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Bright House Drops General Managers of Central Florida News and Bay News 9

By Kevin Eck on Jan. 8, 2013 - 11:15 AM

The Orlando Sentinel’s Hal Boedeker is reporting both Robin Smythe, vice president and general manager of Central Florida News 13, and Rod Gramer, vice president and general manager of cable news station Bay News 9, have bee ...

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Rick Jacobs Upped to News Director at KGW

By Andrew Gauthier on Jan. 5, 2012 - 11:26 AM

Station veteran Rick Jacobs has been promoted to news director at KGW. Jacobs has served as assistant news director at the Portland NBC-affiliate for over a decade. KGW president and general manager DJ Wilson confirmed the promoti ...

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Tampa’s Bay News 9 Mistakenly Reports Florida AG Gave A Urine Sample To ‘The Daily Show’

By Merrill Knox on Dec. 9, 2011 - 3:05 PM

It started on Wednesday, when “Daily Show” comedian Aasif Mandvi asked Florida governor Rick Scott to provide a urine sample. It continued yesterday, when Mandvi asked a slew of Florida legislators, including attorney ...

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Veteran News Director Named VP-GM of Bay News 9

By Andrew Gauthier on Jun. 6, 2011 - 5:45 PM

Rod Gramer, a veteran journalist who most recently served as executive news director at KGW in Portland, OR, has been named vice president and general manager of Bay News 9, the 24-hour Tampa Bay news channel owned by Bright House ...

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