Bangura Named WADL Detroit GM

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David Bangura has been named president/general manager of WADL Detroit. He had been president and general manager of Granite Broadcasting’s WMYD Detroit from 2009-2014 and was general sales manager prior to that. Scripps closed on its acquisition of WMYD, a MyNetworkTV affiliate, June 16.

Bangura also put in five years as senior account executive at WJBK Detroit.

WADL is an independent station owned by Adell Broadcasting, which also owns gospel channel The Word Network.

Bangura was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, and also lived in Sierra Leone and Berlin before arriving in Michigan.

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.