{"id":21676,"date":"2019-05-09T16:15:17","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T21:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=21676"},"modified":"2019-05-09T16:15:17","modified_gmt":"2019-05-09T21:15:17","slug":"nbc-telemundo-promote-diane-hannes-head-connecticut-stations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2019\/05\/09\/nbc-telemundo-promote-diane-hannes-head-connecticut-stations\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC, Telemundo promote Diane Hannes to head Connecticut stations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Diane Hannes<\/p><\/div>\n

Over her remarkable three decades in Chicago television, Diane Hannes has risen from promotion writer at one station to head of marketing at another \u2014 with a stop at \"The Oprah Winfrey Show\" along the way.<\/p>\n

On Thursday Hannes was named president and general manager of WVIT, the NBC-owned station in Hartford, Connecticut; and WRDM, the Telemundo station in Hartford. She will oversee all station operations, including news, digital, sales, marketing\/promotions, community affairs and operations\/technology.<\/p>\n

Since 2003 Hannes has been vice president of creative services at NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5 <\/a>and Telemundo Chicago WSNS-Channel 44,<\/a> where she earned high marks for her talent, creativity and personal skills. As a media representative for both stations, she was among the best in the business.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m proud of the work we\u2019ve done in Chicago and honored to take on this new opportunity with our Connecticut stations,\" she said.<\/p>\n

A graduate of Lake Park High School in Roselle and Benedictine University in Lisle, Hannes began her career in 1987 as a promotion writer and program assistant at WPWR-Channel 50. After a stint as a promotion writer and producer for \"The Oprah Winfrey Show,\" she returned to WPWR where she managed the promotions department and oversaw the station's ownership transition to Fox-owned WFLD-Channel 32.<\/p>\n

Calling Hannes \u201cone of our division\u2019s best brand directors,\u201d Valari Staab, president of NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations, said in a statement: \u201cShe is a great manager and the perfect person to lead our NBC and Telemundo Connecticut stations.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt NBC 5 and Telemundo Chicago, she successfully introduced the stations\u2019 signature news, weather, I-Team, consumer and \u2018Making A Difference\u2019 brands, among others. Her efforts are helping to make our stations Chicagoans\u2019 go-to sources for breaking news, severe weather, consumer reporting and in-depth investigations \u2013 in any language. I look forward to seeing the new milestones Diane and our NBC\/Telemundo Connecticut teams will accomplish together.\u201d<\/p>\n

A search is underway for her replacement in Chicago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Over her remarkable three decades in Chicago television, Diane Hannes has risen from promotion writer at one station to head of marketing at another \u2014 with a stop at \"The Oprah Winfrey Show\" along the way. On Thursday Hannes was named president and general manager of WVIT, the NBC-owned station in Hartford, Connecticut; and WRDM,... Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21676"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21676"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21680,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21676\/revisions\/21680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}