Media Moves

Who are the recipients of the NATPE 17th Annual Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Award? A veteran actress will be honored alongside the Chairman of WarnerMedia News and Sports, President of ABC Entertainment, and President of NBCUniversal Telemundo Global Studios, among others.

In a move the company says "further positions the company for future growth and the evolution of its services in local media," a new EVP/Head of Local Media has been named at Magid. Why? Steve Ridge is transitioning to a role as a senior advisor.

On October 24, the president of KHQ Incorporated and Cowles Montana Media successfully reached a new retransmission agreement with DirecTV. Now, she's in the news again, as she's been appointed, along with the president of Lockwood Broadcasting, to the NAB Television Board of Directors.

The President/CEO of WHRO-TV in Norfolk has been elected Chairman of America’s Public Television Stations (APTS) Board of Trustees. At the same time, the Executive Director and GM of Iowa Public Television has been elected Professional Vice Chair.

Charlie Feldman, Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI)’s VP of Creative in the Big Apple, will retire from the music rights company at the end of the year. But, he won't be gone for good: The 31-year veteran will continue to consult for the company in 2020.

BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.) has appointed the Chairman and President/CEO of Nexstar Media Group to its Board of Directors, effective January 1, 2020. In addition, BMI announced that four Board members were elected to three-year terms at BMI’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders, held last month.

The Director of Sales for politically influential WMUR-9 in Manchester, N.H., has been promoted to the newly created role of Director of Political Advertising for all of Hearst Television's locally owned and operated stations.

The newest member of the vCreative team will be charged with building and leading the Sales and Marketing team, as well as overseeing the Client Services team.

The person joining Telestream was most recently Regional Director of Sales for Media & Entertainment at Tavant. Before that, she was at IBM Watson Media. Her resume also includes stops at Comcast Technology Solutions, where she held positions as Global Client Director, and Director of VOD Sales; and at Scripps Networks Interactive.

There are two new VPs of Audio Network Sales at Entravision. One is a former Account Executive at Emmis Communications; the other has spent the past three years as VP/Network Sales at Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS).

For 26 years, Jorge Carballo has been an ubiquitous presence at NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises' flagship WSCV-51 in Miami. Now, Carballo is taking an expanded role that will have him oversee the NBC O&O, WTVJ-6. Why? The current leader is ready to retire.

The promotion is the latest career advancement for a woman focused on building growth initiatives across Scripps' over-the-air and over-the-top television and digital audio portfolio -- including millennial-focused news network Newsy, podcast industry leader Stitcher, and Triton.

When it came time for MLC Media to select an individual who could spearhead new business partnerships and lead its affiliate strategy division from an office in New York, it turned to a 20-year broadcast media veteran who spent nearly 22 years at ESPN until his September departure from its streamlined ESPN Deportes venture.

For the last two years, Alex Luke has served as Director of Global Programming & Content strategy for Amazon Music. Now, Luke is leaving Amazon -- and taking a plum gig at a digital media operator intent on continuing its legacy as a radio industry disruptor: Pandora.

The recipient of the 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award at the Broadcasters Foundation of America’s Golden Mike Award dinner is the founder and chairman of the radio broadcasting company bearing his surname.