Gray Television said it promoted Joel Swisher to general manager of WSAZ-WQCW, its stations in the Charleston-Huntington, West Virginia, market, effective June 26.
Swisher had been general sales manager at WSAZ and WQCW and has been with the station in sales and management positions since 2016.
He succeeds David Hughes, who is moving to Cleveland to run Gray’s stations there.
At WSAZ, Swisher was instrumental in expanding the station’s community involvement with events including “The Sternwheel Regatta” and “Live on the Levee," the company said.
Before moving to Gray, he spent 13 years with the West Virginia Radio Corp.
