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Sandy Breland Named COO of Gray Television

By Kevin Eck on May. 22, 2023 - 10:45 AM

This is a promotion from within Gray for Breland.

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Anchors | Revolving Door

Debra Alfarone to Join Gray TV as Anchor and National Correspondent

By Kevin Eck on Jan. 19, 2023 - 3:24 PM

Alfarone comes from CBS where she has been anchoring for the CBS News Streaming Network and reporting from the White House.

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Raycom Promotes WVUE GM to Group VP, Names Replacement

By Kevin Eck on Jan. 5, 2015 - 11:53 AM

Sandy Breland has been named Group Vice President for Raycom Media. Breland was named successor to current Group VP Leon Long, who retires at the end of January. Breland will be replaced by KFVS-WQWQ GM Tim Ingram as GM of Raycom& ...

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FOX Affiliates | ShopTalk

WVUE to Re Air ‘Cosmos’ After Evolution Segment Partially Covered by Commercials

By Kevin Eck on May. 6, 2014 - 11:38 AM

Viewers of Neil DeGrasse Tyson’s show Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey again missed out on part of a discussion about evolution when a technical error covered it with a news promo, a psa and some commercials. In the latest error, ...

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CBS Affiliates | ShopTalk

Lee Meredith Leaving Raycom’s Memphis Station for One in Baton Rouge

By Kevin Eck on Jan. 17, 2014 - 11:31 AM

Lee Meredith has been named VP and GM for Raycom’s Baton Rouge CBS affiliate WAFB-WBXH. Meredith is currently VP and GM of Raycom’s Memphis NBC affiliate WMC. He will replace Sandy Breland, who was named GM of WVUE aft ...

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FOX Affiliates | ShopTalk

Raycom Names Sandy Breland GM of WVUE

By Kevin Eck on Dec. 13, 2013 - 5:09 PM

Raycom Media has named Sandy Breland vice president and general manager of WVUE in New Orleans. Breland is charged with leading the transition as Raycom begins providing operational services to the New Orleans FOX affiliate Monday ...

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ShopTalk | TV Biz

WVUE General Manager Joe Cook to Retire

By Merrill Knox on Nov. 27, 2013 - 10:47 AM

WVUE president and general manager Joe Cook will retire from the New Orleans Fox affiliate on December 13, Broadcasting & Cable reports. WVUE parent company Louisiana Media Company recently announced a shared services agreemen ...

Anchors | Reporting | ShopTalk

Battling Early Stages of Alzheimer’s, Longtime WAFB Anchor-Reporter Paul Gates Announces Retirement

By Andrew Gauthier on Jun. 1, 2011 - 6:23 PM

Longtime WAFB anchor and investigative reporter Paul Gates announced to viewers this week that he is battling the early stages of Alzheimer’s Disease, and as a result he will be retiring after 34 years with the Baton Rouge C ...

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