WASHINGTON – Alan Frank, president and chief executive officer of Post–Newsweek Stations, the television broadcasting division of The Washington Post Company, has announced that he will retire from that position at the end of 2012.
"Alan Frank has been a key contributor to the company for more than 30 years and a brilliant head of Post–Newsweek Stations," said Donald E. Graham, chairman and chief executive officer of The Washington Post Company.
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Frank joined Post–Newsweek Stations in 1979 as program manager for WDIV–Detroit. In 1986, he became vice president of programming and production for PNS. In 1988, he was named vice president and general manager of WDIV. Under his leadership, WDIV became the city's news leader, a position the station continues to hold.
"He's put together an exceptional team, led by six outstanding station managers," Graham continued. "Since 2000, when Alan was named president and CEO of Post–Newsweek Stations, he has led our television broadcasting division through an era of excellence. Everyone at the Post Company will miss him."
In 2005, Frank was named Broadcasting and Cable's Broadcaster of the Year. This year, Frank will be inducted into the 2012 class of the Broadcasting Hall of Fame.
About Emily Barr
Emily L. Barr has been named to succeed Frank. She will join Post–Newsweek Stations in July.
Barr had been president and general manager of WLS–Chicago since 1997. The ABC-owned TV station is number one in the U.S.'s third-largest market. Barr also created Live Well Network, a 24/7 national digital network that is distributed to more than 60% of the country.
"We are so fortunate to have Emily Barr join us," said Graham. "She's been an outstanding manager in one of the greatest companies in the industry and a force for innovation everywhere she's been."