Media Moves

The individual who serves as Area President for 10 iHeartMedia radio stations across the Constitution State is calling it quits, as the company has announced he will retire at the end of 2024, concluding a nearly 40-year career in broadcasting.

He currently anchors the afternoon and nighttime newscasts for TEGNA-owned WVEC-13, the ABC affiliate serving the Tidewater region of Virginia. Soon, he'll be joining the company's NBC affiliate in Atlanta to helm its weekend morning newscasts.

The Morgan Murphy Media subsidiary that owns and operates six radio stations in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and TV stations in Marquette and Alpena, Mich., has promoted from within to fill the role of Digital of Digital Sales for the Mitten State.

It has been one year since SiriusXM launched a channel curated and hosted by singer-songwriter John Mayer, and it has proven to be a smash hit with subscribers. Now, Mayer is launching an interview series featuring "intimate and extensive" conversations between the musician and some of his more notable peers.

Starting December 2, the ABC and CW affiliates serving Western Tennessee will have a new News Director. And it is a news veteran who was previously Managing Director of "CNTV" in Central Florida.

The Program Director and afternoon host on "Eagle 98.1" in Baton Rouge has earned a promotion. Introducing the new Operations Manager for Guaranty Media's group of radio stations in the Louisiana state capital of Baton Rouge.

It's been a topic of discussion in industry circles over the last several years. Now, it is official: One of NBCUniversal Local's most prominent news anchors, a fixture of live over-the-air television in the New York Tri-State area since 1974, will officially retire following the 6pm newscast on WNBC-4 in three weeks.

Mike Agovino is joining a fellow radio industry veteran — San Diego's Mike Glickenhaus — in growing partnership development at a company launching an omnichannel media commerce platform that connects supply-side and demand-side partners through an open marketplace.

He joined Cumulus Media seven years ago to serve as VP/Market Manager of its Chicago radio stations. Now he is tacking on similar duties in the Minneapolis-St. Paul region amid a reduction-in-force initiative at the publicly traded company that has seen an 85% dip in its stock price over the last year.

Come December 1, 49 years of service at Hearst Television will come to an end for Larry Vancini. This will see a new individual take on the corporate role of Director of Broadcast Information Technology, and it is an individual who since 2002 has served in various engineering and IT roles at the company's two TV stations in Greensboro, N.C.

For the past 17 years she has served as President/GM of Hearst Television's ABC affiliate serving Milwaukee. It is now official: she's retiring at the end of 2024, concluding a career that includes positions in seven major markets and spanning four decades.

The Major League Baseball club has revealed who will take the retired John Sterling's mic alongside Suzyn Waldman when the 2025 season starts. Earning the prestigious role is an individual who has spent the last 18 seasons as the lead TV play-by-play voice of the Seattle Mariners baseball club.

The local connected TV ad tech company has added two new individuals to its leadership team, welcoming a SVP/GM of Enterprise Partnerships and a VP of Enterprise Strategy and Solutions to its roster.

Latino Media Network (LMN) is welcoming a new Executive VP of Audio Sales and Client Solutions, taking a seat alongside owners and co-founders Stephanie Valencia and Jessica Morales Rocketto and interim Chief Executive Officer Marc Manahan.

The Chris Ruddy-led cable television network moving ahead with an initial public offering of stock is welcoming three industry veterans to serve as Executive Producers for some of its key shows.