Sinclair Names Marshall Porter General Manager of WMSN-TV in Madison, Wisconsin
October 27 2003 - 12:03PM
PR Newswire (US)
Sinclair Names Marshall Porter General Manager of WMSN-TV in
Madison, Wisconsin BALTIMORE, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. announced today that Marshall Porter
has been named General Manager for WMSN-TV (FOX 47) in Madison,
Wisconsin. The announcement was made by Steve Marks, Chief
Operating Officer of Sinclair's television group. In making the
announcement, Mr. Marks said, "We are excited to have Marshall join
us in Madison. He brings a great deal of sales and station
management experience and will be a tremendous asset as we continue
to grow WMSN." Commenting on his appointment, Mr. Porter stated, "I
am very excited about the opportunity to lead the WMSN-TV team and
equally excited to return to Wisconsin. The station has a solid
foundation built around its people and program line-up, and I look
forward to continuing to build upon the station's successful mix of
community involvement and quality program offerings." Mr. Porter's
television career spans 24 years, most recently serving as Senior
Vice President / General Manager and Corporate Director of Sales
for Citadel Communications and WOI-TV in Des Moines, Iowa since
2000. Prior to that, he was General Manager at WHBF-TV in Rock
Island, Illinois from 1996 to 2000. Mr. Porter's 12 years of sales
management experience include stops at WQAD-TV, Moline, IL,
WAOW-TV, Wausau, WI and KDUB-TV, Dubuque, IA. Mr. Porter received
his Bachelor of Science degree in Communications from Emerson
College in Boston. Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., one of the
largest and most diversified television broadcasting companies,
owns and operates, programs or provides sales services to 62
television stations in 39 markets. Sinclair's television group
includes FOX, WB, ABC, CBS, NBC, and UPN affiliates and reaches
approximately 24% of all U.S. television households. For more
information, please visit Sinclair's website at
http://www.sbgi.net/. DATASOURCE: Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
CONTACT: David Ford, Group Manager of Sinclair Broadcast Group,
+1-414-442-7050 Web site: http://www.sbgi.net/ Company News
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