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Meteorologist Chris Gloninger announced plans to leave Hearst CBS affiliate KCCI/8 (Des Moines), citing a death threat he’d received over coverage of climate change and unexpected family health issues. His announcement was covered by numerous national outlets including the New York Times and the Washington Post.
Wisconsin Public Radio has chosen Sarah Ashworth to serve as its new director. Ashworth has worked in producing, reporting and editing roles at state networks in Minnesota, New Hampshire, and Vermont and is currently the senior vice president for content at Vermont Public. She starts her new job July 17.
Cumulus Media announced that Wade Linder is returning to Minneapolis to be program director of KQRS/92.5. Linder programmed “93X” (KXXR/93.7) for nearly two decades before moving to Cumulus’ Chicago group. At KQ, he’ll replace James Kurdziel, who is moving to Chicago to program “Q101” (WKQX).
WHBY/1150 (Kimberly-Appleton) reports that its former longtime news director, Ray Wiater, has died at the age of 89. Wiater joined the station in 1973 and worked there for 35 years. He was inducted into the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association’s Hall of Fame in 2002.
RadioInsight reports that E. White is departing from the evening shift at KDWB/101.3 (Richfield-Minneapolis).
Civic Media announced that longtime broadcaster John Maino and former Green Bay Mayor Jim Schmitt will host a new morning show on WGBW/1590 (Denmark-Green Bay). Meanwhile, Pete Schwaba will anchor news on Civic’s Green Bay and Fox Cities stations.
Kyra Miles has joined Minnesota Public Radio as the early education reporter.
Hello Minnesota!
— Kyra Miles (@hey_kyramae) June 21, 2023
I’ve officially started as the early education reporter @MPRnews and I’m excited to dig into this topic.
Whether you’re a community leader invested in early childhood, a teacher, or a parent reach out with ideas and info!
My email is kmiles@mpr.org
Erin Mata has joined Gray NBC/CBS affiliate KBJR/6 (Superior-Duluth) as co-anchor of Northern News Now Today.
Scripps NBC affiliate WTMJ-TV/4 (Milwaukee) announced the impending departure of sports reporter Delaney Brey.
Gray NBC affiliate KTIV/4 (Sioux City) announced that producer and weather presenter Elizabeth Breen is departing the station to continue her education.
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Gray NBC affiliate KTIV/4 (Sioux City) recently announced plans to expand its noon newscasts to an hour and add weekend morning news.
The Star Tribune featured KASM/1150 (Albany) in a report on the future of AM radio.
WHO-DT reported that the Iowa High School Athletic Association has filed a lawsuit against Iowa High School Sports Network over plans to charge for online streaming of championship games, which are also carried on broadcast TV.
Gray TV announced that it has renewed all of its CBS affiliations, which includes stations in Duluth, Mankato, Fargo, Lincoln, North Platte, Cheyenne-Scottsbluff, and Wausau.
Twin Cities PBS has reformatted the presentation of its “TPT NOW” channel to feature three boxes of rotating information instead of two. The channel, a continuation of weather service that dates back to the analog days of KTCI/17, features weather, news headlines, and emergency alerts in English, Spanish, Hmong and Somali. It’s carried on KTCA-TV’s broadcast channel 2.5 and streams freely at tpt.org/tptnowtv.
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Disclosure: Jon Ellis was an employee of Gray Media Group at the time this item was posted. The statements and views expressed in this posting are his own and do not reflect those of Gray Media Group.