Former KODE news director Erik Schrader now top man at Cleveland stations

Former KODE news director (and longtime sports anchor) Erik Schrader's climb up the media ladder continues with the announcement that he has been appointed vice president and general manager of television stations WOIO and WUAB in Cleveland, Ohio.

Schrader had been general manager at WIAT in Birmingham Alabama, since the beginning of 2015, and had stints in the Wichita, Kansas, Savannah, Georgia, and New Haven, Connecticut markets.

Schrader began his career at KODE and later was news director at KSPR in Springfield.