WMC Memphis GM Meredith Moves to Baton Rouge

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Lee Meredith, VP and general manager of WMC Memphis, is departing Tennessee to be general manager at WAFB-WBXH Baton Rouge. He stays within parent Raycom with the move.

Meredith will replace Sandy Breland, who was named general manager at WVUE New Orleans. Raycom inked a shared services agreement with WVUE parent Louisiana Media Company in December, with Breland taking over as GM.

WAFB is a CBS affiliate and WBXH is a MyNetworkTV station. Baton Rouge is DMA No. 93.

“I’ve enjoyed my time in Memphis and there’s a lot here that I’ll miss, but at the same time I’m excited about this new opportunity in Baton Rouge,” Meredith told Memphis’s Commercial Appeal.

No successor has been named at WMC.

Michael Malone
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.