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Jama Killingsworth, BLT Class of 2013, is the General Manager of WDAM7 in Moselle, MS.
Ben Van Ness, BLT Class of 2014, is the VP, General Manager of WGEM-TV in Quincy, IL.
Keith Miles, BLT Class of 2008, is Director of Communications at Florida A&M University.
Skip Dillard, BLT Class of 2015, will serve as format vice president of Audacy’s adult R&B and throwback/classic hip-hop stations.
Manny Fantis, BLT Class of 2015, was promoted to vice president of Digital Publishing for Sinclair Television Group.
Tyra Whitney, MSA Class of 2016, is a news producer with ABC7 in Chicago.
Rachel Haggerty, TAP Class of 2019, is currently a broadcast engineer for Premiere Networks, a division of iHeartMedia, supporting New York City syndicated programming. Before this role, Rachel was assistant chief engineer for Red Apple Media's WABC-AM.
Chris Munoz, BLT Class of 2011, is the President and CEO of LMNOC Media Group LLC.
Claudia Puig, BLT Class of 2015, has assumed a new role with TelevisaUnivision as the Senior Vice President for State Government Affairs & Political Partner Solutions.
Michelle Woods, BLT Class of 2023, started a new job at KRON4 as director of Sales.
Geniece Granville, BLT Class of 2019, general manager of Atlanta's Smooth Jazz WJZA 101.1/100.1, is celebrating being named Station of the Year by the National Smooth Jazz Network.
Vicki Bradley, BLT Class of 2024, was promoted to station manager by Scripps and will continue to lead the newsroom at WTXL, an ABC affiliate in Tallahassee.
Chris Squire, BLT Class of 2005, has joined MediaCo Holding Inc. as the senior vice president of Sales and Marketing for WQHT Hot 97FM and WBLS 107.5FM in New York City.
Tomas Martinez, BLT Class of 2013, and his company Solmart Media has purchased an AM station and its companion FM translator in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater market from Salem Media Group.
Kathleen Choal, BLT Class of 2023, is the current general manager at KSHB (Channel 41, NBC) in Kansas City and is being promoted to regional vice president, to include oversight duties at their home stations and several others in nearby markets: Scripps stations in Waco, Corpus Christi, Indianapolis, Tulsa and Omaha.
Lyn Plantinga, BLT Class of 2018, is the current general manager at WTVF (Channel 5, CBS) in Nashville and is being promoted to regional vice president, to include oversight duties at their home stations and several others in nearby markets: Scripps stations in Cleveland, Buffalo, Cincinnati and Lexington.
Sue Diviney, BLT Class of 2020, has been named senior vice president and general manager of FOX 5 DC Wednesday afternoon. Since joining FOX 5 in 2017, Diviney has also served as vice president of Finance.
Greg Davis, Jr., BLT Class of 2024, owner of Davis Broadcasting and WJZA, is celebrating being named Station of the Year by the National Smooth Jazz Network.
