Shine Rises at Fox

Fox News Channel has promoted prime-time production chief Bill Shine to senior vice president of programming.

Shine was primarily responsible for the production end, keeping Fox News' evening shows on track. The promotion puts him in charge of all programming throughout the day, including greater development responsibilities. Shine replaces Kevin McGee, who was recently put in charge of Fox's radio syndication unit.

Shine has been at the cable network since it launched in 1996, initially as producer of Hannity & Colmes.

John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.