TV One Banks On Banks for New Programming

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

Susan Banks, who has been VP of marketing and creative services for TV one, has been named executive VP of special projects.

She will help produce shows, including TV One on One with [TV One board member and Radio One founder] Cathy Hughes and work on original movies and book projects, according to the Silver Spring (Md.)-based network.

Before joining TV One in 2003, she was director of on-air promotion for CBS TV for more than a decade.

Taking over the marketing mantle is Kenetta Bailey, who was named EVP and chief marketing officer for TV One, effective Monday (Oct. 10).

John Eggerton
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.