Raycom’s Daugherty New CBS Affiliates Board Chair

Raycom Executive VP/COO Wayne Daugherty was named chairman of the CBS affiliates board, which met Thursday (May 20) in Manhattan following the network’s upfront presentation. Daugherty was previously the vice chair of the board.

He succeeds outgoing chairman Tim Busch of Nexstar, who was named to the position in the 2009 affiliates meeting.

CBS Affiliate Relations President Diana Wilkin called Daugherty a seasoned operator and a good representative for the affiliates.

Daugherty is out of the office today and was not available for comment.

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.