Monday, April 30, 2007  BREAKING NEWS: WJW's Easterly Moves Up
To GM  He almost left Cleveland entirely to take a job in
Dallas, but WJW/8 news director Greg Easterly is staying at "FOX
8" in Cleveland.  As general manager.  OMW hears that it's been
officially announced on South Marginal Road - Easterly, who has
run the WJW news department for 10 years, will move up to the
GM's chair to replace Mike Renda.  Renda announced a month ago
that he was moving within the FOX corporate structure as well,
to head up the company's O&O in Philadelphia, WTXF/29.   At this
writing, we have no idea who's been considered to replace
Easterly as news director at WJW.  More as this develops, but we
wanted to get this out there...   Anonymous said...   Most
broadcast companies insist on a sales background for their GM's.
Greg's career is almost entirely in television news.  Question:
Is this why Greg changed his mind about leaving?  Another
question: Does Sonya Thompson get a chance to move up?  JD
said...  What's up with the t