WUSA News Director Bill Lord To Retire
Bill Lord, news director of Tegna’s Washington CBS affiliate since 2014, announced Friday he would retire after a four-decade career in news.
Bill Lord To Become WUSA News Director
When Sinclair took over ABC affiliate WJLA in Washington, they sent WJLA GM Bill Lord packing. Yesterday, Lord was introduced to a few WUSA staffers as the CBS affil’s new news director.
WJLA GM Bill Lord Leaving At End Of Sept.
Days after an announcement that the FCC approved the sale of Allbritton’s Washington, D.C., ABC affiliate and News Channel 8 cable channel along with several other broadcast ventures outside the District to Sinclair Broadcast Group, Bill Lord announced a Sept. 30 departure as GM.
Bill Lord Promoted to GM Of WJLA
He will head both of Allbritton’s Washington properties — the ABC affiliate as well as its NewsChannel 8 cable news channel.