Shammas was part of the original team that re-launched WUVG Atlanta for Univision in 2002. It was the market’s first Spanish-language stations. Most recently he was GM of WKTB, the Telemundo affiliate in Atlanta.
Audra Swain has departed WJZ Baltimore, where she was VP and general manager. Adrienne Roark, CBS Stations president, will run the station as the search for a successor is underway.
Kevin Walsh, president and general manager of KPIX-KBCW San Francisco, has announced his retirement from the CBS-owned stations. His last day is Feb. 26. He spent almost 17 years in the CBS group.
She joins from GM of WGCL Atlanta to succeed Justin Draper in leading the CBS News and Stations CBS-CW duopoly in California’s capital.
The Texas television veteran will step down from the News-Press & Gazette ABC affiliate at the end of May and will be succeeded by current news director Brenda De Anda-Swann.
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The 26-year Cox Media Group veteran will oversee TV, radio and digital operations in Dayton.
The station group promotes Shaun Newell at WMBD Peoria, Ill., and Joe McGuire at WRBL Columbus, Ga. Both are CBS affiliates.
The station group promotes her from business development manager at its KHOU Houston to succeed the retiring Bruce Cummings.
She succeeds Bryce Caldwell, who assumed the GM position at WHNS (Fox) in Greenville-Spartanburg, S.C. (DMA 38), upon Gray’s acquisition of Meredith Corp. last month.
The 28-year Hearst veteran is chosen to lead the NBC affiliate in central Pennsylvania, advancing from general sales manager to succeed Justin Antoniotti, who has moved to Hearst’s Kansas City duopoly.
The veteran executive with a successful record of managing Hearst duopolies is appointed to lead the company’s Missouri ABC-CW duopoly.
He succeeds Eric Duncan as head of the CBS affiliate, after Duncan was moved to Gray’s WALA Mobile, Ala., to be GM.
He moves from Tegna WTIC-WCCT Hartford, Conn., to take over leadership of Hubbard’s NBC and MNT outlets in New York’s capital.
He will be succeeded as general sales manager at the Hearst ABC affiliate in Mississippi by Ayanna Carver.
Nexstar Media Group promotes the experienced company veteran to lead its NBC-CW affiliate in Georgia.
The veteran executive and leader caps a TV career that includes 15 years at Hearst Television.
The broadcasting executive with 20+ years of in-market experience will lead the Nexstar CBS affiliate in Louisiana.
She will take over leadership of the Cincinnati Fox affiliate from Debbie Bush, who moves to head the company’s Phoenix duopoly once the Meredith acquisition closes, expected on Dec. 1.
The appointments of Matt Moran, Pete Veto, Jim McKernan, David Hughes, Peter Russell and Laura Serbon were chosen to replace personnel promoted earlier to head some of the stations Gray is getting in its Meredith purchase.
It’s moving Erik Schrader, Debbie Bush, Jasmine Hatcher Hardin, Andrew Stewart, Bryce Caldwell and Eric Duncan to oversee some of the stations it’s acquiring from Meredith.
They are designed to propel the Spanish-language media company’s local media division into the next phase of growth.
The veteran broadcasting and sales executive is tapped to lead WCIA and WCIX.
The veteran Texas broadcast executive is tapped by Gray Television to oversee its NBC-CW duopoly in Lubbock, Texas.
Sinclair taps the former GM of WCIA Champaign, Ill., to lead its Idaho CBS-CW duopoly.
The media executive with more than 25 years of broadcast management and sales experience moves from Nexstar’s WSAV Savannah, Ga., to oversee its Dallas CW affiliate.
Gray Television choses the news director of its KTTC Rochester, Minn., to succeed the late Ed Woloszyn as head of its CBS-Fox affiliate.
The former GM of KDEN Denver is tapped by Scripps to lead its ABC affiliates in Texas.
Hearst moves him from GM of its WAPT Jackson, Miss., to oversee its NBC affiliate in Louisiana.
The sales and marketing executive with 20-plus years of local broadcast experience will oversee WTWO and Mission Broadcasting’s WAWV in Indiana.
It chooses John Fiorelli to lead KOLO in Reno and Herb Bruce to oversee KALB in Alexandria.
The company veteran is moving from KOVR-KMAX Sacramento, Calif., to oversee WBZ and WSBK starting Oct. 25.
After spending nearly 15 years in the Crescent City, Vilmenay is leaving. He’s jumping from New Orleans, the No. 50 television market, to Los Angeles, the No. 2 television market, to be president and general manager of the CBS duopoly of KCBS and independent KCAL.
Former Meredith exec Todd Brown today was named vice president and general manager of Cox-owned Boston Fox affiliate WFXT.
Graham Media Group moves her from news director at WRTV Indianapolis to oversee its Jacksonville, Fla., duopoly.
The sales executive will oversee Morgan Murphy Media’s CBS affiliate in Joplin, Mo.-Pittsburg, Kan., beginning Oct. 18.
Scripps picks the former station manager of KPEJ Odessa, Texas, to oversee its CBS affiliate in Nebraska.
He has spent the past 18 years with Hearst Television, most recently as president and general manager of WDSU, the NBC affiliate in New Orleans, since February 2007.
The veteran media executive with more than 25 years of experience in broadcast sales, marketing and management will oversee WJZY and WMYT in North Carolina
The media executive with nearly 20 years of broadcast management and sales experience will oversee WREG and WJKT in Tennessee.
