Rohrbeck leaves Channel 4 to become NBC division president.John Rohrbeck, president and general manager of KNBC-TV Channel 4, has been promoted to president of the network's television stations division and is being transferred to New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . Rohrbeck will be replaced at the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. station by Reed Manville, manager of sales planning at KNBC KNBC Kings Norton Bowling Club . The changes take effect Dec. 16 with the departure of Al Jerome, current president of the NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. owned-and-operated television stations, who is leaving the network after 17 years to become president of Dallas-based Spectradyne Inc. Rohrbeck has been general manager of KNBC for seven years. Prior to that, he was vice president and general manager of WRC-TV in Washington. In a prepared statement, Rohrbeck said leaving KNBC was "the most difficult decision of my career." He said he was convinced by NBC President Bob Wright that the new job would give him "an opportunity to make a meaningful contribution on a broader canvas." |
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