Sports anchor Reggie Wilson announced that his position at Tegna NBC affiliate KARE 11 (Minneapolis) is being eliminated at the end of the year. The Star Tribune reported that station management declined to comment.
Meteorologist Wren Clair announced she is no longer with KARE 11.
KARE aired a segment honoring to news director Stacey Nogy, whose departure was first reported in May. As noted here previously, Matt Kummer is taking over as news director.
Sean McPherson, afternoon host and music director at “Jazz 88” (KBEM/88.5 Minneapolis), announced he is leaving for a new job with podcast network City Cast.
Barrett Media reports that Mike Heller is no longer with iHeartMedia’s “97.3 The Game” (WRNW Milwaukee). The station’s website indicates other shows have been expanded to fill Heller’s former 12 to 3 p.m. timeslot. The show had also been syndicated statewide as part of “The Game Sports Network.”
Audacy announced that Brett Andrews will add duties as morning host at WOLX-FM/94.9 (Baraboo-Madison) while retaining his roles as afternoon host at “99.1 The Mix” (WMYX Milwaukee), brand manager for “Mix 105.1” (WMHX Waunakee-Madison), and assistant brand manager for WMYX and “103.7 KISS FM” (WXSS Wauwatosa-Milwaukee).
Twin Cities PBS (KTCA/KTCI) announced that its broadcast signal will be off the air at times during the month of September due to work at its transmitter site, the KMSP-TV tower in Shoreview. The outage could presumably also impact other stations transmitting from the site.
SagamoreHill’s KMYN-LD (Duluth) has added MovieSphere Gold on channel 32.3.
Midwest Communications’ “Hot 98” (WDUL/970 and W251CD/98.1 Superior-Duluth) has returned to the air.
In non-broadcast news, the Star Tribune announced that it stop printing in Minneapolis at the end of the year and shift production to the Gannett plant in Des Moines. About 125 people will lose their jobs. The four-hour drive up I-35 means the content in the print edition will be a snapshot of news as it existed at 5:15 the afternoon before (4 p.m. on weekends). The paper says “print delivery to subscribers will continue without interruption,” presumably meaning home delivery will continue in places such as Duluth-Superior despite being even farther from Iowa. MPR reports the St. Paul Pioneer Press, which currently prints at the Star Tribune plant, will also shift production to Des Moines. It’s not immediately known what impact the shutdown might have on national newspapers currently printed in Minnesota.
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