Here’s the Roundup for the Week Ending November 22

• Tegna’s WKYC in Cleveland, Ohio, is canceling its sponsored lifestyle talk show “Good Company” as part of a larger restructuring of the marketing teams within the group. The station announced the show will end in mid-January 2025, ending a nearly 20-year run that started in 2005. Here’s that story.
• Anchors for Gray Television owned KTVF Channel 11 and KXDF Channel 13 (pictured) signed off the Fairbanks airwaves for the last time on Saturday after the stations’ parent company pulled the plug on the local news broadcast. Click here for more.

• From Newscast Studio: The appointment of Brendan Carr as incoming FCC chairman signals a potential seismic shift in the broadcast television landscape. With his track record of advocating for deregulation and his stated intention to revisit ownership limits, the industry appears poised for consolidation. Click here for more.

The Revolving Door:

• After more than a decade, a beloved KENS 5 TV anchor is making moves. Morning show anchor Sarah Forgany is leaving her early shift and is heading to a more “normal” shift. Click here for more.

• Meet Erika Gonzalez, CBS News Miami’s new morning show co-anchor. Click here for the video.

• Eric Kelly left his FOX 44 KWKT Waco-Temple-Killeen sports director role and apparently TV in September 2024. Click here for more from Mike McGuff.
• KCRA 3’s new weekend evening anchor Cecil Hannibal made his on-air debut at the station on Wednesday. Hannibal comes to KCRA 3 from our Hearst Television station in Jackson, Mississippi, where he was the morning anchor at WAPT. He is an Emmy Award-winning anchor and reporter. Here’s the story.

The End of An Era: