Fates & Fortunes

Broadcast TV

Harvey Saxer , VP/general sales manager, KRIV/KTXH Houston, named general sales manager, KHWB Houston.

Tim Noble , general manager/general sales manager WICU/WSEE Erie, Pa., named president/general manager KRIS/KAJA/KDF Corpus Christi, Texas.

Cable TV

Kevin Walker , regional technical operations manager, Elmhurst, Ill., Comcast, named director, engineering, national division, Time Warner Cable, Mokena, Ill.

Programming

Dennis Patton , consultant, XY.tv, Boston, named COO.

Kristin Stevens , executive director, brand management and executive director, brand strategy, American Online Inc., named VP, marketing, Discovery Networks International, Silver Spring, Md.

Bruce Tyroler , director, research, Lifetime Entertainment Services, New York, promoted to VP.

Sharon Wild , director, program distribution and clearances, promoted to VP, program operations and standards and practices, Pax TV, West Palm Beach, Fla.

Journalism

Anna Werner , investigative reporter, KHOU Houston, joins KPIX San Francisco as chief, investigative unit, Eyewitness News .

Scott Wicks , freelance photographer, Fox Sports, San Francisco, joins KPIX San Francisco Evening Magazine in the same capacity.

Jackie Johnson , weathercaster/reporter, WSVN Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Fla., joins KCAL/KCBS Los Angeles, as prime time weathercaster.

Radio

Jim Pastor , VP, sales and marketing, Radio Disney, Chicago, named president/general manager, WZZN(FM) and WMVP(AM), ABC Radio, Chicago.

Les Haber , regional underwriting manager, WXEL(TV/AM) West Palm Beach, Fla., joins WKAT(AM) North Miami, Fla., as general sales manager.

At KNX(AM) Los Angeles: Steve Sullivan , national sales manager, named local sales manager; Andrew Del Guercio , account executive, named national sales manager.

Advertising/Marketing/PR

David Lubars , president, Fallon Worldwide/executive creative director, Fallon North America, both Minneapolis, returns to BBDO North America, New York, as chairman/chief creative officer.

Nadia Voukitchevitch , promoted from senior producer to executive producer, Castells & Asociados, Los Angeles.

Roger Resnicoff , freelance producer, WNYW New York, joins Rubenstein Associates Inc. Public Relations, New York, as media specialist.

Cheryl Shelton , programming representative, The B&B Media Group, Dallas/Fort Worth, named sales rep.

Technology

Rafael Fonseca , senior director, product evolution, Cedar Point Communications, Derry, N.H., promoted to VP, product evolution and system engineering.

Mary Turney , regional VP, sales, Telcordia, Piscataway, N.J., promoted to president, operations and network systems.

AT BIAP Systems (Broadband Intelligent Applications): Dan Levinson , executive VP, marketing, Court TV, New York, named executive VP, marketing, New York; Mark Pruneau , VP, marketing and sales, Charter Communications, Fort Worth, Texas, named VP, marketing, Plano, Texas.

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