Belo Names Bob Simone President and General Manager of KMSB-TV and KTTU-TV in Tucson
2009年9月29日 - 4:41AM
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DALLAS, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Belo Corp. (NYSE:BLC),
one of the nation's largest pure-play, publicly-traded television
companies, announced today that it has named Robert M. "Bob" Simone
president and general manager of its Tucson television stations,
KMSB-TV (FOX) and KTTU-TV (MyNetworkTV). A 25-year broadcast
television veteran, Simone most recently was with Liberty Media
advising the Company on its broadcast industry initiatives. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090928/DA82987) Peter L.
Diaz, Belo's executive vice president/Television Operations, said,
"Bob Simone has a proven record in the broadcast industry of
building news products and his leadership and management experience
will complement Belo's Tucson operations." Prior to his position at
Liberty, Simone spent 20 years at Fox Television Stations, Inc. in
a variety of management roles. During his last 11 years with Fox,
he was vice president/General Manager of three different Fox owned
and operated television stations: KPTV (Portland), KDVR-TV (Denver)
and WTFX-TV (Philadelphia). His career also includes senior
management positions at WFLD-TV (Chicago) and KSTU-TV (Salt Lake
City). About Belo Corp. Belo Corp. (BLC) is one of the nation's
largest pure-play, publicly-traded television companies, with 2008
annual revenue of $733 million. The Company owns and operates 20
television stations (nine in the top 25 markets) and their
associated Web sites. Belo stations, which include affiliations
with ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CW and MyNetwork TV, reach more than 14
percent of U.S. television households in 15 highly-attractive
markets. Belo stations rank first or second in nearly all of their
local markets. Additional information is available at
http://www.belo.com/ or by contacting Paul Fry, vice
president/Investor Relations & Corporate Communications, at
214-977-6835. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090928/DA82987
http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Belo Corp. CONTACT: Paul
Fry, vice president/Investor Relations & Corporate
Communications of Belo Corp., +1-214-977-6835 Web Site:
http://www.belo.com/
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