FOX Affiliates | ShopTalk WJBK GM Jeff Murri Dies at 50 By Andrew Gauthier on Feb. 3, 2012 - 10:04 AM WJBK vice president and general manager Jeff Murri died suddenly on Thursday. He was 50. Murri began his broadcast career with WJBK and had served as GM of the Fox O&O since 2001. “We are devastated by the loss of one of o ...
FOX Affiliates | NBC Affiliates | Top 10 | TV Biz WCAU GM Dennis Bianchi Joining Rival WTXF By Merrill Knox on Jan. 19, 2012 - 11:58 AM Dennis Bianchi, the general manager at Philadelphia NBC O&O WCAU, will join rival WTXF, the Fox O&O, as vice president and general manager next month, Fox announced today. Bianchi, who has been at NBC for more than 25 year ...
FOX Affiliates | ShopTalk | TV Biz Mike Lewis Named VP-GM of KTBC in Austin By Merrill Knox on Dec. 16, 2011 - 3:42 PM Mike Lewis has been named vice president and general manage of KTBC, the Fox O&O in Austin. His appointment is effective immediately. Lewis joins KTBC from another Fox O&O, KRIV in Houston, where he has been the vice presi ...
FOX Affiliates | ShopTalk | TV Biz Mark Rodman Named GM At KSAZ in Phoenix By Merrill Knox on Nov. 2, 2011 - 5:13 PM Mark Rodman has been named general manager of KSAZ, the Fox owned-and-operated station in Phoenix. Rodman joins KSAZ from KTBC, the Fox O&O in Austin, where he has been the general manager since 2008. He will report to Fox Tel ...
FOX Affiliates | Social Media | Top 10 KTTV News Director Jose Rios Tapped to Oversee Fox O&Os’ Digital News Apps By Andrew Gauthier on Apr. 20, 2011 - 5:47 PM Jose Rios, who has been news director of Los Angeles Fox O&O KTTV since 1992, has been appointed to vice president of digital news applications for Fox Television Stations. “In order to increase our competitiveness in a ...