ATLANTA - Veteran television sales executive Tim Bennett has been promoted to Vice President and Station Manager at WUPA-TV, the CBS-owned Atlanta affiliate of The CW Network, and Director of Sales at the CBS Television Stations’ national spot sales office in Atlanta. The announcement was made today by Peter Dunn, President, CBS Television Stations.

            Bennett, who has served as sales manager of the station group's national spot sales office in Atlanta since November 2004, is assuming an expanded role that will have him oversee the day-to-day operations at WUPA while he continues to lead the station group’s national spot sales office in Atlanta that serves clients in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky and Florida.

            “During his 20-plus years in the Atlanta market, Tim has established great relationships with the advertising community and local business leaders,” Dunn said. “We look forward to having him continue to do a great job of heading up our national sales efforts in Atlanta and also draw on his considerable experience in the market as he takes on the responsibility of leading one of the top CW affiliates in the country.”

            Dunn added that Bennett will bring his Atlanta national spot sales office colleagues under the same roof with The CW Atlanta’s employees at the station’s offices in Atlanta.

            In his new role as WUPA Station Manager, Bennett is succeeding Jack Walsh, who recently resigned due to a personal health matter.

           Prior to joining the CBS Television Stations group 11 years ago, Bennett spent 10 years as SVP/Group Sales Manager with Petry Television in Atlanta. Before that, he held sales positions with Petry Television in New York and WJKA-TV when that station was the CBS affiliate in Wilmington, North Carolina.

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