NBC’s StormRangers
StormRangers is a one of a kind mobile platform with a weather radar on board. The NBC Owned Television Stations Group's Nate Johnson, Director of Weather Operations; and Mark Hunt, Director of Technology [...]
NAB Announces 2019 Digital Leadership Award Recipient
-- Wendy McMahon, president, ABC Owned Television Stations Group, to receive award at NAB Show Achievement in Broadcasting Dinner -- WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) will present the Digital Leadership Award to [...]
NAB Announces 2019 Engineering Award Recipients
-- Awards to be presented at NAB Show in Las Vegas -- WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) will present the NAB Engineering Achievement Awards at the 2019 NAB Show in [...]
WDIV Detroit Hooks Global Audiences With True Crime Podcasts
“Shattered,” the true crime podcast produced by WDIV, Graham Media’s NBC affiliate in Detroit, has been streamed or downloaded nearly 1 million times. Over the past year, WDIV Detroit has reached audiences across [...]
For KSL, News Radio Is No Longer Just About Audio
The Salt Lake City broadcaster has charged reporters with producing video in addition to its traditional radio reports. While new media has made broadcasting an increasingly platform-agnostic business, KSL Newsradio in Salt Lake [...]
In Dallas, WFAA Brings Viewers in on Investigations From Start to Finish
TEGNA-owned ABC affiliate’s VERIFY Road Trip is an offshoot of the station group’s VERIFY fact-checking initiative. Euthanizing shelter animals was the topic of a WFAA Verify investigation At a time when the veracity [...]
WPTV West Palm Beach Captured the Parkland Student Movement Rising
Reporter Alex Hagan spent three months embedded with the Parkland students following the Valentine’s Day shooting at their school. The 22-minute documentary shows how Parkland High School kids accomplished more in three months than [...]
TEGNA Getting Into the Retail Business With DealBoss
The station group has expanded its consumer reporting franchise to include an online retail site. TEGNA has entered the retail business with DealBoss Leveraging the popularity of its consumer reporting, TEGNA now operates [...]
Sinclair Sends Its Drone Fleet into the Night Sky
Thanks to special permission from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Sinclair Broadcast Group stations are using their newsgathering drones to shoot footage after dark. Getting the FAA’s OK to fly drones at night has [...]
PILOT at CES 2019
PILOT was in attendance at CES this year to checkout the latest tech trends and innovations presenting new opportunities to our industry, including 8K screens, e-sports, AI and radio innovations. 8K Televisions Television set manufacturers [...]