Sinclair Names Two General Managers In Pennsylvania

Sinclair Broadcast Group today announced two general manager appointments in Pennsylvania.

Jason Wildenstein

Jason Wildenstein has been named VP-GM of CBS affiliate WHP Harrisburg, where he began his media career. Wildenstein was most recently the VP-GM of NBC affiliate WJAC Johnstown-Altoona-State College.

Jason Chavis, who was previously the general sales manager at WJAC, working alongside Wildenstein, has been promoted to VP-GM there.

In making the announcement, Rob Weisbord, Sinclair’s chief operating officer and president of local media, said: “Jason Wildenstein and Jason Chavis were an unbeatable team at WJAC. As Jason Wildenstein shifts to Harrisburg to lead the station and returns home to WHP, Jason Chavis will move into the VP/GM position at WJAC where he has spent the last several years growing his responsibilities. Both are strong, innovative, strategic thinkers and we’re excited to have them at the helm of these stations.”

Jason Chavis

Wildenstein joined Sinclair in 2019, after serving as the VP-GM of WTXL Tallahassee, Fla. Wildenstein first joined WTXL in 2004 where he held many different leadership positions, including director of operations and production, director of news and director of interactive media.

Wildenstein grew up outside Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and attended Lock Haven University where he graduated with a BA focused on broadcast/journalism and mass communications.

Chavis joined Sinclair and WJAC in 2018 as the local sales manager, later becoming the linear and digital sales manager before being elevated to general sales manager in 2021. Prior to joining WJAC, he spent 14 years as an Account Executive at WTAE Pittsburgh. Chavis holds a degree in communications from the University of Pittsburgh, where he was a scholar athlete and Pitt Football Team Captain in 1996.