Albert Gutierrez Named KTAB-KRBC GM

Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXST) announced today that Albert Gutierrez has been appointed vice president and general manager of its CBS affiliate KTAB and associated digital services, including community Web portal BigCountryHomepage.com, serving Abilene-Sweetwater, Texas (DMA 164). He succeeds Eric Thomas, who was named GM of Nexstar’s Lubbock, Texas, duopoly in February.

In his new role, Gutierrez will also oversee Nexstar’s joint operating agreement with Mission Broadcasting’s KRBC (NBC).

The appointment, effective June 3, marks the return for Gutierrez to Abilene where early in his broadcasting career he held a local sales position at KRBC. Since 2010, Gutierrez has been VP-GM of Nexstar’s KMID Midland, Texas. In his new capacity at KTAB, he will continue to report to Brian Jones, co-COO of Nexstar Broadcasting.

Prior to KMID, Gutierrez was the general sales manager of KLST and KSAN San Angelo, Texas. Before that he held local sales positions at KRBC and KXVA Abilene. He has also held local and national sales positions at KTEN Sherman and KZAV-LP Brownsville, both Texas.