KDKA names news director

CBS has named Shawn Hoder as vice president and news director at KDKA-TV (2), WPCW-TV (19) and CBSPittsburgh.com. Hoder brings almost 30 years experience to the station having started here in Pittsburgh as a photojournalist and producer at WPXI before moving on to on-air investigative and consumer reporting and, most recently, as senior executive producer and assistant news director at WTSP in Tampa.

Hoder takes over from Kathy Hostetter who was transferred to CBS’s Baltimore stations.