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Scott Hanley Named GM At WBHM/Birmingham
August 10, 2012 at 4:16 AM (PT)
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Former ESSENTIAL PUBLIC MEDIA noncommercial WESA (formerly WDUQ)/PITTSBURGH GM SCOTT HANLEY has joined UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM noncommercial WBHM/BIRMINGHAM as GM, effective AUGUST 27th. HANLEY left WESA last year and has most recently served as Executive Director of the GREATER UNIONTOWN HERITAGE CONSORTIUM after a brief stay as Chief Communications Officer for the JEWISH HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION,
“We are delighted to be welcoming SCOTT HANLEY to his new home in BIRMINGHAM and at WBHM,” said interim GM and UAB Assistant VP of Public Relations and Marketing KRISTI LAMONT ELLIS. “We were fortunate to have a strong candidate pool and attract someone who is both a consummate broadcast journalism professional and strong civic leader; it speaks well of the station’s national reputation on the news front.”