Boston TV station Fox 25 has a new owner under a surprise TV station swap announced yesterday — and the first big move is general manager Gregg Kelley, who is heading to the West Coast to helm two TV stations.
Under the switch-up, Fox Television Stations is giving Fox 25 and a Memphis TV station to Cox Media Group while Cox gives Fox two San Francisco stations.
Fox 25 will remain a Fox affiliate. Kelley is moving to San Francisco to run KTVU-TV and KICU-TV, a Fox spokeswoman confirmed. Kelley will stay on in Boston until they ink the deal.
Al Tompkins of the Poynter Institute said Fox is moving up a market with the TV station trade, as San Francisco is the sixth-largest TV market in the country and Boston is seventh.
San Francisco is also home to the 49ers football team and Fox has the TV broadcasting rights to NFC games, Tompkins noted. (The Patriots are in the AFC).
"I suspect that's the biggest motivator behind this," Tompkins said of the TV market boost and football broadcasts.
As for any on-air changes at Fox 25 which might affect morning show personalities or longtime evening anchor Maria Stephanos, Tompkins said "anything could happen" but a new owner "doesn't usually walk in and clean house on the air."
"They don't want to disturb viewers," Tompkins said.
In a joint press release, Cox President Bill Hoffman said: "This is the first time we have had a media presence in Boston and Memphis, and CMG is excited about the prospects that WFXT-TV and WHBQ-TV bring to our business. These new stations fit nicely into CMG's broadcast portfolio, and we look forward to having a great news presence in these two markets and competing hard with the fine local broadcasters who already reside there."
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