GM Out at KMGH in Denver

By Kevin Eck 

KMGH-TV_LogoThe Denver Post reports Byron Grandy, VP and GM of KMGH, has resigned from the Denver E.W. Scripps owned ABC affiliate.

Grandy was named VP and GM of KMGH in 2009 by then owner McGraw-Hill. He started at KMGH in December 2000 as news director. The Post credits Grandy’s management for the station’s many regional Emmys, an Edward R. Murrow Award and a Peabody.

Steve Wasserman, vice president and general manager of WPTV West Palm Beach (an NBC affiliate owned and operated by The E.W. Scripps Company) and divisional general manager for Scripps, is serving as interim general manager. Wasserman declined to comment on the reasons for or manner of Grandy’s departure but supplied a note to the staff:

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I want to inform you that Byron Grandy has resigned as general manager of KMGH effective immediately and has left the company. Byron has made significant contributions to the station during his years here as news director and GM and the station is stronger as a result. Scripps wishes him well as he moves to the next stage of his career.

An extensive search for his successor will begin immediately. In the interim, I will be serving as acting general manager. I look forward to meeting with as many of you as possible in the coming weeks and to thank you for the excellent work you have been doing and, no doubt, will be doing in the future.

Steve Wasserman
VP/ Divisional General Manager
Scripps Television

Some newsroom staffers said they were taken by surprise. Competitors noted the company’s dissatisfaction with lagging ratings may have played a role in Grandy’s departure.

In August, the station’s news director Jeff Harris announced his departure to take the same post at WEWS, the Scripps station in Cleveland, his hometown. His last day was Friday.

The direction and leadership of the newsroom remains uncertain. Carl Bilek, executive producer of newsgathering, is currently the senior newsroom manager.

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