Fates & Fortunes
By Melanie M. Clarke -- Broadcasting & Cable, 1/23/2006
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Broadcast TV
At KNBC Los Angeles: Daniel E. Owens, compensation manager, General Electric Infrastructure, Wilton, Conn., named director, HR; Michael McCarthy, VP, sales, promoted to senior VP, sales, stations' division West; Keith Esparros, managing editor, promoted to assistant news director.
Brent Struense, creative services director, WFSB Hartford, Conn./WSHM Springfield, Mass., named marketing director, WFTX Fort Myers/Naples, Fla.
Programming
James Hitchcock, VP, creative and marketing, CMT, Nashville, Tenn., promoted to senior VP.
Steve Margosian, general manager, Busch Media Group, New York, named VP, OLN marketing solutions, Comcast Networks, New York.
At Turner Entertainment, New York: Michael Strober, national ad director, Gemstar-TV Guide, New York, named VP/sales manager, ad sales and marketing; Frank Sgrizzi,VP/sales manager, promoted to senior VP, ad sales and marketing operations.
Ilene Kennedy, director, online product research and new product development, Columbia House, named VP, online analytics and development, Court TV Online, New York.
Promoted at Fox Broadcasting Co., New York: Susan Wachter, senior VP, sales planning and administration, to executive VP; Cliff Pozner, VP, revenue analysis, promoted to senior VP.
At ImaginAsian Entertainment, New York: J. Edward Lee, executive VP, Predictive Media Corp., Cambridge, Mass., appointed executive VP/COO; Tino Calabria, VP, on-air operations, media management, MTV Networks, tapped as VP, operations; Anil Srivatsa, senior VP, affiliate sales and operations, promoted to executive VP, affiliate sales and new business development; David L. Chu VP, programming and production, promoted to senior VP.
Eileen Murphy, VP, communications, publishing group, Gemstar-TV Guide, New York, named senior VP, corporate communications.
At Comcast SportsNet: April Carty-Sipp, director, creative services, Philadelphia, tapped as VP, creative services; Tony Burke, managing producer, regional sports news, Fox Sports Ohio, named to the position of assistant news director, Bethesda, Md.
Advertising/Marketing/PR
Barbara “Bo” Argentino, executive VP, ad sales, Sony Pictures Television, New York, tapped as senior VP, advertising and media sales, NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution, New York.
