Swanson moves fast. (Station Break).(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, August, 2002 by Trigoboff, Dan

The Viacom station group's new COO, Dennis Swanson, may be moving at a pace akin to that of Kevin O'Brien when he took over the Meredith station group. Swanson hired his second general manager as he himself began only his third week on the job: Gary Schneider was named president and general manager of Viacom's KEYE-TV Austin, Texas.

Schneider, who sold his company, ROI Interactive, last year, had been president of multimedia production company Sky Television and ran Gaylord Entertainment's KHWB(TV) Houston and KSTW(TV) Seattle. The $110 million-plus Austin market has some big players and high stakes. Fox also has an O&O there; the other two affiliates are owned by LIN Television and Belo.