Media Moves

After decades with Cumulus Media’s Westwood One and the network’s predecessors, Vice President of Programming David Felker has departed the company. It comes amid a new round of consolidation that sees the discontinuation of seven 24/7 syndicated radio formats.

He was most recently the Chief Legal Officer and a member of the founding leadership team of the now-scuttled joint venture that would have seen ESPN, FOX and Warner Bros. Discovery team up to launch Venu Sports. Introducing the newest member of the executive leadership team at iHeartMedia.

He's been the Corporate Senior Vice President/Station Operations at Sinclair Inc. since 2007 and has served as "a key leader in Sinclair’s broadcast operations for more than two decades." On June 30, he'll be heading into retirement.

It's a whole new Audacy Inc., with CEO Kelli Turner officially assuming the role at the company formerly known as Entercom in mid-March as Chris Oliviero became Chief Business Officer and Bob Philips was named Chief Revenue Officer.  Now, Audacy has a new CMO.

The Library of American Broadcasting Foundation (LABF) has unveiled its lineup of trailblazing industry leaders selected for lifetime achievement honors during the 2025 Giants of Broadcasting & Electronic Arts luncheon and awards ceremony, scheduled for November 14 in New York.

He began his career in 2008 and was most recently the sales strategy and team development leader at Nexstar Media Group-owned WOOD-8 in Grand Rapids. Now, he's taking a top-level sales position at the broadcast TV company controlled by Soohyung Kim's Standard General.

Come May 2025, the head of Arkansas PBS will exit, starting the search for the successor of a woman who joined the statewide noncommercial network in 2017 and "leaves behind a legacy of transformative leadership and innovative growth across content, education and community engagement."

Revenue operations and digital advertising tech-focused firm Marketron has promoted from within to fill the role of Chief Revenue Officer. The job is going to a 10-year company veteran who took over the marketing team in 2024.

Corus Entertainment has suffered through a bleak start to 2025, with recently released fiscal Q2 numbers pointing to a wider net loss, missing analysts' forecasts. Now, the company that owns radio stations across Canada and the Global television network is preparing to say farewell to its Executive Chair.

The radio programming and operations-focused consultancy that's home to Tim Richards and Jimmy Steal, veteran industry figures known for ratings success, is welcoming the Director of Operations and Programming for Local Media San Diego to its team.

AdLarge and the fwd. network have appointed a new Executive Vice President of Business Development and Partnerships. In this role, the former Scripps Networks Interactive and Westwood One staffer will be leading the business development team in strategic digital partnerships and expand opportunities for the company and creators across the fwd. network’s portfolio of female-focused content.

Madhive has appointed a Chief Product Officer while also welcoming to "the only unified operating system for local media" a new Chief of Staff. The announcement comes as Madhive says it is expanding both its product suite and client roster.

There is a new General Manager for the ABC affiliate serving Lincoln, Neb., owned by Standard Media Group. And, he'll retain his role as Director of Sales, which he's held since 2020.

After earning a reputation at Pivotal Research, Brian Wieser established Madison and Wall as a strategic advisory and data provider for the global advertising industry. Now, he's expanding his leadership team by bringing on an eight-year veteran of one of Canada's biggest media companies. 

National advertising sales specialist Katz Media Group has promoted from within to fill the roles of VP of Political Sales and Director of Political Sales, respectively. Each individual reports to CEO Mark Gray.