Oregon Media Insiders

The memo from Rod Gramer, quoted in the Pioneer Courthouse Square thread:

It is with regret that I announce that Jennifer Iveson has decided to get out of the broadcasting business. She is going to pursue other interests, most likely outside of Portland. She has been planning this move for some time, so we have been searching for her replacement.

Therefore, I am pleased to announce that we have continued the Tucson to
Portland connection by hiring Erica Heartquist of KVOA to replace Jennifer in April.

Here's more about Heartquist, who is so thrilled to be back in her native Arizona that she's leaving to come back to Oregon. ;) She's a KTVL Medford alum.

KTVL in Medford was evacuated for five hours today when a man parked a "suspicious" graffiti-covered van in its parking lot:

Mark Allen Dickey, Cave Junction, has been identified as the white male who parked a suspicious looking van outside KTVL News10 this morning and then surrendered around noon-time. Various emergency response agencies were on-scene, including a command post, bomb squad and SWAT team. ...

The driver reportedly set off flares at approximately 7:20 this morning and continued to appear agitated throughout the morning. The SWAT team attempted to persuade the driver to get out of the van, but the driver refused. The man ultimately came out of the van with his hands held high and surrendered to authorities.

The Medford Mail Tribune reports:

He was “very angry and wasn’t going to be taken alive and (was) willing to die for his cause,

Former KTVL, KREM, KGW and KING GM Dennis Williamson has been promoted to executive vice president at Belo, and remains CFO there. Unfortunately, he's still in Dallas. Sorry about that, Dennis.