Media Moves

In August 2022, the founder and CEO of Detroit-area headquartered Saga Communications unexpectedly passed away. Warren Lada stepped in as interim CEO, with Chris Forgy earning the chief executive title in November  Now, with Forgy as Saga's top leader, a member of the Christian family has been recognized for his efforts and has been promoted at the pure-play radio broadcasting company.

New York Festivals Television & Film Awards/Radio Awards will honor The Kalb Report, the  public broadcasting series hosted by journalist Marvin Kalb, with the its 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award at its Storytellers Gala to be held during the 2023 NAB Show on April 18 in Las Vegas.

For the past decade, he's been Area President for the Little Rock, Fayetteville, and Fort Smith, Ark., markets as well as the Springfield, Mo. and Wichita, Ks., markets where iHeartMedia has radio stations. Now, he's taking the title of Area President for the newly formed Texas/Arkansas area.

One was formerly Director of Sales for Audacy Corp.'s Denver radio stations. The other was previously a Senior Account Executive for Audacy's Atlanta audio properties. As of today, they are both being welcomed to iHeartMedia in New York as VP/Sales and Sales Manager, respectively.

She's a veteran of local and network television news and documentary production who since 2021 has served as Hearst Television’s director of programming for its streaming video services group. Now, she has been promoted to vice president of Very Local, a division of Hearst Television.

For 30 years, he's headed up legal affairs for FOX Television Stations. Now, David Keneipp has announced his retirement and will be assisting in the transition to the individual who will be assuming his duties. Who is that? Look no further than the individual who will take a newly created role as of Wednesday.

He's currently the General Sales Manager of "Arizona Sports," the Phoenix radio brand from Bonneville International Corp. Now, he's been named Director of Sales for Bonneville's Denver radio properties.

For the last five years, he's served as Program Director of two Cumulus Media stations offering listeners in the Savannah, Ga.. Now, this "E93" and "Magic 103.9" leader is being rewarded with an elevation to OM, putting him in control of everything on-air across Cumulus' stations serving the market.

Brian Wieser has become known as one of the top voices among Wall Street's financial observers. As Senior Research Analyst of Advertising at Pivotal Research Group, he boldly declared television as "the worst form of advertising except all those others which have been tried" for those with awareness-based goals. Nearly four years ago, he accepted a role at groupM. Now, Wieser is transitioning to his next opportunity.

The Development Director for River Radio Ministries' Contemporary Christian station serving Ohio's state capital has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer.

He's been with The E.W. Scripps Co. for a decade and most recently served as the director of digital at WFTS-28, "ABC Tampa Bay." Now, he'll serve as Managing Director of Brand, Revenue and Content for Scripps' "Florida 24" network, starting January 30.

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.

On Tuesday, Chuck Wood revealed that he will retire as VP/GM of radio and TV station owner Delta Media Corp., which serves the Lafayette, La., DMA from Carencro, La. With Wood departing on February 28, Delta Media has moved forward with selecting his successor.

A year after being hired as Chief Marketing Officer for the Scripps Networks division, The E.W. Scripps Company has promoted this former SVP/Marketing and Public Relations for digital news outlet The Recount to the newly created position of CMO for the entire organization.

He began his tenure with iHeartMedia in Minneapolis in 2007, when "KFAN" was on an AM radio frequency. Today, KFAN is KFXN-FM 100.3, and this longtime digital pro who has also been a key player on the Vikings Radio Network has been named VP/Digital Sales for all of the company's stations in the Twin Cities.