TV Biz Media General Reorganizes TV Stations Into Two Regional Units By Merrill Knox on Jul. 2, 2012 - 1:02 PM After selling its newspaper assets, Media General has announced a corporate restructuring that elevates James Conschafter and John Cottingham to key leadership roles for the company’s television stations. The company’s ...
CBS Affiliates | TV Biz David Hart Named General Manager of WRBL By Andrew Gauthier on Feb. 28, 2012 - 11:50 AM David Hart has been named vice president and general manger of WRBL, Media General’s CBS-affiliate in Columbus, GA. Hart is a 20-year TV news veteran who most recently served as director of content for Media General’s ...
NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk | TV Biz Brad Moses Named President-GM of Tampa’s WFLA By Merrill Knox on Feb. 22, 2012 - 11:40 AM Media General has named Brad Moses president and general manager of WFLA, the NBC-affiliate in Tampa. His appointment is effective March 26. The move is a return to WFLA for Moses, who was director of marketing at the station from ...
CBS Affiliates | ShopTalk | TV Biz Randy Ingram Named VP-GM Of WBTW By Merrill Knox on Jan. 3, 2012 - 11:07 AM Media General has named Randy Ingram vice president and general manager at WBTW, the CBS-affiliate in Myrtle Beach. Ingram joined Media General in 2005 as station manager and general sales manager of WYCW in Spartanburg, SC. Since ...
ShopTalk | TV Biz Media General, Verizon Settle Retrans Dispute By Merrill Knox on Jan. 3, 2012 - 10:45 AM WFLA in Tampa-St. Petersburg and WJAR in Providence are still available to Verizon FiOS customers after last-minute negotiations for a new retransmission consent contract came together on Friday afternoon. Terms of the agreement w ...
NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk Changes Atop WFLA as Media General Shakes Up Tampa Leadership By Andrew Gauthier on Nov. 2, 2011 - 5:28 PM Media General has named John Cottingham interim general manager of WFLA as part of a series of personnel changes connected to the Tampa NBC-affiliate and its news partner The Tampa Tribune. Citing a Tampa economy that has seemingl ...
CBS Affiliates | ShopTalk | TV Biz Jimmy Cromwell Upped To VP-GM at WJTV-WHLT By Merrill Knox on Sep. 15, 2011 - 10:43 AM Jimmy Cromwell will take over as vice president and general manager at two Media General stations in Mississippi, WJTV in Jackson and WHLT in Hattiesburg, on September 19. Both stations are CBS affiliates. The move marks a promoti ...
ShopTalk | TV Biz Robert Romine Named President and GM of WSPA By Merrill Knox on Sep. 13, 2011 - 2:14 PM Robert Romine will take over as president and general manager of Media General’s Spartanburg, SC duopoly WSPA-WYCW on September 19. Romine has been the vice president of two Media General stations in Mississippi — WJTV ...
