Fates & Fortunes

Broadcast TV

Betsy Swanson , senior VP, finance, promoted to executive VP, chief financial officer, Fox Television Stations Inc., New York.

Anita Helt , VP, marketing and promotion, KPNX-TV Phoenix, named VP, marketing and programming.

At KPIX-TV San Francisco: Christopher

Flynn , account executive, CBS 5 Sales, promoted to local sales manager, duopoly business development team, KPIX-TV/KBHK-TV, San Francisco; Mark Baggs , technical director, promoted to studio operations supervisor; Renee Luoni , president/owner, Morningstar Media/account executive, KTVU(TV) Oakland, Calif., joins as account executive.

Audrey Pass , senior VP, entertainment marketing, Edelman, New York, named director, Communications, WCBS-TV New York.

Bill Lane , station manager/general sales manager, WRLH-TV Richmond, Va., promoted to general manager; Jerry Hogan , local sales manager, promoted to general sales manager.

Michael Greenspan , account executive, Fox station sales, Dallas, named national sales manager, WSVN-TV Miami/Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Barry Poles , account executive, KEZI-TV Eugene, Ore., joins KREN-TV Reno, Nev., as local sales manager.

Cable TV

Ken Botelho , general manager, CN8, Boston, promoted to VP/station manager.

Elizabeth Gerst , reporter/producer, NY1, New York, joins as director, program development, NYC TV, New York.

Journalism

Farnoosh Torabi , business writer/reporter, Money magazine, joins as business producer, NY1 News, New York.

Scott Wickersham , morning anchor, WIVB-TV Buffalo, N.Y., joins WLOS(TV) Asheville, N.C., as 5:30 p.m. anchor.

At KGPE-TV Fresno, Calif.: Chris Zelman , meteorologist, KBAK-TV Bakersfield, Calif., joins in the same capacity; Zara Arboleda , noon anchor, reporter, KSEE(TV) Fresno, joins as co-anchor, 47 News This Morning.

Fred Shropshire , reporter/fill-in anchor and bureau chief, WCTI-TV Greenville, N.C., joins WGN-TV Chicago as a general assignment reporter.

Programming

Christina Norman , senior VP, marketing, advertising and on-air promotion, appointed president, VH1, New York.

Kathleen Cox , executive VP/COO, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Washington, named president/CEO.

Charlie Collier , executive VP, advertising sales, Court TV, New York, promoted to executive VP/general manager, advertising sales.

Joe Fiveash , head of product and business development, The Weather Channel Interactive, Atlanta, promoted to senior VP, general manager.

Mark Marshall , sales manager, western region, Turner Sports, Los Angeles, promoted to VP.

Peter Green , manager, sales, New York, named VP, sales, Weather.com advertising sales.

Ken Ericson , project manager, broadcast technology division, AP Television, Washington, named assistant managing editor, domestic television, broadcast division.

Steve Mulderrig , senior vice president, domestic and cable sales, promoted to executive VP, domestic and cable sales, Tribune Entertainment Co., New York.

Judy Fearing , consultant to NFL Network, New York, named senior VP, consumer marketing, NFL network.

Sean Cameron , senior writer/assistant director, promoted to director, studio production, Turner Classic Movies, Atlanta.

At TV Guide Channel, Los Angeles: Promoted to supervising producer: Paul Adler , senior producer, Anita Devi McConnell , supervising producer, Studio Production, and Jan Landis , editorial manager.

Michela Giorelli , executive producer, People+Arts and Discovery Channel, promoted to director, production and development, Discovery Communications Inc., Discovery Networks Latin America/Iberia, Miami.

John Hess , general sales manager, WRIT-FM/Clear Channel Worldwide, Milwaukee, named VP, Midwest sales manager, Carsey-Werner-Mandabach Distribution, Chicago.

Allied Fields

Julian K. Quattlebaum III , general counsel, Prime Ticket Network, Prime Sports West and Fox Sports West, Los Angeles, joins Cole, Raywid & Braverman LLP, Washington, as counsel, Los Angeles.

J.W. Johnson , director, BMI, New York, promoted to senior director, writer/publisher relations.

Obituary

Elizabeth Campbell , 101, founder of noncommercial WETA-TV Washington and one of the pioneering figures in public broadcasting, died of a respiratory ailment Jan. 9 in an Arlington, Va., hospital.

As president of the Greater Washington Educational Television Association, Campbell created the series Time for Science on then Metromedia-owned WTTG-TV Washington. Her goal was to generate support for a noncommercial station in Washington by showing broadcasters and potential sources of funding that TV could be a successful and popular teaching tool. It was. The show, which ran from 1958 to 1961, helped pave the way for WETA-TV's establishment in 1961. The station went on the air with a $75,000 grant for equipment and a pledge of $175,000 from the schools. Campbell volunteered her time, as would be the case throughout her tenure. WETA-TV's language-education, music and arts series became an integral part of many area classrooms.

The station grew to be one of the anchor programmers for PBS, with an operating budget of $60 million and such co-production credits as Ken Burns' Civil War , NewsHour With Jim Lehrer and Washington Week in Review .

"Elizabeth Campbell was a visionary for the possibilities of television in education," said PBS President Pat Mitchell. "Her dedication to WETA and to public television as a whole will serve generations of Americans for many years to come."

In 1971, Campbell became VP of community affairs for the station, a post she held until her death. Among her honors were an Emmy in 1981 and CPB's Ralph Lowell award.

Campbell is survived by a daughter, Virginia Holt; two sons, the Rev. Benjamin Campbell and Donald Campbell; eight grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.

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