Salem News Channel Hires Pahigian as VP/GM

Salem Media Group has hired longtime industry veteran Cary Pahigian as vice president and general manager of Salem News Channel beginning July 18.

Pahigian has spent the last eight years at Hearst Television, as president and general manager of WBAL-AM-FM Baltimore. He will report to Salem Senior Vice Presidentof Spoken Word Phil Boyce.

“Cary has been an active hands-on executive in radio for years, but his last eight years at Hearst Television prepared himwell for the burgeoning OTT television market,” Boyce said. “In Cary we have a strong experienced general manager, who will help us get SNC to the next level. Cary was ready for the next adventure in his long and storied career, and we are extremely fortunate to have that opportunity to give him.”

Salem News Channel is a 24/7 OTT television network, available on Roku, Android and Apple APPS, Amazon Firestick, KlowdTV and SalemNewsChannel.com. SNC is providing news-oriented content using a combination of Salem Radio Network hosts, and new TV only content, and recently began top and bottom of the hour news capsules. Pahigian will supervise all elements of production on the network including talent, content, sales, marketing, and social media.

Cary’s prior career includes managing a nine-station radio group in Portland, Maine, for Saga Communications, corporate vice president/operations at Sconnix Broadcasting, station manager at WBZ-AM Boston, and operations manager at WIP-AM Philadelphia.