Media Moves

She's a veteran sales leader, and she is returning to Cox Media Group's Tulsa properties after three years away. “I’m thrilled and honored to have the opportunity to work again with this experienced and successful team at CMG Tulsa,” says Lina Cravotto.

The Mission Broadcasting-owned home of The CW Network in New York that is run by cozy shared services partner Nexstar Media Group has named its next News Director. He begins his new duties on July 24.

An FCC Commissioner from 1997 to 2001 has joined the National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC) as a Special Policy Advisor

Ad spend and pricing data research and analytics firm Standard Media Index (SMI) has a new Vice President of Sales. It's someone who brings 20 years of leadership experience within media and technology to the SMI team, and will oversee the expansion of the ad intelligence company’s sales strategy and new business development.

In a move directly correlated to its tax-free, Reverse Morris Trust-fueled merger with CBS Radio, Entercom has hired the President/CEO of the San Diego Padres to serve as its brand-new President of what is to be called "Entercom Sports." Dee, who has been an executive with the Miami Dolphins and Boston Red Sox, is relocating to Philadelphia to take the job.

The audio imaging, production library, voiceover, programming, podcasting, and jingle production company founded by Dave "Chachi" Denes has promoted from within to fill its Affiliate Relations and Music Licensing Representative role as it welcomes a pair of women to its headquarters office.

A longtime association member, former Chairman of the Board and current Foundation Secretary/Treasurer has been named "Incoming Executive Director" of the Radio Television Digital News Association and Foundation (RTDNA/F).

He's held the role of Director of Political Advertising for Hearst Television since 2019 and for some four years has been Director of Sales for politically influential WMUR-9 in Manchester, N.H. Now, he's been promoted to the newly created position of Corporate Director of Sales. 

The Vice Chairman of Blackstone’s Private Wealth Solutions Group has agreed to deliver the opening keynote presentation concerning economic trends at Media Outlook 2019, set for the morning of September 12 in midtown Manhattan.

She's been the Chief Information Officer for Audacy Inc. since joining the company then-known as Entercom in September 2020. Now, the former FreeWheel and Imagine Communications executive has been promoted to the newly created role of Chief Technology Officer — a move that comes just as RBR+TVBR readers for the first time are honoring Broadcast Media's Top Tech Leaders. 

Beasley Media Group's local leader in charge of its radio stations in Monmouth-Ocean and the Middlesex-Union-Essex, N.J., Nielsen Audio markets is readying for retirement. This will see the departure of Dan Finn as SVP/Regional Market Manager for the publicly traded company's New Jersey radio group.

For the past seven months, Zachary has been SVP/Market Manager for Entercom’s Southern New England Region, and before that held the VP/Market Manager dual role in Boston for four years. He will also continue as Market Manager in Hartford, CT, while the company searches for a permanent replacement.

It is an ABC affiliate that has historically played an outsized role in U.S. presidential politics, as it has brought the New Hampshire primary debates between candidates to voters across the nation for generations. Now, this Hearst Television property has a new News Director.

She has 26 years of experience, with roles in customer service and project management. Now, the Radio Accounts Manager for the Western U.S. for Electronics Research, Inc.. has been promoted to VP of U.S. Sales.