Media Moves

A trio of former Westwood One executives have joined Local Radio Networks (LRN), taking roles on LRN's 24/7 format team. Each report to CEO Steve Swick. 

A Univision Communications executive who joined the multimedia company serving millennials and Latino consumers as EVP/Distribution Sales and Marketing some 9 1/2 years ago has been promoted to the newly created role of Chief Revenue Officer, effective immediately.

Anyone who has been involved in Hispanic media over the last decade recognizes the name Joe Uva. Now, it is time for the rapidly growing podcast business to get familiar with Uva, who has been appointed non-executive chairman of the board of reVolver Podcasts.

Garvey Schubert Barer (GSB) has expanded its Communications, Telecom & Media practice in the Washington, D.C., office by adding two individuals who are formerly partners in the firm Schwartz, Woods & Miller.

Davis Wright Tremaine, known for its communications and cable practice groups, has expanded with the addition of a lawyer with two decades’ experience in government, in-house, and private practice.

On Tuesday, August 8, a change in command at The E.W. Scripps Co. will formally take place. That's when Rich Boehne will step aside as CEO of the broadcast media company, which owns TV and radio stations. Boehne will continue as the company Chairman. Who's taking the role of President/CEO? How much will he make?

It seems Entercom wasn't done in revealing what the company's executive ranks will now look like as it prepares to integrate the CBS Radio stations into its roster of AMs and FMs. The broadcast radio pure-play on Tuesday named a Regional VP, and selected its candidate by looking to the Sunshine State.

The exodus at ESPN continued on Monday, as its former SVP/Sales Revenue Management and Client Services was formally named to the role of EVP/Pricing and Planning for Fox Networks Group (FNG) Advertising Sales. 

In an e-mail letter distributed Monday to all Entercom employees — and submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission by CBS Corporation — the soon-to-be new steward of what will soon be the former CBS Radio stations revealed who's in and who's out once those AM and FM properties become the property of the Philadelphia-based radio broadcasting pure-play. Here's the big takeaway: Scott Herman will not be joining Entercom and is going his separate ways.

The Viacom-owned network made the announcement Thursday. Michael D. Armstrong takes over as general manager of BET Networks. Jeanine Liburd has been appointed chief marketing and communications officer, a new role at BET, and Donna Blackman is now senior vice president of business operations. Armstrong will report to BET Networks chairman and CEO Debra L. Lee.

Salem Media Group has secured its new GM for its radio stations in the Greenville-Spartanburg, S. Carolina, market. The veteran sales executive previously served as Director/Sales for a six-year period at Urban One (then Radio One) in Atlanta. From Feb. 2008-Oct. 2009, he served as VP/Affiliate Sales for Metro Networks.

The three-year GSM for iHeartMedia's Chicago radio stations has been rewarded with a promotion to VP/Sales for the company's Windy City properties. This individual will now have top oversight for the sales efforts of the company's four FMs and Gospel WGCI-AM 1390, in addition to a variety of station-branded events held throughout the calendar year.

Veteran broadcast TV engineer Mike Keller is retiring after 25 years with Hearst Television at the end of 2017. In preparation for Keller's departure, it's already promoted someone from within to serve as its next Director of Engineering for the Eastern Region.

The Media Financial Management Association (MFM) has affirmed its officers and newly elected board members for 2017-2018 officers and for its BCCA subsidiary, the media industry’s credit association.

In a move first predicted by Recode on Monday, struggling streaming audio firm Pandora's CEO and co-founder has decided to step down as its chief executive while also agreeing to depart the company's board of directors. Without elaborating, the company also revealed that two other key executives were leaving. Is a man once tied to the Toronto Maple Leafs shaping Pandora's future?