Exclusive: Barhorst Takes Over Sinclair's Dayton Stations

Lisa Barhorst, VP and GM at LIN Media's WDTN-WBDT Dayton (Ohio), has been named GM at WKEF-WRGT Dayton.

Sinclair owns WKEF and manages Cunningham's WRGT in DMA No. 63. She starts there August 6 and succeeds Dean Ditmer. Barhorst's last day at the LIN stations was July 13.

Ditmer is currently the director of sales at KUSA Denver.

Barhorst came up on the sales side at WWHO Columbus before shifting to the LIN stations in Dayton.

Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.