Seabers Takes Over for Rutledge at WOAI

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John Seabers, promoted to a group manager role at Sinclair
Broadcast Group in January, is the new general manager at WOAI San Antonio,
succeeding Jackie Rutledge. Rutledge's last day with the station was Nov. 30.

Sinclair owns the Fox-MyNetworkTV duopoly in San Antonio,
KABB-KMYS. Dean Radla took over as general manager in April, following Seabers'
promotion to corporate. Seabers had run KABB-KMYS since 1999.

Sinclair picked up WOAI, an NBC affiliate in DMA No. 36, when
it agreed to acquire six Newport TV stations. That deal closed Dec. 3.

Another general manager departing with the closing of
Sinclair's Newport deal is Les Vann of WKRC Cincinnati.

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.