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April 1, 2008

News director hired at WLNE-TV, ABC 6

B.J. Finnell has been hired as news director of WLNE-TV, ABC6 and will join the station on May 5, the company said this morning.

Finnell is currently the assistant news director at WOIO-TV in Cleveland, Ohio.

Previously, Finnel was news director at WJAR-TV, Channel 10 from 1997 to 2001. After that, he was news director at WVIT-TV in Hartford before going to Cleveland in 2003. He has also been executive producer and assistant news director at WCAU-TV in Philadelphia and worked at WTNH in New Haven and at WCBS News Radio in New York.

A native of Fairfield, Connecticut, Finnell is a graduate of the University of Connecticut.

“We are delighted that a news veteran of BJ’s caliber will be joining ABC 6,” said Stephen Doerr, WLNE-TV, ABC6 vice president and general manager.

-- Journal Business editor John Kostrzewa

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