Brown Ritter Named WBTW News Director

By Michael Malone
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Dana Brown Ritter, executive producer at WAVY Norfolk, has been named news director at WBTW Myrtle Beach. She starts Jan. 26 at the Media General station, a CBS affiliate and market leader.

Prior to making executive producer, Brown Ritter was a news producer at WAVY. Before that, she worked at the CBN News Washington bureau as White House producer and executive producer of The Brody File. She also worked for Hearst TV’s Washington bureau, at WTAE Pittsburgh and WSLS Roanoke.

“We are lucky to land someone of Dana’s talent and experience internally from the newly combined Media General Stations Group,” said Randy Ingram, WBTW regional VP 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.