Media Moves

He's described as "a high-impact Canadian media leader with over 30 years of experience." Introducing the new Executive Vice-President of CBC/Radio-Canada, inbound from the company led today by David Ellison.

The National Black Radio Hall of Fame has opened nominations for its Class of 2026, continuing its mission to recognize Black radio professionals whose work has shaped the medium’s cultural, creative, and business foundations.

A broadcast technology company known for its body-worn microphones is expanding its international presence a bit further by appointing a VP of Sales for Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Earning the role is an individual with 30+ years of pro audio industry and broadcast sector experience.

"By appointing a GM and establishing Strata as a dedicated platform organization, FreeWheel is deepening its commitment to brands, agencies and media sellers that rely on the software," the Comcast unit says.

The Walt Disney Company has created of a new enterprise marketing and brand organization the ABC parent says is "designed to align the company’s industry-leading marketing teams more closely across its businesses and strengthen how Disney connects with consumers around the world."

"Predictive advertising" company Cadent has a new Senior VP of Marketing, while also adding a Chief People Officer to its New York-based C-Suite. Taking the marketing role is a woman who was formerly Sr. VP of U.S. Marketing at MiQ.

She began her career with Salem Media Group in Columbus, Ohio. She then gained oversight of the company's radio stations in Tampa-St. Petersburg, and later Orlando and Miami. Now, she's part of Salem's senior leadership team.

The parent company of New York's two largest PBS Member stations — WNET-13 and WLIW-21 — has revealed that its President/CEO will retire from his role when his current employment agreement concludes later this year.

The Soo Kim-backed publicly traded company., led on a day-to-day basis by CEO Albert Rodriguez, has finalized a series of strategic leadership promotions across its sales, marketing, research, and revenue operations organizations.

“Sinclair’s annual scholarship program reflects our commitment to investing in the next generation of media professionals and supporting students as they build the skills and experience needed for long-term success,” said Chris Ripley, Sinclair Inc.'s President/CEO.

Mentoring and Inspiring Women in Radio, Inc., the 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to advancing female leadership in audio, is adding four new members to its Board of Directors. At the same time, current Board Member Randi P’Pool has been appointed to the Executive Board as Secretary.

With the loss of "Newsradio 880" and its closure by Audacy Inc., there's a little less financial news on Gotham's radio dial, aside from Bloomberg's flagship WBBR-AM 1130. The spoken word operation owned by John Catsimatidis is changing that, with twice-daily weekday reports being added to the lineup.

Thomas will support station format planning, marketing strategies, and AI talent recruitment initiatives. He will work with Chief Revenue Officer Mike Agovino on identifying and onboarding new affiliate opportunities and also collaborate with Partner/ CEO Joel Denver and programming head Dennis Constantine.

It may be just days into 2026, but the New York State Broadcasters Association has already started the process of finding the individual that will begin leading the advocacy group for radio and TV stations across the Empire State come 2027. That's because its longtime head is "stepping aside" at the end of this year.

She's been an integral part of the newsroom in Madison, Wisc., that serves the state capital with local news and information to go alongside its ABC programming since becoming a morning executive producer, anchor and reporter in August 2014. Now, she's an Allen Media Group Regional News Director.