Veteran broadcaster Lyle Banks will oversee CBS affiliate WGCL and independent WPCH beginning today. He succeeds Mark Pimentel, who held the post for two years.
Tegna Taps Brad Ramsey For WFAA GM
The former Tegna exec returns to succeed the retiring Michael Devlin as head of the Dallas ABC affiliate.
Sinclair Names New GMs In Three Markets
Robert Truman is promoted at KATU-KUNP Portland, Ore.; Dean Radla becomes GM of WOAI San Antonio; while Matt Kaplowitz is upped at KFOX-KDBC El Paso, Texas.
Sinclair Names GMs In Greensboro, New Bern
Matt Bowman is tapped to lead WCTI and WYDO in New Bern-Greenville-Jacksonville, N.C. He will be succeeded at WXLV-WMYV Greensboro-Winston Salem, N.C., by those stations’ Sales Director Allison Aldridge.
Hardin Moves Up At WVLT-WBXX To GM
Gray promotes Jasmine Hatcher Hardin from within its Knoxville, Tenn., duopoly to find a successor to retiring Chris Baker.
The local TV veteran with more than 35 years of experience is tapped to succeed Andy Alford as leader of WFLA (NBC) and WTTA (MNT) effective immediately.
Exclusives
José “Joe” Ramos, president and general manager of WAPA San Juan, P.R., for the past 20 years, announced he will retire in the first half of 2018. Hemisphere Media Group, owner of WAPA since 2013, has named Javier Maynulet as Ramos’ successor.
Michelle Donaldson To Be New KOB GM
Hubbard Broadcasting promotes the news director of its Albuquerque NBC affiliate to succeed the retiring Mike Burgess next month.
Cox Names Jason Meder GM Of WFTV-WRDQ
He joins the Orlando ABC-indie duo from a 16-year stint at the company’s Tampa, Fla., radio division.
Cukyne Out As KCTV GM, Poduska In
Mike Cukyne, who has been general manager for the last three years at Meredith’s Kansas City CBS affiliate, has been replaced by Chuck Poduska, who has been with Meredith, in various positions, for 35 years.
The Scripps CBS affiliate adds the top management post to his previous duties as sales director.
The TV sales and management veteran will lead the NBC affiliate in Jackson, Tenn.
WSB GM Tim McVay Announces Retirement
He’s stepping down from the Cox Atlanta ABC affiliate and leaving broadcasting after 39 years in the business.
The new head of ABC affiliates KVII and KVIH had worked there earlier in her career.
The leader of Meredith’s CBS affiliate in Flint- Saginaw, Mich., is stepping down after four decades in the broadcasting industry.
WFAA Chief Mike Devlin Retiring At Year’s End
WFAA president and general manager Mike Devlin is retiring from the station at the end of the year. Devlin has been at the Tegna-owned ABC affiliate since 2005, when he joined from KHOU Houston.
CBS Television Stations chooses the former GM of KSNV-KVCW Las Vegas to succeed the retiring Jay Newman as head of its Baltimore O&O.
WFXT GM Tom Raponi Announces Retirement
The head of Cox Media Group’s Fox affiliate in Boston will leave at the end of this year.
Kelley Easby-Smith Is New KJNB GM
The CBS/Fox affiliate in Arkansas promotes her from regional sales director and acting GM.
Nexstar Names Sean Banks GM West Virginia
The management and sales executive with more than 20 Years of broadcasting experience returns to WOWK in Charleston-Huntington where he was held sales positions from 2005 to 2014.
Jonathan Mitchell Named VP-GM of WMC
The local TV veteran will oversee Raycom’s NBC affiliate in Memphis.
Jaimie León Named WSLS General Manager
Graham Media promotes her from business manager at its KSAT San Antonio to oversee its NBC affiliate in Roanoke, Va.
The former GM of WHO Des Moines will succeed the retired Doreen Wade as head of Meredith’s NBC affiliate.
The former Media General and LIN executive will oversee KOVR and KMAX following Kevin Walsh’s move to San Francisco.
Scripps Hires Darryll Green As WFTX GM
The former GM of WUSA Washington and radio executive is tapped to lead the Fox affiliate in Fort Myers, Fla.
Jay Newman To Retire As WJZ-TV GM
He will step down from the CBS’s Baltimore O&O in September after 34 years with CBS and 44 in broadcasting.
The Wisconsin ABC affiliate owned by Quincy Media has tapped Curtis Miles to oversee the ABC affiliate. He joins from WLS Chicago.
The veteran Rochester broadcasting executive is promoted from sales director to succeed the retiring vice president-general manager Louis Gattozzi at the Nexstar station.
Gray Names Four New General Managers
The group owner promotes Jay Barton, Kim Lee, Alan Chatman and Eric Krebs to the top spots in Burlington, Vt.; Bangor, Maine; Gainesville, Fla.; and Charlottesville, Va.
The veteran local TV broadcaster moves from Bend, Ore., to oversee WOOD (NBC), WOTV (ABC) and WXSP.
The head of Meredith’s Nashville NBC affiliate will step down next month after 39 years in local TV. From 2002 until 2011, she was president of the Freedom Broadcast Group. A search is underway for her successor in Nashville.
Scripps is moving the broadcast and digital media veteran from KMTV Omaha to lead its Nevada ABC affiliate beginning next month.
Nexstar Names Tracey Rogers WKRN VP-GM
The Tennessee native and TV news and management veteran returns to Nashville to lead Nexstar’s ABC affiliate there.
The CBS Television Stations executive returns to Bay Area following nine years in Sacramento to oversee KPIX and KBCW, plus KSTW Seattle. He succeeds the retiring Bruno Cohen.
Melissa Covarrubias Named GM Of KYAZ
The former Univision executive will oversee Azteca America’s operations in Houston.
The CBS-CW affiliate’s long-time leader Jim Lutton will retire in July and be succeeded by Fred Corbus, the current sales director.
Chris Wayland Named New WPIX SVP-GM
The Tribune Broadcasting executive will succeed Greg Easterly in running the group’s CW affiliate in New York.
The former news director will oversee the group’s WBND, WCWW and WMYS.
Tracy Brogden Miller Upped To WDAF GM
Tribune chooses the Kansas City Fox affiliate’s news director to succeed the retiring Cheryl McDonald.
Nexstar Names Guy Jackson, Hattiesburg GM
Jeffrey Guy, a broadcast executive with 28 years of sales and management experience, moves from South Bend’s WBND, WCWW and WMYS to oversee two Mississippi stations.
