Kyle Grimes

Kyle I. Grimes is President and General Manager of WCVB Channel 5, Hearst Television’s flagship station and Boston’s ABC affiliate. He is just the fifth President and General Manager in WCVB’s long and storied history as the country’s most honored commercial television station and Boston’s longtime news and community leader. Kyle’s career spans more than two decades with Hearst Television and his path to the top role at WCVB includes leadership positions at several of Hearst’s award-winning stations across the country. His prior roles include President and General Manager of WGAL-TV in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and President and General Manager of WPTZ-TV/WNNE-TV, serving the Plattsburgh, New York/Burlington, Vermont, television markets, respectively. He was also news director at WPBF-TV, the Hearst ABC affiliate serving West Palm Beach, Florida and began his career at Hearst’s California television properties, first at KSBW-TV serving the Monterey/Salinas TV market and then at KCRA-TV/KQCA-TV, Sacramento’s longtime recognized news leader. Among his industry service, Kyle has served on the boards of the Vermont, Pennsylvania, and now the Massachusetts state broadcaster associations. Kyle holds a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism from the Newhouse School at Syracuse University.