Matesi Named KKTV GM

KOLO Reno Vice President/General Manager Nick Matesi has been named vice president and GM at KKTV Colorado Springs. He starts August 1 and succeeds Tim Merritt.

Gray TV owns KKTV, a CBS affiliate in DMA No. 92.

Matesi's move was previously reported in the Colorado Springs Gazette, who said Matesi had been news director at KKTV from 2003 to 2008.

The Gazette also says Merritt is returning to his old employer, WHSV Harrisonburg, VA.

Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.