Media Moves

There's a "Moose" back in the Max Media family. And, he is taking over the role of Operations Manager for the company's five radio brands in the Norfolk market. 

Audience engagement and sales intelligence tech provider Futuri Media has bolstered its HR department. Clint Marsh has been promoted at the company serving the radio broadcasting industry by taking the role of VP of Talent Management.

After 32 years at the now-Entercom Communications-owned News/Talk station serving the Minneapolis-St. Paul market, the man behind the mic for the Morning News at WCCO-AM is hanging it up. An April 30 retirement date was revealed Friday morning.

The Telemundo Station Group within NBCUniversal has shifted its leadership of its owned-and-operated Telemundo stations in three Southwestern U.S. markets. In one instance, the head of the Rio Grande Valley Telemundo station is adding oversight of the Houston station. In the other, the current head of sales at KTMD-TV in Houston is shifting her duties to a pair of other markets.

Shannon, the legendary air personality and radio programmer, is staying at Entercom-owned WCBS-FM in New York and will continue to host a syndicated program. In Philadelphia, an afternoon host who has been in the slot at a Beasley Classic Rocker since April 2002 has a new deal.

"We have decided to reorganize the Communications structure and resources, which will allow the department to operate more nimbly and provide focused service to our internal and external clients." That's the word from TelevisaUnivision's Chief Administrative Officer, who has confirmed that its EVP of Communications will be leaving in July. 

The VP/GM of Nexstar Media Group's two television stations in Eastern North Carolina, a former President of his own sales and marketing consultancy, has been selected to serve in a similar role at the company's CBS affiliate serving DMA No. 17.

There'll soon be a new person responsible for overseeing the content, sales, brand, and operations across all platforms — as well as defining and executing the vision and strategy — at a TEGNA property in the Lone Star State.

CBS Stations this week flips the switch on new evening newscasts at unaffiliated and The CW Network-affiliated stations in 10 markets. To best prepare for the newscast launches, the Paramount division has hired some 28 news professionals to support the increase in newsgathering.

On July 1, WCVB-5 in Boston, considered the Hearst Television flagship property, will be getting its fifth-ever President/GM. He's coming from WGAL-8 in Lancaster-Harrisburg-York, Pa. We now know who Kyle Grimes' successor is in the Keystone State.

A veteran radio industry sales executive who started his career at a pair of Birmingham, Ala., FM stations in 1991 has been selected to serve as Station Manager and Director of Sales for Sinclair Broadcast Group's NBC affiliate in Toledo, Ohio.

Audacy Corp.'s hometown all-News radio station, with a longtime format brought to life by Westinghouse, has a new program director. There's also a new assistant to the woman taking that role, and he'll retain his role as the Director of Podcasting for the AM/FM combo.

A member of 2016 class in the Academy of Podcasters Hall of Fame for his work in building and promoting podcasts, widely known as a co-founder of the popular Podcast Movement conference, has accepted the role of EVP at Dallas-based BizTalkRadio.

She joined AccuWeather Inc. in 2019 as Assistant General Counsel. Now, the weather forecasting services company is promoting her to General Counsel. Earning the elevation is a former Associate at New York's "GS2LAW," where she served as a lead patent associate working in engineering and technology.