Whittaker To Manage WMAQ

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WMAQ Chicago VP of News Frank Whittaker has been named station manager as president/GM Larry Wert moves up to president of five NBC stations across its Central & Western region. A Chicago native, Whittaker joined WMAQ ten years ago as news director. Before that, he was at WLS. 

"The team here has done a terrific job and I will be relying on all them to make this transition successful," said Wert. "I am proud and confident to have Frank and others step up." 

Among those also getting promoted in Chicago are broadcast operations director Jan Jaros to vice president and research/programming & press director Toni Falvo to vice president. 

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.