Alford Heads Up Young's WTEN

Andrew Alford has been named general manager of Young Broadcasting's WTEN Albany. Alford previously ran WGCL Atlanta. 

"Andy is an exceptional leader with a solid sales background," said Deborah A. McDermott, Young Broadcasting president, "and will be a great addition to our team in Albany with his diverse market experience and enthusiastic outlook."

Alford spent eight years at Meredith's WGCL Atlanta, coming up on the sales side before resigning his GM title in August of 2009. Prior to that, he oversaw sales at WOFL Orlando.

Mike Sechrist had been running WTEN, an ABC affiliate in DMA No. 58, on an interim basis.

Young Broadcasting owns ten television stations. Last month, Stan Knott was named general manager of its WKRN Nashville.

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.