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Sinclair Names Rix Garey General Manager of KFDM-TV in Beaumont, Texas
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Texas Business reports:  BEAUMONT—Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. named Rix Garey as general manager of KFDM-TV (CBS 6 and the CW of Southeast Texas) in Beaumont, Texas. 

Garey will be responsible for oversight of the station, which is programmed by Sinclair under a time brokerage agreement. 

The announcement was made by Steve Marks, chief operating officer of Sinclair's television group.

“We are pleased to promote Rix to the position of general manager,” Marks said in a prepared statement.  “As someone who has spent his career at KFDM, he understands the needs of the community and the role KFDM plays in it.  We look forward to Rix building on that relationship.”

“I am excited about the opportunity to lead KFDM, one of the country's top CBS affiliates,” said Garey in a statement.  “Our success is the result of the hard work and dedication of all our employees that have served the station and our community.  I look forward to continuing the work of our former station manager, Larry Beaulieu.”

Garey joined KFDM in 1980 and most recently served as general sales manager.  During his tenure at the station he has held various sales positions including local sales manager and director of retail development.  Garey received a bachelor’s degree in business administration  with a major in marketing from the University of Tennessee.

Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc., owns and operates, programs or provides sales services to 73 television stations in 46 markets.