LIN TV Corp. (NYSE: TVL), a local television and digital media company, today announced that Dan Donohue has been promoted to Vice President Human Resources.
Donohue previously held the position of Director of Human Resources for LIN TV, and is responsible for Human Resources policies and programs for the Company’s corporate offices, as well as its 29 television stations in 17 markets nationwide. Donohue oversees all organizational planning, organizational development and training, employment, employee relations, labor relations, compensation, benefits, safety and health, and the Company’s minority scholarship & training program.
Donohue joined LIN TV in 2003 as Director of Benefits and was appointed Director of Human Resources in 2005. Donohue has over thirty years of executive human resources experience with media companies including the Providence Journal and its former broadcasting and cable TV operations; Houghton Mifflin, a Boston-based educational publisher, and Utilicom Networks, a broadband communications provider. He earned a Bachelor of Journalism degree from the University of Missouri and an MBA from Temple University. He is a member of the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) and Human Resources Management Rhode Island (HRMRI).
“Dan has done a tremendous job building positive employer-employee relations and promoting a high level of employee morale," said Vincent L. Sadusky, LIN TV’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “We have made significant strides in strengthening our Human Resources department in recent years and Dan will continue that upward trend.”
Donohue is based at the Company’s corporate headquarters in Providence, RI.
About LIN TV
LIN TV Corp., along with its subsidiaries (“LIN TV” or “the Company”), is one of the largest television station groups in the country. The Company creates and delivers superior local news and community stories, along with top-rated entertainment programming to 9% of U.S. television homes, reaching an average of 11.5 million households per week.
LIN TV has a strong, diversified station portfolio with 29 owned and/or operated television stations and websites in 17 U.S. markets, located primarily in the top 75 designated market areas, according to Nielsen Media.
LIN TV has and continues to identify and implement innovative business strategies, including being an early adopter of digital television, in order to provide superior viewing quality to its customers. Financial information for the Company and overviews of its stations are available at www.lintv.com.