Tribune Names Eric Meyrowitz General Manager of WPIX-TV

Tribune Names Eric Meyrowitz General Manager of WPIX-TV

CHICAGO, Sept. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Tribune Broadcasting today named Eric Meyrowitz as vice president/general manager of WPIX-TV in New York, effective immediately. Meyrowitz is a native of New York and has served as vice president/general manager of WDCW-TV, the company's television station in Washington, D.C., since 2004.

"Eric is the right guy for this job," said Tribune Broadcasting president Jerry Kersting. "Even more so because he's originally from New York--he understands the city, the importance of local news and the rich tradition of WPIX."

Meyrowitz joined the local sales department of WDCW in 2000, and served as general sales manager at the station from 2002 to 2004. Prior to WDCW, Meyrowitz served as national sales manager for WBAL-TV, Baltimore, from 1997 to 2000. He worked for Harrington, Righter & Parsons, Inc., a television sales representative firm, from 1992 to 1997.

"This is an incredible opportunity to lead a great station in the best media market in the country," said Meyrowitz. "With new syndicated programming launching this fall, and the expansion of its morning news show, WPIX will continue growing its legacy and I'm honored to be a part of it. Plus, I get to return home--I can't wait to get started."

TRIBUNE is one of the country's leading multimedia companies, operating businesses in publishing, interactive and broadcasting. In publishing, Tribune's leading daily newspapers include the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The Baltimore Sun, Sun Sentinel (South Florida), Orlando Sentinel, Hartford Courant, The Morning Call and Daily Press. The company's broadcasting group operates 23 television stations, WGN America on national cable and Chicago's WGN-AM. Popular news and information websites complement Tribune's print and broadcast properties and extend the company's nationwide audience. At Tribune we take what we do seriously and with a great deal of pride. We also value the creative spirit and nurture a corporate culture that doesn't take itself too seriously.

Source: Tribune Broadcasting

CONTACT: Gary Weitman, SVP/Corporate Relations of Tribune Broadcasting,
+1-312-222-3394, gweitman@tribune.com

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