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Michael Silecchia Named GM Of Nexstar In Rockford, Ill.

TVNewsCheck | by TVN Staff

The media executive with nearly 20 years of local broadcast experience will oversee Nexstar’s WQRF, mystateline.com and Mission Broadcasting’s WTVO.

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Openings For VP-GM And IT Systems Engineer

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New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include an opening for a vice president-general manager for Nexstar and a senior IT systems engineer at NBCU-owned WCAU-WWSI.

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WTVO High School Quiz Show Goes Illinois-Wide

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MARKET SHARE | DMA 138: ROCKFORD, IL

WTVO Tests Students’ Knowledge In Local Program

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MARKET SHARE (DMA 138: ROCKFORD, IL)

WTVO’s High School Quiz Show Still The Rage

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Teen Quiz Show Back For 3 More Years On WTVO

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Nexstar Ups Kelly Lattimer To WQRF GM

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The Rockford, Ill., Fox affils head of sales takes over as VP-GM with responsibility for ABC affiliate WTVO through Nexstar’s operating agreement with Mission Broadcasting.

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Nexstar Names Jon Skorburg WQRF GM

TVNewsCheck | by Mark K. Miller

In addition to overseeing the Rockford, Ill., Fox affiliate and its website, he will also have oversight of Mission Broadcasting’s ABC affiliate WTVO under a joint operating agreement.