Media Moves

In a deal struck June 26, 2019, Pacific Media Group — led by Chuck Bergson, agreed to purchase the four Ohana Broadcast Company stations serving Honolulu for $5.5 million. Now, the Kahului-based media company -- the only in Hawaii to have radio stations on every island in the state -- has selected a new Market Manager and GM for the O'ahu stations.

On May 31, 2019, David Amy retired as Vice Chairman of Sinclair Broadcast Group. Now, he has resurfaced, as he's been selected to hold the role of Chairman of the non-profit trade association that negotiates music performing rights licenses on behalf of the local commercial TV industry and leads efforts to promote a competitive market for music performing rights.

The Executive Director and GM of Iowa PBS has been elected Chair of America’s Public Television Stations (APTS). The newly-elected officers will begin their terms on February 25.

In September 2016, Ellen Puckett joined Beasley Media Group's radio stations in its home market of Fort Myers-Naples, Fla., as a Senior Account Executive. Now, she has just earned a promotion.

With the reunification of Viacom and CBS Corp., the SVP and Director of Sales for CBS Television Stations found herself in a position to transition. Now, she's landed as EVP of distribution for The CW Network, reporting to Chairman/CEO Mark Pedowitz.

A 35-year television industry executive who began his career at the CBS affiliate in Roswell, N. Mex., and has worked at Emmis Communications, Pappas Telecasting and Raycom Media has been promoted to manage all of Nexstar Media Group's broadcast and digital properties in the Nation's Capital.

A media tech company focused on monitoring and workflow products is making a change at the top, giving its keys to Castles. That would be Dan Castles, who is one of the founders of Telestream and is returning to the California-based company.

A member of 2016 class in the Academy of Podcasters Hall of Fame for his work in building and promoting podcasts, widely known as a co-founder of the popular Podcast Movement conference, has accepted the role of EVP at Dallas-based BizTalkRadio.

In her new role, she will be responsible for overseeing content creation on the company’s many digital platforms. This individual has been with her family's publicly traded company in various roles, and is the former VP/Market Manager of Beasley Media Group's Fayetteville, N.C., stations.

A veteran of Spanish-language radio sales in the U.S. who most recently served as SVP and Director of Sales for Business Development at Eastman Radio has been selected to serve as SVP of Multicultural Partnerships at Katz Radio Group.

As of February 10, Univision Communications' Arizona properties will have a new President and GM. Taking the job? An individual who most recently led sales for TEGNA-owned NBC affiliate KUSA-9 in Denver who spent 10 years at the ad sales division of Charter Communications. 

A former Tribune Interactive Business Manager who would later serve as Senior Director of Business Development for NPR before spending most of the last decade as a Principal at startup and early-stage nonprofit consultancy Oveo Solutions is the newest member of the leadership team at Public Media Company.

The woman who has served as Chief Digital Content Officer at Beasley Media Group has been named the first COO for the company's Beasley Esports arm. At the same time, the EVP/Programming since 2016 has been elevated to Chief Content Officer for all of Beasley's holdings.

Just days ahead of Michigan’s Presidential Primary, Greta Van Susteren, the longtime political commentator and host of Gray Television’s “Full Court Press,” will deliver the keynote address at the 2020 Great Lakes Media Show.

First, it was Steve Newberry, who on April 1 becomes CEO of the company promoting technology that enables radio stations “to take full control of the RDS/HD in-car stereo display.” Now, the COO of the NAB is exiting. He's taking a role as the top lawyer at the audio media company based in Naples, Fla.