Media Moves

"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.

The Digital Division of Nexstar Media Group has promoted its Connecticut-based VP of Strategy and Business Intelligence to the role of Chief Strategy Officer and EVP/Strategy & Data for the digital segment of the broadcast TV station owner.

On May 27, Premiere Networks announced it will replace "The Rush Limbaugh Show" with a new offering featuring FOX Sports Radio's Clay Travis and Premiere-syndicated talk host Buck Sexton. Sexton will shift from afternoon drive, Pacific Time, to take the slot. Now, Premiere knows what will fill Sexton's current three-hour time period.

Tonee Roper is one of four candidates selected for the MIW's 2021 Mildred Carter Mentoring Program. She shares more of her passion for radio, and what it's like to work at a woman-owned media company, in this encore InFOCUS Podcast, presented by DOT.FM. LISTEN HERE

Streaming and on-demand audio service provider TuneIn, which enjoys a global platform (as opposed to Audacy and iHeartRadio), has ramped up its leadership team by naming a SVP of Business Development and a SVP of Marketing, respectively.

As of June 7, Brian Sines will oversee Townsquare’s Lafayette and Lake Charles, La., local media clusters and drive strategic sales and content initiatives across the Southern Louisiana region.

He has been a researcher and writer for the Senior VP of News at Sinclair Broadcast Group for the past three years. Now, he will be that C-Suite executive's Chief of Staff — a position that appears to be unique to Sinclair.

A 26-year ESPN veteran, this individual previously served as EVP of Programming Acquisitions and Scheduling. He held that role since May 2015, and added oversight of ESPN’s relationship with BAMTech in June 2017 and of original content in November 2020.

From 2011-2016, he served as the Director of Talent Management and Talent Acquisition for iHeartMedia markets in the Lone Star State. Now, after operating his own consulting business, he's back in a top leadership role putting him in charge of five iHeartMedia markets in Texas.

When Esther-Mireya Tejeda and Jen Morales each exited the company formerly known as Entercom Communications, the audio media company hit the reset button on its corporate communications and public relations efforts. Today, that company bears the name Audacy. And, it now has a three-person PR department.

There's a new Market President for the iHeartMedia radio stations serving Salt Lake City. At the same time, a member of the sales team has been elevated to a Sr. VP position in that department.

A veteran technology executive and the CEO of global athletic apparel company Lululemon Athletica Inc. are the newest members of the Walt Disney Company Board of Directors.

In much of Connecticut, Rocker "I-95" is perhaps used more than the actual Interstate highway traversing the southern portion of the Constitution State. It's a heritage station based in Danbury, and has a Country sibling that is today one-third of a Hudson Valley-focused Country station. Both FMs have a new Market President and Chief Revenue Officer.

He stayed on with the company following its emergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and transition from LBI Media. Now, Estrella Media's VP of PR and Corporate Affairs is moving on.