Oak Hill Capital Partners is putting the Local TV station group up for sale, according to Broadcasting & Cable.

Local TV owns or operates 21 stations, including WDAF in Kansas City, KDVR-KWGN in Denver, WJW in Cleveland and KTVI-KPLR in St. Louis. B&C reports staffers are being alerted to the sale and instructed “to go about their business as usual” until the process is completed, which may take up to a year.

Karli Ritter‘s computer crashed during Tuesday’s morning newscast on WDAF, forcing the meteorologist to get creative with her forecast.

“We’re having some computer issues, so we’re going to modify this forecast just a bit here,” Ritter said. “Nothing’s updated, nothing’s working. So I’m going to call in my assistants here.”

As Ritter continued with her forecast, Nick Vasos and Loren Halifax held up hand-drawn graphics to help the meteorologist out with her reporting. Ritter finished her report by holding up a hand-drawn graphic of the five-day forecast (pictured) to applause in the studio.

Watch the video here. [h/t Bottom Line Communications]

Four months after his departure from WDAF, Bryan McGruder has been named news director at WZTV, the Fox affiliate in Nashville.

“We are excited to have someone of Brian’s stature and experience leading our news department at FOX17 and look forward to the impact he will have on the market. His experience running highly successful newsrooms will be a huge asset to our operations,” WZTV general manager Dominic Mancuso said in announcing the news.

McGruder was vice president of news at WDAF in Kansas City for the past decade. He has also served as news director at WJCL-WTGS in Savannah, Ga. He replaces Roberta Petterson at WZTV. [h/t Bottom Line Communications]

Bottom Line Communications is reporting Tracy Brogden Miller has been named news director at WDAF, the FOX affiliate in Kansas City, MO.

Three years ago, Brogden Miller was news director at Kansas City’s KCTV from 2007 to 2009. After leaving the Kansas City CBS affiliate, Brogden Miller worked as a senior consultant for market research firm, SmithGeiger.

She began her career as a producer at KOTV in Tulsa, OK, and has also worked for KXTV in Sacramento, KTVB in Boise, ID, and KTVK in Phoenix, AZ. She was also executive news director at NorthWest Cable News in Seattle.

Barrett Tryon has joined WDAF, the Fox affiliate in Kansas City.

Tryon moves to Kansas City from Colorado Springs. He was a reporter at ABC affiliate KRDO from March 2010 to July 2011. After leaving KRDO, he joined the Colorado Springs-Gazette, where he was placed on administrative leave in June after he refused to remove a post about the newspaper’s sale from his personal Facebook page. He was eventually reinstated at the newspaper but declined to return.

At WDAF, Tryon will be an interactive content producer and technology reporter.

Bryan McGruder, vice president of news for FOX affiliate WDAF in Kansas City has left the station, according to Bottom Line Communications.

No reason was given for his departure.  TVSpy reached out to WDAF general manager Cheryl McDonald for comment  We will update when we hear back.

McGruder began working for WDAF in 2002.  He previously worked at WHBQ in Memphis, WJCL-WTGS in Savannah, GA and WHNT in Huntsville, AL.

Emily Wood will be jumping FOX affiliates, going from WXIX in Cincinnati to WDAF in Kansas City, the Cincinnati Enquirer is reporting.

The Cincinnati native, who will be leaving WXIX next Friday, is the second reporter to announce her departure from WXIX in recent days.  Kimberly Holmes Wiggins announced she will be leaving the Cincinnati FOX station for a new job with Orlando’s FOX affiliate, WOFL, November 30.

Wood began her broadcast career at KDRV-KDKF in Medford OR.

Kansas City Fox affiliate WDAF was forced to stay on the air for almost 90 minutes last night due to a technical malfunction. The station alerted viewers to the issue via Facebook:

So this is interesting…we’re doing a newscast without commercials…our system that runs commercials crashed so we’re just rolling through the news tonight and combining 90 minutes of news into about 45 minutes or so. We’re waiting for the computer to come back! Another night of live TV for you!

Phil Witt and Abby Eden anchored uninterrupted from 10:30 p.m. to 11:50 p.m. “By the way, props to everybody in the control room,” meteorologist Mike Thompson said at the end of the newscast. “That’s kind of tough to do, to all of a sudden slam together an hour and 20 minute newscast.” [h/t NewsBlues]

Meteorologist Michelle Bogowith made her debut on Kansas City Fox affiliate WDAF yesterday.

Bogowith will handle weather forecasts for the 9 a.m. and noon newscasts. She steps into a role vacated by Karli Ritter, who is moving to the 4:30 to 9 a.m. shift following the death of Don Harman last year.

The WDAF morning team introduced Bogowith last week. Video after the jump… Read more

Matt Stewart, former morning and weekend co-anchor for Kansas City’s CBS affiliate KCTV joins rival station WDAF (FOX) as morning reporter.

Stewart’s last day on air for KCTV was August 2nd.

“I am really excited to stay in Kansas City and work for such a great station,” Stewart told Bottom Line. “I’ve always admired the way WDAF puts together their morning show – it’s loose, fun and informative at the same time.”

Besides KCTV, Stewart previously worked for KCAU in Sioux City, Iowa, KHGI in Kearny, Neb., Wand DTN in Dayton.  He began his career as a photographer at WOWT in Omaha.