Red Sox Radio Voice Chosen For Frick Award
The Ford C. Frick Award is presented annually for excellence in broadcasting by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Next year, it will be awarded to the radio voice of the Boston Red Sox.
Williamson To Direct Audacy’s Local Sales Strategy
It's a promotion to the C-Suite for the woman who until now has been the Senior Vice President and Market Manager of Audacy Inc.'s Chicago radio stations. We know who her successor is for a group of stations largely comprised of former CBS Radio properties.
No Patriot Games Here: Tom Brady Joins AdLarge
Across the globe, the name Tom Brady is well-known. Now, another man with the same name as the retired National Football League star quarterback is gaining notice in the radio sales realm.
Murillo Joins USSI Global For Sales Post
The provider of customized network, broadcast and digital signage systems and services, has a new VP of International Sales, with an emphasis on Latin American markets.
CBS ‘Climate Reporting’ Team Gets Producer Boost
Call it "global warming." Call it a "climate shift." No matter where you stand on the matter, how the weather will impact you and future generations is a hot topic. As such, CBS News and Stations is adding a "senior climate producer" to its team while shifting a CBS News team member to the climate beat.
Coughlin Captures Wider Role With Cumulus Media
Since October 2015, she has served as VP/Market Manager of the company's radio brands serving Syracuse, N.Y. Now, she's adding responsibilities in two markets that had been under the leadership of Jim Riley.
Scripps Ups ND To GM In A Wisconsin Market
He has been the news director at a Wisconsin NBC affiliate since the end of 2021 and began his career in television nearly 25 years ago at WTMJ-4 in Milwaukee. Now, he's been promoted to Station Manager, an opportunity he finds particularly rewarding as he has called the state home for his entire career.
Programming Execs Selected For Paramount+, Pluto TV
There is a new EVP for Programming at the Paramount+ streaming app, while the "FAST" channel platform Pluto TV also has a new EVP of Programming, the parent company of CBS News & Stations has confirmed.
TelevisaUnivision Puts Pereira In Chief Ad-Building Role
It's a newly created role at TelevisaUnivision "designed to accelerate the company’s client relations for more brands to engage with U.S. Hispanic consumers authentically in-language and in-culture." Who's taking it? Look no further than the individual who from 2008-2010 was Univision Communications' VP of Marketing and Business Intelligence.
National Broadcast Of ‘Celebration of Service to America’ Awards All Set
A one-hour television and radio special of the 2023 Celebration of Service to America Awards will air nationally on over 700 local television and radio broadcast stations across the country beginning November 27, through December 24.
‘Lite’ Extinguished in GTA As Evanov Goes Country
As of today at 9am, the Newmarket, Ontario FM owned by Evanov Communications is now serving the Greater Toronto Area with a format heard only on suburban FMs to the east and west. It marks the end of "Lite Favourites" and a battle against Rogers' CHFI, Canada's No. 1 music station by total audience.
2024 NYF TV & Film Awards: Distinguished Judges Named
The New York Festivals Television & Film Awards has unveiled the 2024 Grand Jury, and it includes award-winning executive producers, journalists, documentary filmmakers, directors, and screenwriters from two dozen countries.
Iconic Motor Racing Voice Ken Squier Dies
The co-founder of Motor Racing Network, the same individual who served as its first anchor, has passed away. He had just entered Hospice care on Wednesday (11/15), hours before his passing, following a long series of illnesses.
ATSC Members Pick Three For Board Seats
Members of the Advanced Television Systems Committee Inc. on Wednesday elected three media and technology executives to serve on the ATSC Board of Directors for three-year terms that begin in January 2024.
McCoy Elected NABLF Board Chair
He assumes the seat previously occupied by Darrell Brown, former president of Bonneville International Corporation, who has served as NABLF Board chair since 2019.