Media Moves

Public Media Company (PMC), the Colorado-based nonprofit consulting firm dedicated to serving public media, announced today that Chief Executive Officer Erin Moran will be stepping back from leading the organization

The NAB also shared which station will be honored with the Crystal Heritage Award, which recognizes radio stations that have won a total of 5 Crystal Radio Awards for exceptional year-round community service efforts. 

Hearst has a new Chief Data Officer for Consumer Media, responsible for driving Hearst’s data strategy across its consumer media businesses, including its broadcast television stations. She's a Nielsen veteran, inbound from Innovid.

While TEGNA's proposed privatization plan has been designated for a hearing in front of a FCC Administrative Law Judge, that hasn't stopped the company from operating with "business as usual." As such, it is celebrating the promotion of WCNC's Marketing Director to a top role overseeing a Central Texas NBC operation.

Following its Spanish-language coverage of the FIFA World Cup in November, Ray Warren retired as President of Telemundo Deportes. On Thursday, NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises formally announced who will be taking the reins at Telemundo Deportes.

Since 2018, he has been Director of Sales at a full-power TV station using digital channel 20 and a PSIP of channel 7 to serve a Lone Star State city with ABC programming and The CW+ on its DT2 signal. Now, he is rising to VP/GM.

The Leadership Awards are given annually in recognition of career contributions to the broadcast industry and the community at-large. Six honorees will be saluted this year, including the President/Publisher of Radio Ink and Radio + Television Business Report.

Nexstar Media Group's President/COO and EVP/CFO have been confirmed as participants in the upcoming Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference.

The Alliance for Women in Media and its Foundation (AWM/F) have finalized its roster of 2023 National Board of Directors and Officers. Five individuals have taken officer roles, while three women are new directors serving on the board.

She joined satellite radio operation SiriusXM in 2012 and most recently served in the role of Senior Vice President of Automotive Remarketing. Now, this SiriusXM veteran has taken the role of SVP/General Manager of Automotive Partnerships. It is a change precipitated by Rodney Pickett's retirement.

The VP/General Manager of the CBS affiliate serving Medford-Ashland, Ore., has been named to a similar role at Sinclair Broadcast Group's FOX and The CW Networks serving Fresno.

She joined Audacy Corp. in 2021 as a Brand Manager for two of its Houston properties. Now, she's been elevated to the role of VP of Programming for the company's three FMs in the market, putting in her in a post that also sees her lead strategy and promotions.

On April 19, 2019, a popular Ohio air personality told listeners to his radio show on a Country station that he had been dealing, successfully, with kidney cancer. However, he shared his 2016 diagnosis of Pulmonary Fibrosis, a serious lung disease requiring a lung transplant. Now, nearly four years later, this local radio star has passed away.

In July 2022, Michael Lee exited as the first Executive Director of the LPTV Broadcasters Association, founded by “SuperFrank” Copsidas. Now, Lee is returning to the advocacy group on an interim basis.

As NBCUniversal sees it, it is a move that demonstrates how the company is "investing in its leadership."  Two key executives in its sales ranks have been promoted, and it is also indicative of the Comcast unit's commitment to cross-divisional partnerships, it says.