Joerres Named WBAL-TV President/GM

Dan Joerres, general sales manager of Hearst NBC affiliate WXII-TV Winston-Salem, N.C., has been named president and GM of Hearst's WBAL-TV Baltimore. He succeeds Jordan Wertlieb, who has been named EVP of Hearst in New York.

Joerres joined WXII-TV in 2008. Before that, he was in sales posts at Hearst's WISN-TV Milwaukee for 10 years, exiting as local sales manager.

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