Matesi Named KKTV GM

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KOLO Reno Vice President/General Manager Nick Matesi has been named vice president and GM at KKTV Colorado Springs. He starts August 1 and succeeds Tim Merritt.

Gray TV owns KKTV, a CBS affiliate in DMA No. 92.

Matesi's move was previously reported in the Colorado Springs Gazette, who said Matesi had been news director at KKTV from 2003 to 2008.

The Gazette also says Merritt is returning to his old employer, WHSV Harrisonburg, VA.

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.