Keeping Your Kids Safe
Children First—ABC30 airs special on school safety
Tragic events at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut and Taft High School in Kern County have parents wondering if their kids are safe at school. ABC30 airs a half-hour special on measures valley schools are taking to keep our kids safe.
Station Profile: KFSN-TV
Market: Fresno-Visalia, CA
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Fresno Station Hosts "Ask the Mayor" Town Hall
Newport Television's KGPE-TV Fresno, Calif., partnered with Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin and the local PBS affiliate for a live "Ask the Mayor" town hall. The program brought the mayor's office to homes throughout Central California and offered residents the opportunity to ask questions.
Station Profile: KGPE-TV
Market: Fresno-Visalia, CA
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WXIN Indianapolis Tackles School Violence
Tribune-owned Fox affiliate WXIN Indianapolis (DMA 26) made addressing violence in schools a priority with four days of extended news coverage and an hour-long televised forum. Common Ground: Stopping School Violence brought educators, law enforcement and parents together in a landmark event. The forum focused on how to better protect children in the wake of the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut as well as recent violent events at schools in Central Indiana.
Station Profile: WXIN-TV
Market: Indianapolis, IN
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Kids Day 2013 Breaks Record!
The 26th Annual Kids Day sponsored by ABC30 and The Fresno Bee set a record with $480,000 collected for Children’s Hospital Central California.
Station Profile: KFSN-TV
Market: Fresno-Visalia, CA
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Channel 12 connects with Patch.com on Local Scoops
As Milwaukee television stations vie for a greater share of an ever-shrinking local-news audience, WISN-TV (Channel 12) has decided to go hyper-local under a new partnership with Patch.com.
Station Profile: WISN-TV
Market: Milwaukee, WI
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LIN Media Invites Students Pursuing Degrees in Broadcast Television or Digital
Media to Apply for Minority Scholarship and Training Program
Each student will receive a two–year scholarship for up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per year, which can be used toward tuition, fees, books, and room and board. In addition, LIN Media will provide each student with hands–on training through a paid internship program at one of its television stations around the country.
Broadcast Group Profile: LIN Media
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10th Annual WGN Morning News Drive-Thru Toy Drive Breaks Record With Over 30,000 Toys!
The WGN Morning News Drive-Thru Toy Drive celebrated its 10th year; its third tied to Jennifer Hudson. This four-hour event featured carolers, Santa, holiday fun, and an appearance by Jennifer Hudson. Viewers and companies drove thru to drop off a record sum of toys …over 30,000!
Station Profile: WGN-TV
Market: Chicago
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PIX11 Morning News Partners with Cohen Children’s Medical Center for Childhood Obesity Week
Advocacy Week Empowers Families.
Station Profile: WPIX-TV
Market: New York
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Newport’s Fresno Station Gives Over 1,000 Flu Shots to Viewers
Newport Television’s KGPE-TV Fresno, Calif., partnered with Walgreens to provide 1,120 free flu shots worth almost $45,000 to viewers."
Station Profile: KGPE-TV
Market: Fresno
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Belo’s KING-TV Collects 3.4 Million Meals of Food in Seattle
Belo Corporation’s KING-TV Seattle’s "Home Team Harvest" food drive raised more than 3.4 million meals for local people in need.
Station Profile: KING-TV
Market: Seattle
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Hearst's WGAL-TV Collects Thousands of Coats and $229,000 for The Salvation Army
Scripps’ WMAR-TV Baltimore hosted its annual Kindertime Toy Drive for Maryland families and the children of fallen firefighters and police officers. The drive has helped distribute more than 400,000 toys during its long history.
Station Profile: WGAL-TV
Market: Baltimore
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Scripps Station Collects 8,000 Toys for Cincinnati Kids
Scripps Television’s WCPO-TV Cincinnati collected more than 8,000 toys during its second annual holiday toy drive, which included a one-hour news special. Six local Kroger grocery
Station Profile: WCPO-TV
Market: Cincinnati
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WMAR-TV Hosts Kindertime Toy Drive for Baltimore Children
Scripps’ WMAR-TV Baltimore hosted its annual Kindertime Toy Drive for Maryland families and the children of fallen firefighters and police officers. The drive has helped distribute more than 400,000 toys during its long history.
Station Profile: WMAR-TV
Market: Baltimore
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WPVI Brings Power to the People
The Philadelphia ABC O&O uses a news van and a mobile generator to offer power to electricity-starved area residents.
Station Profile: WPVI
Market:Philadelphia, PA
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KCRA-KQCA Sets Sandy Disaster Relief Drive
Hearst-owned KCRA (NBC) and KQCA (MNT), along with the Sacramento Sierra Chapter of the American Red Cross held a disaster relief drive with funds raised benefiting those areas impacted by Hurricane Sandy.
Station Profiles: KCRA, KQCA
Market:Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto, CA
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Cox Media Group Donates $75,000 to Support Sandy Relief Efforts in Southern Connecticut, New Jersey, New York
Cox Media Group (CMG) is lending its support to the communities in the Northeast by donating a combined $75,000 to aid relief efforts in Southern Connecticut, Long Island and surrounding areas of New York City
Broadcast Group Profile: Cox Media Group
Market: Multi
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ABC30 Helps Moms & Dads Keep Up with Tech Savvy Kids
Children First is a yearlong effort focusing on the challenges, problems and opportunities facing youth in Central California. The Children First campaign includes half-hour programs like “The Digital Family,” 30-second vignettes, public service announcements and special stories on Action News.
Station Profile: KFSN-TV
Market:Fresno-Visalia, CA
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25 Years of Saving Lives!
