Vincent J. Sollecito Named President, ABC National Television Sales

Vincent J. Sollecito has been named president, ABC National Television Sales, for the ABC Owned Television Stations Group, it was announced today by Rebecca Campbell, president of the ABC Owned Television Stations Group and ABC Daytime, to whom he will report. He succeeds Debra O'Connell, who was named executive vice president, sales and marketing, in Disney | ABC's recently announced portfolio-wide advertising sales team.

In his new role, Sollecito, an 18-year veteran of the ABC Owned Station Group, will be responsible for managing and directing the sales and marketing arm of all ABC Owned Stations ad revenue offerings including television, digital and digital sales performance/advertising operations, regional sports and entertainment sales/out-of-home ad sales, and the Live Well Network, as well as sales promotion, marketing and creative services, sales research, data and insights and systems engineering. He will lead a team of sales executives covering disciplines across nine regional sales offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Dallas, Atlanta, Detroit and Boston.

Additionally, Sollecito will lead the overall sales strategy for the Owned Stations division as it continues to develop and shape future revenue opportunities.

"Vincent is such a well-respected executive internally within our station group and externally with so many of our valued clients and agencies," said Rebecca Campbell. "His strategic leadership will continue to elevate our position as an innovator in the local advertising space."

"It is a privilege to be chosen to lead the extremely talented, progressive and successful sales, marketing and digital teams that make up our owned stations' National Television Sales group and to work closely with our stations' sales management," said Sollecito. "By leveraging our powerful brands and continuing to deliver unique opportunities to advertisers, the future achievements of our sales team are limitless."

Since 2008, Sollecito has served as vice president and general sales manager of the Group's Chicago station, WLS. During this time, he has also served as co-director of Sales for ABC's Live Well Network. Prior to that, from 2006-2008, he served as senior vice president, ABC National Television Sales where he managed the team's Los Angeles, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Philadelphia, St. Louis and San Francisco ad sales offices. Sollecito joined the Group in 1999 as an account executive at WABC-TV, and was promoted to the position of vice president and national sales manager at the station in 2002.

Early in his career, he held account executive positions at WHTZ-FM/Z100 and at Katz Television. Mr. Sollecito graduated from St. John University with a Bachelor of Science in business and marketing communications.

About ABC Owned Television Stations Group A part of Disney | ABC Television Group, the ABC Owned Television Stations Group reaches 23% of U.S. television households and includes WABC-TV in New York; KABC-TV in Los Angeles; WLS-TV in Chicago; WPVI-TV in Philadelphia; KGO-TV in San Francisco; KTRK-TV in Houston; WTVD-TV in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina; and KFSN-TV in Fresno, California. The Stations Group also includes ABC National Television Sales, a sales representation unit for the owned stations as well as outside clients, and the Live Well Network, a broadcast programming service for digital channels in owned markets.

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