Media Moves

The SVP/Sales for iHeartMedia's stations in Mobile, Ala. and neighboring market of Pensacola, Fla., has just gotten a big promotion. She'll be shifting east on I-10, and taking over management of the company's Big Easy station group.

A Cambridge, England-based firm focused on connectivity and IP KVM has hired a technical sales specialist who spent the last two years at Phoenix-based Vertiv, as the head of its U.S. sales operation.

Hillsdale County, Mich., has only two commercially licensed radio stations. They are comprised of a Class A 6kw FM and a Class C AM from 1 tower in the town of Hillsdale, some 70 miles to the southwest of Ann Arbor. The AM-FM combo has been owned by a Midwest radio industry legend who passed away Monday.

Westwood One is welcoming a 16-year veteran at ESPN who most recently served as Director of Sports Marketing. He'll be based in New York and reports directly to WWO President Suzanne Grimes.

Sinclair has selected the new GM of its ABC and FOX affiliates serving the Chattanooga, Tenn., market, as well as Sinclair's JSA for the local affiliate of The CW. In doing so, it turned to an individual who for nearly 7 years has been Director of Sales for two Sinclair stations in the Lone Star State.

Video delivery platform maker SeaChange International has selected its new SVP/Chief Commercial Officer. It's the former Chief of Corporate Operations at ATEME.

Fueling rumors that changes are ahead at Cox Media Group, the woman who has been Director of Sales at the company's San Antonio radio stations has departed after six years in the Alamo City. Effective Jan. 28. she'll now be in a similar role, in a bigger market, for Entercom.

The individual who has led the standards development organization shepherding the broadcast TV industry -- and consumers -- to the next-generation standard known as "ATSC 3.0" has confirmed he will retire later this year.

On March 31, Larry Oaks will retire as VP/Engineering and Technology for Meredith Corp.'s Local Media Group. Oaks' successor has just been named.

Beasley Media Group's recently launched eSports division has selected its first VP of Strategic Partnerships. In doing so, the publicly traded radio broadcasting company seeking to branch out beyond its core assets has lured the founder and CEO of Go Media Detroit, a digital media ad agency in the Motor City.

After 6 1/2 years, the VP/Marketing and Audience Development for Raycom Media found himself out of a job, thanks to the company's merger with Gray Television. Now, this individual has resurfaced in the Grand Canyon State, as the Station Manager for a pair of TEGNA-owned stations.

In October 2018, Todd Brown was promoted to the dual roles of Local Media Group SVP and Chief Revenue Officer at Meredith Corp. Brown's former role as VP/GM of the FOX affiliate serving Southern Nevada has now been filled.

Local Radio Networks (LRN) has added to its team of "24/7 music format experts" by bringing in a new VP of Affiliate Sales. This individual takes the role after serving nearly 13 years as VP of Affiliate Management at Westwood One, and before that five years as its VP of Affiliate Sales.

The law firm widely known as the home for respected communications law attorney David Oxenford is welcoming its second new lawyer in a week.

After six years overseeing the Nexstar-owned CBS affiliate in the market that is home to the Buffalo Bills NFL franchise, René LaSpina is heading south to a new leadership role that could see her embrace a Bills rival — the Tennessee Titans. Thank Meredith Corp. for the move.