Tag: News Director

Clinkingbeard, Bob
WXYZ: TV news. News Director at WFMY.

AdWeek.com, September 22, 2015, “Bob Clinkingbeard has been named news director at TEGNA-owned Tampa-St. Petersburg, Fla. CBS affiliate WTSP. Clinkingbeard comes from TEGNA’s Greensboro, N.C. station WFMY where he was news director.”

References:
- LinkedIn
- Facebook
- AdWeek, September 22, 2015 (PDF)
- Yup, Another Party!
  Chris Allen, Bob Clinkingbeard, Su Goodman, Trip Kraniak, Ray Thurber, Terry Pochert – Photo from Terry Pochert’s retirement collection
- Under the Big Top at WXYZ
  Bob Clinkingbeard, Helen Pasakarnis, John Terry – From Terry Pochert’s retirement collection
- More Parties – Happier Co-workers
  Bob Clinkingbeard, Helen Pasakarnis, Wanda Doerner – From Terry Pochert’s retirement collection
- Just Prior to the Six PM News
  WXYZ: It’s always hussle bussle prior to any newscast. Here the six o’clock producer, Bob Clinkingbeard is finalizing the rundown for the newscast along with the writers and executive producers.
  
  Donella Crawford, Lynda Solomon, Dan Dmitrik, Walter Kraft, Steve Kremer, Bob Clinkingbeard
August 29, 2017
Parquet-Taylor, Andrea
WXYZ: Writer, producer, news director.

January 25, 2017, Adweek, “Andrea Parquet-Taylor has been named vp and news director of Dallas CBS-owned station KTVT. Parquet-Taylor has been the news director at WNCN in Raleigh-Durham since 2011.”[2]

Andrea Parquet-Taylor – Photo from Terry Pochert’s Retirement Collection

Recent sightings:
- mediabistro.com: Andrea Parquet-Taylor Returns to Raleigh to Lead WNCN‘s Newsroom
References:
1. Facebook
2. Ad Week, January 25, 2017, Kevin Eck – Dallas CBS Station Names News Director
3. LinkedIn
- It’s the People Who Made WXYZ Great!
  
  Andrea Parquet-Taylor, Mark Noble, Terry Owens – Photo from Terry Pochert’s retirement collection
- A Busy Newsroom at WXYZ – Circa 1980s
  Harry Greener, ?????, Glenn Bar, Andrea Parquet, Donella Crawford, ?????, Steve Kremer, ?????, Al Upchurch, ?????, Glenn Therrien, ?????, Terry Owens – Photo from Terry Pochert’s retirement collection
- WXYZ News Show Producers – Andrea Parquet and Megan Saunders
  Andrea Parquet and Megan Saunders – From Terry Pochert’s retirement collection
- WXYZ Newsroom circa 1980s
  WXYZ: An amazing group of people making WXYZ News number one in the market during the 1980s.
  
  Nelson Burg, Fran Victor, Marv Rockford, Audio: Greg Karrer, Val Clark, Cheryl Chodun, Bill Miller, Jeff Rundell, Bill Becker, Garrett Glaser, Terry Frisco, Mark Zahnow, Denny Shleifer, Andrea Parquet-Taylor, Garry Kelly, Dean Erskin, Al Volker, Jim Powers, Pat Elnicky, Phyllis Eliasberg, John Gross, Charles Munro, Judy Miller, Tom Cleeves
August 19, 2017
LaVelle, Rhonda Errer
xWXYZ: News Director.

Previously Executive Producer at WDIV; News Director at KPRC.

References:
- Twitter
- LinkedIn
- Facebook
- Rhonda LaVelle joins WXYZ, WMYD as news director – June 6, 2016 (PDF)
Tweets by rhondaerrer
August 15, 2017
Deibert, Len
WMAL: News Director
- ABC Radio Corporate Gathering
  Jay Hoker, Tim Kelly, Jim Gallant, Len Deibert, Tom Esbaugh, Sandee Anderson, Pam Cleeland, Joe Martelle, Jerry Johnson
  Billboard, February 14, 1981, Page 19
August 5, 2017
Cheely, George
WXYZ: From the book, “There Was A Time” by George Burlbaugh, “George Cheely was our desk supervisor. He had been with CBS, left to take over as news director at WXYZ in Detroit and came to the NBC Washington Bureau after that. … He drove a 1960 Chevy II which was given to him as a going away present from WXYZ. It was one of the first of its model off the assembly line and George drove it as long as I knew him.”[1]

References:
1. There Was A Time
- There Was A Time by George Burlbaugh
  Available from Amazon.com
  
  My involvement with television and television news began more than a half century ago, almost by accident. Out of High School, I installed tv antennas, went to Korea in communication intelligence and ended up a tv news director and network news producer. This is a look back at some of the things I remember best.
July 31, 2017