Fox Names VPs/News Directors for WNYW, WWOR

Fox went out-of-house and in-house to name two top news executives.

Dianne Doctor, former news director at WCBS-TV and WNBC-TV, both New York, and most recently with her own firm, Galloping Hill Media, joined WNYW New York as vice president and news director.

And Jim Driscoll, who has been news director at WWOR New York (Secaucus, N.J.), was promoted to VP and news director.

The appointments are effective immediately.

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.