Michelle Robinson Harper will join Gray Television as the General Manager of WBTV, the CBS affiliate in Charlotte.
The appointment is effective September 6. But, that’s not the only leadership change at Channel 3.
Gray has promoted Shelly Hill Crawford to the new position of WBTV Station Manager. She took that role on July 20.
For the past three years, Harper has served as General Manager of Cox Media Group’s WHBQ-13 in Memphis, sold to Imagicomm. Prior to that, Harper was Corporate Vice President of Sales for Cox Media Group in Atlanta. Previously, she was in Charlotte as the GSM at Cox’s Charlotte television stations — WSOC-TV and WAXN-TV.
She has also served in management and sales with the ABC Owned Television Stations, Capitol Broadcasting, Sinclair Broadcasting, Pappas Telecasting and the Seltel National Rep Firm.
Crawford began her broadcast career when she joined WUPW-TV while attending the University of Toledo. Her career has included roles of research director and/or account executive at WTOL-TV in Toledo, Ohio, WCNC-TV in Charlotte, and WOIO/WUAB in Cleveland, Ohio. She has served in leadership roles for the WBTV Community Advisory Board, Diversity Board and Volunteer Committee.
