Nexstar Media Group Names Cathy Gunther as Vice President and General Manager of Its Broadcasting and Digital Operations in Sacramento, California
- Cathy Gunther brings more than twenty years of broadcast management, programming, research, and sales experience to her new role
- She has consistently grown revenue and profitability through innovative cross-platform marketing initiatives and sponsorship opportunities
- Under her leadership, KOKI-TV became the most watched local news station in the Tulsa market and significantly grew revenue share
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Media Executive with 20+ Years of Broadcast Television Experience Will Oversee KTXL-TV and FOX40.com
Ms. Gunther brings more than twenty years of broadcast management, programming, research, and sales experience to her new role. Throughout her career, she has consistently grown revenue and profitability by identifying and cultivating accretive, non-traditional revenue through a variety of innovative cross-platform marketing initiatives and sponsorship opportunities. Through her leadership, Ms. Gunther has successfully demonstrated the importance of creating unique and innovative strategies for advertising and marketing clients, as well as connecting local businesses with non-profit organizations to achieve mutual outreach and local service goals.
Ms. Gunther most recently served as Vice President and General Manager of KOKI-TV (FOX) and KMYT-TV (My) in
From 2011 to 2014, Ms. Gunther served as Local Sales Manager and New Business Development Manager at KTVU-TV (FOX) in
“Cathy is an exceptional broadcast and sales executive and has delivered impressive results wherever she has worked for more than 20 years,” said Mr. Rosenfeld. “I am confident that her vast sales expertise, proven broadcast and digital leadership and commitment to localism will be of great benefit to our
Commenting on her appointment, Ms. Gunther said, “I’m thrilled to be joining Nexstar’s team in
Ms. Gunther is an active participant in media industry-related organizations, serving for many years as a member of the board of the Oklahoma Broadcasters Association and participating in the National Association of Broadcasters State Leadership Conference. She also has been very involved in the communities in which she has worked and lived, serving on the
Ms. Gunther attended the Graduate School of Banking at
About Nexstar Media Group, Inc.
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST) is a leading diversified media company that produces and distributes engaging local and national news, sports and entertainment content across television, streaming and digital platforms, including more than 300,000 hours of news, sports, and entertainment programming each year. Nexstar owns America’s largest local broadcasting group comprised of top network affiliates, with 200 owned or partner stations in 116 U.S. markets reaching 212 million people. Nexstar’s national television properties include The CW, America’s fifth major broadcast network, NewsNation, America’s fastest-growing national news and entertainment cable network reaching 70 million television homes, popular entertainment multicast networks Antenna TV and Rewind TV, and a
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