sion/MCA Inc., Los Angeles, and J.R. Appointments at KDFW-TV Dallas: Brad BROADCAST TV McGinnis, director, network television Roe, promotion manager, KJTV(TV) Randy Stargel, business affairs, Walt Disney Pictures Lubbock, Tex., and Tim Heller, weather- assistant con- and Television, Los Angeles, join as caster, KGAN(TV) Cedar Rapids, Iowa, troller, Cox VPs, business affairs. join in same capacities. Broadcasting, Los MikeVrabac, GSM, KJRH(TV) Tulsa, David Bright, director, marketing/re- Angeles, joins Okla., joins KOTV(TV) there in same search, KVEA(TV) Corona, Calif., joins Rysher Entertain- capacity. KTTV(TV) Los Angeles, as director, ment there as research. senior VP, Warren Trent, sports producer, WPVJ-TV finance. Philadelphia, named chief, Wilming- Appointments at KSEE(TV) Fresno, ton Bureau. Calif.: Paula Bohamed, promotion coor- Diana Olick, dinator, named director, marketing ser- Dan Sexton, executive producer, KRON reporter, KIRO-TV vices; Eric Hulnick, news director, Video Enterprises, San Francisco, Seattle, joins CBS News, New York, KRNV(TV) Reno, joins in same capacity. named director, program development. as correspondent. Ellen Douglas, director, on-air series, Dean Valentine, Appointments at TeleRep, New York; Columbia Pictures Television, Culver executive VP, Scott Fogarty, account executive, named City, Calif., joins Big Ticket Televi- Walt Disney Net- sales manager; Jim Hughes, sales man- sion, Los Angeles, as director, devel- work Television, ager, named VP/GSM. opment. Burbank, Calif., Teriy Hurley, GSM, KHQA-TV Hannibal, named president. J. David Bunnell, GSM, WLOS(TV) Mo., joins KDLH(TV) Duluth, Minn., in Asheville, N.C., joins WBNS-TV Cam Johnson, same capacity. Columbus, Ohio, in same capacity. anchor, KDRV(TV) Michelle Wright, anchor, WSET-TV Medford, Ore., Lynchburg, Va., joins WTAE-TV Pitts- joins KOIN(TV) RADIO burgh as anchor/reporter. Valentine Portland, Ore., as Ellen James Martin, magazine, newspa- Heather Jennings, news director/anchor, co-anchor, week- per columnist, New York, joins Mar- KCTZ(TV) Bozeman, Mont,, joins end editions, Newscenter 6. ketplace, Public Radio International, KTVQ(TV) Billings, Mont., as co-anchor. Randy Schmidt, director, district sales, Los Angeles, as commentator. Jim Ladas, senior producer, WHDH-TV KSAT-TV San Antonio, Tex., named Jim Hobbs, sports director, WIOD(AM) Boston, named promotion manager. NSM. Miami, joins WSB(AM) Atlanta as man- ager, sports accounts. Jeff Suss, director, research, KCRA-TV Frank Seymour, station manager, Sacramento, Calif., joins KOVR(TV) WXMT(TV) Nashville, joins WMAR-TV Jay Pearce, director, news/public affairs, Stockton, Calif., as manager, research Baltimore as GSM. WSIU(FM) Carbondale, 111./WUSI(FM) Olney, 111., joins Illinois Radio Net- and sales marketing. Lonni Leavitt, reporter, WTVD(TV) work, Chicago, as news and program Durham, N.C., joins KPNX(TV) Mesa, Karen Thomas, reporter, WHTM-TV Har- director. risburg, Pa., named anchor/reporter. Az., in same capacity. Appointments at USC Radio, Los Rob Johnson, reporter, KATV(TV) Little Maiy Lou Davis, LSM, KTVC(TV) Cedar Angeles: Stephen Lama, director, broad- Rock, Ark., named co-anchor. Rapids, Iowa, joins WGME-TV Portland, casting, named VP; Terry Knowles, exec- Ore., in same capacity. Andrew Barton, news director, WVUE(TV) utive director, development, Los Ange- Debbie Bush, news director, KSNT(TV) New Orleans, joins WHP-TV Harris- les Music Center Opera, joins in same Topeka, Kan., joins KAKE-TV Wichita, burg, Pa., in same capacity. capacity; Cynthia Logan, manager, Kan., in same capacity. Phyllis Ned, GSM, KETV(TV) Omaha, human resources, TRW Space & Elec- tronics Group, Los Angeles, joins as Deborah Waldman, promotions coordi- named VP/GM. director, human resources. nator, WHLI(AM)/WKJY(FM) Hempstead, Daniel Sackenheim, promotion producer, N.Y., joins WLIG(TV) Riverhead, N.Y., WXIN(TV) Indianapolis, joins WPWT*-TV CABLE in same capacity. Gary, Ind., as producer, on-air promo- Appointments at Liberty Sports, Irving Cathy McCracken, senior account execu- tion. Tex.: Dean Romsaas, controller, Liberty tive, WUTV(TV) Buffalo, N.Y., named Steve Wulf, editor-at-large, Sports Illus- Media, named VP, investments, Liber- NSM. trated, New York, named television ty Sports; Bob Thompson, VP/GM, Appointments at KCPT(TV) Kansas editorial director. Prime Sports Network, named senior City, Mo.: John Long, director, engineer- Appointments at KRON-TV San Francis- VP, regional network operations; Dan ing, named VP; Michael Connet, direc- co: Sylvia Cardwell, graphic artist, ABC Wilhelm, VP, programing, Prime Ticket tor, education, named VP. Video Design Group, Los Angeles, Network, named VP, network pro- graming, Liberty Sports. Appointments at Paramount Network joins as design director; Jodie Chase, Television, Hollywood: Cheryl Birch, manager, media relations, named Shelbie Berry, director, materials man- VP, business affairs, Universal Televi- director, press and public relations. agement/purchasing, Jones lntercable