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Broadcasting
John M. Culliton to VP and general manager, KNXV-TV, Phoenix, from VP and general manager, KCBS, Los Angeles.
Debbie Milligan to director, marketing and community affairs, KMOV-TV, St. Louis, from marketing manager, The Rouse Company, Dallas.
Harlan Milton to VP, technical operations, The WB 100+ Station Group, from director of network operations at Fox Broadcasting Company.
Greg McAlister to general manager, KLBK-TV, Lubbok, Texas, from president and general manager, KAMC-TV, Lubbok..
Pat McGonigle to weekend news anchor/reporter, “Fox 17 News at Ten,” Fox 17 WXMI, Grand Rapids, Michigan, from weekend anchor/reporter, KTPM-TV in Omaha, Nebraska.
Kyle Krebs to VP and general sales manager, KDFW-TV and KDFI-TV, Dallas-Forth Worth, from local sales manager, KDFW.
Brian Mercer to research and sales marketing manager, WBDT-TV, Dayton, Ohio, from sales assistant.
Jose Rios to VP, news, KTTV-TV, Los Angeles, to VP, news, KTTV and KCOP-TV, Los Angeles.
Michael Howey to VP, engineering, WTVT-TV, Tampa, Fla., from VP, engineering and operations, KDVR-TV, Denver.
Kevin Carpenter to manager, online operations, WLS-TV, Chicago, from Web operations manager, WJRT-TV, Flint, Mich.
Cable
Hud Lee Woodle to sales executive, TechTV International, San Francisco.
Shahid Butt to VP, marketing for new products and channels, Charter Communications, from corporate director, consumer marketing and advanced services.
Meade Camp to senior VP, client solutions group, Weather Channel Companies, from senior VP, client partnerships group, News Digital Media.
John Wattick, national director of marketing, MBC Network, from regional director of sales and marketing, Adelphia. Also, Pamela Fletcher to program coordinator, “Future of Black America,” MBC Network, from sales and marketing, FX Networks.
Toby Graff to VP, public affairs, Lifetime Television, from director, corporate communications.
Steve Mendelsohn to executive director, Manhattan Neighborhood Network, from interim executive director.
Distribution
Richard Golden to VP, Southwest regional sales manager, Paramount Domestic Television, from Southwest division manager.
Jean Huang to executive sales director, U.S. and Asia, Distraction Formats, from VP, international sales, Lions Gate Entertainment.
International
Frank Eijken to senior VP, sales and marketing, SBS Broadcasting SA, from executive director, sales and marketing, SBS Broadcasting SV.
Carl Furgusson to director of business development, Tandberg TV, Southampton, U.K., from head of segment business management group, Tandberg TV.
Norman Spector to political commentator, VI Land News, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, from syndicated newspaper columnists and TC contributor.
Hud Lee Woodle to sales executive, TechTV International, San Francisco.
Journalism
Tony Aiello to Westchester correspondent, CBS 2, New York, from reporter, WNBC.
Naibe Reynoso to reporter, fill-in anchor, KWGN-TV, Denver from anchor/reporter, Mas Arizona Spanish Cable Network and KTVK-TV, Phoenix, Ariz.
Kerry Lyon to reporter, CBS 2, New York, from political reporter, NY1, New York..
Natalie Tysdal to morning anchor, KWGN-TV, Denver, from reporter, KTVT-TV, Dallas. Also, Naibe Reynoso to reporter, fill-in anchor, KWGN-TV, Denver from anchor/reporter, Mas Arizona Spanish Cable Network and KTVK-TV, Phoenix, Ariz.
Suzanne Boyd to co-anchor, WPEC-TV News 12 Daybreak, Palm Beach, Florida, from co-anchor, News 12 weekend newscasts.
Tara Lynn to reporter, WSPA-TV, Spartanburg, S.C., from reporter, WBIR-TV, Knoxville, Tenn. Also, Spencer Culp to 5 p.m. weekday news producer, from news producer, WJBF-TV, Greenville, N.C.; and Cherish Keatts to reporter, from reporter, WCTI-TV, Greenville.
Rob Fukuzaki to weeknight sports anchor and host, “Monday Night Live,” KABC-TV, Los Angeles, from weekend sports anchor.
Alicia Booth to weekday noon anchor, WEWS-TV, Cleveland, from health reporter.
Shae Crisson to weekend morning anchor, WTVD-TV, Raleigh-Durham, N.C., from reporter.
Jonathan Elias to primary anchor, KNXV-TV, Phoenix, from anchor and reporter, KCBS-TV, Los Angeles. Also, Steve Irvin to morning anchor, from 5 p.m. anchor and reporter, WTVF-TV, Nashville.
