Carty-Sipp Selected As NAB’s New TV SVP
The former VP and Director of Programming at an ABC O&O in the City of Brotherly Love has been chosen to serve as the new Senior VP of Television for the NAB. She begins her new duties some 90 minutes to the south of Philadelphia on March 1.
‘WWO’ Adds Three Directors As Rossi Returns
Cumulus Media-owned Westwood One is bolstering its network sales organization with new hires in Los Angeles and Chicago — including the return of a talk-intensive VP who previously spent two years at Veritone Inc. and, for 25 years before that, held a host of L.A. radio sales and management roles.
Sinclair Empowers Schwartz With Top Sales Duties
A longtime corporate sales executive at Sinclair Broadcast Group has just received a promotion. An individual who took a top-level role as Corporate Director of Sales for the broadcast media company in April 2007 and rose to VP of Sales in June 2010 is now in a newly created role at Sinclair. The appointment comes as the company edges closer to regulatory approval of its merger with Tribune Media.
Norville Gets Nod As Golden Mike Award Host
Longtime television personality Deborah Norville, host of the syndicated entertainment newsmagazine Inside Edition, has been chosen to host the Broadcasters Foundation of America’s 2018 Golden Mike Award. This black-tie fundraiser scheduled for March 5 in New York, one of the Broadcasters Foundation's biggest events, honors the President/CEO of Graham Media.
WVUE’s Ingram Gets A Promotion At Raycom
The VP/GM of a Raycom station in New Orleans has been promoted to a regional role at the TV station owner. His new duties involve his current station; two stations in Cape Girardeau, Mo., he previously led; a property in Knoxville; and two other small-market operations.
FOX Promotes Hughes To Top Digital Consumer Group Spot
Fox Networks Group has promoted its President of Technology and Innovation to the outright role of President of its Digital Consumer Group (DCG). The move frees up its President/COO to focus on his role, as he had been also handling those duties.
No iHeart Breakup: Mitchem Stays In EVP Role
There'll be no heartbreak for Thea Mitchem or the two individuals she reports to at iHeartMedia anytime soon. The National Programming Group's EVP/Programming for iHeart's Northeast Division is sticking around for a while, thanks to a long-term contract extension inked today
Cumulus Restructures Suzanne Grimes’ Salary Upward
There are 14 companies that are now forced to seek "vendor recovery" funds from the State of New York, as a Bankruptcy Court in New York has approved of a plan to terminate any payments owed to the largely mom-and-pop operations by the nation's No. 2 radio broadcasting company by number of stations. That didn't stop Cumulus Media from giving its EVP/Corporate Marketing and WW1 President a raise.
Ex-iHeart/Cincy SVP Arrives In Dayton For Alpha Role
There's a new OM and Content Director for two of Alpha Media's five radio stations in Nielsen Audio Market No. 64. It's an individual who most recently served as SVP/Programming for iHeartMedia's Cincinnati station group.
An Entercom Alum Returns As Sacramento OM
The individual who served in a top Dallas-based role for Townsquare Media from November 2013-July 2016 and spent more than a decade as Clear Channel's Dallas and Houston OM has returned to Entercom after 16 1/2 years. His new role sees him relocating to the capital of the Golden State.
Mets Vet Elevated To Lead Entercom’s Gotham Sales Efforts
From May 2007 through April 2015, an Interep vet served as Sales Manager for then-CBS Radio-owned Sports WFAN-AM 660 in New York. He then went across town, joining iHeartMedia. Now, he's "come back to brands" he loves — now under the direction of Entercom.
Dispatch Head Brings Beasley Board To Ten
On Tuesday (1/23), Beasley Broadcast Group's Board of Directors amended the radio broadcasting company's bylaws and, in doing so, increased the size of the board from nine to ten directors. Who is the 10th director? It is the Chairman/CEO of The Dispatch Printing Company.
Meredith Moves McCreery To Top Local Ops Role
Meredith Corporation's VP/News & Marketing has just taken on a much bigger role at the media company's 17 owned and/or operated TV stations across the U.S. As of today, this individual is now EVP/Operations for the Local Media Group, with all station operations and GMs reporting directly to him.
Truman Wins PDX Post At Sinclair
Sinclair Broadcast Group has asked its GM of its Boise, Idaho duopoly to pack his bags and truck west along Interstate 84 to the Rose City to take on a bigger role at the media company seeking to complete its merger with Tribune Media.
Was 2017 A Downbeat Year For Media Brokers?
As RBR+TVBR continues its look back at 2017 and peek into what will make headlines in the next 12 months, we reviewed the total number of broadcast radio and TV transactions seen since January. Given all of the talk about what the FCC under Chairman Ajit Pai would do for the deal-making market, was 2017 a disappointment for brokers? Here's what Robert Heymann, Chicago-based Director for Media Services Group has to say about that.