Blake Bridges. (Courtesy photo)
Hearst Television announced this week that its general sales manager Blake Bridges will be elevated to the role of president and general manager of its television station in the Carolinas.
Bridges will succeed John L. Humphries, the long-time Hearst veteran who is leaving Wyff for retirement later this year.
Bridges started his broadcast TV career in the late 1990s, working for Wasv in Asheville, North Carolina before moving to Wspa in the same market one year later. In the early 2000s, he joined Tegna-owned Wxia in an account executive role before moving back to Asheville to join Wyff. The station also serves Greenville, South Carolina.
“Blake has distinguished himself as one of our best and brightest leaders in our sales organization for more than a decade,” Michael J. Hayes, the President of Hearst Television, said in a statement on Friday. “Blake has distinguished himself as...
Hearst Television announced this week that its general sales manager Blake Bridges will be elevated to the role of president and general manager of its television station in the Carolinas.
Bridges will succeed John L. Humphries, the long-time Hearst veteran who is leaving Wyff for retirement later this year.
Bridges started his broadcast TV career in the late 1990s, working for Wasv in Asheville, North Carolina before moving to Wspa in the same market one year later. In the early 2000s, he joined Tegna-owned Wxia in an account executive role before moving back to Asheville to join Wyff. The station also serves Greenville, South Carolina.
“Blake has distinguished himself as one of our best and brightest leaders in our sales organization for more than a decade,” Michael J. Hayes, the President of Hearst Television, said in a statement on Friday. “Blake has distinguished himself as...
- 10/19/2024
- by Matthew Keys
- The Desk
John L. Humphries. (Courtesy photo)
John Humphries, a broadcast television veteran with more than four decades of experience, is set to retire from Hearst Television later this year, the company announced.
Humphries has spent nearly half of his TV career at Hearst Television — 18 years, to be precise — and has worked for the last seven years as the president and general manager of Wyff in the Greenville-Spartanburg, South Carolina market. Prior to working at Wyff, Humphries spent four years as the president and general manager of Wgal in York, Pennsylvania.
He started his Hearst TV journey at Wyff as a sales director in 2006. Other roles include a general sales manager position at Gray Media-owned Wbtv in Charlotte and a similar role at Nexstar-owned Wspa in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
His TV career began in the late 1970s at Wsoc in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he spent 18 years working in various roles,...
John Humphries, a broadcast television veteran with more than four decades of experience, is set to retire from Hearst Television later this year, the company announced.
Humphries has spent nearly half of his TV career at Hearst Television — 18 years, to be precise — and has worked for the last seven years as the president and general manager of Wyff in the Greenville-Spartanburg, South Carolina market. Prior to working at Wyff, Humphries spent four years as the president and general manager of Wgal in York, Pennsylvania.
He started his Hearst TV journey at Wyff as a sales director in 2006. Other roles include a general sales manager position at Gray Media-owned Wbtv in Charlotte and a similar role at Nexstar-owned Wspa in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
His TV career began in the late 1970s at Wsoc in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he spent 18 years working in various roles,...
- 10/14/2024
- by Matthew Keys
- The Desk
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