In the wake of the Journal merger, the company promotes Debbie Turner, Ed Fernandez and Steve Wasserman and names their successor GMs in Nashville, Detroit and West Palm Beach. The new GMs are Lyn Plantinga (WTVF), Mike Murri (WXYZ-WMYD) and Lloyd Bucher (WPTV).
Ed Fernandez, Sam Rosenwasser and Steve Wasserman get additional group station oversight responsibilities while retaining their GM slots at WXYZ Detroit, WEWS Cleveland and WPTV West Palm Beach, respectively.
