Scaringella Named EVP/CFO of CBS-Owned Stations

New titles for company vets Baran and Wittman too

By Michael Malone -- Broadcasting & Cable, 5/3/2010 12:46:26 PM

CBS Corp. finance veteran Michele Scaringella has been named executive VP and chief financial officer of the CBS Television Stations. Scaringella has served as CBS Corp.'s senior VP, internal audit, since January 2006.

"We are pleased to welcome Michele Scaringella to the CBS Television Stations group," CBS Television Stations President Peter Dunn said. "Michele has a tremendous depth of experience and institutional knowledge and is an insightful executive who we know will do a terrific job of taking the outstanding finance team we have in place and making it even stronger."

The previous CBS stations CFO, Rick Baran, remains with the division in a new senior VP of operations role. He'll "continue to draw upon his financial expertise and work closely with Dunn and [CBS Local Media COO Anton] Guitano to provide counsel and guidance to the local management teams at CBS's owned-and-operated television stations, with an emphasis on the company's properties in mid-size markets," CBS said in a statement.

Mike Wittman, a 33-year CBS veteran who has served as VP of finance for the CBS-owned stations since 2005, has been promoted to senior VP and controller for the division.