Eric Walters Named GM Of KMVT-KSVT Twin Falls

The news director of Gray Television’s WDBJ-WZBJ Roanoke, Va., CBS-MNT duopoly is promoted to oversee its CBS-Fox duo in Idaho.

Scripps Names Brian Joyce VP-GM Of KMGH Denver

The company moves him from its KPAX Missoula, Mont., to succeed the recently promoted Dean Littleton as leader of its Colorado ABC affiliate.

Darryll Green, WFOR Miami GM, To Retire

Darryll Green, president and general manager of WFOR-WBFS Miami, will retire as of April 28. He took on the position at the CBS-owned stations in DMA 18 in March 2021, after Adam Levy stepped down.

Mike Zikmund Upped To GM At The Delta News

Imagicomm Communications moves the sales director of its WHBQ Memphis to oversee operations at its three Greenville, Miss., stations.

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Rob Dwyer Is The Latest Local TV Marketer To Get GM Stripes

Rob Dwyer, a longtime TV marketer, is the new GM at KCEN in Temple, Texas. What makes TV marketers good candidates to run stations? “We are the great collaborators,” Dwyer says.

TVN’S MEDIA JOBS

New Jobs Posted To TVNewsCheck

New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for a creative service director  and a radio station general manager.

Tim Thomas Named GM Of WTLV-WJXX Jacksonville

Tegna brings him back to its Florida NBC-ABC duopoly to oversee all operations.

Veronika Moroian Upped To GM Of KMEX Los Angeles

The 20-year Univision veteran will oversee the station’s sales, news, community affairs, operations technology, marketing and promotions departments.

Robert Dwyer Named President-GM Of KCEN-KAGS

Tegna appoints the former marketing director at WCNC Charlotte, N.C., to lead its NBC affiliates in central Texas.

Logan Argo Named GM Of KVII Amarillo

Sinclair moves him up from sales director to lead its ABC-CW affiliate in Amarillo, Texas.

Susan Connor Named VP-GM Of KMPH-KFRE Fresno

Sinclair Broadcast Group moves her from KTVL Medford, Ore., to oversee the California Fox-CW duopoly.

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New GMs Must Be Prepared For Success. Why Aren’t Station Groups Helping Them?

Newly minted TV station general managers are often thrown into their jobs with little or no training. It seems like a needless risk for station groups to take with their multimillion-dollar profit centers.

Gray Names New GMs At WIS And WTVY-WRGX

Robby Thomas is tapped to oversee WIS Columbia, S.C., while he will be succeeded as GM of WTVY-WRGX Dothan, Ala., by Valerie Russell.

Telemundo Names New Station GMs

Jose Flores, GM at KTLM McAllen, Texas, now adds KTMD Houston to his portfolio, while Patricia Buchanan moves from sales VP at KTMD to GM of KVDA San Antonio and KASA Albuquerque, N.M.

Glenn Coleman Upped To President-GM Of KXLN Houston

He is bumped up from VP-station manager to lead Univision’s television, radio, digital, community, and social media properties in Houston.

Betsy Keefe Named GM Of WSAW Wausau, Wis.

Gray Television promotes her from general sales manager to succeed the retiring Al Lancaster as head of the CBS affiliate.

NBCUniversal Names New GMs For NBC And Telemundo Stations In Dallas And Hartford

Tony Canales will lead KXAS-KXTX in Dallas-Fort Worth, while Hank Guerrero is tapped to oversee WVIT and WRDM in Hartford, Conn.

Todd Bernstein Named VP-GM Of WJLA Washington

Sinclair promotes him from station manager to oversee its ABC affiliate and cable news channel in D.C.

Peter Noll Named GM Of West Tennessee Public Television

WLJT, West Tennessee Public Television, has chosen Peter Noll to be the station’s new general manager and CEO, effective immediately. He joins from WNBJ, the NBC and CW affiliates in Jackson, Tenn., where he was GM.

Gray Promotes Collin Gaston To SVP And Ups Jason Mathews To WBRC GM

Gaston will have oversight of Gray stations in the South, Texas and Colorado. He will be succeeded as head of WBRC Birmingham, Ala., by Jason Mathews, that station’s current general sales manager.

