Berman Out at WVEC

By Michael Malone
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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WVEC Norfolk President/General Manager Jim Berman is departing the station at the end of the week, reports the Daily Press newspaper. WVEC is a Belo-owned ABC affiliate in the #43 DMA.

"We've been having some conversations about the future, and the company wanted to make some changes," Berman told the Daily Press. A replacement has not been named.

Berman was not available for comment at presstime.

WVEC has had its challenges of late, trying to do battle with LIN's leading WAVY and slipping to #3 in late news in May, behind Local TV's WTKR.

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.