WNBC-TV names news head

By BroadCasting & Cable Staff -- Broadcasting & Cable, 9/19/2002 7:03:00 AM

The raiding continues in New York. WNBC-TV -- which has seen its corporate ranks diminished by the departure of general manager Dennis Swanson and a few top protégés -- has hired veteran WABC-TV executive producer Barbara Johnson as news director.

Johnson will report to Dan Forman, who recently left as news director at WABC-TV to become station manager and senior vice president for news at WNBC-TV.

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