Bill Lord Named WUSA Executive News Director

By Michael Malone
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Bill Lord, former WJLA Washington general manager, has been named station manager and executive news director at WUSA Washington. Lord was a news director and then general manager at WJLA until Sinclair acquired the station. An ABC affiliate, WJLA was the centerpiece of Sinclair's $985 million acquisition of Allbritton.

Lord was named station manager at WJLA in 2009 and general manager late in 2011.

Dan Mellon, Sinclair group manager, stepped in as general manager of WJLA and sister cable network NewsChannel 8 in August.

Gannett owns WUSA, a CBS affiliate. Lord will report to Mark Burdett, WUSA president and general manager.

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.