Bob Peterson Named Young VP of Station Operations

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Bob Peterson, vice president and general manager of Young Broadcasting's WRIC Richmond, has been promoted to vice president of station operations for the group. His appointment is effective immediately. He'll be based in Nashville and will report to Deborah McDermott, president of Young Broadcasting.

Since 2006, Peterson has been vice president of business development at Young, in addition to running the Richmond station.

"Throughout his long tenure with the company, Bob has consistently exhibited the ability to visualize the big picture while successfully developing and implementing business plans that focus on content creation and revenue growth," said McDermott.

Prior to his time at WRIC-TV, Peterson spent 13 years as vice president and general manager at WTEN Albany.

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.