Gray Names Ronna Corrente General Manager at WAVE-TV
Mikel Scheafer succeeds her as GM at WVUE-TV

Gray Television said it named Ronna Corrente as general manager of WAVE-TV, in Louisville, Kentucky.
Corrente is currently GM of Gray’s WVUE-TV in New Orleans. She will be replaced there by Mikel Schaefer, the station’s news director. WVUE assistant news director Kristen Palestina will succeed Schaefer as news director.
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All of these moves are effective Sept. 7.
Ken Selvaggi most recently held the GM job at WAVE.
Corrente started her TV career at WDKY-TV in Lexington in 1995 and rose through the ranks there to general sales manager and general manager. She moved to WAFB-TV, Baton Rouge, as GM before being named to run WVUE in 2020.
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Schaefer started WWL-TV, New Orleans, when he was still in college. He moved to WVUE in 2008 as News Director.
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