Exclusive: Conschafter New NBC Affiliates Board Chairman

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Jim Conschafter, corporate VP and executive officer at Media General, is the new NBC affiliates board chairman. He succeeds Jordan Wertlieb for the two year term.

Jean Dietze, NBC’s executive VP of affiliate relations, saluted Wertlieb, president at Hearst TV, for being “a strong leader and a great partner.”

She said she looks forward to working with a “talented and experienced broadcaster” in Conschafter.

The affiliates met following NBC’s upfront presentation in New York May 12. Conschafter called the meeting “very good, very productive, very collaborative,” and added that it’s a good time to take on the chairmanship, with NBC enjoying real gains in primetime and a stellar transition among Tonight Show hosts.

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.