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Frank Biancuzzo is a Senior Vice President/Group Head of Hearst-Argyle Television Inc. a position to which he was appointed in 2007. With Philip Stolz also a Hearst-Argyle Senior Vice President/Group Head he shares management oversight of substantially all of the company�s 29 television stations.
Previously Biancuzzo served for five years as President and General Manager of WISN-TV the Hearst-Argyle Television ABC station in Milwaukee. Since Biancuzzo assumed management of WISN-TV in 2002 the station has become America�s number one ABC Affiliate in primetime audience delivery for five consecutive years. It also has become one of the country�s most honored local news organizations with a prestigious International George Foster Peabody Award and Edward R. Murrow and AP Best Newscast Awards.
Before that Biancuzzo was for five years Hearst-Argyle Television�s Vice President Marketing & Promotion overseeing the Hearst-Argyle stations� audience promotion positioning and branding image development research and local newscast development. He joined Hearst-Argyle predecessor Hearst Broadcasting then an operating group of Hearst Corporation as Director of Promotion & Marketing in 1995. Previously Biancuzzo served for six years at Frank N. Magid Associates most recently as vice president marketing group research and consultation. In overseeing promotion research and consultation services primarily within the television industry he developed an international clientele and personally consulted to television stations and networks in six countries.
Biancuzzo graduated with honors with a bachelor�s degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater which gave him an Outstanding Alumni Award in 1989. | 