Media Moves

She's widely known across the broadcast media sales world for her 15 years of experience leading commercial strategies for Hulu, Madhive, Clear Channel and Tribune Broadcasting. Now, she's joined Jo Kinsella and the team at XR Extreme Reach. This puts Kristin Wnuk in the role of Senior Vice President of Enterprise Solutions.

A veteran entertainment legal executive has taken the role of General Counsel at Free TV Networks, the Jonathan Katz-helmed operation that in 2024 launched three digital multicast broadcast television choices.

Godvik will sit on the 2024 Council along with 19 other members: twelve Film/TV/Streaming members, five Online Media members and three Broadcast/Cable/Streaming News members, plus five officers — President, Secretary-Treasurer and three Vice Presidents, one from each work sector.

To fill the role, the advertising division of Comcast has hired an individual with experience at both Major League Baseball and as head of the Washington Post Creative Group — in addition to a notable tenure at Marriott International.

He previously spent eight years as Senior Director of Sales for NBC Bay Area, comprised of KNTV-11, KSTS-48 in San Jose, and two regional sports networks. Now, this media sales veteran is heading up sales for NBCUniversal in "America's Finest City."

Six exceptional women, including the President/Publisher of Radio Ink and Radio + Television Business Report, will be recognized for their "visionary leadership" at this year's Gracies Leadership Awards on November 19. The event, staged by the Alliance for Women in Media (AWM), is dedicated to celebrating the achievements and impact of women in media.

The audio imaging, production library, voiceover, programming, podcasting, and jingle production company founded by Dave "Chachi" Denes has promoted from within to fill its Affiliate Relations and Music Licensing Representative role as it welcomes a pair of women to its headquarters office.

She's the former Content Director of Chicago's Vocalo "Nu Jazz" and "Urban Alternative" service linked to WBEZ who resurfaced in November 2023 as Program Director for an Rocky Mountain Public Media (RMPM) audio service. Now, she's been promoted to VP of Radio.

From 1996 to 2001 he was the GSM for Sandusky Broadcasting's Phoenix stations. He'd later spend many years for iHeartMedia and its predecessor Clear Channel Radio in the Valley of the Sun. As of today, Art Morales is working with Mike Cutchall as Chief Revenue Officer for the radio stations Mike Cutchall is acquiring from Jeff Trumper.

She's known across the radio industry for her programming roles at such stations as WRKS "98.7 Kiss FM" in New York and WPOW "Power 96" in Miami and most recently served as Director of Operations for Cox Media Group's South Florida radio properties. Now, Jill Strada is settling in to a new role with a group of Atlanta radio stations.

Streamline Publishing's Radio Ink broke the news in February that Rick & Bubba Show co-host Rick Burgess would be going solo with his own syndicated show in 2025. Details regarding that program’s premiere are now known, and Burgess won’t have a long break after Rick & Bubba's end.

The Director of Engineering for the E.W. Scripps Company's NBC affiliate serving Lexington-Fayette, Ky., has been promoted to VP/GM — a rare move upward to the top slot at a station, as he's not rising from the local sales team.

He's widely known for his four years as an editor-at-large at CNN. Now, he'll be contributing to programs on the Scripps News digital multicast network found on broadcast stations across the U.S.

The former Chief Financial Officer of Gerson Lehrman Group has been selected to serve in a similar role at Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI). He'll be based in the Gotham office for the music performance rights group.

He's been GSM for both Audacy Inc. and iHeartMedia's radio stations in Richmond. Now, he's moving up I-95 to lead sales for iHeart's properties serving the National Capital Region.