Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Daniel Parsons

Scripps Blesses Parsons With Chief Info Security Role

He's a former Cyber Defense executive for Comcast's NBCUniversal unit and has similar experience at GE, U.S. Bank and at Walmart. Now, he's heading up the information security team at The E.W. Scripps Co., taking his new role on October 20.

Pollard Picked To Lead WTOK

He served as VP/GM of Coastal Television's Meridian, Miss., properties from January 2022 through March 2023 and since then has been a senior advisor with a media buying, media relations and budgeting and forecasting specialist. Meet the new head of Gray Media's crosstown properties.
NPR

NPR’s New CMO: From Thin Mints to Starry

NPR has a new Chief Marketing Officer, and her resume includes a role as VP of Brand and Product Marketing at Girl Scouts of the USA and a senior marketing position at PepsiCo.
Eunice McNally

Ready For ‘Launch,’ As 2026 MIW NABLF Mentee

Mentoring and Inspiring Women in Radio Inc. and the National Association of Broadcasters Leadership Foundation (NABLF) have shared who has been selected as the 2026 mentee for their joint MIW NABLF LAUNCH Program. It's a Broadcast Operations Manager for Townsquare Media in Texas.
Cyndee Hebert

Hebert Now ND Of TEGNA’s Indianapolis Property

There is a new News Director at the TEGNA-owned NBC affiliate serving Indianapolis, and she took on the role Monday, rising from Asst. News Director. 
David McGowan

First Coast Public Media Head To Retire In Five Months

In early 2018, he was named President/CEO of the NPR and PBS member stations serving the Jacksonville market, arriving with a resume that included a past role as SVP of News and Public Affairs Programming for WETA-TV in Washington, D.C. Come March 31, 2026, a new head for WJCT Public Media will be needed.

Cornerstone Research Co-Founder, GM To Retire

The VP/General Manager of the radio industry service company that's parent to such offerings as XTrends, Analyst and Hook Exchange has announced his retirement. The news comes 25 years after he helped launch Cornerstone Research.

ZTransform Welcomes A New Inside Sales and Procurement Manager

ZTransform, which has in recent years built out studio and office space for broadcast stations including KNKX in Seattle, has hired a new Inside Sales and Procurement Manager. It's a move the company says brings "commercial and operational focus to support performance and scale."

Josh Hammer Show Joins Salem Podcast Network

A short-form audio podcast distributed on platforms such as Apple Podcasts hosted by Newsweek's Senior Editor-At-Large that "charts a path forward for American conservativism and exposes the woke Left" has joined the Salem Podcast Network.

Top Texas Non-Secular Audio Brand Names A PD

There's a new Program Director in place for the KHCB Media Group, which has long enjoyed a dominant position among Christian-themed audio brands in Houston and, in more recent years, adjacent markets in the Lone Star State.
Ronnie Stanton

Stanton Takes A Key Programming Role For Evanov

Privately held broadcast radio station owner Evanov Communications Inc. has lured a high-profile programming executive with previous experience at Corus Entertainment, Rogers Sports & Media and at the former Alpha Media in the U.S. to lead its two stations serving the GTA.

AWMF Opens Entry Window for 51st Annual Gracie Awards

The AWM Foundation is accepting entries for the 51st Annual Gracie Awards. For more than five decades, these awards have celebrated outstanding programming by, for, and about women — while funding scholarships and programs that support the next generation of women in media.
The Rev. Al Sharpton presents the President's Award to Chesley Maddox-Dorsey

A President’s Award To Chesley Maddox-Dorsey

The CEO of A Wonder Media Company, parent of American Urban Radio Networks (AURN), on Monday received the President’s Award for her role in amplifying Black voices in media at the National Action Network’s (NAN) 2025 Triumph Awards.

A New Director of Community Affairs & News Is Named At WJR

Cumulus Media's News/Talk WJR-AM in Detroit has a new Director of Community Affairs & News, and it is a woman who spent twenty of her 40 years in broadcasting at the station.

Meet Tenetic’s New National Sales Head, Inbound From Verisk

An AI-powered platform for local and national ad buyers and sellers has appointed a new Vice President of National Sales. It's an individual who most recently served as Head of Media Sales at Verisk Marketing Solutions and previously held senior executive roles at MRI Simmons.