Longtime CBS Tv communications chief Mike Nelson is leaving the community after 22 years.
“I will likely be leaving CBS on the finish of this month. I imagine that is the right time for me to unfold my wings and pursue my subsequent journey,” Nielsen wrote in asserting his departure. “As I mirror on how great this expertise has been, my departure stirs up feelings, however I’m comforted by everybody’s assist [CBS executives] Wendi McMahon, Lance Frank and Chris Ander all the time knew we have been going to half methods on the very best phrases.
“Each communications chief ought to have a expertise like Mike Nelson on their group,” stated Ander, govt vice chairman and head of communications at CBS. “He has achieved excellent success and achievement in his discipline whereas serving as a beneficial communication information [division head] Wendy McMahon has led to main adjustments to our native tv stations. In the meantime, Mike enjoys serving as a utility participant in varied departments throughout CBS, sharing his in depth media and writing expertise wherever wanted. The one factor we query about Mike is who he loves extra — CBS or his hometown Inexperienced Bay Packers.
In 2002, Nielsen got here to CBS as a information consultant for Eye’s Los Angeles O&O, KCBS and KCAL. 4 years later, he was promoted to communications director for CBS’ total native tv group, which consisted of 39 stations. Throughout his tenure, Nielsen labored with at least seven completely different CBS tv heads and greater than 60 native common managers throughout the nation.
Nielsen joins CBS after six years at NBC Leisure, the place he served as a rankings spokesman through the community’s “must-see TV” period. Nielsen has overseen performances on a few of tv’s most prolific exhibits, together with “ER,” “Mates,” “Seinfeld,” “Household Comedy,” “Will & Grace” and “The West Wing.” Throughout his years within the tv trenches, Nielsen turned a revered and well-liked PR govt among the many ranks of reporters masking tv and media.
A few of Nelson’s different honors embody founding the KCAL Xmas Log, a steady broadcast of roaring fireplaces that shortly turned a beloved vacation custom within the higher Los Angeles space. Nielsen additionally served as interim communications director for CBS Radio for six months earlier than the unit was offered in 2017.
