Cable Connections

Cable World, Nov 4, 2002

IN DEMAND

Cha Lee to director, affiliate and marketing research, from associate director, affiliate relations research. Maureen McBride to director, human resources, from associate director, human resources.

MBC NETWORK

Samara Cummins to VP-affiliate sales and marketing, from national director of affiliate sales. Jon Wattick to national director of marketing, from Southwest regional director of sales and marketing for Adelphia. Pamela Fletcher to program coordinator for Future of Black America; she worked previously for Daniels & Associates, Prime Sports Network and FX Networks. Larry Lundy to director of sports sales and marketing, from director of sports marketing for Walt Disney World.

MSNBC

Phil Griffin to VP-perspective programming. He will continue in his role as executive producer for Hardball.

NATIONAL CABLE COMMUNICATIONS

Randy Grullon to account executive, Pacific team, NCC New York, from sales coordinator. Stacey Antonino to account executive, Pacific team, NCC New York, from account executive for HRP in New York. Chuck Gerding to account executive, Continental team, NCC Atlanta, from regional manager for new business development for Clear Channel Communications in Atlanta. Tony Vivacqua to account executive, Continental team, NCC Chicago, from senior account executive with Katz Radio in Chicago and Detroit.

NEWS 8 AUSTIN

Nicole Traynor to weekday evening anchor, from weekend morning news anchor.

OMNIBUS SYSTEMS

Dave Polyard to VP-sales and marketing, North America operation, from a sales position for Autocue Systems. Ashley Barretto to group executive, products, Connecticut office, from CBS and InVision. Ian Hardacre to group executive, services, Windsor, U.K., from technical strategy manager for ICL. David Parry-Jones to group executive, sales, Windsor, U.K., from sales director for the Lotus Development Corp.

STARGUS

Meredith Flynn-Ripley to president and CEO, from president and CEO of Into Networks.

TENNESSEE CABLE EDUCATION FOUNDATION

Dr. Carl W. Owens, Ed.D., professor and director of technology for the College of Education at Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville, will serve as chairman.

TIME WARNER CABLE

Jeffrey Hirsch to division president of the Rochester, N.Y. division, from VP and general manager of the Greater Columbia, S.C., system. Robert Moel to president of the Kansas City division, from president of the Shreveport, La., division. Rhonda Fraas to president of the Columbus division, from VP and general manager.

UNISYS

Michael Reuschel to president of the Unisys global communications and media industry practice, from managing partner of the PricewaterhouseCoopers new world networks practice.

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