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
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