The Imagicomm Fox affiliate promotes her from local sales manager to oversee the local, national and digital sales teams.
WHBQ, the Fox affiliate in Tennessee’s second-largest city, reported that the shot was fired at about 11:30 a.m. and that the bullet fell outside of the front door of the lobby of the building, which is located in a commercial area near the University of Memphis campus.
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Michelle Harper Named WHBQ Memphis GM
Cox promotes her from VP of corporate sales to lead its Fox affiliate in Memphis.
WHBQ Reporter Tony Atkins Moving To WTMJ
Arleda James Named WHBQ Director of Sales
Cox taps the former WSOC Charlotte, N.C., local sales manager to head all sales at its Fox affiliate in Memphis.
WHBQ Names Newman Creative Services Dir.
Mike Newman joins Cox’s WHBQ Memphis from the group’s ABC affiliate in Orlando, Fla., WFTV, where he was the senior promotions producer.
WHBQ Names Adam Henning News Director
He moves to Memphis from West Palm Beach, Fla., where he oversaw news operations for WPEC since 2016.
WHBQ News Director Patti McGettigan Dies
Patti McGettigan, news director of Cox’s Memphis Fox affiliate, died Feb. 16 after a long battle with cancer. McGettigan had beaten the deadly disease twice. She was 53 years old.
WHBQ Devotes Day To Martin Luther King Jr.
WHBQ’s Clever Promo For Front Porch Thieves
WMC Tops The Social Standings In Memphis
Raycom’s NBC affiliate leads its local peers in an active social media market according to Shareablee data. A constantly reassessed approach to Facebook and a steady daily use of Facebook Live is putting it there.
Omesh Somaru New WHBQ Gen. Sales Mgr.
Cox Media promotes him to succeed Michelle Woods in overseeing sales at the Memphis Fox affiliate.
The Cox-owned Fox affiliate in Memphis is undergoing a $700,000 renovation. “It has not been updated in years and years,” said GM Paul Briggs. “We’re gutting it and building a newsroom for today’s environment with consideration to digital and proper communication flow within the newsroom,” he added.
WHBQ Memphis Names New Creative Services Dir.
WHBQ Taps Ron DeJoseph As Creative Services Dir.
Cox Media Group-owned Fox affiliate WHBQ Memphis (DMA 50) today named Ron DeJoseph creative services director. “Ron has had a distinguished, 15-year career at Cox Media Group, during which time […]
Patti McGettigan New WHBQ News Director
The former news director at WOOD Grand Rapids, Mich., will lead Cox Media Group’s Fox affil in Memphis.
Cox Taps Paul Briggs To Head WHBQ
The broadcast group moves him from the GSM slot at WSOC Charlotte, N.C., to be VP-GM of the Memphis Fox affil.
WHBQ Names New General Sales Manager
Former KTVU San Francisco sales exec Michelle Woods will lead sales at Cox’s Memphis Fox affiliate.
Cox Sets Leadership At WFXT & WHBQ
Tom Raponi, who was general manager of Cox’s KTVU-KICU San Francisco, moves across the country to take the reins at WFXT Boston, which goes from a Fox O&O to Fox affiliate. At WHBQ Memphis, Cox is sticking with GM John Koski.
Fox gets Cox’s KTVU-KICU duopoly in San Francisco, with Cox taking over WHBQ Memphis and WFXT Boston, both of which will remain Fox affiliates.
TV’s Social Barrage Meets Paper’s Paywall
Memphis, Tenn.’s daily paper the Commercial Appeal has seen its traffic decline 30% since putting up a paywall last December and the city’s TV stations — WHBQ, WMC, WPTY and WREG — are using social media to win over and engage the region’s online population.
WHBQ Names Berk General Sales Manager
Fox moves Glenn Berk from national sales manager of its WTXF Philadelphia to lead sales at its Memphis O&O.
