IT folks are sometimes the Rodney Dangerfield’s of the entertainment, broadcast, cable, TV business. But they keep us all going. Admit it…you panic when your computer doesn’t work. Liberty Sports Group has named BRIAN McHALE as the Chief Technology Officer. Brian will handle all the IT needs of the regional sports networks in Denver, Seattle and Pittsburgh. He’s an old hand at keeping it all together, having worked in IT management slots at Starz and Discovery Communications. Great to hear, Brian!

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That’s MARK MCGEARY there in the pix. Doesn’t he look a little like VAL KILMER? Yeah, I think so too. Mark has just been named General Sales Manager of WHO-TV, Local TV’s NBC affiliate in Des Moines, Iowa. The Humboldt State grad will be moving north from his current post at sister station KFSM in Fort Smith, Arkansas, where he handled Local Sales. The 18-year veteran of TV has also been a GSM at KHBS/KHOG in Ft. Smith, WYFF in Greenville, SC and Seltel. Congrats to the California native!

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Cinco de Mayo…shall we celebrate? Sure should. A nice margarita, some nachos – what are you waiting for?

 Out Hollywood way, MONA LANDRY has marketing news to share about herself and about Samuels Advertising. Click here for the skinny. And you’ll also find news about the new Creative Services Director of Scripp’s KJRH in Tulsa, too. Meet SAMAMTHA KNOWLTON.

Speaking of Hollywood (and I so love doing so) let’s congratulate MA...Read More

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It’s a sales day through and through today.

April 9 was the first day CY PRINCE was hard at work as the new General Sales Manager at Cox Media Hampton Roads. Yep, that gorgeous coastal Virginia market. And Cy will get to keep up with all those pretty areas, like Virginia Beach, Norfolk, and Williamsburg.  The Syracuse grad has also worked as VP and GM of Comcast Spotlight in Miami and has worked with Fox Station Sales in The Big Apple as well as Viacom/Paramount Stations Group in Atlanta, Columbus and the aforementioned Miami. He came over from Cquer, LLC where he was a Managing Partner. Good t...Read More

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Home to the National Toy Hall of Fame, Rochester, NY is also where you’ll find the Strong National Museum of Play. It’s not all fun and games…they work hard in Rochester, too. One such hardworking resident is LAUREN BURRUTO, who has been appointed General Sales Manager at News 10NBC, WHEC-TV. It’s the NBC affiliate there, owned by Hubbard. Lauren is a Pittsford, NY native (just down the road, actually) who is an alum of Ohio Wesleyan U. She began her career as an AE at the station, and was most recently National Sales Manager. Great to hear of your upward mobility, Lauren!

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Top of the week to ya’ll. Let’s start with new things. It’s spring, it’s gorgeous where I am, and I’m in the mood to look ahead. We’ll start with news from Faith & Values Media, the nation’s largest coalition of Christian, Jewish and Islamic faith groups dedicated to media production, distribution and promotion. Definitely a good cause. They’ve named DEB MATHEWS to a newly created position called Director of Internet ...Read More

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Adding Senior to her title of Vice President of Sales for Bravo as well as adding to Oxygen to the list of responsibilities is SUSAN MAIFA. The Queens College grad has been handling Bravo sales as VP since ’07 and is already hard at work with her new role. Susan’s a whiz at the sales end of things, having been Senior VP of Ad Sales at CourtTV and working her way up the sales ladder at Comedy Central. She’s also been at Food Network and Travel Channel. Great to hear of your promotion!

What a smart guy he is…TONY DOLAN is taking a job in St. Petersburg, FL. He&...Read More

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The starz come out in Colorado all the time. Specifically in Englewood, Colorado, home to Starz Entertainment. The Denver suburb has a promotion to share with us all. Actually, it’s a promo promotion. DEBBIE ALTHER is now vice president of program and promotion planning and scheduling, upped from executive director of inventory management. The Tucson native has a broad and exciting background in TV, including work in independent television, local broadcast, local cable and national multi-service operators. Great to hear!

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Congrats to STACEY WOELFEL, who is the Chairman-Elect for the Radio-Television News Directors Association. What better slot for a guy who teaches at the celebrated Mizzou J-school as well as serves as News Director of KOMU-TV in Columbia, MO. Missouri is the Show Me state, of course, and that seems to go along with great news folks. If you’re from St. Louis, Stacey…what high school did you go to?

The lush Pacific Northwest is the region that LARRY ROBERTS ...Read More

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A big Discovery welcomes goes out to JAMES HITCHCOCK, who’s the new Marketing and Branding Officer for Discovery Channel reporting to President and General Manager John Ford.  Find out more about James by clicking here.

It’s spring, and creativity is in full bloom. Another creative appointment comes from Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group where...Read More

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Show of hands…anybody spend any time in Kalamazoo, Michigan? Summers maybe? Yeah, me too. Love it there and there’s news about a new Creative Services Manager at the Freedom Communications station, WWMT. MARK BISHOP (that's him in the pic) is the man in questions, and you can find out all about him when you click here.

Another marketing move made yesterday. Hearst Argyle’s WBAL in Baltimore has upped their Assistant  Promotion Manager to Creative Services Director.  Learn about ...Read More

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One of the oddest things about being raised in St. Louis is the never-ending fascination with high school attendance. When one meets another St. Louisan, one always asks what high school they went to, and that is exactly what happened when talking to the new Creative Services Director for Meredith’s Phoenix operation, KPHO. As a matter of fact, there’s a real St. Louis connection to the station that extends to the GM, who used to work in the Gateway to the West. You’ll want to know where MATT HYATT went to school (that’s him in the pix) so you’ll want to ...Read More

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