Drutz, Marla F.

WDIV: July, 2008-2021. TV Vice President and General Manager.

WXYZ: TV Program director.

WJBK:

WJW:

Marla Drutz Retires from WDIV now Grand Marshall of the Thanksgiving Day Parade

Quoted from Downtown Birmingham/Bloomfield by Kevin Elliot on September 3, 2013, “Drutz said two reasons for the reduction of locally produced shows, such as “Kelly and Company” or “Sonya,” with Dr. Sonya Friedman, are the high cost of production and today’s viewers demand for immediacy. Nationally syndicated talk shows, she said, became available to local stations and filled in the gap, allowing for focus to shift to local news. Now, she said, there is a return to locally produced shows.” ¹

References:

• The Detroit News, November 16, 2016 – WDIV’s Lauren Podell resigns amid controversy
• Downtown Birmingham/Bloomfield – Setpember 3, 2013 (PDF)
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• WDIV – First 75 Years of Broadcasting

  

  “Big thanks to Eli Zaret and Ro Coppola for a masterful job of telling the story of Channel Four’s first 75 years of broadcasting. The two-hour documentary was just as much a history of Detroit as it was of the original ownership and transition from WWJ-TV to WDIV-TV in the late 70’s.” – Bob Giles / LinkedIn

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  “The station’s vice president and general manager, Marla Drutz, issued a statement expressing support: “Kevin has been forthright and accepted full responsibility and expressed remorse. He is taking appropriate steps to deal this situation and we believe that Kevin will continue to be an important contributor to WDIV now and in the future.”” – The Detroit Free Press – May 111, 2013, Page A4

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