Stefan Hadl

Stefan Hadl, SVP, Broadcast Engineering & Technology, Hearst

Stefan Hadl was named vice president of engineering for Hearst Television in 2019 after serving as the company’s director of engineering, eastern region, since 2017.

Hadl joined Hearst Television in 1995 as a broadcast engineer at KCRA-TV, later to become part of the company’s Sacramento, California, duopoly, KCRA-TV/KQCA-TV. After subsequently serving as director of engineering at Hearst Television’s WMURTV in Manchester, New Hampshire, he returned to KCRATV/KQCA-TV as director of engineering. In 2015, Hadl became director of engineering and operations of Hearst Television’s WCVB-TV in Boston.

Hadl began his career in broadcast engineering while in the United States Air Force, earning his discharge as a television equipment specialist noncommissioned officer in charge at Los Angeles Air Force Base. He holds an associate degree in electronic systems technology from the Community College of the Air Force. He is a member of the Society of Broadcast Engineers and the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers.