WBRZ, the ABC affiliate in Baton Rouge, La., owned by the Manship family, announced that Rocky Daboval, the station’s general manager, is retiring in January 2023. He will be succeeded by the station’s news director Trey Schmaltz.
The veteran Knoxville executive is chosen to succeed Neal Davis as GM of WTNZ (Fox) and WKNX (independent).
Harper moves from WHBQ Memphis to lead Gray’s CBS affiliate in North Carolina, while Crawford is promoted to the new position of WBTV station manager.
Following the resignation of SVP-Local Media Tim Ingram, 10 individuals have been promoted to oversee operations as regional VP/general managers.
David Herrmann is promoted to general manager of KWCH-KSCW in Wichita, Kan., while Patience Hettrick is upped to general manager of WGGB/WSHM-LD in Springfield, Mass.
The veteran broadcast exec will oversee operations at Sinclair Broadcast Group’s Fox-CW duopoly in Oklahoma.
Exclusives
Nexstar promotes the stations’ general sales manager to succeed Judson Beck as leader of the Wisconsin Fox outlets.
Scripps promotes her from local sales manager and an interactive account executive at KNXV Phoenix to oversee its Nebraska CBS affiliate.
The television veteran will oversee all operations of Nexstar’s Ohio NBC affiliate, succeeding Joe Abouzeid.
Sinclair moves her up from general sales manager to the top spot at its Nebraska ABC-Fox duopoly.
The veteran leader of Lockwood Broadcast Group’s Tennessee duopoly will end his 33-year career on Aug. 5.
Scripps moves him from senior director of news at its WXYZ-WMYD Detroit to oversee its Nevada ABC affiliate.
The veteran TV station executive will succeed Chris Fedele in overseeing Gray Television’s Ohio ABC affiliate.
Sinclair Broadcast Group promotes the sales director to lead its CBS-CW duopoly in the New York state capital.
The media, advertising and marketing executive will oversee operations at the Scripps CBS affiliates in Bozeman-Butte, Mont., beginning next month.
NBCUniversal Local moves the promotion exec from WNBC New York to lead the NBC-Telemundo duo.
He moves from KDAF Dallas to oversee the Tegna ABC and NBC duopoly in southeast Texas.
The station group moves him from WTVG Toledo, Ohio, to oversee WPTA and WISE in Indiana.
The ABC Owned Television Stations promotes the station veteran from VP of community engagement and development to succeed Chad Matthews as head of the New York flagship.
The station group taps Mark Danielson, Joe Abouzeid and Judson Beck to lead six stations in the four markets.
Scripps moves him to Texas from KMTV Omaha, Neb., to succeed Andrés Chapparo who is now GM of its WSFL Miami.
Gray Television moves the sales executive from its WMC Memphis to oversee operations of its Indiana NBC affiliate.
NBCUniversal moves him from its NBC-Telemundo duopoly in San Diego to become the first GM to oversee both of its Los Angeles stations.
She moves from WVUE New Orleans to succeed Denise Vickers as head of Lockwood Broadcast Group’s Georgia Fox affiliate.
Gray Television moves him from WNDU South Bend, Ind., to succeed Ronna Corrente as head of its Kentucky NBC affiliate.
Scripps is moving him from its Waco, Texas, duo to oversee its CW affiliate in South Florida.
The appointment by Sinclair is in addition to his duties overseeing its Fox affiliates in Columbia, S.C., and Albany, Ga.
Word is that not one, but two general managers are now out of a job in Los Angeles. Leaving soon will be Steve Carlston, who joined KNBC back in September of 2011, as well as Celia Chavez, who joined KVEA (Telemundo) as GM in 2012.
Sinclair Broadcast Group moves her up from local sales manager at the Gainesville, Fla., duo to lead them as well as its Fox affiliate in Savannah, Ga.
The Sinclair management veteran will run WEAR and WFGX in Pensacola, Fla., and also oversee WPMI-WJTC in Mobile, Ala.
She joins the CBS O&O from the company’s KDKA-WPCW Pittsburgh where she’s been news director for the last three-and-a-half years.
Tegna promotes him from director of sales to succeed the retiring Jim Toellner as head of the NBC affiliate.
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The former senior director of news and content at Spectrum News 1 in Los Angeles will oversee KPIX and KBCW beginning March 28.
The media sales veteran will oversee Fox affiliate WSMH as well as WEYI (NBC) and WBSF (CW) for which Sinclair provides services.
The former director of content at WTSP Tampa is tapped to lead CBS News and Stations’ CBS-CW duopoly.
Gray Television promotes the marketing director of it Cleveland stations to oversee its CBS affiliate in Tucson, Ariz.
The former WTIC-WCCT Orlando general manager is tapped to lead Tegna’s Fox-CW duopoly in Hartford, Conn.
Morgan Murphy Media hires the former KOLD sales director to oversee the ABC affiliate and its satellite in Washington state.
