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CBS today named Audra Swain vice president and general manager of Baltimore's WJZ-TV.

By David Zurawik

Sep 12, 2017

After 19 years at WJZ, president and general manager Jay Newman will be stepping down on Sept. 30, CBS announced today.

By David Zurawik

Aug 2, 2017

Baltimore stations stick with network fare

From Rep. Elijah E. Cummings playing a leading role in televised hearings on American deaths in Benghazi, to the Game Show Network visiting a Baltimore church to play matchmaker for a member of the congregation, there is going to be a distinct local flavor to summertime TV this year.

After 20 years at WJZ-TV, anchorman Kai Jackson has informed management that he is leaving the station at the end of the year.

David Zurawik: There is no excuse for the kind of coverage TV has delivered the last two weeks on the sequester.

Sunday's Super Bowl telecast drew a record audience of 1.5 million viewers at its peak in the Baltimore market, according to preliminary Nielsen figures provided by WJZ-TV.

Union Memorial Hospital and Royal Farms among area advertisers

Rates to advertise during NFL games rise as viewership grows, but is it worth it?

n average audience of more than one million area viewers watched the last two hours of the Baltimore Ravens double overtime victory over the Denver Broncos Saturday.

Tough battle ahead for Katie Couric's new show with Ellen, Judge Judy, Ricki Lake and WJZ news all head to head.

The station known for Jayne Miller, Rod Daniels and its "live, local and late breaking" motto, looks like it could be losing its ratings edge – if not more.

The TV show's influence spanned generations

1.27 Maryland viewers saw missed field goal that ended Baltimore's season

After a year of speculation about how the end of Oprah Winfrey's show would affect ratings for local stations, the October "sweeps" ratings period shows the CBS-owned station WJZ surpassing the longtime ratings champ and NBC affiliate WBAL in the early evening hours.

For stations across the country and in Baltimore, Monday is the first day of the post Oprah Winfrey era. And, like their counterparts, the stations here will be trying new and allegedly improved shows to grab a piece of the huge audience that the queen of daytime television held for 25 years..