TEGNA has promoted three advertising sales executives to leadership positions at its television stations in Iowa, Arizona and Virginia.
Starting this month, Ryan Drake will serve as the President and General Manager of WOI-TV (Channel 5, ABC) in Des Moines and WQAD (Channel 8, ABC) in Quad Cities, TEGNA said in a statement. Drake joined WOI as a Senior Account Executive in 2020 after beginning his media career at “The Guardian” newspaper in London. He subsequently became Local Sales Manager before being promoted to Director of Sales in 2024.
Tony Motta will serve as President and General Manager of KPNX (Channel 12, NBC) in Phoenix, along with KMSB (Channel 11, Fox) and KTTU (Channel 18, CW) in Tucson. Motta previously served as Director of Sales at KPNX and held the same position at KOVR (Channel 13, CBS) and KMAX (Channel 31, CW) in Sacramento. He began his broadcasting career at CBS Radio in Orlando and spent 11 years with Cox Media Group. In addition to overseeing the Arizona stations, Motta will lead the development of a news bureau serving Tucson, which will share resources with KPNX, according to a job post reviewed by The Desk.
Angela New has been promoted to President and General Manager of WVEC (Channel 13, ABC) in Norfolk, Virginia, where she previously served as Director of Sales. New began her career at Petry Media in 2006 before joining WVEC as an Account Executive. She later spent nearly a decade at WTKR (Channel 3, CBS) in Norfolk before returning to WVEC. She became WVEC’s Director of Sales in 2019 and assumed additional responsibility for advertising sales at KARE (Channel 11, NBC) in Minneapolis in 2025.
TEGNA said the appointments entrust different responsibilities like audience development, digital advertising and streaming operations with three proven advertising executive leaders.
TEGNA operates 64 television stations in 51 markets, along with digital properties and the Premion connected television advertising platform. The company is a subsidiary of Nexstar Media Group but continues to operate independently under a hold-separate order issued by a federal court in April.
