WFFT Fort Wayne GM Retires

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

Bob Blacher, VP and GM of WFFT-TV Fort Wayne, Ind., will retire June 1, according to the station.

He has headed the Nexstar-owned Fox affiliate for four years. Before that, he was VP, sales and marketing for the Meredith broadcast group. His resume also includes sales posts at KPHO Phoenix, KGW Portland, Ore., and WTVJ Miami.

He began his career as an account executive at WBBM-TV Chicago, where Blacher will return to split his time between the Windy City and sunny Florida.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

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.