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Tribune Broadcasting
Names Group Vice Presidents
Company Promotes
John Reardon and John Vitanovec
Vinnie Malcolm Appointed Vice President/General Manager
of KTLA-TV CHICAGO, March
16, 2004 -- Tribune Broadcasting,
a division of Tribune Company (NYSE:TRB), today appointed
John Reardon and John Vitanovec as group vice presidents,
giving each executive oversight responsibilities for additional
stations in the company’s television group. Reardon
most recently served as a regional vice president and general
manager of KTLA-TV (WB5), Los Angeles, and Vitanovec was
a regional vice president and general manager of WGN-TV (WB9),
Chicago. The promotions, effective immediately, were announced
by Patrick Mullen, Tribune Broadcasting president.
"John Reardon and John Vitanovec are
proven leaders who will guide Tribune’s 26 television
stations to even greater success," said Mullen. "Each
has demonstrated strong operational skills and has been highly
successful in a variety of management roles at Tribune."
Reardon will be responsible for Tribune
stations in Los Angeles, Dallas, Houston, Miami/Ft. Lauderdale,
Denver, Sacramento, St. Louis, Portland and San Diego,
as well as the company’s
two-station clusters in Seattle and New Orleans. In addition,
he will oversee the sales function for all Tribune television
stations.
"Tribune’s station group is one
of the strongest in the country," said Reardon. "I’m
proud to be a part of it and look forward to the new challenges
presented by this promotion."
Vitanovec will be responsible for Tribune
stations in Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, Washington,
Atlanta, Grand Rapids, Harrisburg and Albany, plus the
company’s two-station
clusters in Indianapolis and Hartford. He also will oversee
management of Superstation WGN as well as creative services
operations for the full station group.
"The keys to successful television stations
remain great people, popular programs and creative promotions,"
said Vitanovec. "I’m excited to be working with
our station general managers in pursuing excellence in these
critical areas."
Vinnie Malcolm has been promoted to
vice president/general manager at KTLA, effective immediately.
He succeeds Reardon, who had led the station since 1996.
As KTLA’s station
manager since January 2002, Malcolm has overseen the sales,
production, news, engineering and creative services departments,
and developed the station’s strategic and operating
plans.
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About Reardon: John E. Reardon was named
West Coast regional vice president in March 2001, responsible
for KTLA-TV, Los Angeles; KCPQ/KTWB-TV, Seattle; KWGN-TV,
Denver; KTXL-TV, Sacramento; KWBP-TV, Portland; and KSWB-TV,
San Diego. Reardon was appointed vice president/general manager
of KTLA in 1996 after serving as vice president/station manager
since 1992. Before joining KTLA, Reardon was director/sales
at WGN-TV, Chicago, from 1989 to 1992. He joined WGN in 1985
as an account executive, was promoted to regional sales manager
in 1986, and became local sales manager in 1987.
About Vitanovec: John J. Vitanovec
was named regional vice president in February 2003, adding
to his role as vice president/general manager of WGN-TV,
Chicago, which he assumed in 1999. As regional vice president,
he held oversight responsibility for the operations of
WXIN/WTTV-TV in Indianapolis, and WXMI-TV in Grand Rapids,
Mich. From 1997 to 1999, Vitanovec was vice president/director
of operations for Tribune Broadcasting, where he oversaw
various corporate functions as well as Tribune’s
West Central WB station group. The previous two years he
was vice president/general manager of WLVI-TV, Boston. Prior
to leading WLVI, Vitanovec held several management positions
at WGN and Tribune Broadcasting. He joined Tribune in 1984.
About Malcolm: Vincent A. (Vinnie)
Malcolm was named station manager of KTLA-TV, Los Angeles,
in January 2002. He was appointed general sales manager
at KTLA in 1998, responsible for the station’s sales and marketing functions, including
local and national sales and research. He served four years
as KTLA’s local sales manager after spending nine months
as regional sales manager upon joining the station in 1994.
Tribune Broadcasting owns and operates 26 television stations
concentrated in major markets and Superstation WGN on national
cable. The group’s combined reach is more than 80
percent of U.S. television households. Tribune Broadcasting
also includes Los Angeles-based Tribune Entertainment,
a developer and distributor of first-run television programming
for the Tribune station group and for national syndication;
Chicago’s WGN-AM; and the Chicago Cubs baseball team.
Investments include The WB Television Network (22% owned)
and TV Food Network (31%). |
