Choal Tapped For KSBY GM

KVOA Tucson station manager Kathleen Choal will be the new general manager at Cordillera's KSBY San Luis Obispo.

She replaces Evan Pappas and starts March 15.

Choal has been news director and station manager at KVOA, according to Tucson Business Insider, which reported her promotion, and said Pappas will take over KOAA Colorado Springs. All the stations involved are Cordillera properties.

A Cordillera rep confirmed Choal's upcoming move to KSBY.

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.