New General Manager FOX 17 Des Moines: Steve Rohrer
- Dec. 01, 2016
On November 23, Steve Rohrer was named General Manager of KDSM-TV/FOX 17 in Des Moines, IA. Steve has worked in the television industry for 21 years that started at WAOW-TV in Wausau in 1995 and continued at WKOW-TV in Madison to WISN-TV in Milwaukee and most recently serving as the General Sales Manager in Cedar Rapids, IA the past 5 1/2 years. It has been a dream for Steve to be a station manager since the beginning of his career which has included him doing everything from producing and directing to promotional video editing and shooting to sales and marketing.
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