Tanya Vea, president-COO of Bonneville International and a spokesperson for the new Coalition for Local News, explains why the group is drawing a direct line between the need for new FCC rules on dealing with vMVPDs and maintaining healthy local TV newsrooms. A full transcript of the conversation is included.
Nexstar’s Andy Alford and Bonneville’s Tanya Vea are the latest additions to the association’s television board.
Tanya Vea’s new position is effective Aug. 1. She succeeds Darrell Brown, who is retiring at the same time.
KSL Promotes Tanya Vea To General Manager
The Salt Lake City NBC affiliate promotes her from station manager to general manager, adding sales and other responsibilities to her portfolio.
Con Psarras, a veteran television journalist and news director for Mormon Church-owned KSL Salt Lake City, will become the station’s head of editorial and special projects, part of a management shift officials say reflects a changing landscape in broadcast news. Tanya Vea, the former news director at KSL rival KUTV, was named KSL’s executive vice president of news and cross-platform development.
