Kelly to run Weigel stations

Molly Kelly has been promoted to station manager at Chicago’s Weigel Broadcasting Company.

In her new job, she will oversee the day-to-day operations of the marketing, promotion, content, programming and Web departments.

“We are pleased to promote her from within our station ranks.  Since joining our station group almost 3 years ago, she has proven herself as a leader and someone who can get the job done,” said Neal Sabin, Weigel’s EVP, in a statement.

Kelly formerly was the director of marketing and promotions for the group’s Chicago stations. She also has helped launch This TV, a digital TV network and joint venture with MGM.

Prior to joining Weigel, Kelly was brand, advertising and promotion manager for the LIN TV stations in Grand Rapids, Mich. Prior to that, she produced promotions for those stations. She began her career at WISN Milwaukee  in promotion, traffic and community affairs.

Kelly is an alum of Marquette University with a BA in broadcast communication. She’s s a native of Chicago’s Oak Park.

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.