Michael J. Hayes was named the president of Hearst Television in 2023. He previously served as the chief operating officer and deputy group head. Hayes served as a Hearst Television senior vice president from 2013 to 2017. Previously, he served as the president and general manager at Hearst’s WTAE-TV, the ABC affiliate in Pittsburgh; president and general manager of Hearst’s WYFF-TV, the NBC affiliate in the Greenville-Spartanburg, South Carolina, television market; general sales manager of WLWT-TV, Hearst’s NBC affiliate in Cincinnati; and in various sales and management positions in Grand Rapids, Michigan; Austin, Texas; St. Louis; and Peoria, Illinois. His stations have been honored with a Peabody Award, a National Association of Broadcasters Service to America Award and a national Edward R. Murrow Award, among multiple other honors for news and public service. Hayes began his broadcast television career as a sportscaster and producer at WISH-TV, at the time the CBS affiliate in Indianapolis. (March 2023)