Matt Garrett Named KOMU General Manager
The NBC-CW affiliate makes the position permanent after he has served as interim head of the University of Missouri-owned station since last November.
Nexstar Names Andrew Wyatt Hagerstown GM
Nexstar Media Group on Monday appointed Andrew Wyatt vice president and general manager of WDVM and associated digital services including LocalDVM.com, serving Central and Western Maryland, South Central Pennsylvania, the Eastern […]
The station group taps former Telemundo Boston executive Alexander von Lichtenberg to lead its Fox affiliate WFFF, WVNY and MyChamplainValley.com.
Hubbard Names Richard Reingold WHEC VP-GM
The former GM of WCTI New Bern, N.C., takes over leadership of the Rochester, N.Y., NBC affiliate on July 23.
KPHO-KTVK GM Ed Munson To Retire
After 40 years in broadcast TV, he will step down as head of Meredith’s Phoenix duopoly on Sept. 7. A search is underway for his successor.
Bobby Springer To Become KHOU VP-GM
Tegna taps the KUSA executive to succeed the retiring Susan McEldoon as head of its CBS affiliate in Houston next year.
Each of these four individuals succeeds a regional VP-GM who, until now, have been running a local station as well as overseeing additional Gray television stations. The former RVPs will now oversee Gray television stations on a full-time basis in the new position of television vice presidents.
Tegna moves him up from sales director at KENS San Antonio to run its CBS affiliate in Arkansas.
Charles Cusimano New WSNN VP-GM
Citadel promotes him from station manager to the top slot at its Sarasota operation.
TV station exec Mark Pimentel will lead News-Press Gazette’s TV and radio stations including KRDO and KTLO.
WAFB Names Ronna Corrente VP-GM
Raycom chooses the former GM of WDKY Lexington, Ky., to succeed Lee Meredith at its CBS affiliate in Baton Rouge, La.
CBS picks the former GM of WHEC Rochester, N.Y., to succeed the retired Marty Wilke as head of its Chicago O&O.
James Hanning Upped To GM At WNWO
Sinclair moves him from GSM in Omaha, Neb., to lead its NBC affiliate in Toledo, Ohio.
ABC Taps O’Connell As WABC New York GM
The company promotes her from EVP, sales and marketing, of Disney|ABC’s consolidated advertising sales group.
Joe Antonelli Named VP-GM Of WGBA-WACY
Scripps picks the sales director of its WFTX Fort Myers, Fla., to lead its NBC-MNT duopoly in Green Bay, Wis.
Tom Cibrowski Named GM Of ABC’s KGO
He moves from SVP of ABC news programs, news gathering and special events to take over the top spot at the San Francisco O&O.
Sinclair Ups Jennifer Rieffer To WDKY GM
She joined the Lexington, Ky. Fox affiliate in 1995 and has been local sales manager since 2013.
It’s a return for the Raycom station’s new leader who was news director there from 2008 to 2015.
John Hesslein Upped To WGGB VP-GM
Meredith promotes the news director at its Springfield, Mass., station that airs CBS, ABC and Fox programming and is branded as Western Mass News.
She joined Meredith’s Connecticut CBS affiliate as an intern in 1995 and rose to become news director in 2006. She succeeds Klarn DePalma.
The longtime local television executive who’s led Raycom’s CBS affiliate for four years started his career as a reporter.
KHOU GM Susan McEldoon Sets Retirement
She joined the Tegna Houston CBS affiliate in 2004 as sales director and moved into the GM slot in 2007.
Station GM and television sales executive Larry Strumwasser moves from Sinclair’s Milwaukee stations to lead its Vegas duo of KSNV and KVCW.
Marty Wilke To Retire As WBBM President-GM
She has led the CBS O&O in Chicago since October 2012. Her last day will be March 23 and a successor has not yet been named.
WRAL-WRAZ GM Steven Hammel To Retire
Later this year he will leave the Capitol Broadcasting Raleigh, N.C., NBC-Fox duopoly after 10 years.
The sales exec moves up to the top spot overseeing KBOI (CBS) and KYUU-LP (CW).
The former ABC and Waypoint Media executive is now overseeing the NBC affiliate in Tennessee.
Chris Conroy Named KFVS-WQWQ VP-GM
Raycom Media moves the TV executive from its KAIT Jonesboro, Ark., to lead its Cape Girardeau, Mo. CBS-CW duopoly.
Mark Mendenhall Upped To VP-GM Of WECT
The former general sales manager takes over the top slot at Raycom’s NBC affiliate in Wilmington, N.C., following the retirement of Gary McNair.
KOAT GM Mary Lynn Roper To Retire
The pioneering TV news executive caps a nearly five-decade broadcasting career including 25 years at helm of Hearst’s ABC affiliate in Albuquerque.
He’s stepping down after a long career, much of it with the ABC Owned Station Group. Davis started his career in broadcast news as a news photographer in 1977 at KTRK, the ABC O&O in Houston. He was first named president-GM of WABC in 2003. From 2007 to 2010, he was EVP of ABC News. In 2010, he returned to WABC as president-GM.
The Citadel ABC affiliate promotes from within find new general manager, local sales manager, traffic manager, director of broadcast operations and promotion director.
Spanish-language broadcaster LBI Media brings MundoMax exec to oversee the recently acquired station that launches Estrella TV affiliation and adds local newscasts in March.
The station group chooses Native Iowan Mary Ann Johnson to Lead its ABC-CW duo of WOI and KCWI.
Teri Monahan Promoted To GM At WMDT
Marquee Broadcasting moves up its sales manager to succeed the retiring Kathleen McLain at its Salisbury, Md., ABC affiliate and Azteca America LPTV.
William Ballard New Sinclair Myrtle Beach GM
The 27-year TV veteran will oversee ABC affiliate WPDE and CW affil WWMB in South Carolina.
Telemundo Picks New GM For AZ Stations
Andrew Deschapelles, the interim vice president and general manager of KTAZ Phoenix and KHRR Tucson, now gets the job permanently.
Kate Morris Named GM Of Tegna Idaho Duo
She is promoted from executive news director to succeed Doug Armstrong who is retiring as president and general manager of its KTVB Boise and KTFT Twin Falls.
Julie Zoumbaris Tapped To Lead WNEM
Meredith picks the broadcast sales executive to succeed the retiring Al Blinke as VP-GM of its Flint-Saginaw, Mich., CBS affiliate.
The head of sales for WLEX Lexington, Ky., will now oversee the Toledo, Ohio, ABC affiliate, succeeding Pete Veto, who will continue in his role as GM of WJRT Flint, Mich.