WCPO GM Thaxton Departing

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Steve Thaxton, VP and general manager at Scripps' WCPO
Cincinnati, is leaving the station to finish up a graduate degree, according
to Cincinnati.com. He starts Jan. 7 as an interim general manager at
Scripps-owned WEWS and begins a transition to teaching and consulting, reports
Cincinnati.com, which adds that Sam Rosenwasser, the GM at WEWS, is out on
medical leave.

Thaxton arrived in Cincinnati in March 2011 after Bill Fee
resigned. He'd previously run Gannett's WCSH Portland (Maine).

WCPO isn't the only GM vacancy in DMA No. 35. WKRC's Les
Vann departed his post after Sinclair acquired the station last month.

A Scripps spokesperson confirmed Thaxton's interim move to WEWS.

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.