WPIX News Director Carey Resigning

Three year stint in NY coming to close

By Michael Malone -- Broadcasting & Cable, 10/4/2012 1:38:23 PM

WPIX New York news director Bill Carey is set to resign, confirms an insider at parent Tribune. Carey, who came on board in November 2009, has another position lined up and the split is said to be amicable.

The New York Post reports that Carey has resigned, though the company insider said the official resignation is likely to go down in the coming days.

Carey has tried some unique initiatives to jumpstart ratings at the CW affiliate, including going on air at 4 a.m. and enticing viewers with a "Cash Grab" giveaway during the news.

Prior to PIX, Carey was VP and general manager at WFTS Tampa, and was news director at WCBS New York from 1996 to 1999.

WPIX is mired in a retrans-induced fight with Cablevision that has seen the station dark for subscribers of that cable service since mid-August.