Media Moves

One is a 47-year veteran of a high-powered FM once known for its Beautiful Music from Radio Terrace, while the other was to have celebrated 30 years at the station in March 2023. Both are now former Pamal Broadcasting employees.

Until recently, he was the News Content Operations Manager for The E.W. Scripps Co.'s NBC affiliate serving Milwaukee, formerly Journal Broadcasting's flagship TV station.  Now, he's taking the role of Strategic Marketing Director for Weigel Broadcasting-owned "CBS58" across town.

What do Jessica Rosenworcel and Vicky Eatrides have in common? Both are women who will lead the two agencies regulating radio/television and telecommunications across North America, as Eatrides has been appointed the next Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunication Commission (CRTC).

He hosted a weekend call-in show on Saga Communications' News/Talk WGAN-AM in Portland, Me., for nearly 30 years. He also wrote several books and was known for his storytelling. Now, the radio industry is mourning the loss of John McDonald.

Until today, he's been the Senior Director of Digital Strategy for Cox Media Group's Local Solutions arm. Now, he's taking the newly created role "dedicated to ensuring CMG Radio's customers are successful in digital marketing and advertising."

New York Public Radio (NYPR) — home of WNYC, WQXR, WNYC Studios, Gothamist, The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space, and New Jersey Public Radio — has appointed nine new members to its Board of Trustees.

It has a collection of stations comprised of five FMs and three AMs including heritage Talker KOGO, Classic Rocker KGB, and Hot Adult Contemporary KMYI "My 94.1." That's the iHeartMedia group of stations serving San Diego, and they have a new SVP of Sales.

The Center for Sales Strategy (CSS) is honoring managers for their prowess in recruiting, selecting, developing, and engaging top performers on their teams and in their markets every day. Introducing the 2022 Talent Superhero winners.

For more than 13 years, he served as SVP/West Coast Sales for Premiere Networks. Prior to that, he was National Advertising Director for the Los Angeles Times Media Group, where he was also General Manager for the L.A. Times’ BrandX offering. Now, this media ad sales pro is taking a post at Key Networks. 

The NBC affiliate serving the popular outdoor enthusiast mecca of Bend, Ore., which offers The CW+ as a digital subchannel, has selected a new News Director. It's the woman who became the anchor of its Sunrise morning news program earlier this year and was previously associated with TEGNA's NBC affiliate in Portland.

New York Festivals TV & Film Awards has a new member of its 2023 TV & Film Advisory Board. "As an award-winning director he brings his wide-ranging creative expertise to the 16-member panel of storytellers and industry executives,” the organization's VP/Executive Director says.

Three individuals who presently report to the EVP/Affiliate Sales for iHeartMedia-owned Premiere Networks have each earned a promotion, getting the title of VP/Affiliate Sales.

It's Entravision Communications' programmatic growth platform that powers performance, direct response and brand advertising campaigns across in-app, mobile web, audio and Connected TV. Now, it has a new Chief Revenue Officer. It's someone who spent six years at the helm of  Liftoff, a global programmatic ad platform for Apps, Games and Brands.

He is a former producer of the heralded ESPN Radio and ESPN2 Mike & Mike show, and also produced Mayhem in the AM, a show based at WQXI "790 The Zone" in Atlanta simulcast on Comcast Sports South TV. Today, he's firmly ensconced at Premiere Networks and has earned a promotion in which he will continue to oversee its sports programming and content, including FOX Sports Radio.

Before joining Hearst Television in 2006, he was the corporate director of engineering technology at Emmis Communications, responsible for researching and pinpointing technology for the company’s 16 television and 25 radio stations, among other duties. Now, some 16 years after joining Hearst, he's rising to the role of Broadcast Technology VP.