Fox Promotes Two Station Leaders, Fills Gap Left by Retirement of Sheila Oliver at WFLD

Fox Tv Stations (FTS) has introduced a pair of promotions in its Midwest stations.

Glenn Berk, the present senior vp and basic supervisor of WITI Fox 6 Milwaukee, has been named svp and gm of Chicago stations WFLD Fox 32 and Fox+ Chicago. To exchange Berk, Mim Davey has been named svp and regional basic supervisor of each WITI Fox 6 Milwaukee and KMSP Fox 9 & WFTC FOX 9+ Minneapolis, which she at present heads. Each Davey and Berk will proceed to report back to Jack Abernethy, chief govt officer of FTS.

This comes after Sheila Oliver‘s (pictured) retirement from WFLD and Fox+ Chicago.

“We thank Sheila for being a driving drive at FTS for greater than 20 years and congratulate her on a distinguished profession spanning a number of markets. Mim and Glenn are each seasoned Fox Tv Station veterans, with deep expertise in information and gross sales, making them preferrred leaders to construct on our momentum – significantly in native journalism and digital progress,” stated Abernethy. “We’re lucky to have a powerful bench of inside expertise, and I’m assured each will proceed to guide with imaginative and prescient and success.”

Most not too long ago, Davey held the svp and gm place at KMSP Fox 9 & WFTC Fox 9+ Minneapolis. Davey has been with the Fox-owned duopoly in Minneapolis for over 20 years the place she beforehand served as assistant information director and vp / information director.

“It’s a privilege to tackle this expanded function and proceed working with the distinctive groups in Milwaukee and Minneapolis,” stated Davey. “Each FOX 6 and FOX 9 have sturdy connections to their communities, and I’m dedicated to supporting their continued progress and native management.”

Berk has been with FTS for 25 years throughout numerous roles. Earlier than working as svp and gm of WITI Fox 6 Milwaukee, he spent 9 years as vp and gm of the FTS duopoly in Chicago. Earlier than that, he was vp and basic gross sales supervisor of WHBQ Fox 13 Memphis, when it was owned by FTS. He was nationwide gross sales supervisor for WTXF Fox 29 Philadelphia. And earlier than that, he was an account govt for Fox Stations Gross sales in New York the place he started as a Gross sales Trainee in 2002.

“Returning to Chicago seems like coming house,” stated Berk. “This metropolis and station maintain deep private {and professional} which means for me, and I’m honored to rejoin a group that’s devoted to serving the neighborhood with impactful journalism and revolutionary native programming. I look ahead to constructing on the sturdy basis Sheila has established.”

Oliver is retiring on the finish of the month. Over a 23-year interval with FTS, Oliver held a number of roles together with GM of KCPQ Fox 13 Seattle and vp and director of gross sales at KMSP Fox Minneapolis. Her profession in native broadcasting started 40 years in the past in Toledo, Ohio.

“For the previous 23 years, I’ve had the privilege of working for Fox and for Jack Abernethy, who gave me the liberty and help to innovate and problem the established order. In Minneapolis, Seattle, and Chicago, I’ve labored alongside groups keen to show over each stone to make issues occur, typically in opposition to all odds,” stated Oliver. “Fox has been a present in my profession, and I’m particularly grateful to the workers at FOX 32. With three younger grandchildren, this seems like the proper time to retire and concentrate on household.”