Bob Simone Named President-GM at Tucson Duopoly

Broadcasting & Cable

Bob Simone was named president and general manager of Belo’s KMSB and KTTU Tucson, a Fox-MyNetworkTV duopoly. Simon was most recently with Liberty Media in an advisory role.

“Bob Simone has a proven record in the broadcast industry of building news products and his leadership and management experience will complement Belo’s Tucson operations,” said Belo Executive V.P./Television Operations Peter L. Diaz.

Tucson is the #68 DMA. The Belo stations there grabbed 14% of the market’s revenue last year, according to BIA Financial.

Prior to Liberty, Simone spent 20 years at Fox Television Stations in a variety of management roles. More…

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