WFTS Names New News Director

WFTS, the Scripps-Howard Broadcasting-owned ABC affiliate in Tampa, Fla., has recruited Chris Jadick as its news director.

He replaces former WFTS News Director Bill Berra, now VP of news for the Wisconsin Journal Broadacst Group.

Most recently, Jadick was news director at WAVE Louisville, Ky.

Jadick  knows the Tampa market well, having worked at Fox-owned WTVT there for six years as executive producer. Jadick's resume also includes stints at KDKA Pittsburgh and WDIV Detroit.

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.