Merri Hanson
The E.W. Scripps Co., an Ohio-based media company, has appointed Merri Hanson to vice president and general manager for KSTU, Scripps’ Fox affiliate in Salt Lake City. Hanson has over 25 years of sales and broadcast experience, including serving as vice president and general manager of KIVI, Scripps’ local ABC station in Boise, Idaho, since January 2021. Before that, she was station manager at KIVI. She joined the station in 2016 as a local sales manager. Prior to joining S c r i p p s , Hanson held roles including vice president of business development with Stevenson Advertising in Seattle; regional marketing executive with Tegna; anchor and producer with KTRV in Nampa, Idaho; and general manager for KSVT in Hailey, Idaho.
