Coleman Named Vice President, Programming of Hearst-Argyle Television.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 14, 1999-- Emerson Coleman has been named vice president, programming, of Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc. The appointment was announced by John G. Conomikes, president and co-chief executive officer, and Bob Marbut, chairman and co-chief executive officer, of Hearst-Argyle Television. Coleman has been vice president and director of broadcast operations at WBAL-TV, the Hearst-Argyle station in Baltimore, Maryland. In his new role, he moves to the company's New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. corporate office. "Emerson has had an outstanding track record in his program judgments and selections at WBAL WBAL West Bay Athletic League (San Francisco Bay Area) , and has contributed significantly to the station's strong No. 1 position in Baltimore," Conomikes said. "He has good programming instincts and excellent relationships with program providers." "Emerson has served with great distinction in his many years at WBAL," Marbut added. "He'll be an excellent addition to the corporate staff as our company, and our programming needs, expand." Coleman, who began his career as a writer and filmmaker, has also worked at WBZ-TV, Boston, and at WJZ-TV, Baltimore, where he was executive producer of local programming. Prior to joining WBAL, he produced several international television projects. He has been honored with national and regional awards from organizations including the National Association of Broadcasters, the National Association of Television Program Executives, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
in full National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Oldest and largest U.S. civil rights organization. It was founded in 1909 to secure political, educational, social, and economic equality for African Americans; W.E.B. Du Bois and Ida B. President Kweisi Mfume. Coleman is a graduate of Brown University and the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School of Communications. Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc. owns and/or manages 26 network-affiliated television stations, and owns and/or manages seven radio stations, in geographically diverse U.S. markets. The company's television stations reach about 17.5% of U.S. TV households, making it one of the two largest non-network owned television station groups in the United States as well as one of the seven largest television groups overall as measured by audience delivered. Hearst-Argyle trades on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. under the symbol "HTV HTV H-II Transfer Vehicle HTV Harlech Television (Wales, UK) HTV Hrvatska Televizija (Croatian television) HTV Heidenheimer Tarifverbund (German) HTV Habitual Traffic Violator ." |
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