Gray Names Eric Walters GM of Twin Falls, Idaho, Stations

By Jon Lafayette
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Broadcaster success Kathy Silk, who is retiring

Eric Walters KMVT Twin Falls Gray
Eric Walters (Image credit: Gray Television)

Gray Television said it named Eric Walters as general manager of its TV stations in Twin Falls, Idaho, effective June 12.

Walters will oversee KMVT, the CBS affiliate in the market, and KSVT, which carries Fox programming. 

He will succeed Kathy Silk, who is retiring after nearly 30 years in the broadcast business.

Walters is currently news director at WDBJ-WZBJ, Gray’s stations in Roanoke, Va. WDBJ has launched several new newscasts, including a weekly digital newscast in Spanish.

Jon Lafayette
Jon Lafayette

Jon has been business editor of Broadcasting+Cable since 2010. He focuses on revenue-generating activities, including advertising and distribution, as well as executive intrigue and merger and acquisition activity. Just about any story is fair game, if a dollar sign can make its way into the article. Before B+C, Jon covered the industry for TVWeek, Cable World, Electronic Media, Advertising Age and The New York Post. A native New Yorker, Jon is hiding in plain sight in the suburbs of Chicago.