Saturday, September 28, 2024

As Altman Retires, WMHT Public Media Finds Successor

For the entire Capital District of New York and the nearby Berkshires, the home of PBS and 24/7 Classical programming has been WMHT Public Media for generations. For the past 15 years, this organization has been run by Robert Altman. He's retiring. And, the individual selected to serve as the President/CEO starting January 23 has just been revealed.

CMG’s Miami Radio Group Ups Michaels-Trueba

CMG's Miami Radio Group includes such brands as "99 JAMZ," which has named a new Asst. Program Director, and "HOT 105," which also has a new Asst. PD. These moves come as a South Florida radio programming veteran rises to Director of Operations, overseeing those brands in addition to market-leading "Easy 93.1" and Rhythmic Hot Adult Contemporary "Hits 97.3."
Tracy McKnight

BMI Creative Team Adds ‘Film, TV & Visual Media’ Leader

Broadcast Music, Inc., commonly known as BMI, has expanded its creative team by welcoming a Vice President of Creative, Film, TV and Visual Media. In this role, this individual will lead the day-to-day functions of the department.
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Marketing, PR Veteran P’Pool Added to MIW Board

She's also widely known for her former role as Director of Marketing for Alpha Media. Today, she leads her nearly three-year-old media marketing and public relations firm known as P'Pool Media, and has just been elevated to the Board of Directors for the Mentoring and Inspiring Women in Radio, Inc. organization.
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A WSJ Leader Is Selected By SiriusXM To Lead Growth

For the first time, SiriusXM will have a SVP/Chief Growth Officer, a leadership position focused on "driving SiriusXM’s enterprise-level growth strategy with oversight across a variety of key areas, including the SiriusXM streaming subscription business as well as corporate marketing, analytics and research for SiriusXM and Pandora."
Rick Thomas

Thomas To Lead Programming For Beasley/Tampa

He's a radio industry veteran who once served as Operations Manager and as a programming leader for Cox Media Group's Tampa-St. Petersburg station group. As of today, he's back in Tampa Bay as the new Brand Manager of Beasley Media Group's five FMs and WHFS-AM.  Oh, and he'll also program Country WQYK-FM.
Al Lancaster

Meet Al Lancaster’s Successor At This Gray TV Property

He's been the VP/General Manager of a Wausau, Wisc., television station since August 2000 and prior to that was Station Manager of WLAX &...

Carroll To Lead Sales for Beasley’s Queen City FMs

Its the city in the South named in honor of Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Its also the home of six Beasley Media Group radio properties, and on January 9 it welcomed a new General Sales Manager.

Laird’s Lair: Audacy Ups WEEI Vet to Brand Manager

He launched his professional radio career as a producer at the Audacy Corp. Sports Talker in 2002 while completing his degree in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern University in Boston. Twenty-one years later, and on his second stint at WEEI-FM, he's been promoted to Brand Manager.

NYF TV & Film Awards Announces 2023 Grand Jury

Award-winning industry executives and content creators from 26 countries are joining forces to judge the 2023 TV & Film Competition being staged by New York Festivals TV & Film Awards.

New Sales SVPs for iHeartMedia

There's a new Region SVP of Sales for the newly created Greater Texas Region, and a Region SVP for the newly created Greater Arizona Region also in place for iHeartMedia. At the same time, the company has promoted from within to fill the role of EVP of Unified Partnerships.
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Massingill Upped To A Senior Digital Sales Post at Salem

He's been associated with Salem Media Group since May 2019, when he came aboard as Regional Director of Digital Sales for the Western U.S. Now, this radio industry sales veteran with experience at Urban One and iHeartMedia in Dallas is getting a promotion.

Preston Leaves Chicago For Top ‘MFA Role

In Texas' state capital, the audio home for fine arts music is KMFA-FM, a Class C1 noncommercial facility with a signal stretching from Temple through Austin and south to New Braunfels.  At the end of this month, the 56-year-old Classical station will have a new Chief Executive Officer. He's inbound from Chicago, exiting a station he joined nearly three years ago.
Kristin Wnuk

Local Ad Sales Pro Earns SVP Role at Madhive

It has gained attention for its ability to attract consumers with streaming advertising campaigns tied to local broadcast TV's digital efforts. Now, Madhive has named a former Roku and Hulu executive with experience at Katz Media Group and Tribune Co. to her name its new SVP of Sales.

‘Elizabeth Vargas Reports’ Added To Early Prime On NewsNation

She's a New York-based host of “iCrime,” a half-hour syndicated crime series that is broadcast on Mission Broadcasting-owned and Nexstar Media Group-operated WPIX-11. Soon, this familiar face known for previous roles at ABC and at FOX will be seen in the 6pm Eastern hour on Nexstar's NewsNation cable TV network.