Gerry McGavick Promoted To VP, Sales, at Hearst Television

Gerry McGavick
Gerry McGavick (Image credit: Hearst Television)

Hearst Television said it promoted Gerry McGavick to VP sales.

McCavick has been corporate director of sales at Hearst since 2021. He will be moving from an office at WCVB Boston to New York.

“Gerry continues to be one of the country’s most significant voices in television sales, advocating for our industry and Hearst Television,” Hayes said.  “In his expanded role we are confident he will continue to make a substantial contribution as he transitions to our New York office.”

McGavick has with Hearst Television in the New England region for much of the past two decades, serving as general sales manager and director of sales at WMUR, the company’s ABC affiliate in Manchester, New Hampshire, before moving to his corporate role in 2021. 

His dad was general sales manager for WCVB from 1972 to 1984.

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