Berman Out at WVEC

WVEC Norfolk President/General Manager Jim Berman is departing the station at the end of the week, reports the Daily Press newspaper. WVEC is a Belo-owned ABC affiliate in the #43 DMA.

"We've been having some conversations about the future, and the company wanted to make some changes," Berman told the Daily Press. A replacement has not been named.

Berman was not available for comment at presstime.

WVEC has had its challenges of late, trying to do battle with LIN's leading WAVY and slipping to #3 in late news in May, behind Local TV's WTKR.

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.