Exclusive: GM Nevin Departing KSAZ

Pat Nevin, KSAZ Phoenix vice president and general manager, is leaving the Fox owned station Thursday.

Sources say he is relocating to San Diego, to run KFMB, a CBS affiliate in DMA No. 28. Midwest Television owns the station, a market leader. A call to KFMB was not returned at presstime.

A Fox spokesperson confirms Nevin's departure and says the parting is amicable. A search is underway to replace Nevin.

KSAZ is the market leader in DMA No. 12, according to BIA/Kelsey.

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.