Wilkin Tapped to Run WPEC

By Michael Malone
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Freedom Broadcasting announced that Diana Wilkin will become president and general manager of WPEC West Palm Beach, Fla. April 9. Wilkin comes over from Clear Channel , where she was VO and GM of the Fox-CBS duopoly in Jacksonville.

“Her multi-company, multi-market and widely varied broadcast experience made her the number-one choice to take on this important role,” stated Freedom president Doreen Wade. 

WPEC is a CBS affiliate. Wilkin sits on the CBS affiliate board.

Freedom Broadcasting owns nine stations in seven states, and is awaiting its sale of WLNE Providence .

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.