CBS Stations as we speak introduced the senior management group for CBS Atlanta.
The station will likely be led by Tom Canedo, the president and normal supervisor for what was beforehand WUPA, now referred to as CBS Atlanta. Shawn Hoder will function vice chairman and information director, and Barbara Roeder will likely be vice chairman of gross sales.
CBS will transition its community programming in Atlanta starting August 16 to WUPA Channel 69.
Canedo is a veteran broadcast government with greater than 25 years of expertise within the Atlanta market. He’s been main WUPA as an impartial station and steps into the joint management position of president and normal supervisor for CBS Atlanta. He’ll proceed to supervise CBS’ impartial stations in Tampa and Seattle. He studies to Jennifer Mitchell, president of CBS Stations and CBS Information and Stations Digital.
Hoder presently serves as vice chairman and information director for CBS Pittsburgh (KDKA-TV & KDKA+), a CBS-owned-and-operated station. His first day in Atlanta will likely be August 18, and he’ll report back to Canedo.
Hoder labored at WXIA in Atlanta for seven years and has held newsroom management roles in Orlando, Seattle, Washington, D.C., Columbus, Tampa and Pittsburgh.
Roeder rejoins CBS after serving as director of gross sales for FanDuel Sports activities Community, the place she led multi-platform sponsorship gross sales for the Atlanta Braves and Atlanta Hawks. She beforehand spent 15 years at WUPA. She brings almost 30 years of expertise within the Atlanta media market. Her first day at CBS Atlanta will likely be August 18, and she’s going to report back to Canedo.
“Launching CBS Atlanta represents a major funding in native journalism and neighborhood connection,” stated Mitchell. “Tom, Shawn and Barbara every convey deep expertise and robust ties to the Atlanta market. Their management will likely be important as we construct a station that displays the voices of the neighborhood and delivers trusted, impactful information and content material.”
“Shawn’s editorial management and Barbara’s strategic gross sales experience are precisely what we have to jumpstart this course of as we construct a station that’s aware of our viewers and rooted locally,” added Canedo.
CBS introduced earlier this summer time that WUPA Channel 69, a CBS-owned-and-operated station, will turn out to be the brand new CBS community outlet in Atlanta starting Aug. 16, as CBS Atlanta. The owned station will ship CBS’ leisure, information and sports activities programming. The station’s information operation will debut in September.
