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Channel 7 parent company: Goldklank 'deeply regretful'

April 24, 2008 12:14 PM

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By Globe Staff

Randi Goldklank, the general manager of WHDH-TV, is "deeply regretful" about an incident Sunday night at Logan International Airport in which she allegedly scuffled with police officers, the president of the station's parent company, Sunbeam Television Corp., said today.

"The unfortunate events of last Sunday night were unanticipated," Ed Ansin said in a statement. Goldklank is undergoing medical treatment and has been placed on administrative leave, Ansin said.

"We wish her a speedy recovery as do her many friends in Boston and throughout the broadcasting industry," said Ansin, who described Goldklank as "an outstanding broadcast executive with a record of great success."

In the meantime, Mike Carson, the previous general manager of WHDH-TV and its sister station, WLVI-TV, who has been working as a consultant to the stations, will temporarily resume his duties as general manager beginning next week, Ansin said.

Goldklank, a hard-charging executive who oversaw an aggressive news operation, was arrested Sunday night and charged with resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, and assault and battery on a police officer.

A State Police report described her getting off a flight, flailing her arms and smelling of alcohol. She allegedly struck one state trooper, breaking the prescription eyeglasses in his shirt pocket, and threatened to call a news crew and put another trooper on television and "ruin [his] life."

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