An attorney for former KMOV anchor Larry Conners has notified the St. Louis CBS affiliate that “legal action relating to the termination of Mr. Conners’ employment” is possible.

In a letter sent to KMOV general manager Mark Pimentel Thursday, an attorney for Conners requested the station “carefully preserve and not destroy any and all papers, records and documents relating to Mr. Conners’ employment and termination.”

The letter included a list of seven items to be saved, including Conners’ personnel file and communications between Pimentel and Belo Corp. about Conners. Merle Silverstein, the attorney, says the items “could be relevant to a possible legal action.”

Conners was fired from KMOV for claiming the IRS was targeting him after a tense interview with President Obama. Conners later admitted that his issues with the IRS began before the 2012 interview.

View the full letter from Conners’ attorney after the jump. Read more

For the fourth month in a row, WNYW morning newscast “Good Day New York” has beaten NBC’s “Today” among A25-54 viewers.

“Good Day” averaged 116,000 A25-54 viewers for the May sweeps period, compared to 114,800 viewers for “Today.” Compared to the year-ago sweep, “Good Day” is up +38% in the demo and “Today” is down -30%. This is the fourth straight month WNYW has topped NBC in younger viewers. “Good Day New York” was also on top during the February sweeps period.

“Today” remains on top in Total Viewers, averaging 284,000 viewers to WNYW’s 180,700 viewers.

As Dennis Janson transitions to a new role at WCPO, John Popovich will move into the main sports anchor role at the Cincinnati ABC affiliate, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer‘s John Kiesewetter.

“With Denny transitioning, it gives us an opportunity to put John Popovich in the main sports role. John is one of the best storytellers in town and you will be seeing more of his reports,”  WCPO general manager Jeff Brogan told the Enquirer.

Popvich joined WCPO in 1979. He currently anchors sports on the weekend evening newscasts.

Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman played a real life version of Highlights magazine’s “Goofus and Gallant” during a live interview with Seattle FOX affiliate KCPQ.

Caine played “Gallant” to Freeman’s “Goofus” during the junket for their latest film “Now You See Me,” addressing anchors Bill Wixey and Kaci Aitchison by name and telling them about the magic tricks seen in the film. Freeman played counterpoint by nodding off. Though Caine asked, “Is this the last one?” after the two thought their mics were off, giving the impression they were at the end of a long day of answering the same question again and again. Watch the video after the jump. Read more

Juan Miguel Muñiz has been named vice president of news for KSTS, the Telemundo owned station for the San Francisco Bay Area market.

“I am thrilled to have Juan Miguel Muñiz join KSTS as vice president of news,” said station manager Erika Díaz. “His vast experience in news and production will help to strengthen our position as a leading resource for news and information for the Hispanic community that we serve.”

Muñiz comes to KSTS from Telemundo Puerto Rico (WKAQ) where he had been VP of news since 2007. He’s also worked at CNN en Español.

KLBK anchor Bill Maddox once had a news writer on his staff by the name of Scott Pelley. Yesterday, Pelley told the veteran anchor in a video clip, “Bill I have waited all this time to say thank you. You were my first example in life of what an anchor man should be.”

Maddox retired from the Nexstar owned CBS affiliate after more than 50 years in broadcasting Wednesday. He started at KLBK in 1964. In 1968 he went to work for the cross town station KSEL (now Nexstar owned KAMC) He retired from KAMC in 2002 and later returned to KLBK.

“Television was only twelve years old whenever I started and so I’ve seen it grow and develop and change dramatically over the last 47 years and its been a joy to be able to be part of this,” said Maddox

The station posted a look behind the scenes at Maddox’s last day. Click here to view.

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This week, WRNN is hiring a booker/producer, as well as a weekend weather anchor and a junior broadcast IT engineer. Meanwhile, News 12 Long Island needs a news line producer and an investigative producer. Get the scoop on these openings and more below, and find additional just-posted gigs on Mediabistro.

• Booker/Producer WRNN (Port Chester, NY)
• Weekend Weather Anchor WRNN (Port Chester, NY)
• Junior Broadcast IT Engineer WRNN (Port Chester, NY)
• News Line Producer News 12 Long Island (Woodbury, NY)
• Investigative Producer News 12 Networks (Woodbury, NY)

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Charles Wolfertz has been named president and general manager of WTAE, Hearst’s ABC affiliate in Pittsburgh. His appointment is effective June 1.

Wolfertz has been general sales manager at WTAE since March 2012. He previously worked for Belo as sales manager at WHAS in Louisville and WFAA in Dallas.

“Chuck is a next-generation media executive with a successful record of local television management experience,” David J. Barrett, Hearst Television chairman and CEO, said in a statement. “He has played a major role in the station’s sales and customer service initiatives in the Pittsburgh market, and is the ideal leader to continue to build upon the great legacy of WTAE.”

Wolfertz succeeds Michael Hayes, who was promoted to senior vice president and group head of Hearst Television.

The longest-tenured employee of WIBW has died. Elmer Gunderson, a broadcast engineer at the Topeka CBS affiliate for almost 58 years, lost his battle with cancer Sunday. He was 81.

Gunderson joined the station in 1955, just two years after the station went on the air. He was just out of the Navy and looking for a radio engineering job to pay for his education. WIBW radio had no openings, but the television station did.

“He asked if I had any experience in television,” Gunderson said in a 2005 interview. “I said no. He said do you want to learn? And I said that would be all right.”

Gunderson continued to work at WIBW until his health declined in April.

TVNewsCheck and BIA/Kelsey have put out a list of the top 30 station groups ranked by the ad revenue taken in during 2012.

While FOX Television Stations ranks number one with a 2012 revenue of $1.8 Billion according to the survey, the big surprise was Sinclair Broadcast Group which landed in the third spot. CBS Television Stations was sandwiched between the two in second with $1.6 Billion in revenue.

Mark Fratrik, BIA/Kelsey VP and chief economist said in the article, “Sinclair has recently acquired many stations, and those acquisitions are reflected in the totals,”

You can see the list of the top ten station groups after the jump or check out the entire list by clicking here. Read more