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New TV-Everything boss in Spokane.




Tery Garras has been named Vice President/General Manager of KXLY Brands, which include KXLY 4 News Now (ABC), KAYU Fox 28, as well as seven radio stations and digitial, consolidating the management structure.

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Morgan Murphy Media is expanding the scope of its KXLY Brands operation, bringing Fox affiliate KAYU-TV into a unified structure that already includes ABC affiliate KXLY-TV, seven radio stations and digital marketing agency Phase 3 Digital.

The company announced that Tery Garras has been promoted to Vice President and General Manager of the consolidated operation, succeeding longtime KXLY Vice President and GM Teddie Gibbon, who is retiring after 44 years with the station.

The restructuring creates a single management team overseeing television, radio and digital assets serving Spokane, Coeur d’Alene and the broader Inland Northwest. Company executives said the move will allow advertisers to execute integrated campaigns across multiple platforms through a single organization.

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  1. What does that mean for Melissa Luck/Deis?

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  2. They offer Spokane married stability. No issues that I can see.

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  3. Congrats to Garras on her new role at KXLY!

    As for bringing KAYU into the KXLY fold, it makes sense as KXLY is now producing newscasts for KAYU. It also, to some degree, rescues KAYU from the clutches of Rincon Broadcasting, the group that gutted KIMA in Yakima recently.

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