Media Moves

Two months ago, the News Director for TEGNA-owned KING-5 in Seattle-Tacoma was announced as the new ND for Nexstar Media Group‘s KTLA-5 in Los Angeles. Now, the company formerly known as Gannett has selected his successor.

Two years ago, he was appointed Director of Sales for Univision Communications' radio and television properties in San Antonio. Now, with rumors swirling that Univision wishes to sell some of its radio stations, this media ad sales veteran with experience at Urban One and iHeartMedia is joining Cumulus Media.

The owner and operator of Pittsburgh's NPR Member station and its long-running Adult Alternative noncomm has appointed a Director of Technology. He'll be charged with leading the IT and engineering staff at the organization.

He previously served as Market Manager of the company's Biloxi-Gulfport, Miss., radio stations. Now, he's moving on up to Jackson, the state capital, to lead Alpha Media's properties there.

Since joining Nexstar Media Group in 2019, she has overseen the distribution of Nexstar’s broadcast and television content portfolio across the MVPD landscape, in addition to struggling cable television network NewsNation (formerly WGN America). Now, she's earned the title of President at the company founded and led by Perry Sook.

Jim Bohannon, who hosts a nationally syndicated eponymous talk show distributed to radio stations by Cumulus Media-owned Westwood One, has been selected as the NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame 2022 radio inductee.

The elevation in duties comes amid widespread local media coverage of several high-profile layoffs across the Birmingham, Ala.-based company's five radio stations serving O'ahu, higher elevations of Maui, and all of the Hawaiian Islands via Spectrum MVPD services.

Just days after the closing of a transaction that effectively melds Televisa’s media content and production assets with those of Univision, the combined company now known as TelevisaUnivision Inc. has appointed a pair of sales leaders who are each taking Senior Vice President roles under EVP/Multimedia Sales John Kozack.

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.

It's a new service from iHeartMedia that 'simplifies audio advertising," the nation's No. 1 creator and distributor of audio content says. Serving as its Executive VP is a woman who most recently served as the Chief Revenue Officer at Stitcher, the podcast entity within Sirius XM.

Starting June 13, the stations of the "12News Now" network serving Southeast Texas' Golden Triangle will have a new President/GM. Taking the role is the man most recently VP/GM of KDAF-33, an affiliate of The CW Network serving Dallas-Fort Worth.

A Los Angeles-based independent owner of television shows is welcoming an individual who will now be responsible for augmenting the company's sourcing of new film, television, music, and other entertainment intellectual property assets.

He was initially brought to Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group in June as EVP and Head of Corporate Development. Now, just weeks later, he has taken the title of Chief Financial Officer of the media company.

She currently serves as President of Latin World Entertainment Licensing, previously managed her own retail/licensing consulting business leading product and retail development for a variety of children’s entertainment properties, and before that worked at Twentieth Century Fox. Meet the new Chief of Marketing at Hope Media Group.

The New York Festivals® TV & Film Awards 2023 competition is welcoming the Director of Development & Innovation for the National Football League's NFL Films to its 16-member Advisory Board.