01-05-2025
KMOV News Director Scott Diener Said He's Leaving Station in July
KMOV news director Scott Diener has announced his retirement from the St. Louis CBS affiliate after more than nine years.
'BREAKING NEWS: There is an immediate news director opening at KMOV-TV in St. Louis—a GREAT station with TOP NOTCH journalists and an ENGAGED general manager with INCREDIBLE owners. I encourage qualified applicants to apply for what is hands down the BEST news director opening in the nation!' he wrote on social media. 'But while I still have that passion and enjoy the daily chase, I came to the conclusion in the past year it is now time to pass the torch to a new generation of journalists. Simply put: July 4th will be MY Independence day.'He said he is retiring now because his perspective has changed. 'I lost my three siblings (two brothers and a sister) and my mother. Being the sole survivor of a family unit (my dad unexpectedly passed away 24 years ago this month) makes you put everything in to perspective,' he wrote. 'Family. Friends. Health.'
According to his LinkedIn, Diener started as a news director in 1995 at WCPO in Cincinnati. He's also worked at KNTV in San Jose, as an executive news director in Louisville, Kentucky and Phoenix, Arizona, and as news director in Los Angeles and Dallas, Texas.
