Article: Cox Channel 4 has a new boss behind the camera as Padres' season opens, Craig Nichols hopes to add new programming to station.(The Channel has a lot of hopes on the new Vice president)

Behind the scenes of Cox Channel 4 San Diego is a man who appears to have taken the career equivalent of a FasTrak lane into the local cable TV market.

Craig Nichols joined Channel 4 in April 2005 as director of TV operations, then by November, Nichols was promoted to vice president and general manager. The promotion came as Dan Novak, who was in large part responsible for launching Channel 4 in 1997, moved to Qualcomm Inc.'s MediaFlo division in late October.

"They knew I wanted to run my own shop eventually." Nichols said. "Dan was great and I would have been happy working for him for many more years, but ultimately yes, I wanted my own team."

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