{"id":201262,"date":"2026-03-02T23:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T23:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/201262\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T23:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T23:36:09","slug":"koins-integrated-sales-leader-to-lead-sinclairs-fresno-duo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/201262\/","title":{"rendered":"KOIN\u2019s Integrated Sales Leader To Lead Sinclair\u2019s Fresno Duo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/rbr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dougherty-2026-e1772481316229.jpeg\" data-caption=\"Katherine Dougherty\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"765\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dougherty-2026-e1772481316229-696x765.jpeg\"   alt=\"Katherine Dougherty\" title=\"Katherine Dougherty\"\/><\/a>Katherine Dougherty            <\/p>\n<p>Since March 2023, she served as the Integrated Sales Manager for the CBS affiliate serving Portland, Ore. Late last week, a LinkedIn post signaled her departure from the station, calling her time at Nexstar Media Group\u2019s KOIN-6\u00a0\u201ctruly special\u201d as she thanked her colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>Now, she\u2019s resurfaced as the head of a pair of\u00a0Sinclair Inc.-owned\u00a0stations serving the Central Valley of California.<\/p>\n<p>Katherine Dougherty\u00a0will be trading Blue Star Donuts for Judy\u2019s as she settles in as Vice President\/GM of FOX-affiliated\u00a0KMPH-TV\u00a0and The CW-aligned sibling KFRE-TV\u00a0in Fresno. She\u2019ll be competing against Nexstar-owned stations in the market, as well as an ABC Owned Station.<\/p>\n<p>At KOIN-TV, Dougherty served as Integrated Sales Manager. But, prior to that, she was a Sinclair local leader, serving as Station Manager for KMTR-TV \u201cFOX 16\u201d in Eugene-Springfield, Ore.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKathie is a proven leader with a strong track record of driving revenue growth, operational excellence, and community engagement,\u201d said Sinclair COO and President of Local Media Rob Weisbord. \u201cHer strategic mindset, and collaborative leadership style make her the ideal choice to lead our Fresno operations, and we\u2019re thrilled she is returning to Sinclair.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dougherty commented,\u00a0\u201cI am truly honored to return to Sinclair, a company that has always felt like home to me. I\u2019ve long admired the strength of its leadership and the culture of innovation and local commitment it represents. I\u2019m inspired by the team in Fresno and excited to get started, build strong partnerships, and support continued growth across the Central Valley.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Katherine Dougherty Since March 2023, she served as the Integrated Sales Manager for the CBS affiliate serving Portland,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201263,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113,93455,93456,93457,93458,93459,65269,93460],"class_list":["post-201262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news","tag-katherine-dougherty","tag-kmph-fox-26","tag-koin-6","tag-nexstar-media-group","tag-sinclair-inc","tag-tv-cable-news","tag-tv4"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}