Coleen Marren is a former news director at Fox61. In the early 90s she oversaw the first expansions of the station’s 10 pm newscast –including taking it from 5 days a week to nightly, and from half hour to 60 minutes. Previously she was at WTNH, but we’re not sure in what capacity. Feel free to fill us in.
PITTSBURGH (AP) _ Coleen Marren has been named news director at KDKA-TV and WPCW in Pittsburgh.
The announcement was made Thursday by station vice president and general manager Christopher Pike.
Marren joins KDKA-TV and WPCW from WCVB-TV, the ABC-TV affiliate in Boston, Mass. She had been news director there for eight years.
Marren has more than 18 years of broadcast news management experience. She also was a news director in Milwaukee, Wis., and Hartford, Conn., and she previously worked at WLS-TV in Chicago.
KDKA-TV and WPCW are part of CBS Television Stations, a division of CBS Corp.
I’m am thrilled for Coleen! That gal knows what she’s doing.