Miguel Fernández has been named vice president and news director at CBS News’ local stations businesses in Miami.
He’ll oversee the news department for WFOR-TV (CBS 4), WBFS-TV (Ind., Channel 33), the CBS News Miami streaming channel and CBSNewsMiami.com, effective October 24. He takes on the new role, following a 5-year run as assistant news director at WLTV Univision 23 in Miami.
The Miami native, whose entire career has been based in South Florida, previously spent 22 years with CBS Miami, starting as a producer, later moving up to executive producer.
Fernández got his start in broadcast news as a writer at WSVN-TV in Miami in 1995.