Longtime WHO-TV general manager leaving for Nashville's WSMV

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Meredith Local Media Group announced today that Dale Woods will be the new vice president and general manager of its NBC affiliate, WSMV Nashville, effective August 28. Woods will succeed Doreen Wade, who retired in June, as head of Merediths only NBC affiliate station. The move comes amid Sinclair Broadcast Groups recently announced acquisition of Tribune Media, which owns WHO-TV. Critics have raised concerns that the $3.9 billion deal will give Sinclair too much power over the local television marketplace. If the Federal Communication Commission approves the acquisition, two local news networks in Des Moines — KDSM-TV, a FOX affiliate, and WHO-TV — will be under Sinclairs control.

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