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The man selected to take on John Fullam's duties following his early 2020 retirement has departed the company formerly known as Entercom. As a result, Fullam is back, serving as the interim SVP/Market Manager of Audacy's Denver stations.

One has been the EVP of Operations at Cumulus Media since April 2017 and has been with the company since the end of 2014. The other individual is also a EVP of Operations at the audio media company and has been there since January 2013. Both executives are now getting presidential appointments from Mary Berner.

Nexstar Media Group has named a new VP and GM of its media operations in DMA No. 82. There, the company operates the FOX and The CW Network affiliates. She will begin her new duties immediately.

Comscore has lured the former Sales and Client Relations head at Tunity to lead its commercial relationship with Publicis Groupe. In doing so, Comscore is selecting an individual who brings more than 20 years of business media and sales success across local television stations, networks and advertising agencies.

On February 1, it was revealed that "later in 2021" the Sports Format Captain for what is now known as Audacy — and Brand Manager for one of its most iconic properties — will step down. On May 12, the exact date for his departure from WFAN-AM & FM in New York and CBS Sports Radio was revealed. Now, that day has come.

The MIW Airblazer Award stems from an alliance formed in 2015 between MIW (formerly known as the MIW Group) and Morning Show Bootcamp (MSBC). "The recipient is carefully selected, as is tradition, by the prior year’s winner and is recognized for her dedication and contributions to the broadcast industry and to the communities she serves," MIW notes.

For the past 11 years, he's run a New York advisory firm consulting such entities as Premiere Networks, Viacom, Westwood One, and GeoBroadcast Solutions. Now, Gary Krantz is joining an investment bank focused on the media, marketing, information and technology industries.

He's been "an integral part" of the Fox Television stations team for 14 years and was "a natural fit" for this position, says Fox TV Stations CEO Jack Abernethy. Meet the new SVP of Digital Operations for the Fox owned-and-operated over-the-air stations.

Each of ViacomCBS’ global content leaders have been elevated as part of a structure shift that places each of these executives in charge of their respective genres within Paramount+. The big announcement: Tanya Giles has been selected to serve as a centralized programming head to chart content strategy for Paramount+ and Pluto TV globally.

He's a 30-year radio broadcasting veteran who joined Cumulus Media in 2018. Now, this longtime programming and operations leader is transferring from the company's "Texas Country" FM serving the Beaumont-Port Arthur area of the Lone Star State to the center of Georgia's Coastal Empire: Savannah.

Actor and comedian Jim Gaffigan — a five-time Grammy-nominated comedian, actor, writer and producer and contributor to CBS Sunday Morning — will entertain NAB Show attendees with a special Sunday afternoon performance.

Global media ad sales platform maker Matrix has named a new Chief Operations Officer. The Pittsburgh-based company says she will be "instrumental in helping execute the company’s global growth strategy, expanding their solutions portfolio into existing and new market verticals."

There will be a new Vice President of News, who will also serve as Managing Editor, of NewsNation, come July 19. She will oversee the Nexstar Media Group-owned network’s day-to day news gathering and production process and supervise a staff of more than 100 reporters, producers, writers, and photojournalists.

There's a new President and GM for the FM radio stations serving the Denver market owned by Max Media. It's an individual who started off his career in radio as an Account Executive at iHeartMedia's properties due south on I-25, in Colorado Springs.

Two years ago, he was appointed Director of Sales for Univision Communications' radio and television properties in San Antonio. Now, with rumors swirling that Univision wishes to sell some of its radio stations, this media ad sales veteran with experience at Urban One and iHeartMedia is joining Cumulus Media.