Explore Your World
Jul 08, 2021
DeAnne Hamilton and Tom Layson
Explore Your World

DeAnne Hamilton is the Executive Director & General Manager of KBTC Public Television. She joined the station four years ago after decades of media experience in Pennsylvania, Californaia and Michigan.  DeAnne graduated from the UW with a degree in journalism. 

Tom Layson is KBTC's Managing Editor and worked in Yakima, Terre Haute, Louisville, Sacramento, Columbus and New York-New Jersey. Tom anchored 13 hours of live coverage in the NY/NJ market during 9-11 - just one example of the many thousands of hours he’s been on set or in the field covering politics, natural disasters, courts and crime, economic development, personal finance and the environment. Tom won an Emmy for Northwest Now and is a graduate of PLU who currently resides in the Puyallup area.