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Detroit Fox GM Retires, Replacement Named

By Kevin Eck on Jun. 20, 2019 - 8:17 PM

Renda started his career in radio at WOHO in Toledo, Ohio.

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Alan Lee Leaving WJBK After 18 Years

By Kevin Eck on Jul. 8, 2014 - 11:42 AM

WJBK anchor Alan Lee announced on-air this morning he is leaving the Detroit FOX owned station. Lee, who has been the morning show anchor at WJBK since 1996, said he decided not to renew his contract and instead will pursue plans ...

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Kevin Roseborough Named News Director at WJBK in Detroit

By Merrill Knox on Oct. 8, 2013 - 11:16 AM

Kevin Roseborough has been named vice president and news director at WJBK, the Fox owned station in Detroit. Roseborough joined WJBK in 2004 as the station’s managing editor. Since 2006, he has been assistant news director. ...

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News Director Phyllis Schwartz Leaving WFLD

By Merrill Knox on Dec. 11, 2012 - 11:05 AM

After just a year as vice president and news director at WFLD, Phyllis Schwartz is leaving the Fox O&O in Chicago. “There is no better place to be a news director than Chicago – I love this city and I love producin ...

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Dennis Welsh Named General Manager at WFLD

By Merrill Knox on Nov. 16, 2012 - 2:30 PM

Fox Television Stations has named Dennis Welsh the vice president and general manager of WFLD-WPWR, the Fox-owned stations in Chicago. Welsh is a longtime Fox executive who has been general manager of WOFL-WOGX, the Fox-owned stat ...

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Fox General Manager Mike Renda Moves From Chicago to Detroit

By Merrill Knox on Nov. 16, 2012 - 9:32 AM

Breaking: After three years as general manager of WFLD in Chicago, Mike Renda is jumping to another Fox O&O. Effective January 7, Renda will be the VP-GM at WJBK in Detroit. Renda and Fox Television Stations CEO Jack Abernethy ...

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Chicago’s WPWR to Simulcast Mancow’s Radio Show

By Merrill Knox on Aug. 22, 2012 - 4:32 PM

WPWR, the MyNetworkTV-affiliate in Chicago, will simulcast Erich “Mancow” Muller’s morning radio show on weekdays this Fall. Mike Renda, the vice president and general manager of the station, announced the news t ...

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Executive Producer Mike Liederman Leaving WFLD

By Merrill Knox on Feb. 1, 2012 - 7:30 PM

After less than a year at Chicago’s WFLD, executive producer Mike Liederman is leaving the station. “We appreciate all of Mike’s hard work and wish him the best in the future,” Mike Renda, general manager a ...

FOX Affiliates | News Directors | Top 10

Phyllis Schwartz Replaces Carol Fowler As Vice President and News Director At WFLD

By Merrill Knox on Jan. 5, 2012 - 11:58 AM

Phyllis Schwartz, a former news director at Chicago ABC O&O WLS, has been named vice president and news director at WFLD, the Chicago Fox O&O. Her appointment is effective immediately. Schwartz replaces Carol Fowler, who i ...

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WFLD GM Mike Renda: ‘If You Don’t Evolve, You Die’

By Andrew Gauthier on Jun. 3, 2011 - 2:19 PM

The May ratings book told a similar story as sweeps past for Chicago’s WFLD: the Fox O&O’s morning show increased viewership while its 9 p.m. newscast continued to struggle. The challenges facing WFLD are certainly ...

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