Media Moves

He was retired from broadcast news management and enjoying life in Charleston, S.C. Now, many across the television industry are pausing to remember William Andrew "Bill" Payer, who died suddenly on January 21. He was 78 years of age.

The audio media company focused on the U.S. Hispanic consumer founded by José Villafañe has hired an individual who most recently served as President/CEO of Hispanic digital media brand MundoNow as its Chief Innovation Officer.

He's been heralded as "an industry change-maker and strategic operator." Now, this individual is in the role of Chief Data and Analytics Officer and Head of Measurement at Comscore.

Media and advertising technology company Entravision, which maintains a broadcast radio and television station stable focused on the U.S. Hispanic community, has named a new SVP/GSM for its Los Angeles-area properties. 

He started working at this San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose TV station as the weekend meteorologist in 1992, after stints at KPIX-5; KFTY-50 in Santa Rosa, Calif.; and at KRON-4 during the late 1980s, when it was an NBC affiliate. Now, a 33-year tenure at KTVU-2 is coming to an end for meteorologist Bill Martin.

The ATSC, the nation's Broadcast Standards Association, has elected a Chairman of the ATSC Board of Directors to serve in the role across 2025. It is LG's most-senior U.S. government affairs, corporate communications and industry relations executive.

After 45 years of dedicated service, Teresa Samaniego is retiring as Vice President of Diversity and Community Engagement at KABC-7 in Los Angeles.  Taking her role is the Director of Community Engagement at KTRK-13 in Houston.

After many years of appearing as a guest on several shows each week, a Radio Hall of Fame inductee who became an icon as a fiercely conservative Talk host is getting his own one-hour prime-time program each Sunday on the Chris Ruddy-helmed Newsmax cable TV news network.

The award is given annually to an individual who has made invaluable contributions to the broadcast industry. It will be presented to Dan Mason during the BFOA Golden Mic Award Gala and Fundraiser at the Plaza Hotel in the City of New York on March 10.

As 2025 began, a highly popular radio personality among jazz enthusiasts in Philadelphia was hospitalized, fighting a health challenge that came following a stroke in 2019. On Sunday, Bob Perkins — “BP with the GM” — passed away. He was 91 years old.

An industry veteran widely recalled as the former longtime Exec. VP of Programming for USRN has joined a global radio branding company as its domestic Branding Consultant.

As President Trump readies to once again make himself at home in the White House, Scripps News is welcoming a national security correspondent — a new role that will see this journalist focus on developments within federal intelligence agencies, the DoD and Department of Homeland Security, among other areas critical to the safety of the U.S.

She's been in the Salt Lake City market as a radio sales pro since fall 1993 and joined Clear Channel Communications in June 1998 after 4 1/2 years across the street at Citadel Communications to become VP of Sales. Now the SVP of Sales for stations in the market owned today by iHeartMedia will rise to Market Manager.

He was known as the former owner of an AM today within the iHeartMedia family and an FM sibling in Little Rock that is today Signal Media of Arkansas' "103.7 The Buzz." From 1974-1975, he was President of the Arkansas Broadcasters Association. Now, many across the state are paying tribute to Ted L. Snider, who died Tuesday at the age of 96.

The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation has extended the submission deadline for the 50th Annual Gracie Awards to accommodate those in impacted areas of greater Los Angeles County experiencing wildfires.