Rebecca O’Sullivan-Schulte Named Senior Vice President and General Manager of Bally Sports West, Bally Sports SoCal and Bally Sports San Diego
August 20 2021 - 12:00PM
Business Wire
Southern California Native Returns to Los
Angeles to Lead the Three Sinclair-Owned Regional Sports
Networks
Bally Sports, a division of Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
(NASDAQ: SBGI) has named Rebecca O’Sullivan-Schulte Senior Vice
President and General Manager of Bally Sports West, Bally Sports
SoCal and Bally Sports San Diego. The announcement was made today
by Steve Rosenberg, President, Bally Sports.
“Rebecca is a proven leader with a great track record of success
in the RSN and local sports business and we are thrilled she is
joining our team,” said Mr. Rosenberg. “As a Southern California
native, we know she is the perfect person to lead our Los Angeles
and San Diego regions as they continue to build upon their
long-standing traditions of excellence and innovation.”
“I am extremely grateful to have the opportunity to come back to
my home state and oversee this incredible region,” said Ms.
O’Sullivan-Schulte. “I look forward to continuing to integrate the
Bally Sports brand across the marketplace, bringing premium content
to fans and specifically working with all of our partners across
SoCal.”
A graduate of Long Beach State University, Ms.
O’Sullivan-Schulte will oversee all day-to-day operations of the
three Southern California regional sports networks (RSNs) and
manage relationships with the Anaheim Ducks, Los Angeles Angels,
Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Kings, San Diego Padres and the
California Interscholastic Federation’s Southern Section.
As an industry veteran with nearly 15 years of RSN experience,
Ms. O’Sullivan-Schulte returns to Los Angeles after most recently
serving as President and General Manager of NBC Sports Washington
in the D.C. area for over a decade. During her tenure, she grew and
maintained professional and collegiate team relationships with the
Washington Capitals, Washington Wizards, Washington Football Team
and previously the ACC. In addition, Ms. O’Sullivan-Schulte also
served as Senior Vice President and General Manager at FOX Sports
Arizona (now Bally Sports Arizona), and prior to that, she was SVP
of Strategic Marketing at FOX Sports and FOX Sports Net.
About Bally Sports
The Bally Sports Regional Networks (a division of Sinclair
Broadcast Group, Inc.) are the nation’s leading provider of local
sports. Its 19 owned-and-operated regional networks include Bally
Sports Arizona, Bally Sports Detroit, Bally Sports Florida, Bally
Sports Great Lakes, Bally Sports Indiana, Bally Sports Kansas City,
Bally Sports Midwest, Bally Sports New Orleans, Bally Sports North,
Bally Sports Ohio, Bally Sports Oklahoma, Bally Sports San Diego,
Bally Sports SoCal, Bally Sports South, Bally Sports Southeast,
Bally Sports Southwest, Bally Sports Sun, Bally Sports West and
Bally Sports Wisconsin. The Bally Sports RSNs serve as the TV home
to more than half of all MLB, NHL and NBA teams based in the United
States and produce over 4,500 live local professional telecasts
each year in addition to a wide variety of locally produced sports
events and programs.
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Media Contact: Whitney Burak,
whitney.burak@ballysports.com
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