Michael Lewis Named GM Of Fox’s Phoenix Duopoly

The station group brings him in from KTBC Austin, Texas, to lead KSAZ and KUTP following Mark Rodman’s retirement after 24 years with Fox Television Stations.

Gray Names Curtis Miles GM Of Kansas City Duopoly

He moves from WAOW Wausau, Wis., to oversee KCTV and KSMO in Kansas City.

Jaime Sayre Kawaja Upped To GM Of WFLX West Palm Beach

Gray taps the general sales manager of its WKYT Lexington, Ky., to lead operations at its Florida Fox affiliate.

Camie Nicholas Named VP-GM Of KSAS-KMTW Wichita

Sinclair chooses the Kansas stations’ general sales manager to take over leadership.

John Manzi Named GM Of Sinclair Chico Stations

The former VP-GM of the station group’s Wichita, Kan., duopoly will oversee KRCR, KRVU, KUCO and KCVU in California.

Marsha Fogarty Upped To WTOC Savannah GM

Gray promotes the Georgia CBS affiliate’s general sales manager to oversee all operations.

Valerie Koonce Named GM Of KBOI-KYUU Boise

Sinclair moves her from KUTV Salt Lake City where she was marketing sales manager to lead operations at its Idaho CBS-CW duopoly.

Steve Carlston Named KTTV-KCOP GM

The veteran broadcaster and former KNBC GM is succeeding Bill Lamb as head of the Fox Los Angeles duopoly.

Ashley Parker Named GM Of Graham’s KSAT

Graham Media Group on Wednesday promoted Ashley Parker to vice president and general manager of KSAT, its ABC affiliate in San Antonio, Texas, effective Oct. 1. Parker replaces Phil Lane, who was recently named VP-GM of Graham’s KPRC Houston. Parker has been at KSAT’s general sales manager since 2013. In her 19 years at the […]

Bill Lamb, KTTV-KCOP General Manager, To Retire

The veteran head of Fox’s Los Angeles duopoly will step down on Oct. 3 after a career of 50 years in television.

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WBRZ Baton Rouge GM Daboval Retires After 40 Years, Schmaltz Succeeds Him

WBRZ, the ABC affiliate in Baton Rouge, La., owned by the Manship family, announced that Rocky Daboval, the station’s general manager, is retiring in January 2023. He will be succeeded by the station’s news director Trey Schmaltz.

Chris Protzman To Lead Lockwood’s Knoxville Duopoly

The veteran Knoxville executive is chosen to succeed Neal Davis as GM of WTNZ (Fox) and WKNX (independent).

Michelle Robinson Harper And Shelly Hill Crawford To Lead WBTV Charlotte

Harper moves from WHBQ Memphis to lead Gray’s CBS affiliate in North Carolina, while Crawford is promoted to the new position of WBTV station manager.

Gray Makes Station Management Changes

Following the resignation of SVP-Local Media Tim Ingram, 10 individuals have been promoted to oversee operations as regional VP/general managers.

Gray Names New GMs In Wichita, Springfield

David Herrmann is promoted to general manager of KWCH-KSCW in Wichita, Kan., while Patience Hettrick is upped to general manager of WGGB/WSHM-LD in Springfield, Mass.

Diana Wilkin Named GM Of KOKH-KOCB Oklahoma City

The veteran broadcast exec will oversee operations at Sinclair Broadcast Group’s Fox-CW duopoly in Oklahoma.

Cory Gylock Upped To VP-GM Of WLAX-WEUX La Crosse

Nexstar promotes the stations’ general sales manager to succeed Judson Beck  as leader of the Wisconsin Fox outlets.

KMTV Omaha Names Lisa Volenec VP-GM

Scripps promotes her from local sales manager and an interactive account executive at KNXV Phoenix to oversee its Nebraska CBS affiliate.

Melissa Jones Named VP-GM Of WDTN Dayton

The television veteran will oversee all operations of Nexstar’s Ohio NBC affiliate, succeeding Joe Abouzeid.

Joni Rippen Named VP-GM Of KHGI-KFXL Lincoln

Sinclair moves her up from general sales manager to the top spot at its Nebraska ABC-Fox duopoly.