Kristie Gonzales Promoted to VP, Media Operations, at Tegna

By Jon Lafayette
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Gonzales will oversee KYTX and remain GM at KVUE

Kristie Gonzales Tegna KVUE
Kristie Gonzales will oversee recruiting for Tegna's Texas stations (Image credit: Tegna)

Tegna said Kristie Gonzales has been promoted to VP, media operations.

In her new role, Gonzales continue as general manager of KVUE-TV, Austin, Texas, and also oversee KYTX-TV, in Tyler, Texas. 

She will also supervise recruiting across Tegna’s 11 Texas stations.

“Kristie is a proven business and community leader dedicated to developing high-quality content across platforms and serving the greater Central Texas community,” said Brad Ramsey, senior VP of media operations, at Tegna. “In her expanded role, she’ll bring her significant management and marketing expertise to accelerate our leading content, marketing and community efforts across the state, and help lead our vision for recruiting, developing and promoting diverse talent across all of our Texas markets.”

At KVUE, Gonzales launched the series Boomtown, which highlights the explosive growth of Central Texas. The station won multiple awards for its news coverage and its monthly active digital users in crease by 24% over the past two years.

Before joining KVUE in 2016, she was promotion and digital brand manager at WABC-TV, New York.

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.