Sandy Kenyon, one in all TV-news’ longest-serving leisure reporters, will depart New York’s WABC, which has been his residence since 2005, and transfer into a brand new function as a guide ABC’s stations group. He’ll exit his present function on March 31.

Kenyon is predicted to function a useful resource for Debra O’Connell, president of networks and TV enterprise operations, Disney Leisure Tv, and can report back to Chad Matthews, president, ABC Owned TV Stations. He’ll work carefully with OTV leisure reporting groups to develop methods geared toward enhancing protection and attain.

“Sandy is the gold normal in terms of telling significant tales concerning the movies, reveals and expertise that make The Walt Disney Firm the worldwide chief in leisure,” stated O’Connell, in an announcement. “We wish to harness that expertise to amplify the excellent reporting throughout our stations as they craft and share business information that’s of curiosity to our viewers.”

Kenyon has loved a protracted profession as an leisure journalist. Earlier than becoming a member of WABC, he was heard s each weekday morning on 1010 WINS Radio in New York. Previous to that, he was CNN’s chief leisure correspondent in Los Angeles, the place he developed his signature “Hollywood Minute” report. Kenyon started his TV profession as an affiliate producer at WNET/13 in New York. He’s a graduate of Princeton College, the place he co-hosted a nationwide radio present, “Deal with Youth.”

“I’m really privileged to be introduced with such a novel alternative by Debra and Chad, who proceed to remodel our enterprise via relentless innovation,” stated Kenyon, in an announcement. “I’ve had a front-row seat — actually! — to the largest occasions and expertise which have formed the leisure business since my early days with CNN, and there’s no firm higher outfitted to inform the tales behind the storytellers than Disney.”