Kersting Named President of Tribune Broadcasting

Tribune
Company COO Jerry Kersting has been named president of Tribune Broadcasting.

"Jerry's done
a great job since becoming COO of our broadcast group," said Tribune's CEO
Randy Michaels in a statement. "He's smart, innovative and driven-our stations
have been expanding news, adding new programming and building audience. WGN
America is stronger than ever. Jerry's leadership will keep us on the right
path and drive even better results."

Kersting, 60,
replaces Ed Wilson who exited the company on Friday. Tribune is in the process
of restructuring its finances and emerging from bankruptcy, which the company
hopes to have completed by the end of this year. As part of that process, it's
rearranging its management team.

Kersting
joined Tribune as executive VP in 2008. Prior to that, he had been executive VP/CFO
of Clear Channel Radio since 1999. In total, Kersting worked for Clear Channel
for 34 years.

"We've
established some strong momentum across our broadcasting division, but there is
a lot more to do," said Kersting in a statement. "We intend to shake up
traditional local television news by doing things differently and giving
viewers innovative broadcasts and a clear choice in our markets. Every night,
people turn on their local news and see the same thing wherever they flip the
channel-we intend to change that."

Paige Albiniak

Contributing editor Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of television for more than 25 years. She is a longtime contributor to Next TV, Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News. She concurrently serves as editorial director for The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences (G.E.M.A.). She has written for such publications as TVNewsCheck, The New York Post, Variety, CBS Watch and more. Albiniak was B+C’s Los Angeles bureau chief from September 2002 to 2004, and an associate editor covering Congress and lobbying for the magazine in Washington, D.C., from January 1997 - September 2002.