Bay News 9 Gets New General Manager

Posted Jun 6, 2011 by Walt Belcher

Updated Jun 6, 2011 at 10:49 AM

Rod Gramer, a news director from Portland, Oregon, has been named Vice President and General Manager of Bay News 9, according to a news release from Bright House Networks.

He joins the 24-hour cable news operation on July 11.

Bright House reports that Gramer has been Executive News Director at KGW-TV in Portland, Oregon for more than a decade and the station is a perennial number one in the news ratings and has earned dozens of awards for its news reporting.

“Rod runs one of the best local news shops in the country,” said Elliott Wiser, Bright House Network Vice President of Local Programming, “He is highly regarded in the business and we are excited to have him join our team.”

Prior to working in Portland, Gramer had a 10-year run as Executive News Director of KTVB-TV in Boise, Idaho.  He began his career in the newspaper business working for the Idaho Statesman in Boise. Gramer is co-author of the book, Fighting the Odds, the Life of Senator Frank Church, which won the Evans Prize in Biography.

“I have followed Bay News 9 since it started and know it has an outstanding reputation for its commitment to journalism excellence,” said Gramer.