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Nexstar Media Group Promotes David Hart to Vice President and General Manager of Its Broadcasting and Digital Operations in Savannah, Georgia
Experienced Nexstar Broadcasting Veteran Will Lead WSAV-TV and wsav.com SAVANNAH, Ga. & IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Nexstar Media Inc., a wholly owned
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nExperienced Nexstar Broadcasting Veteran Will Lead WSAV-TV and wsav.com\n\n SAVANNAH, Ga. & IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nNexstar Media Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXST), today announced the promotion of David Hart to Vice President and General Manager of its broadcasting and digital operations in Savannah, Georgia (DMA #91), including WSAV-TV (NBC), WSAV-DT2 (CW), wsav.com, and their related digital and social media channels. Mr. Hart will begin his duties immediately and report to Ron Romines, Senior Vice President and Regional Manager for Nexstar Media Inc.’s broadcasting division.\n\nThroughout his 30-year career, Mr. Hart has consistently demonstrated the ability to grow broadcast and digital audiences, revenue, and profitability, and has developed broad experience across all facets of television news gathering, production, sales, and management. Mr. Hart is very familiar with Nexstar and its station group, having served since 2012 as the Vice President and General Manager of the company’s Columbus, Georgia (DMA #127), media businesses, where he oversaw WRBL-TV (CBS) and wrbl.com and was responsible for long-term strategy and all aspects of day-to-day operations.\n\nDuring his tenure at WRBL-TV, Mr. Hart and his team expanded the station’s newscasts, identified and developed new streams of revenue and sponsorship opportunities, and deepened the station’s relationship with the community. Under his leadership, in October 2021, WRBL-TV launched two, new, one-hour weekend newscasts at 8 a.m. ET, on Saturday and Sunday. Mr. Hart also spearheaded the overall digital modernization of WRBL-TV, transforming it into a digital-first content operation, with dedicated staffing to support audience growth and digital revenue development. Those changes led to significant digital growth, with wrbl.com recently averaging more than 750,000 unique visitors and one-million pageviews monthly. In addition, earlier this year, wrbl.com launched a series of digital podcasts, featuring the station’s news, weather and sports talent, with a focus on in-depth reporting, newsmaker interviews, community service and local, faith-based initiatives.\n\nMr. Hart and his team played a substantial role in several community campaigns benefitting non-profit agencies and organizations, including the annual WRBL-TV “K...