Lexington, Ky., ABC affiliate WTVQ has hired Chris Mossman as general manager.
Mossman worked as general manager at CBS affiliate WKYT in Lexington until 2022. He replaces Chris Aldridge, who retired from WTVQ this week.
“I love Lexington and I’m fired up to be coming back,” said Mossman. “We’ve got some great people on the team and we’re going to have some fun.”
Mossman spent more than 20 years with WKYT and its parent company, Gray Television. In addition to serving as vice president and general manager at WKYT, he spent three years as senior vice president for local media at Gray before leaving in 2022.
“He loves a project, and this was a perfect place for him,” said news director Miranda Combs. WTVQ suffered technical problems affecting the station’s ability to produce local shows last week. “We’re still dealing with it,” Combs said.
Combs told the Herald Leader that the “tape system is continuing to crash on us. We’re just slowly repairing as we go.”
“When you have an opportunity to bring back a proven winner to a town, he and his family loved, you do it,” said Bobby Berry, chief operating officer of Morris’ broadcast division. “Chris’s desire to return to Lexington and lead WTVQ is a slam dunk.