She will oversee two TVs and two FMs in the market. She has been the Texas group’s sales director.
Veteran Alabama broadcast and sales management executive Jesse Grear will oversee the station group’s CBS and CW affiliates — WKRG and WFNA — in Mobile, Ala.-Pensacola, Fla.
He joins KSHB-KMCI Kansas City from WKRN Nashville and is succeeding the retiring Brian Bracco.
The former journalist and station executive is tapped to oversee Meredith’s Fox affiliate effective April 10.
Nexstar Ups Jim Dodrill To GM Of WBOY
He moves from general sales manager to oversee the NBC-ABC affiliate in Clarksburg-Weston, W.Va.
The long-time TV news and management executive has served as president and general manager of CBS Television Stations’ properties in San Francisco since 2012.
Nexstar Names Carol Ward Norfolk GM
The broadcasting and sales management executive with more than 25 years of local media experience is promoted to lead its duopoly of WAVY (NBC) WVBT (Fox).
Tegna Taps Mike Rodriguez To Head WTSP
The former Univision and Telemundo executive is the new GM of Tegna’s CBS affiliate in Miami.
Nexstar Names Jeffrey West GM Of WBTW
The general sales manager of the group’s CBS-MNT affiliate in Myrtle Beach-Florence, S.C., moves up to replace Randy Ingram who has moved to Nexstar’s Indianapolis duopoly.
New GMs At Nexstar’s WATE, WCIA-WCIX
The station group promotes Coby Cooper to lead WATE Knoxville, Tenn., He’s succeeded as GM of WCIA-WCIX Champaign, Ill., by Gary Hackler, the duo’s former sales director.
Fran McRae-Posey Named GM Of KLFY
The Louisiana native and longtime sales management executive is tapped by Nexstar to lead its Lafayette, La., CBS affiliate.
Nexstar Names GMs In Little Rock, Odessa
Veteran Nexstar local broadcasting and sales management executive Kyle King moves from KMID Odessa-Midland, Texas, to lead KARK and KARZ in Little Rock, Ark., as well as two other stations run under a JOA. He’s succeeded at KMID by Michael Lee, VP-GM of KXXV Waco-Temple-Bryan, Texas.
Gray Appoints Four New General Managers
It makes top leadership changes at its stations in Davenport, Iowa; Lincoln, Neb.; North Platte, Neb.; Marquette, Mich.; and Parkersburg, W.Va.
E.W. Scripps chooses the former GM of WATE Knoxville, Tenn., to head its ABC affiliate in Colorado.
The local TV and sales management executive is tapped by Nexstar to oversee its KSNT (NBC) and KTMJ (Fox) operations as well as Vaughan Media’s ABC-CW affil KTKA.
Joe Hengemuehler Named KOLD VP-GM
Raycom promotes the Tucson CBS affiliate’s former news director from interim GM to succeed the retired GM Nick Ulmer.
Gray Soapes Named VP-GM of WCBD
The Charleston native and former Nexstar sales management executive returns home to lead the NBC-CW affiliate and associated digital services.
Byron Grandy Tapped As GM of WNCN
The broadcasting Executive with more than 30 years of experience Joins Nexstar from KMGH Denver to lead Nexstar’s CBS affiliate in Raleigh, N.C.
Nexstar Names Larry Cottrill GM Of WRIC
The local broadcast exec moves from the company’s WBOY Clarksburg, W.Va., to take over operations at the Richmond, Va. ABC affiliate.
Leon Clark Made Permanent KGUN-KWBA GM
The head of Scripps’ radio properties in Tucson now is in charge of its ABC-CW duopoly there.
Gray Names GMs In Augusta, Harrisonburg
Mike Oates and Sacha Purciful will oversee duopolies of WRDW-WAGT and WHSV-WSVF, respectively.
He gets promoted from station manager/sales director of WWJ and WKBD to vice president and general manager.
WTAP GM Roger Sheppard Retiring In March
Roger Sheppard, long-time general manager of Gray Television’s NBC affiliate in Parkersburg, W.Va., says he’s going to retire on March 3 after nearly 30 years at the station.
The Nexstar executive with 20-plus years of broadcast sales and management experience moves from Jacksonville, Fla., to run operations in Savannah.
Steve Daniloff, an executive with more than 25 years of local broadcasting and sales management experience, is promoted to VP-GM of WBRE and WYOU. He succeeds Robert Bee who has been promoted to VP-GM of Nexstar’s ABC affiliate WHTM Harrisburg, Pa.
The station group moves him from its KASW Phoenix to oversee the Portland CBS affiliate.
The group owner taps Richard Graziano, a veteran broadcast and digital executive, to run its Connecticut ABC-MNT duopoly of WTNH-WCTX .
New Nexstar GMs In San Fran., Indianapolis
Christopher McDonnell will oversee KRON San Francisco and Randy Ingram will head the Indianapolis duopoly of WISH-WNDY.
GM Jim Prather Gone From KTNV
Prather left the Scripps-owned ABC affil in Las Vegas last Monday after working there for more than 25 years. Scripps wouldn’t say why he left.
Local broadcasting and sales management executive Eric Thomas will move from Nexstar’s KLBK Lubbock, Texas, to lead WGMB (FOX), WBRL (CW).
WBIR Taps David Hunt As President-GM
The Tegna sports exec will replace the retiring Jeff Lee as head of the group’s NBC affiliate in Knoxville, Tenn.
Tegna moves him from the top sales post at its KUSA Denver to run its Phoenix NBC affiliate.
Diane Masciale Named GM Of WLIW
Diane Masciale has been named VP-GM of WLIW, the PBS station on Long Island. Masciale will also be the executive producer of local productions for New York noncom WNET.
Caldwell New GM Of Bonten’s Texas Stations
Bonten’s 29-year veteran David Caldwell will oversee KTXS and KTES-LP Abilene and KTXE San Angelo following the death of Bud Brown.
Jimmy Cromwell Named VP-GM Of WIAT
Media General moves the veteran broadcast executive from head of its Mississippi stations in Jackson and Hattiesburg to run its CBS affiliate in Birmingham, Ala.
The Hearst Television executive returns to Ohio to succeed Richard Dyer as head of the company’s Cincinnati’s NBC affiliate.
Traci Scott Wilkinson Named GM Of KASW
The former KSAZ-KUTP Phoenix sales executive is moving across town to run Nexstar’s CW affiliate.
Richard Dyer Named President-GM Of WUSA
The head of WLWT Cincinnati is tapped by Tegna to lead its CBS affiliate in Washington. His resume includes an earlier stint at WUSA as VP-station manager.
Alicia Elsner Named KSDK President-GM
A 19-year veteran of Tegna’s NBC affiliate in St. Louis, she succeeds Marv Danielski.
KMGH GM Brad Remington To Retire
Brad Remington, VP-GM of Scripps-owned ABC affiliate KMGH Denver (DMA 17), plans to retire in mid-December, the station announced Wednesday. During his time as GM, KMGH said, “he has led new branding efforts, grown community partnerships and increased KMGH’s strong commitment to investigative reporting.” Remington said he looks forward to spending more time with his wife of 39 years, Nan, and their children and grandchildren. KMGH said the search for his replacement begins immediately.