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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/.
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