Raycom’s Daugherty New CBS Affiliates Board Chair

Raycom Executive VP/COO Wayne Daugherty was named chairman of the CBS affiliates board, which met Thursday (May 20) in Manhattan following the network’s upfront presentation. Daugherty was previously the vice chair of the board.

He succeeds outgoing chairman Tim Busch of Nexstar, who was named to the position in the 2009 affiliates meeting.

CBS Affiliate Relations President Diana Wilkin called Daugherty a seasoned operator and a good representative for the affiliates.

Daugherty is out of the office today and was not available for comment.

Michael Malone

Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.