FOX 61 and WCCT today announced Henry Vazquez has been named VP/Director of Brand and Digital Development for Tribune Broadcasting's Hartford & New Haven television stations.
FOX 61 and WCCT today announced Henry Vazquez has been named VP/Director of Brand and Digital Development for Tribune Broadcasting's Hartford & New Haven television stations.
Vazquez, an award winning Creative Director, will oversee all aspects of the stations’ marketing, branding and creative services. He will join Tribune on April 17 and report to Jon Hitchcock, Vice President & General Manager.
Vazquez joins Tribune from KLAS-TV in Las Vegas where he was Creative Services Director. Previously, Vazquez was the Promotions Manager, News and On-Air for WCAU/NBC10 in Philadelphia, a position he was promoted to. He has also served Producer stints for WCAU, KYW, and WPVI in Philadelphia. Vazquez began his career as a Creative Services Assistant for WPIX-TV, Tribune Broadcasting’s New York television station. To date, Vazquez has garnered 11 Emmy Awards and a Promax Gold for his creative work.
"Henry is an accomplished leader with a proven record of building brands and audience share. He is the perfect fit to lead our brands across all of our platforms,” said Jon Hitchcock, Vice President & General Manager, FOX61 and WCCT-TV.
Vazquez holds an MBA from the Erivan K. Haub School of Business at Saint Joseph’s University, and a B.A. in Mass Communications from Lehman College of the City University of New York. He also serves as an adjunct professor for the MS/MBA program in Television Management at Drexel University, and was a frequent lecturer at Temple University.
“I’m thrilled to be returning to Tribune Broadcasting, the company that gave me my first break, and I’m eager to work with FOX61 and WCCT to help chart the stations’ creative positioning,” said Vazquez.
Vazquez is a member of several industry organizations including National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the National Society of Hispanic MBAs, PromaxBDA and serves on Saint Joseph's University MBA Alumni Advisory Committee.
About FOX 61
FOX 61 is one of the nation's most highly rated FOX Network affiliates providing Connecticut viewers with outstanding entertainment, news, sports and local event programming. FOX 61 News is the market leader in news, producing more news and winning more awards than any station in Connecticut. FOX 61 now airs more than 61 hours of local news and public affairs programming each week, more than any other market station. FOX 61 is owned and operated by Tribune Media, one of the country’s leading multimedia companies.
About Tribune Media
Tribune Media Company (NYSE: TRCO) is home to a diverse portfolio of television and digital properties driven by quality news, entertainment and sports programming. Tribune Media is comprised of Tribune Broadcasting’s 42 owned or operated local television stations reaching more than 50 million households, national entertainment network WGN America, whose reach is approaching 80 million households, Tribune Studios, and a variety of digital applications and websites commanding 60 million monthly unique visitors online. Tribune Media also includes Chicago’s WGN-AM and the national multicast networks Antenna TV and THIS TV. Additionally, the Company owns and manages a significant number of real estate properties across the U.S. and holds a variety of investments, including a 31% equity interest in TV Food Network and a 32% equity interest in CareerBuilder. For more information please visit www.tribunemedia.com.
