GM of WSOC Lee Armstrong Retires

By Michael Malone
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

Lee Armstrong announced that she’ll retire from WSOC Charlotte in June. According to an AP story, Armstrong is the first female general manager of a Cox Communications  station.

Armstrong became general manager at ABC affiliate WSOC in 2000, along with sister station WAXN. Prior to that, she was G.M. at WHIO Dayton. She's wrapping up a 37-year television career.

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.