Media Moves

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Until now, he has overseen all broadcast TV syndication and distribution of Allen Media Group's 70 television series. Now, the company owned by Byron Allen is giving him expanded duties, and he'll also be responsible for two digital multicast networks and the HBCU GO streaming platform.

In Chicago, all-News WBBM-AM and simulcast partner WCFS-FM had until his recent retirement been led by Gleason. Effective January 23, a new Brand Manager and News Director for the Audacy Corp. stations will be in place. 

She's been Local Sales Manager of The E.W. Scripps Co.'s flagship TV station for the past five years and before that was LSM of CBS affiliate WVLT-8 in Knoxville for nearly 8 1/2 years.  Now, she is accepting a role as the integrated sales manager for a group of Atlanta radio stations, owned by Cox Media Group.

The collaboration of domestic companies focused on promoting innovation in media measurement, metrics and data, has a new Deputy Managing Director. It's a woman who has served as Head of Content Strategy at AdMonsters; VP, Content & Strategy at Wise Public Relations; and Director, Marketing and Content Strategy at The Rubicon Project (now Magnite).

Laura Mayer is the new executive producer of Podcast Programming at ABC Audio. Mayer will work closely with Josh Cohan, director of Podcast Programming. She’ll report to Liz Alesse, vice president of ABC Audio.

The E.W. Scripps Co. has selected its head of sales for the national distribution of the company’s national networks portfolio, including ION, ION Mystery, ION Plus, Bounce, Grit, Laff, Newsy and Court TV, across all platforms.

For 15 years he's been a Program Director and morning host for the Christian Contemporary Music (CCM)-focused SOS Radio Network, a role that led him to be selected by Radio Ink as one of "Radio's 10 Best Program Directors." As of January 9, he'll be bringing his talents to Hope Media Group (HMG).

She's most recently served as the Director of Sales for Bonneville's four radio stations in Denver and before that was General Sales Manager for the Denver stations owned by Audacy Corp. Now, this sales pro is heading to the Hoosier State for a job with Cumulus Media.

She is a former Regional Digital Director for Townsquare Media's Capital District cluster and most recently served as Engagement Editor for Nexstar Media Group's BestReviews.  Now, she will work alongside Erika Beasley and Jennifer Williams as Director of Digital Content Strategy at Beasley Media Group.