Ted Griggs President and General Manager CSN Bay Area, CSN California
Ted Griggs is president and general manager of CSN Bay Area and CSN California, both part of NBC Sports Regional Networks. CSN Bay Area and CSN California serve more than four million households in Northern California, Nevada, Southern Oregon and Hawaii. CSN Bay Area, the television home of MLB’s San Francisco Giants, NBA’s Golden State Warriors, and the official regional sports network of the San Francisco 49ers, also features a robust lineup of Emmy Award-winning news, analysis and original programming. CSN California offers live coverage of MLB’s Oakland Athletics, NBA’s Sacramento Kings, NHL’s San Jose Sharks, MLS’s San Jose Earthquakes and is the official regional sports network of the Oakland Raiders.
Collectively, these networks deliver more than 600 live sporting events per year, over 1,500 live studio shows, including SportsNet Central , SportsTalk Live , Pregame Live , Postgame Live , Press Conference Live, as well as compelling digital content, up-to-the-minute scores, highlights and breaking news via www.CSNBayArea.com and www.CSNCalifornia.com.
Day-to-day, Ted is responsible for the operations of the networks, including affiliate relations, advertising sales, programming, production, marketing and public relations. He has been with the network since 1998, first serving as vice president of production and operations, in 2007 as vice president and general manager and in 2012 he was promoted to president.
In 2007, Griggs oversaw the network's relocation and construction of its state-of-the-art 37,000 square-foot HD studios, newsroom and office space in downtown San Francisco. In 2008, Griggs was ranked first in the San Jose Mercury News’ “Bay Area’s 25 Most Powerful Sports People” and has remained in the top five on the annual list. He was the executive producer for the 2010 “Out. The Glenn Burke Story,” about the first openly gay MLB player, which earned critical acclaim, including nominations for Outstanding Documentary at the annual national GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) Media Awards and at the Northern California Area Emmy Awards. Also, in 2011, the sports news division began producing live daily sports news segments for NBC Bay Area’s 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts. During his tenure, the network has won 80 Northern California Emmy Awards and three Beacon Awards. The Beacon Award is cable television’s highest award for public affairs excellence.
He spent 15 years (1982-1997) at Golden Gate Productions (GGP) as a producer, senior producer (1982- 1994) and vice president, executive producer (1994-1997). Griggs has worked on numerous sporting events at GGP, including Sports Illustrated For Kids Olympics Special for NBC, World Cup Soccer Preview for ABC, MCI Downhill Replays for NBC and CBS, eleven years of NFL Super Bowl Specials (hosted by John Madden, Dan Dierdorf, and Dick Enberg), twelve years of Pre-Olympic programming for national/international distribution, Stanford University Football, and World Cup Downhill Skiing. While at Trans World International, TWI (IMG), Griggs was a senior producer (1997-98) and produced several network ski series (FOX, NBC, CBS). He also directed events for WNBC and ESPN. Prior to GGP and IMG, Griggs was a sports producer for KRON-TVs Sports Final (1981-1982).
Griggs has also guided CSN’s community relations efforts, which include the All-Star Teacher Award and Comcast Cares Day ; programming and promotional support for the Special Olympics of Northern California and the Make-A-Wish Foundation Greater Bay Area Chapter; fundraising support for the Willie Mays Boys and Girls Club at Hunters Point; and is a board member of Coaching Corps and provides promotional support for the annual Coaching Corps Game Changer Awards .
A native of Hayward, Calif. and a graduate of Moreau Catholic High School and San Francisco State University, Griggs resides in San Rafael, Calif. with his wife Amy and has three children, Jace, Griffin and Sydney. He is a past president of the Novato Lacrosse Club, a youth non-profit that provides opportunities for boys and girls ages 7-14 to play lacrosse and to learn life lessons through positive coaching.
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