She’s a veteran local media executive and award-winning journalist who has spent close to 3 1/2 years as News Director for CBS News and Stations’ Pittsburgh operations, which are comprised of KDKA-2, WPCW-19 (The CW Pittsburgh), and the CBS News Pittsburgh streaming channel.
Now, this local leader may have to keep any Steelers gear in storage, should she attend many Ravens games thanks to her new job.
Kathy Hostetter has been named VP/GM for CBS News and Stations’ local businesses in Baltimore, comprised of WJZ-13, the CBS News Baltimore streaming channel and CBSBaltimore.com.
She’ll report directly to CBS Stations President Adrienne Roark, starting April 25.
Cheering Hostetter for her promotion is Wendy McMahon, president and co-head of CBS News and Stations. “It is always a pleasure whenever we are able to fill key leadership positions by promoting top performers from within our organization,” McMahon said. “Kathy has done an outstanding job leading our news team in Pittsburgh and enhancing KDKA’s reputation as the market’s top station. We are excited to have her make the move from one great station to another and help us add wonderful new chapters to WJZ’s history.”
Roark added, “Kathy is a proven leader and accomplished journalist who, over the course of her more than 30-year career, has demonstrated time and again how much she cares about local news and how quality storytelling has a positive impact on local communities. Kathy has done a terrific job of leading our newsroom in Pittsburgh with empathy and heart. We look forward to having her bring that same kind of thoughtful approach to guiding our team in Baltimore.”
Hostetter commented, “I am humbled and honored to have this opportunity to go from working with one of the finest local newsrooms in the business at KDKA to joining an equally great team in Baltimore. I want to thank Wendy and Adrienne for their support and leadership, and am also deeply grateful for the opportunity to work alongside my forever friends and colleagues in Pittsburgh.”
Prior to joining CBS Pittsburgh in November 2018, Hostetter spent five years as the news director at WTHR-TV in Indianapolis. Before that, she was the news director at WAVE-TV in Louisville; WAVY-TV and WVBT-TV in Norfolk; and at WISE-TV in Fort Wayne, Ind. In addition, she has been an executive producer at stations in the San Francisco Bay Area, Indianapolis, and the Quad Cities; and a producer at stations in Grand Rapids and Fort Wayne.
