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The former Digital Sales Manager at WJBK "FOX 2" in Detroit has been tapped to take a role at Beasley Media Group's Detroit radio stations previously held by Lynn Montemayor, who is now Director of Sales for the collection of broadcast audio properties.

He's been with Audacy Inc. for 18 months and led the execution of such initiatives as Hip Hop Made, I’m Listening, 1Thing and Launch. He also played a key part of the rollout of the company's partnerships with ReelWorld, United Stations and Live Nation. Now, this Audacy staffer has been given the role of Director/Programming.

In the roles of co-chairs for the 2024 Gracie Awards are Heather Cohen, Executive Vice President at The Weiss Agency; Annie Howell, Chief Communications Officer at Hallmark Media; and Mike McVay, President of McVay Media Consulting.

Call it "global warming." Call it a "climate shift." No matter where you stand on the matter, how the weather will impact you and future generations is a hot topic. As such, CBS News and Stations is adding a "senior climate producer" to its team while shifting a CBS News team member to the climate beat. 

The media research, marketing, digital and content intelligence provider founded by President Carolyn Gilbert has hired a longtime radio trade publication sales associate as its new Vice President of Sales. 

Twenty-four names will be selected as nominees to be voted upon by industry personnel later this year, leading to the selection of the 2024 Radio Hall of Fame Induction Class. The induction will take place later this fall, with information on this year’s induction ceremony coming this spring.

The Florida Association of Broadcasters will for the first time recognize some of "the most impactful, inspirational, and influential broadcasting legends" to have worked in the Sunshine State on June 27 as the group reveals its inaugural class for the Florida Broadcasters Hall of Fame.

Getting the role is a marketing consultancy head advising media companies, agencies and tech start-ups on strategy and business development. Before launching his own shop, he was widely known as SVP/Marketing for Disney Channel, and had been at The Walt Disney Company for some 15 years.

From March 2021 through April 2023, he was SVP of Client Success and an executive team member at Marketron. Prior to that, he was VP of Client Success at LOCALiQ. Introducing the new West Region Digital Sales Director for Salem Media Group's digital marketing firm.

Workflow automation and ad management company Frequency is contracting with a "seasoned digital audio leader" to help it expand its business development efforts. This individual will work alongside Frequency CEO Pete Jimison.

The EVP/CFO of advertising world giant Interpublic Group of Companies has been appointed to a seat on the Nexstar Media Group Board of Directors. She'll serve as an independent director as of October 1 and stand for election at the 2025 annual shareholders meeting.

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.

It's been an interesting seven months for Entravision Communications, which in March disclosed that Meta's wind-down of its Authorized Sales Partner (ASP) would likely reduce the company’s EBITDA and revenue in a significant way. CEO Michael Christenson has now confirmed a change that impacts the C-Suite role of Chief Revenue Officer.

The Morgan Murphy Media subsidiary that owns and operates six radio stations in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and TV stations in Marquette and Alpena, Mich., has promoted from within to fill the role of Digital of Digital Sales for the Mitten State.

The iHeartMedia-owned spoken word network led by President Tony Coles has appointed a new VP of News and Content, and he'll be responsible for the day-to-day leadership of the newsroom and its team of journalists, with a focus on developing news content of interest to African American audio consumers.