Darryll J. Green Named President and General Manager of Gannett’s W*USA-TV
McLEAN, VA – Darryll J. Green has been named president and general manager of W*USA-TV, the Gannett-owned CBS affiliate in Washington, D.C.
“Darryll has a great track record of success in his career, most recently at WGRZ-TV in Buffalo, NY. He is a caring and committed leader and we are confident Darryll will achieve great results at W*USA,” Craig Dubow, president & CEO of Gannett Broadcasting said today.
Green served as president and general manager of WGRZ-TV, a Gannett-owned NBC affiliate, since April 1999. Under his leadership, WGRZ achieved steady ratings growth. Also during this time, the station won national recognition for outstanding community-based projects as well as numerous local and regional awards for achievement in broadcast journalism.
Green was Gannett’s Manager of the Year for 2001.
Prior to joining WGRZ-TV as vice president/Broadcast in 1997, Green was vice president/general manager at WGCI-AM/FM, the Gannett owned radio station in Chicago, IL. He also served as vice president/station manager and vice president, controller and operation director of WGCI-AM. He began his career with Gannett in 1983 as a senior auditor.
Green was a senior accountant with Deloitte Haskins & Sells in Rochester, NY before joining Gannett. He is a certified public accountant registered in the state of New York.
A native of the Rochester area, Green graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from St. John Fisher College.
Green is married to Diane Byas Green. They have two children, Jourdan and Nicholas.
Gannett TV stations are: W*USA, Washington, DC; WXIA, Atlanta; WTSP, Tampa-St. Petersburg; KARE, Minneapolis; WKYC, Cleveland; KPNX, Phoenix, KNAZ, Flagstaff and KMOH, Kingman; K*USA, Denver; KXTV, Sacramento; KSDK, St. Louis; WZZM, Grand Rapids, MI; WGRZ, Buffalo, NY; WFMY, Greensboro, NC; WTLV and WJXX, Jacksonville, FL; KTHV, Little Rock; WBIR, Knoxville, TN; WCSH, Portland, ME; WLTX, Columbia, SC; WMAZ, Macon, GA; and WLBZ, Bangor, ME.
In addition to its television operations, Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE:GCI) is a leading international news and information company that publishes 100 daily newspapers in the USA, including USA TODAY, the nation’s largest-selling daily newspaper. The company also owns in excess of 400 non-daily publications in the USA and USA WEEKEND, a weekly newspaper magazine. Gannett subsidiary Newsquest is the United Kingdom’s second largest regional newspaper company. Newsquest publishes more than 300 titles, including 17 daily newspapers, and a network of prize-winning Web sites. Gannett is an Internet leader with sites sponsored by its TV stations and newspapers including USATODAY.com, one of the most popular news sites on the Web.
For further information, contact:
Tara Connell
Vice President of Corporate Communications
Gannett Co., Inc.
(703) 854-6049
tjconnel@gannett.com