Raycom EVP-COO Wayne Daugherty To Retire

The TV station executive will step down at the end of the year. He began his career in TV sales 44 years ago at WSFA Montgomery, Ala.

EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH WAYNE DAUGHERTY

Raycom Executes DIY Programming Plan

The COO of the nation’s 15th largest station group believes broadcasters need to wean themselves from their heavy dependence on Hollywood syndicators. With that in mind, he says, Raycom is developing its own shows and looking for broadcasters outside of Raycom markets to give them national reach. In this interview, Daugherty also talks about how business is pacing, mobile DTV, the FCC spectrum grab, virtual duopolies, the sharing of retrans revenue with the networks and more.