KMTV Names News Director

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

Journal Broadcasting's CBS affiliate in Omaha, KMTV-TV, has named Scott Pickes as its new news director.

Pickens moves from Journal's ABC affiliate, KIVI-TV Boise/Twin Falls.

Pickens has been rising through the ranks at Journal, having prevsiouly been assistant news director at its WGBA-TV Green Bay.

His resume includes news posts at KGMB-TV Honolulu, WREX-TV Rockford, Ill, KPOM/KFAA-TV Fort Smith/Fayetteville, Ark., and KBCI-TV Boise.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.