Media Moves

Sinclair Broadcast Group has made several promotions within the company’s legal department, with each of the individuals reporting to SVP and General Counsel David Gibber.

She's spent time in New York and in Philadelphia, and the majority of her career in radio — including today — in the heart of Ohio's Miami Valley. Now, the Dayton Area Broadcasters Hall of Fame has formally honored Radio + Television Business Report and Radio Ink Publisher Deborah Parenti with its Lifetime Achievement Award.

It is known for tools designed to monetize gaming, podcasts, audiobooks, music and, most importantly to the radio broadcasting industry, audio streams. Now, it is welcoming an individual from Adswizz and another individual from Spotify to the senior leadership team.

FreeWheel has a new Chief Strategy Officer, and this individual will work closely with FreeWheel leadership to develop strategic plans in support of achieving the Comcast-owned entity’s long-term vision, while enhancing business operations and establishing strong relationships within the advertising landscape. She will be based in New York.

She's inbound from AfterShock Media, where she led its global film and television business and was charged with expanding the company’s comic book slate internationally, and forging relationships with producers, writers, and platforms. Introducing the new President of Scripted Television at Dynamic Television.

He's one of the best-known and most respected multicultural advertising executives in the audio content space. Now, he's been promoted to EVP of Multicultural Partnerships at Katz Media Group.

Since its debut in the mid-2000s, WYMS-FM 88.9 has emerged as one of the nation's tastemaker eclectic Adult Alternative stations, providing Milwaukee with music and programming perhaps akin to KCRW in Southern California and KEXP in Seattle. Now, noncommercial "88Nine Radio Milwaukee" has a new Executive Director.

After a lengthy search, Alpha Media's SVP and Market Manager for its stations in the Miami Valley and in the home of the National Football League Hall of Fame now have an Operations Manager.

It is a region that encompasses Alabama, Mississippi, and Memphis. Effective immediately,  iHeartMedia’s "Midsouth" area has a new Area President. It's a company veteran whose time at the company dates to 1998, and predecessor companies in the Mobile market.

In another sign that the National Association of Broadcasters wants to make NAB Show New York a suitable replacement for the now-defunct Radio Show it co-produced with the Radio Advertising Bureau, one of the most recognizable names in Radio will be receiving the 2022 NAB Distinguished Service Award — the organization's highest honor.

In another sign that the "Big Tech" companies groups such as the NAB point to as dollar-siphoning behemoths that are immune from FCC regulatory policy aren't so evil, the newly launched Google-backed Scripps Journalism Journey Initiative is continuing its launch phase by hiring a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist to lead it.

Cumulus Media has opened the doors to a new division, one devoted to Music Partnerships. It has selected a 12-year Cumulus veteran to lead it, serving as the audio content creation and distribution company's creative liaison with artists, labels, booking agencies, and promoters.

The biggest Spanish-language media and content company in the world has selected an Executive Vice President of Global Broadcast Engineering. This individual will have three bosses.

He presently serves as Area President for iHeartMedia's Alaska markets. Now, he's adding the company's stations in Honolulu to his watch.

Like Bill Livek, who in late February announced his retirement as CEO of Comscore, the company's Chief Commercial Officer arrived following a tenure at Rentrak. There, Chris Wilson oversaw sales and product development priorities, among other things. Now, Wilson is set to depart Comscore, which has put the wheels in motion on a series of executive leadership moves in the wake of his exit.