Craig Harrison Named WGN Technology Director

Nexstar’s WGN Chicago has appointed Craig Harrison director of technology effective Feb. 28.

He will oversee the day-to-day operations of the engineering department and the Bradley Place facility. He is responsible for all technology for WGN, national multicast networks AntennaTV and RewindTV, and national cable news network NewsNation.

Prior to joining WGN, Harrison was head of operations and engineering at KYW-WPSG Philadelphia. He has worked for many TV groups and organizations as their head of operations and engineering including Fox Sports in Los Angeles; Entertainment Tonight in Studio City, Calif.; Ion Media Networks; CBS Network in Los Angeles and KCBS Los Angeles.

Harrison was a media and technology consultant for Gensler and was director of network operations for RCN. From 1996 to 2000, he was director of operations and news production at CLTV in Oakbrook, Ill., and the move to WGN-TV will reunite him with many of his CLTV colleagues.

Harrison is a graduate of Purdue University, in West Lafayette, Ind., with a degree in electrical engineering.