WISN names new news director

WISN-TV (Channel 12) has named Ben Hart news director.

Hart is replacing Chris Gegg, who WISN said announced he was leaving the station earlier this month.

Hart, the news director at WAPT-TV in Jackson, Miss., will start his new job in early January, WISN said.

Before his stint at WAPT — which, like WISN, is owned by Hearst Television — Hart worked as an assistant news director and producer at TV stations in Sacramento, Calif.; New Orleans; and Columbus, Miss.

Gegg, a Missouri native, joined WISN in 2012 from WMTV-TV in Madison.