Tag Archive

View Post

ShopTalk | TV Biz

Brian Sather Named General Manager of KCCI

By Merrill Knox on Dec. 4, 2013 - 12:55 PM

Brian Sather has been named president and general manager of KCCI, Hearst’s CBS affiliate in Des Moines. It is a move within Hearst for Sather, who has been GM of KHBS-KHOG in Fort Smith, Ark. since 2010. Sather replaces Pau ...

View Post

CBS Affiliates | ShopTalk | TV Biz

KCCI GM Paul Fredericksen Set to Retire

By Merrill Knox on Sep. 20, 2013 - 12:27 PM

After 27 years as president and general manager of KCCI in Des Moines, Paul Fredericksen is set to retire from the Hearst Television CBS affiliate. “Paul has had a remarkable career at KCCI,” Hearst Television chairman an ...

View Post

Angela Betasso Named VP of Sales at Hearst Television

By Merrill Knox on Aug. 1, 2013 - 11:36 AM

Hearst Television has named Angela Betasso vice president of sales. Betasso joins Hearst from Belo Corp., where she has been vice president of sales since 2010. Betasso’s appointment, expected to be effective in early 2014, ...

View Post

ABC Affiliates | ShopTalk | TV Biz

Charles Wolfertz Named President and General Manager of WTAE

By Merrill Knox on May. 23, 2013 - 11:58 AM

Charles Wolfertz has been named president and general manager of WTAE, Hearst’s ABC affiliate in Pittsburgh. His appointment is effective June 1. Wolfertz has been general sales manager at WTAE since March 2012. He previousl ...

View Post

ShopTalk | TV Biz

Michael Hayes Named SVP of Hearst Television

By Merrill Knox on May. 17, 2013 - 2:01 PM

Michael J. Hayes has been named senior vice president and group head of Hearst Television. Hayes comes from WTAE, Hearst’s ABC affiliate in Pittsburgh, where he has been president and general manager since 2011. Before that, ...

View Post

Barbara Maushard Expands Role as Hearst Television’s VP of News

By Merrill Knox on Jan. 9, 2013 - 2:07 PM

Hearst Television’s Barbara Maushard is adding to her duties as vice president of news. Maushard will oversee Hearst’s corporate news efforts, a role that was previously held by Brian Bracco. In November, Bracco was na ...

View Post

David J. Barrett Named Chairman, Jordan Wertlieb Named President of Hearst Television

By Merrill Knox on Dec. 6, 2012 - 4:03 PM

Hearst Television has announced two promotions: David J. Barrett has been named chairman and CEO and Jordan Wertlieb has been named president. Both promotions are effective immediately. Barrett was named CEO of Hearst-Argyle Telev ...

View Post

NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk | TV Biz

John Humphries Named General Manager at WGAL

By Merrill Knox on Nov. 30, 2012 - 11:20 AM

John Humphries has been named president and general manager at WGAL, Hearst’s NBC affiliate in Lancaster, Pa. Humphries comes from WYFF, Hearst’s NBC affiliate in Greenville, S.C., where he has been director of sales s ...

NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk

Hearst Picks Dan Joerres to Succeed Jordan Wertlieb as WBAL’s President-GM

By Andrew Gauthier on Jan. 14, 2011 - 12:28 PM

Hearst has chosen Dan Joerres, the general sales manager for the company’s NBC-affiliate in Winston-Salem/Greensboro, to succeed Jordan Wertlieb as president and general manager of Baltimore’s WBAL. The company announc ...

Hearst Promotes WBAL President-GM Jordan Wertlieb to Executive Vice President

By Andrew Gauthier on Jan. 13, 2011 - 5:48 PM

Hearst Television has promoted Jordan Wertlieb to executive vice president. Wertlieb has been president and general manager of the Hearst-owned NBC-affiliate WBAL since 2005. “Jordan has been an outstanding executive for Hea ...

Get TVSpy delivered straight to your inbox