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Eric Meyrowitz, sales executive, WBDC Washington, appointed VP/general manager.

Peter C. Pappas, executive VP, government and regulatory affairs, Pappas Telecasting Companies, Visalia, Calif., promoted to executive VP/legal and governmental affairs.

Jared Lipworth, series producer, Innovation, WNET New York, promoted to executive producer, science programs.

Terri Ruppe, account executive, KPIX San Francisco, named local sales manager.

Jaishree Ramakrishnan, area sales manager, Comcast Spotlight, Chicago, named new business manager, WBBM Chicago.

At WPSG Philadelphia: Bob Fein, director, sales, promoted to station manager; Harold B. Hairston, former fire commissioner, Philadelphia, joins Eyewitness News team as on-air consultant.

Tim Crumley, national sales manager, WTXL/WTWC/WBXT Tallahassee, Fla., appointed national spot sales manager, The WB 100+ station group, Tallahassee.

Dan Martinsen, senior VP, corporate communications, Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite/Spike TV/TV Land/Noggin, New York, named executive VP.

Scott MacPherson, previously senior VP, public and government affairs, Court TV, New York, promoted to executive VP, corporate and government affairs.

Ken Wilkey, VP, network operations, NBC Cable, New York, promoted to senior VP, TV stations and cable technology, NBC Universal, New York.

Carol Eng, senior VP, original programming, MTV, New York, named senior VP, programming and development.

Beth Klein, senior VP, talent and casting, Viacom Productions, Los Angeles, named senior VP, talent and casting, Showtime Networks Inc., Los Angeles.

Robert Friedman, senior VP, cable sales manager, Paramount Domestic Television, New York, named senior VP, programming, Spike TV, New York.

Alexa Verveer, VP, public policy and government relations, Discovery Communications, Silver Spring, Md., promoted to senior VP.

At ESPN, Bristol, Conn.: Manish Jha, senior VP/general manager, emerging media and data services, named senior VP, ESPN mobile; John Kosner, senior VP/general manager, ESPN.com, named senior VP, ESPN new media; Geoff Reiss, senior VP/general manager, ESPN The Magazine, named senior VP, ESPN consumer products. \

At Comcast SportsNet, Bethesda, Md.: Scott Langerman, VP, business development, promoted to senior VP, business and programming development; Chris Helein, director, communications, Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, promoted to VP, communications, Comcast SportsNet; Michael Jenkins, sports anchor/reporter, KVUE Austin, Texas, named anchor/reporter.

Phil Gonzales, VP, publicity, Warner Brothers Television, Burbank, Calif., named VP, communications, CBS Entertainment, Los Angeles.

Marlene Braga, field producer, ABC News, New York, named director, programming and production, The History Channel en Español, New York.

Lucy Denny-Gardner, director, finance: marketing, promotion and administration, King World Productions, Santa Monica, Calif., promoted to VP, creative services finance and special projects.

John Dittmeier, executive VP/chief operating officer, Mission Broadcasting Inc., Scranton, Pa, named VP/general manager, WBRE Wilkes-Barre–Scranton.

Brad Miller, promotions director, KNCI(FM) Sacramento, Calif., named promotions director, KSTJ(FM)/KJUL(FM)/KKLZ(FM) Las Vegas.