Kevin Walsh has been promoted to VP, broadcast sales, Northeastern region, for Twentieth Television. The announcement was made Wednesday by Paul Franklin, Twentieth Television’s executive VP and general sales manager for broadcast.

Most recently VP, Southeastern region, in the company’s Atlanta office, Mr. Walsh will report directly to Ken Doyle, senior VP, Northeastern region manager in New York.

Mr. Walsh joined Twentieth Television in 1998 as an account executive in broadcast sales in Chicago, where he oversaw off-network and first-run program sales in 24 Midwest markets. Later that year he was promoted to division manager sales, Southeastern region, and relocated to the company’s Atlanta office.