83 (1/26)

TVNewsCheck: Gray Blames Feds For Local News Cuts In Casper (1/23)

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Gousha ending gig as host of ‘Upfront’ on WISN-TV (1/16)

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Milwaukee radio veteran Mitch Morgan adds second shift, at a second country station (1/14)

Star Tribune: Mark Rosen makes his emotional farewell from WCCO TV (1/11)

Rapid City Journal: Duhamel Broadcasting sale ‘bittersweet’ after 75-year history in the Black Hills (1/10)

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: WISN-TV trimming 10 p.m. news, adding newscast (1/10)

Star Tribune: As WCCO’s Mark Rosen retires, his famous friends share memories of ‘Rosie’(1/9)

New York Times: Sylvia Chase, Pioneering Television Newswoman and Minnesota Native, Is Dead at 80 (1/9)

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