general managers

The broadcaster will oversee WSMH (Fox), WEYI (NBC) and WBSF (CW) in DMA 74.

The station group moves her from its KIVI Boise, Idaho, to oversee its Fox affiliate in Idaho.

WTVA General Mnager Danny Walker died Sunday after a lengthy illness. He was 59. Walker was named GM of the Allen Media NBC and ABC affiliate in Columbus, Miss., in 2020 after more than four years as the station’s director of sales.

The station group promotes him to succeed David Hughes as leader of its West Virginia NBC-CW duopoly.

The station group is moving him from Charleston-Huntington, W.Va., to succeed Matt Moran as leader of the CBS-CW duopoly in Ohio.

The Fox Television Stations veteran will step down at the end of June after leading the company’s Chicago duopoly for 10 years and serving FTS for 26 years.

Sinclair Broadcast Group promotes him from station manager to oversee the duo, succeeding the retiring Jon Lawhead.

The broadcast sales executive with more than 25 years of in-market experience will oversee WJBF and its website, mobile apps, and related social media channels, succeeding the retiring Bill Stewart.

The best general manages put in the hard work of learning sales processes and understanding the details. Those willing to make that effort are always rewarded on the bottom line.

KARE President-GM Bill Dallman announced that he is leaving Tegna’s Minneapolis NBC affiliate nearly two years to the day he arrived. In a memo obtained by TVSpy, Dallman told staff they’d be hearing from Tegna Senior Vice President Larry Delia about what’s next.

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

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, 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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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, […]

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