Media Moves

Actor and comedian Jim Gaffigan — a five-time Grammy-nominated comedian, actor, writer and producer and contributor to CBS Sunday Morning — will entertain NAB Show attendees with a special Sunday afternoon performance.

Global media ad sales platform maker Matrix has named a new Chief Operations Officer. The Pittsburgh-based company says she will be "instrumental in helping execute the company’s global growth strategy, expanding their solutions portfolio into existing and new market verticals."

There will be a new Vice President of News, who will also serve as Managing Editor, of NewsNation, come July 19. She will oversee the Nexstar Media Group-owned network’s day-to day news gathering and production process and supervise a staff of more than 100 reporters, producers, writers, and photojournalists.

There's a new President and GM for the FM radio stations serving the Denver market owned by Max Media. It's an individual who started off his career in radio as an Account Executive at iHeartMedia's properties due south on I-25, in Colorado Springs.

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.

A former U.S. Surgeon General has agreed to join the medical reporting team of the CW Network affiliate serving Indianapolis owned by African American broadcast station owner DuJuan McCoy.

In late May, the head of sales for Fox Television Stations’ owned-and-operated station serving the Minneapolis-St. Paul market, who added SVP/Market Manager duties in December 2014, packed her bags and relocated to the company's Seattle-Tacoma operations. Now, her successor has been chosen, and it is a promotion from within.

After leading Alpha Media's four radio stations in nearby Fredericksburg, Va., Jeff Boden is heading north and will be back in Friendship Heights to lead what are now Cumulus Media's radio properties serving Washington, D.C.

An entertainment industry legal veteran who has been the associate general counsel at Amazon Studios until today has returned to Davis Wright Tremaine LLP after more than 20 years. It's a return for an individual who was a DWT associate in the late 1990s.

He serves as the anchor and managing editor of NBC’s flagship news broadcast. He has also served as principal anchor of “Dateline NBC” since September 2011 and leads NBC News’ special reports, breaking news and primetime political coverage. Lester Holt is now being recognized for those efforts with his induction into the NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame.

A broadcast technology integration firm that's gaining national recognition for its efforts has added a Partner as it prepares to welcome a Systems Engineer to their team.

There's a new individual in charge of the day-to-day operations at a pair of Nexstar Media Group TV stations in market No. 142 — a role that also involves management of Vaughn Media's dual ABC/The CW affiliate serving Kansas' state capital. 

The NAB Leadership Foundation has elected to present its 2021 Corporate Leadership Award to Procter & Gamble — an honor the leading linear media advertiser will receive during the televised Celebration of Service to America Awards, airing July 10 on selected broadcast stations.

"Every presentation is a performance," says veteran PR exec Rosemary Ravinal. "It is a performance with a specific audience in mind, concise content, delivered with energy and authority," she writes. "Whether you are doing a virtual presentation or in-person, there are common best practices that will ease your discomfort and greatly improve your impact."

A veteran television news executive who has served in five of Hearst Television’s largest TV markets has been promoted to the corporate position of Vice President of News. She will start in her new role on July 1, and is relocating to Hearst's New York headquarters.