{"id":91494,"date":"2025-08-26T21:16:43","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T21:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2025\/08\/26\/wpvi-gm-bernie-prazenica-announces-retirement\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T21:17:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T21:17:44","slug":"wpvi-gm-bernie-prazenica-announces-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2025\/08\/26\/wpvi-gm-bernie-prazenica-announces-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"WPVI GM Bernie Prazenica Announces Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"

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WPVI <\/a>station president and common supervisor Bernie Prazenica<\/strong>\u00a0has introduced his retirement.<\/p>\n

Prazenica has been the longest serving gm on the Philadelphia ABC owned station. He instructed staffers that it\u2019s \u201cbeen one of many nice privileges of my life to be a part of the unimaginable legacy of WPVI, and an honor to work alongside all of you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce I began my first job at WPVI again in 1982, I felt like I had actually arrived within the huge time. Few stations within the nation may match Channel 6\u2019s scores, fame for excellence, and spirit of innovation,\u201d Prazenica wrote in an inner memo obtained by TVSpy. \u201cForty-three years later, I\u2019ve determined to retire on the finish of this yr. It\u2019s a tough resolution, however I\u2019m prepared \u2013 and I\u2019m excited to see what the following chapter brings.\u201d<\/p>\n

He was named president and common supervisor of WPVI-TV\/6abc in 2007.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat a run!\u00a0 If it had been as much as me it could be one other 4 many years,\u201d mentioned ABC Information Group & Disney Leisure Networks president Debra OConnell<\/strong>. \u201cBernie is that fantastic mixture of no-nonsense, roll up your sleeve practicality, aggressive drive and compassion that make an amazing chief. Whether or not he’s serving to to provide a Presidential debate as he did final Fall, broadcasting the nation\u2019s oldest Thanksgiving Day parade or arising with a novel and artistic hometown story angle for Abbot Elementary, his contributions have been immense.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBernie is among the many better of one of the best \u2013 a champion of innovation, a deeply concerned member of the Philadelphia neighborhood and a tenacious normal bearer for the simple, important journalism that’s our lifeblood on the ABC Owned Tv Stations,\u201d wrote ABC Owned Tv Station president Chad Matthews<\/strong>. \u201cHe’s the longest serving GM within the station\u2019s historical past and is answerable for modernizing its information operations with the\u00a0development of\u00a0a state-of-the-art, 110,000-square foot, all-digital facility in 2009, and the launch of the stations cell and streaming choices. His workforce has described him as caring about 6abc and Philadelphia greater than anybody they’ve ever met.\u00a0 And that has definitely shone by within the caliber of his work and the station\u2019s efficiency because the primary station out there for many years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prazenica mentioned he\u2019d be round for a couple of extra months earlier than leaving.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

He additionally oversees\u00a06abc.com<\/a>, its cell purposes and two digital channels. The station\u2019s web site is the preferred tv web site within the Delaware Valley.<\/p>\n

His profession in tv spans greater than 4 many years, principally at The Walt Disney Firm. Earlier than being named gm of WPVI, he served as president and common supervisor of WTVD, ABC\u2019s owned station in Raleigh, North Carolina. In 1994, Prazenica was named director of Gross sales for WPVI-TV, after representing ABC Owned Tv Stations within the mid-Atlantic area of their ABC Nationwide TV Gross sales division. He started his profession at Pittsburgh\u2019s WPTT-TV as an account government, earlier than transitioning to WXEX-TV in Richmond, Virginia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n