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Media General Shareholders OK Merger with Young

By Kevin Eck on Nov. 8, 2013 - 11:55 AM

Media General shareholders have approved the company’s merger with New Young Broadcasting. The merged company will keep the Media General name and will continue to be traded on the NYSE under its existing symbol MEG. “We� ...

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Young Broadcasting, Media General to Merge

By Merrill Knox on Jun. 6, 2013 - 10:02 AM

Media General and Young Broadcasting have announced an agreement to merge the two companies. The new company will retain the Media General name and location, based in Richmond, Va. Media General owns 18 stations and Young owns or ...

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Bob Peterson, WRIC General Manager, Tapped as Young Broadcasting’s VP of Station Operations

By Merrill Knox on Jul. 30, 2012 - 2:39 PM

Young Broadcasting has named Bob Peterson vice president of station operations. He will be based in Nashville for his new role, which is effective immediately. It’s a corporate promotion for Peterson, who is currently genera ...

Tony Cassara Steps Down As Young Broadcasting CEO

By Merrill Knox on Mar. 15, 2012 - 4:50 PM

Tony Cassara is stepping down as CEO of Young Broadcasting after less than a year at the helm, the company announced today. “Tony has advised us that he would like to pursue interests outside of Young Broadcasting, including ...

Gray Television Reports Revenue Drop in ‘Off Year’

By Andrew Gauthier on Feb. 24, 2012 - 3:22 PM

Gray Television, which currently operates 36 stations across the country, today reported a significant decrease in fourth quarter revenue, calling 2011 an “off year.” Like many station groups, Gray reported a decrease ...

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Days After Leaving KMSB, Bob Simone Named General Manager of WLNS

By Andrew Gauthier on Feb. 6, 2012 - 5:07 PM

Last week it was announced that Bob Simone was leaving his general manager post at Tucson’s KMSB amid the aftermath of the station’s shared services agreement with KOLD. Today it was announced that Simone has been na ...

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KRON Moving Out of Longtime Home

By Andrew Gauthier on Oct. 27, 2011 - 5:43 PM

KRON is moving out of the building that has been its home since 1967. General manager Brian Greif announced today that Young Broadcasting has retained a commercial real estate company to find a new venue for the independent statio ...

Gray Television Reports Slight Increase in Revenue

By Andrew Gauthier on Aug. 8, 2011 - 11:37 AM

Gray Television announced financial results for its second quarter (the three-month period ended June 30th) today, reporting a 1% increase in revenue for the period compared to last year. “We are pleased with our operating r ...

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Anchor Dave Akerly Departs WLNS After 21 Years

By Andrew Gauthier on Jul. 29, 2011 - 11:01 AM

Dave Akerly, who has been with WLNS since 1990 and a main anchor for the Lansing CBS-affiliate since 2002, is leaving the station after August 1st. “They say that all good things must come to an end,” Akerly posted on ...

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Kenneth Freedman Named GM of Young’s KWQC

By Andrew Gauthier on May. 3, 2011 - 11:38 AM

Kenneth Freedman has been named general manager of KWQC, Young Broadcasting’s NBC-affiliate in Davenport, IA. Freedman comes to KWQC from KGW in Portland, OR, where he served as general sales manager. Throughout his career, ...

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