general managers

Jeff Bartlett, WMUR Manchester, N.H., president and general manager, will retire this summer. His successor will be announced at a later date. Bartlett, a news director in several major markets before his first GM job, ran the Hearst TV station for two decades.

Kimberly Byrd, Ben Oldham and Robert Raff move up in Knoxville, Tenn.; Roanoke, Va;  and Myrtle Beach, S.C., respectively.

Adrienne Fairwell today was appointed general manager of Arizona PBS, KAET Phoenix. The appointment is effective April 19. Fairwell comes from South Carolina Educational TV and Public Radio, where she has served as assistant general manager and vice president of marketing and community development during the past three years.

The station group is moving him to Ft. Myers, Fla., from Colorado Springs, where he’s led KOAA since 2011.

New jobs posted to TVNewsChexk’s Media Job Center include an opening for vice president-general manager of Nexstar’s ABC affiliate in Knoxville, Tenn., following the retirement of a 39-year broadcast veteran who has been with Nexstar since 2006.

The longtime leader of Quincy Media’s NBC affiliate in Bluefield, W.Va., is wrapping up a 47-year broadcasting career.

The local broadcasting veteran is tapped by CBS Television Stations to oversee WFOR and WBFS, succeeding Adam Levy.

New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include an opening for a vice president and general manger for Nexstar’s MNT affiliate KRON in San Francisco.

Chad Matthews moves from news director to GM at the ABC O&O flagship, replacing Debra O’Connell, who was named president of networks for Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution last fall.

The veteran Nexstar leader with 30 Years of large market broadcast experience to oversee the New York CW affiliate’s broadcasting and digital operations under a local programming and marketing agreement with Mission Broadcasting.

He joins the Tegna NBC affiliate from KOMO Seattle, where he’s been news director since 2018 and succeeds the retiring John Remes.

He’s leaving Feb. 1 after 23 years at Quincy’s ABC affiliate in Peoria, Ill., and 40 years in broadcasting.

Sinclair promotes the 17-year veteran from sales director to lead its Fox affiliate and oversee services provided to CW affil WNUV.

WPIX New York VP-GM Bart Feder will leave his post on Jan. 29, he said Wednesday. Feder, who has spent most of his career in television newsrooms, was hired as the SVP of news in 2015 by Tribune Broadcasting. Once Tribune was bought out by Nexstar two years ago, he shifted into the VP-GM role at WPIX. Now that the station has changed hands again, he said it’s time for him to leave.

Quincy Media promotes him from general sales manager to succeed Carlos Fernandez at its NBC-Fox affiliate in Quincy, Ill. Van Ness will be replaced by Kyle Awerkamp from Quincy’s WSIL Harrisburg, Ill.

The sales director of Scripps’ KMGH Denver is chosen to succeed the retiring Bob Hermes at the helm of the group’s CBS affiliate in Missoula, Mont.

Scripps moves her from station manager to oversee its Boise, Idaho, ABC affiliate starting next year.

Anna Engelhart, John Huff and Josh Morgan move into the top management slots at WKOW, KWWL and WREX, respectively, starting next Monday.

Meredith promotes the veteran sales executive from general sales manager to lead its CBS affiliate in Saganaw, Mich.

Tegna promotes her from sales director of its KING-KONG Seattle to oversee its NBC affiliates in Boise and Twin Falls, Idaho.

The general management, sales and marketing executive with more than 30 years of local broadcasting experience to lead Nexstar’s ABC affiliate in Northwest Pennsylvania.

Morgan Murphy Media named veteran broadcaster Lyle Banks VP-GMof WISC, the company’s CBS affiliate in Madison, Wis. Banks, most recently VP and GM of Meredith’s WGLC Atlanta, succeeds Tom Keeler, now GM at Nexstar’s KOIN Portland, Ore.

The old adage says you can’t go home again. But in local TV, where getting ahead often means hopscotching the nation to take a string of bigger jobs in bigger markets, some local broadcasters have prioritized going back to where they were born or where they started out in the business. Recently, several of them have reached what they call the pinnacle of their careers by being tapped to run their hometown station. In many cases, those stations are legendary within their market, with historic legacies of serving their communities.

Monte Costes, a local market sales and marketing executive with nearly 30 years of broadcasting experience, will lead the Lexington, Ky., Fox affiliate.

WUSA Washington GM Richard Dyer is promoted to senior vice president, adding WLTX Columbia and WFMY Greensboro to his oversight, while Kate Morris is named president and general manager of KPNX Phoenix.

The award-winning TV news executive and 18-year Hearst Television veteran is tapped to help continue the ABC affiliate’s growth under Hearst ownership.

The general management, sales, programming and marketing executive with more than 25 years of local television experience is tapped to lead its KOIN and KRCW.

New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include an opening for a vice president-general manager at a Nexstar duopoly in Pennsylvania.

The veteran television executive concludes a prominent five-decade career that began at Hearst Television.

The local broadcasting, marketing and sales executive with more than 25 years of experience will oversee Nexstar’s KELOLAND Media Group, including KELO, KCLO and KELOLAND.com following the retirement of  Jay Huizenga.

Gray adds to his news director duties to oversee its ABC-CBS-Fox operations in Harrisonburg, Va.

Sinclair promotes the sales leader of its KATU and KUNP to oversee the Oregon duopoly.

The local broadcasting, marketing and sales executive with more than 20 years of large-market leadership experience will oversee Nexstar’s CW affil in Washington and independent in Hagerstown, Md.

The Telemundo Station Group picks the former VP of news at WTVJ Miami to lead its Orlando operations.

The company promotes him from GM of WDVM Hagerstown and WDCW Washington to oversee its NBC affiliate in northeastern Pennsylvania and its JOA with WYOU there.

The veteran sales executive at Hearst Television’s Sacramento Duopoly is tapped to lead the group’s ABC-NBC affiliate in the Central Coast.

New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for a general manager at Nexstar’s two stations in South Dakota, and an account executive for Hearst’s station in Iowa.

The group broadcaster moves Jennifer Rieffer from VP-GM of WDKY Lexington, Ky., to oversee its WSMH (Fox) as well as the joint sales operations of WEYI (NBC) and WBSF (CW).

The veteran Louisiana broadcaster is tapped by Scripps to lead its ABC affiliate in Lafayette, La.

New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include an opening for a vice president and general manager at a Meredith’s CBS affiliate in Michigan’s Great Lakes region.