Here’s the Roundup for the Week Ending March 14


Happy Friday to all who celebrate.

In this week’s edition of stories we didn’t write up for one reason or another, we see a local anchor gets memorialized in a painting and Federal Communications Commission commissioner Anna Gomez “expressed deep frustrations” with the FCC and the Trump administration’s policy towards broadcasters and media companies.

FCC:

In a keynote fireside chat at the INCOMPAS Policy Summit, Federal Communications Commission commissioner Anna Gomez laid out her policy priorities and expressed deep frustrations with the FCC and the Trump administration’s policy towards broadcasters and media companies. Click here for more.

Revolving Door:

Lockwood Broadcast Group ABC affiliate KAKE Wichita, Kan., has appointed JC Lowe director of sales/station manager. Lowe brings decades of experience in broadcasting, having successfully led sales teams and managed television and radio stations across Tennessee, Texas, Alabama, Florida and Oklahoma. Click here for more.

Shop Talk:

An award-winning artist and Air Force veteran from Danville has created a touching tribute to honor the late Mark Spain, a beloved Lynchburg, Virginia ABC 13 news anchor who passed away from pancreatic cancer at the end of last year. Click here to see more.

In Las Vegas, Nevada: Fox5 anchors Les Krifaton and Dave Hall were both hospitalized for blood clots. Now recovered, they are bringing awareness through their own experiences. Click here for that story.

Shop Talk:

We asked Sinclair about this, but haven’t heard back so we’ll go with what Matthews Keys over at The Desk had to say: Sinclair, Inc. is selling five of its local broadcast television stations to an industry executive who once oversaw advertising sales for the company’s line-up of Bally Sports-branded regional networks.

The Louisiana woman linked to the death of a Super Bowl reporter has faced a series of allegations from other men accusing her of drugging and robbing them — and she shouldn’t have been on probation when the reporter was found dead last month, the state’s top prosecutor said. Click here to read about it.

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