Spruill Heads Nexstar Springfield, Mo. Operations

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Mike Spruill has been named VP and general manager of Nexstar's Springfield, Mo., broadcast and digital outlets, including KRBK-TV (FOX), KOZL-TV (MyNet), and Ozarksfirst.com.

He will also oversee Nexstar's "relationship" with Mission Broadcasting's KOLR-TV (CBS), with which Nexstar has a joint operating agreement.

Spruill succeeds Leo Henning, who has retired.

Spruill had most recently been general sales manager for Nexstar's WKRN-TV and WKRN.com in Nashville.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.