The station group promotes Shaun Newell at WMBD Peoria, Ill., and Joe McGuire at WRBL Columbus, Ga. Both are CBS affiliates.
DMA 118: PEORIA, IL
WMBD Adds Lauren Langer As Co-Anchor
DMA 117 (PEORIA-BLOOMINGTON, IL)
Kevin Harlan Named GM Of Nexstar’s WMBD
The former Nexstar GM more than 30 years of local broadcasting experience returns to lead WMBD, the company’s CBS affiliate in Peoria-Bloomington, Ill.
The 35-year broadcast executive will lead CBS affiliate WMBD and its associated digital properties and oversee the operating agreement for Sinclair’s Fox affil WYZZ.
DMA 116
Nexstar Taps Bates To Run Peoria
Dan Bates, who’s been interim GM of WMBD and WYZZ since last September, becomes VP-GM of the Illinois operation.
