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Joe Ahern is out as president and general manager of WBBM-TV, CBS Television’s owned-and-operated station in Chicago. He is being replaced by Bruno Cohen, who, since April 2005, has served as president and general manager of KOVR-TV (CBS) and KMAX-TV (CW), the company’s duopoly in Sacramento.
Ahern’s exit was explained in a press release as “leaving to pursue other opportunities,” but ratings have been weak at the station during the six years of Ahern’s tenure, leaving WBBM’s local news trailing ABC’s WLS-TV and NBC’s WMAQ.
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