Media Moves

Last year, she was elevated to president of the NAB Leadership Foundation (NABLF). As of July 1, this ex-newspaper reporter will add the title of Chief Diversity Officer at the NAB to her duties.

For many years, he was associated with Group W and CBS Radio, entities that no longer exist. Now, Scott Herman has been chosen to serve as the Chair of one of the media industry's foremost charity organizations benefiting its own. Dan Mason will remain on the Board of Directors, while the President of Hearst Television is re-elected as Vice Chair.

In Boston and across New England, the call letters WGBH are synonymous with public television. For decades, it has been one of the nation's foremost PBS member stations. Now, following a nationwide search, is has selected its next General Manager for News. She will succeed Phil Redo, who is retiring at the end of this month.

It's now in its 19th year, and matches up-and-coming women in radio with female professionals recognized as leaders in all aspects of the industry. For 2020, women in roles at iHeartMedia, ABC News Radio, NRG Media and Entercom are those who have been selected as mentees.

The Midland-Odessa, Tex., DMA is in the heart of what is called the Permian Basin, a major petroleum source for oil companies. It is here that Nexstar Media Group is welcoming a new VP/GM for its broadcast and digital operations. He previously led Entravision's media properties in the Rio Grande Valley.

Noted journalist and television host Tamron Hall has been selected host the 2020 NAB Leadership Foundation Celebration of Service to America Awards. The 2020 event will be a pre-recorded, hour-long program accessible online and available for broadcast radio and television stations to air within 30 days starting on August 22.

Broadcast management product brand Myers is welcoming a new Manager of Traffic and Scheduling. It's a woman who will play "a significant role in extending the company’s professional services capabilities."

On June 9, the individual who ran Saga Communications' Portland, Me., group of radio stations was taken to lunch. He never returned. We now know why. A former Entercom Communications executive with rich experience of New England's radio landscape has taken over as SVP/Market Manager of what's branded as the "Portland Radio Group."

In 1999, a local TV leader who began his career in the 1970s took on the role of President/GM of a Northern California station owned by his employer of 15 years, Hearst Television. Now, Joseph Heston is readying for his eventual retirement, which has been formally announced by the local TV station owner.

In concurrent moves announced Wednesday, Gray Television has promoted a longtime leader for its CBS affiliate serving the Brazos Valley of Texas, while also naming the forthcoming GM for its NBC affiliate in Myrtle Beach and Florence, S.C.

After more than 15 years within the Intraplex business unit at GatesAir, its Director and VP/GM is being promoted to a top engineering role for the entire radio and TV transmitter manufacturer. The change comes as Tony Kobrinetz is retiring following a career that includes 35 years with Motorola.

For 12 years, he worked with radio groups and stations across sales, programming, digital and corporate teams on revenue and ratings-based goals at Nielsen Audio and, before that, at Arbitron. Since 2018, he's been working for Daniel Anstandig -- who's just promoted him to lead the AI-driven sales research and insights arm at Cleveland-based Futuri.

For much of the 2000s, he was a top ad sales executive at NBCUniversal. Since February 2012, he had been known as the national ad specialist for Twentieth Television. Now, this 1983 Hobart and William Smith Colleges English degree holder has been named the Executive Director of asset management company Manhattan West.

The former CFO of the company once known as Tribune Media has taken similar duties for what will soon be known as Nielsen Global Connect. That's the segment of Nielsen that focuses on consumer research, and the first steps of its separation into an independent publicly traded company were seen in May.

Entravision Communications has a new individual in charge of its national spot television, national spot radio, network radio and national digital audio platforms.