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Nov 25, 2002  •  Post A Comment

Broadcasting
Richard Dyer to president and general manager, WLWT-TV, Cincinnati, from president and general manager, KETV, Omaha, Neb.
Teri Vila-Caballero to VP, national sales, Univision Communications, from account executive, Miami, Univision.
Jeff Gurley to co-local sales manager, KDFW-TV and KDFI-TV, Dallas, from national sales manager.
Jeanne Sparrow to traffic anchor, WMAQ-TV, Chicago, in addition to entertainment reporter and summer concert series and auto show host.
David Ford to local sales manager, WBBM-TV, Chicago, from VP, integrated sales and marketing group, NBC Comcast. Also, Steve Mills to news operations manager, from news photographer and editor, WFLD-TV, Chicago; Richard Swanson to VP, marketing and creative services, from VP, marketing and programming, Chronicle Broadcasting; and Gregory Krispin to director, information technology, from systems manager, WLS-TV, Chicago.
Dawn Crawford to account executive, WTVZ-TV, Norfolk, Va., from account executive, WAGT-TV, Augusta, Ga. Also, Charles Rouse III to assistant chief engineer, from broadcast engineer, U.S. Navy, Armed Forces Radio Television Service.
Cable
Doug Lindauer to senior VP, sales and marketing, Turner Network Sales, from VP, sales and marketing. Also, Sid Eshleman to VP, sales and marketing, from senior VP, affiliate sales, AMC Networks.
Jeffrey Hirsch to president, Rochester, N.Y., Time Warner Cable, from VP and general manager, Greater Columbia, S.C., TWC.
Ed Berliner to reporter and weekend anchor, “Rocky Mountain Sports Report,” Denver, Fox Sports Net, from anchor.
Greg Schaefer to chief operating officer, National Cable Communications, from VP, station manager, WCBS-TV, New York.
Pierluigi Gazzolo to senior VP, distribution, MTV Networks Latin America, from VP, distribution.
Kiera Hynnimen to senior VP, strategic marketing, The Weather Channel, from VP, strategic marketing and communications.
Journalism
Jennifer Jordan to Westchester bureau chief and correspondent, WCBS-TV, New York, from anchor and general assignment reporter, News 12 Westchester. Also, John Verilli to weekend news manager, from weekend news manager, WNBC-TV, New York.
Jen Maxfield to reporter, WABC-TV, New York, from reporter, WIXT-TV, Syracuse, N.Y.
Chris Hopkins to weekday morning co-anchor, WTKR-TV, Norfolk, Va., from weekday morning co-anchor, WINK-TV, Fort Myers, Fla.
Reg Chapman to general assignment reporter, KSTP-TV and KSTC-TV, Minneapolis-St. Paul, from reporter, WPXI-TV, Pittsburgh.
Talent
Lisa Ling to host, “National Geographic Explorer,” from co-host, “The View.”
Technology
Mark Beckwith to senior VP, sales and business development, AudioAudit, from VP, commercial operations, NBC TV Stations. Also, Neil Schaffer to executive VP and chief financial officer, from executive VP and CFO, MediaPort.
Radio
Michael Martin to regional VP, programming, Northern California, Clear Channel Radio, from program director and operations manager, San Francisco; Gregg Swedberg to regional VP, programming, Minneapolis, Minn., in addition to operations manger, Minneapolis; Mike Wheeler to regional VP, programming, Missouri-Kansas, in addition to chief program director, St. Louis Radio and Rams Radio; Mike O’Connor to regional VP, programming, Rocky Mountain, from director of FM programming, Denver; Doug Hamand to regional VP, programming, Alabama-Central Gulf Coast, from director of programming, Birmingham, Ala.; Jim Richards to regional VP, programming, San Diego, from director of FM programming; and Phil Hunt to regional VP, programming, West Texas, from director of programming, Little Rock, Ark.