EDMONTON – Craig Roskin has been hired as station manager, CHUM Television Edmonton.
Roskin comes to CHUM with over 19 years of television experience, most recently as general manager for Global Television in Edmonton. Prior to Global, he held a variety of roles with Western International Communications (WIC) leading up to general manager, Edmonton and vice-president sales, Alberta.
Roskin will be responsible for managing the day-to-day local operations of the stations in CHUM Television’s newly integrated Edmonton media facility, which includes Citytv Edmonton, ACCESS The Education Station, CLT (Canadian Learning Television), BookTelevision, and CourtTV Canada.
“We are very pleased to have someone with Craig’s extensive background join our team,” said Al Thorgeirson, regional vice-president, CHUM Television. “Craig’s knowledge of the broadcast industry together with his experience in Edmonton’s television market make him a superb choice to lead the fully integrated CHUM Television Edmonton team.”
“It’s a genuine pleasure to be working with this strong group of stations and such a clearly talented and energetic staff,” said Craig Roskin. “I certainly look forward to working with our various teams towards building future successes.”
Roskin assumes his new duties commencing February, 21st.
