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EXECUTIVE TRANSACTIONS

          ESPNEWS has added BRIAN KENNY, DAVID LLOYD and TREY
     WINGO as anchors.  Kenny comes from WRNN-TV in Kingston, NY,
     where he served as Sports Dir.  Lloyd comes from KGTV-TV in
     San Diego, where he served as a weekend anchor/reporter. 
     Wingo comes from St. Louis' KSDK-TV, where he was an
     anchor/reporter (ESPNEWS)....JESSAMY TANG  was named Dir of
     ESPN Enterprises.  Tang had been Dir of Sales Planning &
     Administration for ABC Radio Networks (ESPN Enterprises).
     ...The Astros announced four changes in their community
     development and promotions departments: MARIAN HARPER,
     formerly Promotions Coordinator, has been named Dir of
     Community Development; PHOENIX MAK will join the team as
     Community Development Coordinator; GENE PEMBERTON, formerly
     Dir of Community Development, has been named Chaplain; and
     GREG GRISSOM will assume the role of Promotions Coordinator
     (Astros)...Carquest Bowl Exec Dir BRIAN FLAJOLE has been
     named Raycom Sports' new VP/Golf Operations.  MITCH MORRALL
     replaces Flajole as the Carquest Bowl's Exec Dir (Raycom
     Sports)....MICHAEL BERGER was named VP/Research Ops for Fox
     Sports & Fox Sports Net.  Berger previously served as Dir of
     Research Ops for Fox Sports (Fox Sports).

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