The GM’s Role In Sales
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.
Longtime WLWT GSM Mark Diangelo To Retire
He began his broadcast career in radio before spending 21 years at the Hearst NBC affiliate in Cincinnati.
WSFX Names Hugh Hardage Sales Manager
Hugh Hardage has been named sales manager of American Spirit Media’s Fox affiliate WSFX Wilmington, N.C. (DMA 129), effective June 17. Hardage is a Jacksonville, Fla., native and a University […]
Lon Rudolph Named WDJT Sales Manager
Television veteran Lon Rudolph joins Weigel Broadcasting’s CBS affiliate WDJT Milwaukee (DMA 36) as sales manager. He joins from WTMJ Milwaukee where he spent 25 years on the sales team, […]
The Scripps CBS affiliate adds the top management post to his previous duties as sales director.
WTMJ Sales Dir. LeGrand Retiring After 40+ Years
After more than 40 years at Scripps-owned WTMJ Milwaukee (DMA 35), Mark LeGrand, the NBC affiliate’s director of sales is retiring, effective Feb. 3, 2017. During his career, the station […]
WBRZ Names Dana McLin Sales Manager
Manship Family-owned ABC affiliate WBRZ Baton Rouge, La. (DMA 93), has named Dana McLin as sales manager. She has more than 15 years of broadcast sales experience in Baton Rouge […]
WSFX Names Andy Scheid Sales Manager
He joins the Wilmington, N.C., Fox affiliate from WBRE Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Pa.
Stephen Eaton Named WLNE Sales Manager
The former sales manager of KOAA Colorado Springs is tapped to head sales at the Providence, R.I., ABC affil.
Paul Ballinger Named WBNS Sales Director
The Dispatch Broadcasting Columbus, Ohio, CBS affil promotes veteran employee and local sales manager to the new position.
WNYW-WWOR Names 2 New Sales Managers
Walter Augustin has been named national sales manager Fox’s duopoly WNYW (Fox)-WWOR (CW) New York (DMA 1). Augustin has been the VP-regional sales manager for Fox Station Sales in Chicago […]
WRAZ Raleigh-Durham, N.C., VP-GM Tommy Schenck announced that effective immediately, Matt Donegan, national sales manager, will assume duties as general sales manager of the Capitol Broadcasting Fox affiliate, succeeding Evelyn Booker who will retire on March 31 after a 31-year career with Capitol. In addition, Niel Sollod, formally local sales manager, has been named director of local and new media sales.