ABC30 Kicks Off the Pint for Pint Blood Drive
25th Annual Pint for Pint Blood Drive Friday, August 3rd and Saturday, August 4th. Action News anchors and reporters broadcast live from the Jenny Eller Donor Center in Northwest Fresno starting at 5 a.m. Friday.
Station Profile: KFSN-TV
Market: Fresno-Visalia, CA
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Children Receive Incredible Care- "60 Years of Caring for Kids'
It’s hard to find anyone who hasn’t used the services of the only pediatric hospital between Northern and Southern California, Children’s Hospital Central California. Action News anchors Graciela Moreno and Warren Armstrong host a half-hour program devoted to this premiere pediatric facility in Madera, which serves more than 67,000 patients in its emergency department every year.
Station Profile: KFSN-TV
Market: Fresno-Visalia, CA
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WWOR Launches Year-Long Service Salute
Fox MNT affiliate WWOR New York will be saluting local Marines, soldiers, sailors, pilots and others who serve and protect in a feature called Hometown Heroes.
Station Profile: WWOR-TV
Market: New York, NY
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Local News Stories That Made a Difference
TVNewsCheck features examples of exceptional TV station reporting from across the country.
Station Profile: Multi
Market: Multi
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Making Columbia SC A Better Place To Live
WLTX used its large voice to make the Columbia area more environmentally safe by partnering with the Richland County Solid Waste Division and scheduling an E-Cycle event. It was an amazing way to start the May sweep. It also fit right in with the WLTX Purpose Project.
Station Profile: WLTX-TV
Market: Columbia SC
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Metro Atlanta Comes Together To Help Poole Elementary School
Shortly after an EF-3 tornado blasted Paulding County's Poole Elementary School nearly two weeks ago, 11Alive's Help Desk swung into action.
Station Profile: WXIA-TV
Market: Atlanta, GA
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WCBS New York Launches Mobile Weather Lab
As part of an effort to expand its hyper-local weather coverage and community outreach, WCBS New York has launched a new Mobile Weather Lab, which the station is billing as the "tri-state area's first weather station on wheels."
Station Profile: WCBS-TV
Market: New York, NY
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WGAL Leads ‘Sister City’ Relief Efforts
Hearst Television’s NBC affiliate WGAL has welcomed a number of area community groups, schools and local Rotary Clubs to join the station’s effort to raise funds for the American Red Cross’s disaster relief efforts following the unprecedented outbreak of tornados in the Midwest and South.
Station Profile: WGAL-TV
Market: Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York, PA
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Schoolbus-TV - Making Kids Safer & Smarter... By The Busload
Schoolbus-TV provides educational, entertaining content on 440,000 school buses nationwide.
Station Profile: Multi
Market: Multi
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Hearst Boosts Groupwide Election Coverage
Hearst Television Inc. released details of Commitment 2012, the latest iteration of the company’s biannual election-coverage efforts, reports TVNewsCheck.
Station Profile: Multi
Market: Multi
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How TV Stations Are Going Hyperlocal Online
Local TV stations are going hyperlocal in a big way, trending toward higher-quality, more comprehensive community coverage, according to StreetFightMag.com interview with Gary Cowan of Datasphere.
Station Profile: Multi
Market: Multi
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Reefs to Rainforests: The Great Expedition
ABC7 KGO-TV will take viewers on an expedition to the Philippines for a breath-taking look at one of the world’s richest and endangered biological hotspots, where Bay Area scientists and others believe they have found more than 300 new species. “Reefs to Rainforests: The Great Expedition” airs Saturday, October 22 at 10 p.m.
Station Profile: KGO-TV
Market:San Francisco, CA
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Ohio NBC Stations Team to Air Live Debate
Ohio NBC affiliates have partnered to present the first televised statewide debate of Issue 2, a referendum on a controversial new law that made changes to a variety of government laws and policies.The debate from Columbus on Oct. 25 will be carried live on WDTN Dayton, WCMH Columbus, WLWT Cincinnati, WKYC Cleveland, WLIO Lima, WNWO Toledo, WTOV Wheeling-Steubenville, WFMJ Youngstown and WHIZ Zanesville. It will also be streamed live on each of the station's websites.
Station Profiles/Markets: Ohio NBC affiliated stations.
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KGO-TV Operation 7: Save A Life
ABC7 KGO-TV kicks off its 2nd annual campaign with donation of thousands of Kidde smoke alarms and CO detectors.
Station Profile: KGO-TV
Market:San Francisco , CA
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KFSN-TV's "Children First"
ABC30's Children First is a yearlong effort focusing on the challenges, problems, and opportunities facing youth in Central California.
Station Profile: KFSN-TV
Market: Fresno-Visalia, CA
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WXIN Launches Job Creation Campaign
Tribune Broadcasting’s Fox affiliate WXIN Indianapolis (DMA 26) decided to take a stand against unemployment with its new Add One Job Campaign. The station is reaching out to Indiana businesses, coaxing them to add just one job to their workforce.
Station Profile: WXIN-TV
Market:Indianapolis, IN
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WZZM-TV Launched 20 Community-Focused Websites
Gannett's ABC affiliate WZZM Grand Rapids, Mich. (DMA 41), and DataSphere Technologies, a provider of hyperlocal Web technology and sales support, launched 20 community-focused websites in West Michigan. The “My Town” community websites will be part of the WZZM website, and will feature hyperlocal news content and user-generated content about area happenings and events. Local businesses will benefit from the opportunity to target their potential customers.
Station Profile: WZZM-TV
Market: Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, MI
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