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In 1969, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) began to impose restrictions on the common ownership of print and broadcast media in the same market.The combination of the Detroit News and WWJ-AM-FM-TV was given grandfathered protection from the new regulations, but by the mid-to-late 1970s, the Evening News Association was under pressure to break up its Detroit cluster voluntarily.
He joined WDIV as a reporter in 1995, and took an anchor position in 1996. Scillian retired from WDIV on December 13, 2024. [2] Scillian has appeared as a television journalist in several films, including Scream 4, The Double, and Mooz-lum, as well as a recurring role on The Ellen DeGeneres Show as a news anchor in a "Breaking News" skit. [3]
The Tigers have spent most of their broadcast televised history across two of Detroit's heritage "Big Three" network stations, WJBK (Channel 2, Fox; formerly with CBS from 1948 to 1994) and WDIV (Channel 4, NBC; originally WWJ-TV from 1947 to 1978), as well as two of the market's former legacy independent stations, WMYD (Channel 20, formerly ...
Devin Scillian, the evening anchor on WDIV-TV for 28 years, announced his retirement during Tuesday's 6 p.m. newscast.
Longtime WDIV-TV broadcasters Smilovitz, Meloni, MacDonald may be taking buyouts. Gannett. Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press. May 15, 2024 at 2:51 PM.
WDIV-TV confirms big-name veterans of station's news team are leaving in July. Gannett. Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press. May 28, 2024 at 11:58 PM.
From 1961 to 1962, Post-Newsweek held 46% ownership with San Diego television station KFSD-TV (later KOGO-TV) with the investment firm of Fox, Wells & Rogers owning 54%. Post-Newsweek declined to acquire full ownership of KOGO-TV (now KGTV ) and the venture ended when the station was sold to the broadcasting division of Time-Life in 1962.
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