Rick Rogala Email Address

President and General Manager WATN -TV and WLMT-TV

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I take great joy in working with teams building a successful and growing business, helping customers achieve their desired results and connecting with target audiences by answering their question: “what’s in it for me? My career includes leading sales and revenue development efforts as Senior Vice President of Sales and C-Suite member for a national broadcasting company, and serving as General Manager for television stations in seven media markets. The talented teams I worked with as a General Manager led television stations to top ranked positions in ratings and revenue, launched and managed market-leading web portals, and created both new local market television programming and highly-rated syndicated television programming. Media organizations I managed have won journalism awards including Emmy Awards, Addy Awards, Gabriel Awards, Edward R. Murrow Awards, and the Cronkite Award for Political Coverage.