Andrew Vrees named president, general manager of WMUR-TV
Homecoming for award-winning Hearst Television news executive, former WMUR news director, New Hampshire native Share Updated: 6:55 PM EDT May 20, 2021
Andrew Vrees named president, general manager of WMUR-TV
Homecoming for award-winning Hearst Television news executive, former WMUR news director, New Hampshire native Share Updated: 6:55 PM EDT May 20, 2021
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Show Transcript ADAM: ADAM SEXTON, WMUR NEWS 9. JEAN: WE WANT TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT A FAMILIAR FACE RETURNING TO WMUR. FORMER NEWS DIRECTOR ANDREW VREES WILL BE THE STATION’S NEW PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER. [APPLAUSE] HE’LL REPLACE JEFF BARTLETT, WHO IS RETIRING THIS SUMMER. CONGRATULATIONS, JUST! CONGRATULATIONS, JEFF! ANDREW VREES, WHO HAS WORKED FROM ALASKA TO NEW MEXICO, OKLAHOMA TO BOSTON, IS ALSO A NEW HAMPSHIRE NATIVE. SO THIS NEW CHAPTER CARRIES A LOT OF SIGNIFICANCE. AT WMUR, BEING SPECIAL IS AT A WHOL
Andrew Vrees Named WMUR Manchester GM
The assignment to lead Hearst’s ABC affiliate is a homecoming for the Hearst executive who earlier was the station’s news director.
By Mark K. Miller | May 21, 2021 | 8:48 a.m. ET.
Hearst Television executive Andrew Vrees has been appointed president and general manager of the company’s ABC affiliate WMUR Manchester, N.H.
Vrees has been Hearst Television’s vice president, news, since 2016 after serving as news director of the company’s flagship station, WCVB Boston. He succeeds Jeff Bartlett, who will retire this summer and under whom he served for five years as WMUR’s news director.
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