Michelle Robinson Harper and Shelly Hill Crawford Named to Lead WBTV in Charlotte, North Carolina
09 Agosto 2022 - 5:45PM
Gray Television, Inc. (“Gray,” “we,” “us” or “our”) (NYSE: GTN)
announced today that Michelle Robinson Harper will join Gray as the
General Manager of WBTV (CBS) in Charlotte, North Carolina,
effective September 6th. In addition, Gray announced that it
promoted Shelly Hill Crawford to the new position of WBTV Station
Manager effective July 20th, 2022.
Michelle Robinson Harper is a broadcast media
leader with more than 37 years of experience in the Southeast. She
is a native North Carolinian and is excited to be returning to the
Tar Heel State and the Queen City. For the past three years,
Michelle has served as General Manager of Cox Media Group’s WHBQ-TV
FOX13 in Memphis, Tennessee. Prior to that, Michelle was Corporate
Vice President of Sales for Cox Media Group in Atlanta. Previously,
she was the general sales manager at Cox’s Charlotte television
stations WSOC-TV and WAXN-TV. She has also served in management and
sales with the ABC Owned Television Stations, Capitol Broadcasting,
Sinclair Broadcasting, Pappas Telecasting and the Seltel National
Rep Firm.
Michelle received a BA in Radio, TV and Motion Pictures from
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1985. She is a
graduate of the NAB Leadership Foundation’s Broadcast Leadership
Training program. Michelle has been active in a number of
advertising, media and service organizations, including the
Tennessee Association of Broadcasters, the National Association of
Black Journalists, Cox’s Executive DE&I Council, and the
Charlotte Chapter of the American Women in Radio and Television,
the South Charlotte Chapter of Jack and Jill, and the Boys and
Girls Club of Greater Memphis.
In late July, Gray selected Shelly Hill
Crawford to fill the newly created position of Station
Manager of WBTV. Shelly has worked at WBTV for the last 22 years in
various roles including new business development manager, research
director, and programming and marketing director.
She began her broadcast career when she joined WUPW-TV while
attending the University of Toledo. Her career has included roles
of research director and/or account executive at WTOL-TV in Toledo,
Ohio, WCNC-TV in Charlotte, and WOIO/WUAB in Cleveland, Ohio. She
has served in leadership roles for the WBTV Community Advisory
Board, Diversity Board and Volunteer Committee. A Michigan
native, Shelly moved to Charlotte in 1996 and has been actively
involved with local non-profit organizations ever since. She
has served on the boards of Autism Speaks, Susan G. Komen
Charlotte, Catholic Charities, Johnson C. Smith University Foster
Care Youth Program, and the JCSU Community Arts Advisory
Board.
About Gray:
Gray Television, Inc. is a multimedia company headquartered in
Atlanta, Georgia. We are the nation’s largest owner of top-rated
local television stations and digital assets in the United States.
Our television stations serve 113 television markets that
collectively reach approximately 36 percent of US television
households. This portfolio includes 80 markets with the
top-rated television station and 100 markets with the first and/or
second highest rated television station. We also own video
program companies Raycom Sports, Tupelo Media Group (formerly
Tupelo Honey), PowerNation Studios, as well as the studio
production facilities Assembly Atlanta and Third Rail Studios.
Gray Contact:Kevin P. Latek,
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Development Officer,
404-266-8333
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