Kiernan Joins WCCO-TV

Ed Piette, the new general manager at WCCO-TV Minneapolis, has tapped Jeff Kiernan as news
director for the Viacom Inc./CBS station.
Kiernan, who has been with WTMJ-TV Milwaukee for the past eight years,
replaces Maria Reitan.

The move is just the latest from Piette, who came over to the station from
crosstown KSTP-TV a couple months ago.

Among his new hires was station manager Trey Fabacher, whom he brought over
from KTSP.

"Jeff Kiernan first and foremost is a quality individual with great news
instincts who is a proven winner in large-market television," Piette said.

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.