For the past five years, he’s been the General Manager of Gray Television‘s WALB-10 in Albany, Ga., and siblings WGCW-TV and WTSG-TV, which are the market’s home for The CW Network and Telemundo, respectively.
Now, this Southwest Georgia native is heading to Tennessee.
Taking the GM post at CBS affiliate WVLT-8 in Knoxville and The CW-affiliated WBXX-20 is Bruce Austin.
Austin had been in Albany, Ga., for 15 years, and from 2008-2018 was the General Sales Manager for the Gray Television stations in the market. WALB is a legacy Gray property that the company signed on in 1954.
In 2020, the Georgia Association of Broadcasters recognized WALB as its Station of the Year.
Austin begins his new position on January 2, 2024.
