general managers

American Spirit Media promotes the sales manager of its Richmond, Va., CW affil to head up the station.

He succeeds Jeff Block as head of the San Diego ABC affiliate, movingup from the station manager slot.

This summer, he will step down from the top spot at Hearst’s Orlando stations, concluding a broadcasting career of more than 40 years. Carter’s successor will be announced at a future date.

The broadcast sales veteran is tapped to oversee the Fox affiliate operated by Raycom in Jackson, Miss.

Raycom chooses the former GM of WJHL Johnson City, Tenn., to succeed the retiring Rita Scott as head of its CBS affiliate in Charleston, S.C.

Gray installs the broadcast veteran to oversee its CBS affiliate in Roanoke-Lynchburg, Va. He succeeds Jeffrey Marks who moved up to a Gray corporate position.

TV veteran Ward Huey will lead Nexstar’s operations including KETK, KFXK, KFXL, KLPN and MyEastTex.com.

The head of Raycom’s CBS affiliate in South Carolina is ending her 38-year broadcasting career today.

Raycom moves him from the VP-GM slot at WDAM Harriesburg, Miss., to oversee the CBS affiliate in Shreveport, La.

Harold Cooper no longer works as GM of Sinclair-owned Charleston, W.Va., ABC and Fox affiliates WCHS and WVAH. A station spokesperson says Cooper resigned, but declined to comment.

The former local sales manager at Media General’s WATE Knoxville is tapped to oversee Raycom’s Fox affiliate in the market.

The 26-year veteran of Tegna’s ABC affiliate moves to the top slot succeeding the retiring Maria Barrs.

The group owner moves John Nizamis from head of WNWO Toledo, Ohio, to lead WSBT South Bend, Ind., and promotes Charity Freeman to succeed him.

Media General promotes him from general sales manager at its Iowa NBC affiliate to the top slot, succeeding Ken Freedman.

Todd Harrison, a former TV and cable ad executive, will oversee management of NBC affils WPBN-WTOM as well as ABC stations WGTU-WGTQ under a JSA.

Tribune brings in the former president of Sunflower Broadcasting to lead the Fox-CW operations in Colorado.

He moves up from general sales manager to the top slot at the Lockwood Broadcast Group’s Knoxville indie.

The appointment follows completion of Nexstar’s previously announced acquisition of four CBS affiliates: KXMB, KXMC, KSMA and KXMD for $44 million.

Media General promotes the Fort Wayne, Ind., CBS affiliate’s sales director to succeed the retiring Alan Riebe.

Sinclair moves up the Georgia Fox affil’s general sales manager to the top slot.

Joan Barrett, president-GM of the Wichita, Kan., CBS affiliate, told her staff on Wednesday that she will be leaving after the station is sold to Gray Television. Gray previously agreed to buy KWCH  and other TV and radio stations from Schurz Communications. The sale is expected to close Feb. 1.

The Telemundo Station Group chooses the former creative services director at WTVJ Miami to oversee its San Antonio operation.

Tribune promotes the station manager of its San Diego Fox affiliate to the top management position.

Jeffrey Marks, the president-GM of CBS affiliate WDBJ Roanoke, Va., who guided the station through the shock, mourning and recovery that followed the on-air killings of two employees last year, will leave Roanoke’s top-rated TV station for a role with its new owner, Gray Television, as director of talent development.

Media General moves the head of its Wichita NBC affiliate to take over leadership of its CBS affil in Birmingham, Ala., following the promotion of Helen Swenson.

Raycom chooses the GM of its Knoxville, Tenn., Fox affil to lead its ABC station in Wichita Falls, Texas-Lawton, Okla.

Lockwood is moving its Knoxville GM to succeed Brad Moses as head of the Kansas ABC affil when the deal for KAKE closes, anticipated to be at year’s end.

The longtime Hearst Television news executive is tapped to succeed the retiring Stuart Kellogg as VP-GM of the group’s ABC affiliate in Mississippi.

The TV executive with more than 22 years of experience will lead the Evansville, Ind., ABC affiliate and also oversee CW affil WTVW under an outsourcing agreement.

He takes over the top spot at Raycom’s Savannah CBS affil from Scott Dempsey who moves to the company’s WBTV Charlotte, N.C.

The CBS affiliate’s former business manager and media operations manager succeeds Tom Keeler at Sinclair’s Harlingen-Weslaco-Brownsville-McAllen, Texas, station

At the Norfolk, Va., CBS-CW duopoly owned by Dreamcatcher Broadcasting and operated by Tribune, Skip Valet becomes VP-GM, while Ryan Minnaugh is named news director.

The leader of Hearst’s ABC affiliate since 1991 will retire at year’s end, following 40 years in television that began while still a student at Syracuse University.

Raycom moves him from WTOC Savannah to succeed the promoted Nick Simonette as VP-GM of the North Carolina CBS affiliate.

Tribune’s California Fox affiliate promotes its veteran sales director.

Veteran broadcasting executive Craig Marrs will lead WFFF, WVNY and MyChamplainValley.com.

Tegna taps the sales director at its WFAA Dallas to head its CBS affiliate in San Antonio.

The industry executive and Montana native with 16 years of local broadcasting experience will succeed Sandra Zoldowski at the top of KSVI, KHMT and YourBigSky.com.

The former Meredith Corp. executive takes over Fox’s WJZY and WMYT in North Carolina.

The current sales chief for Univision’s Salt Lake City operations is bumped up to vice president and general manager, adding those responsibilities to his oversight of the company’s Bakersfield, Calif., stations.