Tim Wieland

Background

About Tim Wieland

Tim Wieland, a veteran employee of CBS News and Stations, is the Regional President and General Manager of CBS LA and CBS Colorado.Wieland brings 30+ years of broadcast journalism experience to CBS. His most recent tenure at KCNC-TV began in 2001 when he was hired as Assistant News Director. He became News Director in 2004 and then General Manager in 2021. In 2024, Wieland was named Regional President and General Manager for both CBS Colorado and CBS LA, based in Los Angeles. At KCNC, the News Department has received several industry honors, including the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award, three national Edward R. Murrow Awards, several regional Murrow Awards including the award for Overall Excellence, and dozens of Emmy Awards including the Emmy Awards for News Excellence and Overall Excellence.Before that, Wieland was a Newscast Producer and Field Producer for CNN based in Atlanta. As field producer, he traveled to stories such as the Columbine High School shooting in and the Democratic and Republican National Conventions in Before CNN, Wieland spent seven years at KCNC writing and producing newscasts and was later promoted to Executive Producer. He started his broadcast journalism career as a reporter at KREX-TV in Grand Junction, Colorado. Wieland is active in the community and is involved in several philanthropic organizations. He is on the board of The Red Cross LA Region, Raise the Future, and the College of Media, Communication and Information at the University of Colorado in Boulder. Wieland has also served on the board of the Denver Health Foundation, Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver and volunteered as a mentor for the "Boots to Suits" program which helps military veterans return to the workplace. An Emmy Award winning journalist, Wieland is a 1991 graduate of the University of Colorado with a B.S. in Broadcast Journalism. He is also a graduate of the Newsroom Management program at the Poynter Institute.