KPTM (Cox Channel 10) has named Roger Gadley as its interim news director following the departure of Allen Beckner last week.
Since March, Gadley has been working as an adviser to news programming for all Pappas Telecasting Inc.-owned television stations Previously, he served as news director for KMPH (FOX) in Fresno, Calif. (DMA No. 55) for 14 years. Gadley has 34 years of experience in the broadcast industry.
KPTM (Cox Channel 10) Vice President and General Manager Randy Oswald said the station will move quickly to find a permanent replacement for Beckner, who left Omaha after 15 months to become Director of Programming for the National Religious Broadcasters network.
"We're hopeful to be able to announce a news director in the next 30 days or so," Oswald said.
Under Gadley's direction, KMPH launched a daily, web-only, "Around the Clock Webcast" featuring five minutes of the top news stories of the day, presented by KMPH News anchors.
KPTM has followed suit with a daily "netcast" that recaps the top local stories of the day on www.kptm.com leading up to the station's 9 p.m. newscast.
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