WGCL Fires GM, Hires News Director
Trey Fabacher is out at Meredith’s Atlanta CBS affiliate. On the bright side, the station did announce a new news director, Larry Perret, who came from Kansas City. He takes over for Lane Michaelsen, who left in July and now works with Sinclair in Maryland.
WGCL ND Lane Michaelsen Out
The Meredith-owned CBS affiliate is launching mobile news and weather alerts using the Mogreet multimedia messaging (MMS) platform.
Meredith’s CBS Affiliate WGCL will take over day-to-day operations of Turner’s Peachtree TV brand, including advertising sales, marketing and promotions and technical operations.
The Meredith CBS affiliate is installing a Thomson Broadcast mobile DTV system that includes a program encoder, a multiplexer and an electronic service guide (ESG) server and a compatible DTV transmission exciter.