Media Moves

She's a television and radio personality who has hosted and served as the executive producer for her syndicated radio program since 2015, today a Nueva Network offering. Now, Stephanie Himonidis will enjoy distribution of a daily podcast via TelevisaUnivision's Uforia Podcast Network. 

It was the first FM radio station to sign on in Memphis, launched as an Album Rock station. From 1978-1992, it was a Top 40 leader before settling on its current format. Come Monday, WMC-FM will have a new identity, and it is tied to the sale of an Audacy Inc. sibling. 

He's a member of the University of Notre Dame's Class of 1993 and is known as a highly regarded sports world leader who until now has served as Chairman of NBC Sports. As of July 1, Pete Bevacqua is heading back to South Bend, Ind.

He's a 20-year iHeartMedia sales veteran who most recently served as Division VP of Digital Sales for the company's stations and associated digital assets in Portland, Ore. Starting July 1, he'll be relocating to the busy I-4 corridor across Central Florida, overseeing sales for the company's stations in Orlando and fast-growing Brevard County.

The latest installment of the Alliance For Women in Media (AWM)'s Gracie Interview Series, which puts a spotlight on female media industry leaders who have broken glass ceilings, has been released. And, it features a conversation between two members of the AWM Foundation's leadership who are on the organization's Board of Directors.

"We have decided to reorganize the Communications structure and resources, which will allow the department to operate more nimbly and provide focused service to our internal and external clients." That's the word from TelevisaUnivision's Chief Administrative Officer, who has confirmed that its EVP of Communications will be leaving in July. 

The iHeartMedia-owned WBZ-AM names a new Dir. of Programming and Operations and a new News Director, effective July 1. Why? The current Program Director and VP of News, Talk and Sports "will transition into an innovation focused consultant role."

After last month's announcement that Linda Yaccarino would be leaving NBCUniversal to become Twitter's CEO, the social media platform has nabbed another of the company's executives while more Twitter leaders jump ship in owner Elon Musk's wake.

His journey started as a nine-year-old Oaxacan immigrant who settled in Northern California. Almost a half-century after co-founding his radio network in Fresno, CA, he is now the first Mexican-Indigenous recipient of an honorary doctorate from Harvard University.

He's been the host of daytime TV game show "Let's Make A Deal" since 2009 and has appeared on numerous other programs. On June 6, he'll be feted by the NABLF with his receipt of its Service to America Leadership Award. 

It's a newly created role, one in which a co-founder and CEO of a venture-backed membership network to educate and support executives in the ESG and DEI space will be responsible "for driving cross-functional alignment around strategy and vision for enterprise partnerships, corporate partners, and key stakeholders" across NBCUniversal Advertising & Partnerships.

The longest serving member of NABOB’s Board of Directors passed away earlier this month after battling cancer. Wright joined Inner City Broadcasting Corporation in 1980 as General Counsel and joined the NABOB Board of Directors as Counsel to the Board that same year. She was later promoted to EVP of ICBC.

The Media Financial Management Association Annual Conference has concluded, and with the close of the three-day event was the announcement that the EVP/Chief Accounting Officer of Warner Bros. Discovery has been elected to serve as the association's Chair of the Board for 2023-2024.

She got her start in local news at WCCO-4 in Minneapolis in 1999, when she produced the station’s weekday morning newscasts. After several years in New York, this local TV news veteran returned to the Twin Cities in 2017 to serve as VP/News Director of WCCO-4. Now, Kari Patey is being promoted by CBS News & Stations.

A longtime news executive associated with WJZ-13, the CBS-owned station serving Baltimore, has been promoted to VP/News Director for the station and the CBS News Baltimore streaming channel it is associated with.