WTSP Tampa GM Tonning to Retire
Ken Tonning, president and general manager at WTSP Tampa, is
retiring as of July 5.
His announcement was previously reported in the Tampa Bay Times.
WTSP is a Gannett-owned CBS affiliate. Tonning, 68, came on
board as GM late in 2008. His previous positions included general manager at
KUSA Denver and general sales manager at WXIA Atlanta.
"It's an opportunity to step back and enjoy life,"
he told B&C. "I worked
really hard most of my life and enjoyed every minute of it. Now it's time to
kick back and travel and hit some of the things on my bucket list."
That includes cruises and road trips, Tonning added, in
addition to family time.
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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.