Valerie Guyton has been named president and general manager of Tegna’s Midland-Odessa, Texas NBC affiliate KWES, along with KIDY and KXVA, the Fox affiliates serving Abilene and San Angelo, effective July 31, 2023.
“Valerie is a dynamic leader with an impressive background in local and national news,” said Kristie Gonzales, vice president, media operations for Tegna. “Valerie’s superpower is connecting with people, and she has a long track record of innovation and collaborative team building. We are proud to have her back at Tegna to help us tell diverse stories, serve clients and support our neighbors across the entire West Texas community.”
A native Texan, Guyton has nearly 30 years of experience in television news, most recently as assistant news director at KXAS in Dallas. Before that, Guyton was executive producer at Tegna stations WXIA in Atlanta and assistant news director at KENS in San Antonio. Earlier in her career, Guyton was executive producer at CNN/HLN and spent time developing programming and show teams at The Weather Channel. One of her first jobs was producing the morning show at Tegna station KHOU in Houston.