Donaldson Named KOB Albuquerque News Director

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Michelle Donaldson, KPHO Phoenix news director, has been named news director at KOB-TV Albuquerque.

She starts Sept. 9.

She replaces John Mason, reports Rick Gevers' Newsletter, which notes that Donaldson spent eight years at KRQE, Albuquerque's CBS affiliate, before moving to KPHO in 2008.

Hubbard Broadcasting owns KOB, the NBC affiliate in DMA No. 47.

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.