Donna Savarese to 6 p.m. anchor and reporter, KMOV-TV, St. Louis, from anchor and reporter, KHWB-TV, Houston.
Daryl Hawks to weekend sportscaster, WCNC-TV, Charlotte, N.C., from weekend sportscaster, WJXT-TV, Jacksonville, Fla.
Karen May to weekend morning anchor, WTKR-TV, Norfolk, Va., from anchor and reporter, WTVH-TV, Syracuse, N.Y.
Summer Jackson to education reporter, WBRZ-TV, Baton Rouge, La., from education specialist, Community Action Agency, Danville, Ill.
Sean Whiting Cuellar to morning and midday anchor and reporter, KTSM-TV, El Paso, Texas, from anchor and reporter, KIFI-TV, Idaho Falls, Idaho.
Denise Valdez to weekend editions co-anchor, KNBC-TV, Los Angeles, from weekend anchor and reporter, KXAS-TV, Dallas-Forth Worth.
Dennis Evans to weekend sports anchor, KTNV-TV, Las Vegas, from sports talk show host, WHB-FM, Kansas City, Mo.

Bob Van Dillen to meteorologist, Headline News, CNN, from weekend meteorologist, WCNC-TV, Charlotte, N.C.
Reg Chapman to general assignment reporter, KSTP-TV and KSTC-TV, Minneapolis-St. Paul, from reporter, WPXI-TV, Pittsburgh.
Dennis Evans to weekend sports anchor, KTNV-TV, Las Vegas, from sports talk show host, WHB-FM, Kansas City, Mo.
Karen Brady to Monday-Friday evening anchor/reporter, KTHV-TV, Little Rock, Ark., from reporter/fill-in anchor, WKRN-TV, Nashville.
Ryan Andrews to weekday morning and noon co-anchor, WOIO-TV, Cleveland, from weekday morning co-anchor, WIVB-TV, Buffalo, N.Y.
Cari Champion to reporter, WPTV, West Palm Beach, Fla., from reporter, Orange County NewsChannel, Santa Ana, Calif.
Mike Lopez to executive producer, WAVY-TV, Norfolk, Va., from executive producer, WISH-TV, Indianapolis, IN.
Audra Levy to news director, WSYM-TV, Lansing, Mich., from assistant news director, WTMJ-TV, Milwaukee.
Carol Fowler to VP, news director, WBBM-TV, Chicago, from news director, WGN-TV, Chicago.
Monty Webb to chief meteorologist, KCPQ-TV, Seattle, from morning weathercaster, WBBM-TV, Chicago.
Scott Swan to weeknight 5:30 and 10 co-anchor, WTHR-TV, Indianapolis, from weekday morning anchor, KTVX-TV, Salt Lake City.
Wendy McMachon to creative services director, WCCO-TV, Minneapolis, from creative services director, KXAN-TV, Austin, Texas.
Keith Blaisdell to news director, WHTM-TV, Harrisburg, Pa., from assistant news director.
Production
Melvin Ming to chief operating officer, Sesame Workshop, from chief financial officer.
Tony Stern to head of co-productions, FremantleMedia Enterprises, in addition to commercial director.
Cathey Veisel to creative affairs manager, Fox Alternative Productions, from executive assistant to David Grant, president, Fox Television Studios.
Heather Hanssen to director of marketing, global consumer products and international TV distribution, Sesame Workshop, from brand manager, Hearst Magazines.
Stephen Pugh to VFX producer, Eden FX, from VFX producer, Foundation Imaging. Also, Robert Bonchune to supervising artist, from CG artist, Foundation Imaging; and John Teska to supervising artist, from director of animation, Foundation Imaging.
Dina Chang to senior editor, Humculus, from executive producer, Spank! Music & Sound Design. Also, Arash Ayrom to editor, from independent editor.
Radio
Kelly Carls to regional VP, programming, Louisville, Ken., Clear Channel Communications, from director of operations, Louisville. Chris Kampmeier to regional VP, programming, Central-North Florida, from director of programming, Orlando, Fla.
Phil Hunt to regional VP, programming, West Texas region, Clear Channel Radio, from director of programming, Clear Channel, Little Rock, Ark.

Technology
Dennis Grinberg to director of software development, Matrix Solutions, from chief operating officer, Red Square Systems, Pittsburgh.
Simon Derry to CEO, Snell & Wilcox
, from CEO, broadcast, Vitec.
Karen Willem to senior VP, finance and operations, and chief financial officer, iVast, from president and CEO, ViewCentral.