Lammers leaving Nexstar Broadcasting

Nexstar Broadcasting Executive Vice President Chief Operating Officer Duane Lammers is leaving the company to take a job in the St. Louis area, according to an article in the Terre Haute Tribune Star.

Lammers, you may remember, was the face Nexstar paraded in front of KODE and KSNF viewers during the battle with area cable companies, including Cable One in Joplin and Cox Communications, over retransmission rights:

Lammers, who turns 47 next week, is leaving WTWO and WFXW at the end of May, he said. He will move to the St. Louis area, where he has what he called “an excellent opportunity” within the TV industry. He could not comment further on the opportunity at this time, he said.

Channel 2 already has started a search for a new general manager, Lammers said Wednesday. “There are some excellent internal candidates and I’m sure there will be some excellent external candidates,” he said.

A native of Missouri, Lammers said he will be doing much of the same work in St. Louis as he has been doing for Nexstar, where he is chief operating officer for the company. He will not be running a TV station, he said. “Duane has done a great job for the company,” Sook said.