Media Moves

Nexstar Media Group has named an Executive Director of Communications for its networks division — and from April 4 will oversee internal and external communication at NewsNation; nationally distributed diginets Antenna TV and Rewind TV; and for its lone radio station, WGN-AM in Chicago.

He most recently served as the National Digital Automotive Specialist for Beasley Media Group and prior to entering the radio industry, he spent 15 years as GM of Jorgensen Ford in Detroit. Now, Tim Jorgenson is being promoted to a key role at Beasley's Motor City properties.

Earlier this year, Jim Toellner revealed that he was retiring as the President/GM of TEGNA's NBC affiliate serving Western New York. On Thursday, the company getting acquired by a consortium led by Standard General and including Apollo Global Management announced who's taking Toellner's chair.  

New York Festivals TV & Film Awards will honor the Chairman of CBS Sports with the twelfth annual New York Festivals Lifetime Achievement Award, which recognizes prominent industry leaders, innovators, and driving forces in the broadcast industry whose accomplishments have advanced their field and made a lasting impression on the industry.

According to a memo sent Tuesday to employees, the co-heads of Business Affairs for CBS Entertainment and Studios are taking on additional duties. They'll now oversee CBS's News and Stations, Sports, and CBS Media Ventures under the Paramount brand.

Graham Media Group, which moved its headquarters back to Detroit following the retirement of Emily Barr as President/CEO, has named a VP and Chief Innovation Officer while promoting from within its new Director of Innovation.

Four candidates from the radio broadcasting industry - within the sales, marketing, programming, and digital disciplines - will be selected for the 2022 program.

She will begin her new role in early April and arrives at CBS News from Vice News, where she most recently served as deputy bureau chief in Los Angeles. She began her career in television in 2002 as part of NBC’s page program.

Bonneville International has named a veteran radio executive to lead its Denver stations. She'll succeed Bob Call, who recently retired after more than 50 years in the radio industry.

The parent company of the popular and omnipresent Christian Contemporary Music (CCM) noncommercial radio networks K-LOVE and Air1 has selected a new Chief Legal Officer. He's inbound from Nissan North America, where he served as VP/General Counsel and Secretary.

The elections took place Tuesday at the Board of Directors meeting in New York City. “We’re delighted to announce these esteemed individuals ... as members of our Board,” said Scott Herman, Chairman of the Broadcasters Foundation of America.

A general partner with a venture capital franchise focused on companies active in video game studios, NFTs, social platforms and financial marketplaces has taken a seat on the Board of Directors for the nation's largest creator and distributor of audio content.

When it comes to Hispanic media ad sales pros, Steve Mandala is perhaps one of the best-known and most respected leaders. Now Chief Revenue and Local Media Officer at Estrella Media, Mandala has bolstered his sales team at the Burbank, Calif.-headquartered multimedia company by promoting seven executives to leadership positions.

He was a finalist for Radio Ink Market Manager of the Year in both 2019 and 2020 in recognition of time at the helm of iHeartMedia's Poughkeepsie, N.Y. radio stations. Since 2018, he's been running the company's Indianapolis stations as a Market President. Now, he's taken I-70 east to I-75 and traveled a couple of hours to Ohio's Gem City.

Live broadcast technology company Mobile TV Group (MTVG) is welcoming its first-ever VP of Technology. It's a move the company founded in 1993 in Denver is heralding as part of its overall growth and desire to increase its TV industry business.