John Treviño Named GM Of KBMT-KJAC Beaumont, Texas

Tegna Inc. today appointed John Treviño president and general manager of its duopoly of KBMT (ABC) and KJAC (NBC) in Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas, effective June 13.

Most recently, Treviño was vice president and general manager of KDAF, the CW affiliate in Dallas-Fort Worth, where he developed and launched the live multi-platform daily news magazine, Morning After. He also secured the broadcast rights to the historic Dallas Holiday Parade and high school weekly football broadcasts and launched CW33 High School Football Showdown, a live broadcast of high school football on Friday nights.

Prior to KDAF, Treviño spent 11 years with NBCUniversal Local in Dallas-Fort Worth where he was president and general manager of KXTX and director of sales at KXAS.

“John joins the Tegna family with more than 30 years of experience in the local broadcast industry,” said Kristie Gonzales, VP, media operations, Tegna. “John’s experience and leadership will help build on the work of our talented team in Beaumont and serve Southeast Texas with exceptional news, information and community engagement.”

A native Texan, Treviño holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin. He joins his brother Ron Treviño, an anchor at KHOU Houston, as part of Tegna.