Zerwekh Takes Over WTEV-WAWS

By Michael Malone
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Jim Zerwekh has been named vice president and general manager at WTEV-WAWS Jacksonville. High Plains owns CBS outlet WTEV, which manages Newport TV's Fox affiliate WAWS in the No. 47 DMA. WAWS features MyNetworkTV and RTV programming on its digital tier.

WTEV-WAWS unveiled a joint Action News brand and Website last spring.

Jeff Whitson was the previous general manager, and departed the stations in January.

The Jacksonville Business Journal previously reported Zerwekh's hiring. Zerwekh previously ran KWGN Denver and the former WBZL Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, reports the publication, and was also vice president at WGN Chicago

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.