WPTV Names Brogan News Director
WCPO Cincinnati Assistant News Director Jeff Brogan has been
named news director at WPTV West Palm Beach. Both are Scripps stations.
Prior
to his long stint at WCPO, Brogan worked at WXIX Cincinnati as a producer and
assignment editor.
"Jeff
has extraordinarily strong skills in both content and production," WPTV
VP/General Manager Steve Wasserman said in a memo. "He is a hands-on manager
who is anxious to join our team and work side-by-side with our newsroom staff
and other department heads to make our newscasts even better than they are
today."
Brogan's
tentative start date is Feb. 23. He replaces Peter Roghaar, who shifted to WTSP
Tampa in the fall.
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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.