Brad Remington, a former Denver TV news director, will start March 9 as the new vice president/general manager of Scripps’ KMGH-TV, ending the station’s five-month period without a GM.
The move marks a return to the Denver ABC affiliate for Remington, who served as managing editor there from 1989 to 1996, until he took his first news director post in Albuquerque.
He later moved to news director positions in St. Louis, Denver (at Fox’s KDVR) and Phoenix. He left KTVK in Phoenix to return to Denver a few years ago. He has been running a franchised chiropractic business in the interim.
Remington replaces Byron Grandy, who left the station abruptly in September after six years as general manager. Remington’s name had been circulated in recent weeks as the likely candidate for the job.
His first order of business: The station is without a news director since Jeff Harris moved to Scripps station WEWS in his hometown of Cleveland last year.
“Denver is a high-profile market in the company, and Brad possesses the unique combination of management style, editorial judgment and knowledge of the local area to serve the community and to meet the needs of advertisers,” Steve Wasserman, vice president and divisional general manager for Scripps, said in a statement. “Brad has the right entrepreneurial spirit and understanding of the changing habits of consumers to drive KMGH in the right direction for our news products across multiple platforms and customized sales solutions for area businesses.”
