CBS Stations today announced the senior leadership team for CBS Atlanta.
The station will be led by Tom Canedo , the president and general manager for what was previously WUPA, now known as CBS Atlanta. Shawn Hoder will serve as vice president and news director, and Barbara Roeder will be vice president of sales.
CBS will transition its network programming in Atlanta beginning August 16 to WUPA Channel 69 .
Canedo is a veteran broadcast executive with more than 25 years of experience in the Atlanta market. He’s been leading WUPA as an independent station and steps into the joint leadership role of president and general manager for CBS Atlanta. He’ll continue to oversee CBS’ independent stations in Tampa and Seattle. He reports to Jennifer Mitchell , president of CBS Stations an