Graham Media Group general discussion

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On 5/8/2025 at 10:58 AM, Howard Beale said:

Graham Media might be trying out a new way of managing stations.  Per Rick Gevers, Graham’s WKMG in Orlando, Florida will not hire a new general manager, and  “department heads [will] report to their corporate supervisors.”

 

It reeks of Scripps and its station manager concept, where many stations replaced GMs with an existing department head who added “station manager” to their job title…while still running their respective department.

 

The common link here?  Sean McLaughlin, the ex-Scripps news VP who landed at Graham.

 

On 5/9/2025 at 12:36 AM, Greggo said:

The GM at KPRC/Houston just left recently. Will be curious to see if they’re going this route too. 

You called it, Per Tv News Check McLaughlin will also become KPRC 2's Vice President and General Manager while serving as VP of News for Graham.

 

 https://tvnewscheck.com/business/article/grahams-mclaughlin-adds-kprc-vp-gm-to-role/

 

SIDEBAR: what exactly does the title "/Vice President" mean for a general manager. As far as I know general managers are the highest authority at a local news station so who is the "president?"