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The Alliance for Women in Media (AWM) has announced its 2015 National Board of Directors.

CBS Corp. Chief Research Officer David Poltrack questioned digital's ROI for advertisers and revised upward his FY '17 ad forecast

The role of Digital Program Director has grown in importance for many broadcast radio companies, including iHeartMedia. The nation's top owner of AMs and FMs by station count just appointed another individual to its growing roster of employees bearing this title, as Rob Whiteside will now serve in the role for its Virginia/Carolina Region, effective immediately.

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.

A veteran radio sales executive with roles at Capitol Broadcasting and Entercom has just taken the reins as SVP/Sales for iHeartMedia's group of stations in the Triangle region of North Carolina.

More than a year after being dismissed by iHeartMedia as part of a wide-ranging job reduction initiative, the company's former Market Manager and GM of heritage News/Talk WLW-AM in Cincinnati has just joined Cumulus Media. In his new role, he will oversee the company's stations in Indianapolis.

The individual who has guided SummitMedia's four Springfield, Mo., radio stations for nearly two decades and, before that, led Southwest Missouri radio properties owned by Mid-West Family Stations, has decided to retire.

The woman who has served as Director of Interactive Marketing at Beasley Media Group is being promoted to the role of VP/Digital Marketing.

LBI Media's debtor-in-possession status and ongoing battles between first-lien and second-lien noteholders in a Delaware bankruptcy court aren't impacting the company from operating with business as usual: Estrella TV is welcoming a new SVP of Network Sales.

Come May 14, a Syracuse-based radio broadcasting company will be welcoming its new Chief Financial Officer. Who is it? Don't look to any media companies. This individual has more than 20 years of experience in the New York banking industry.

The director of engineering in the eastern region for Hearst Television since 2017 has been promoted to VP/Engineering. He succeeds an individual who assumes the title of Senior Director of Engineering ahead of a planned retirement from the company in 2020.

Two key members of the sales department, along with the GM, have been dismissed from the E.W. Scripps Co.-owned ABC affiliate serving Western New York and the Ontario cities of Toronto, Hamilton and St. Catharines. Scripps declined to comment on the respective exits.

After a tenure in Music City plagued with steep ratings declines for its local newscasts, Dale Woods is packing up and going north — to Louisville. Starting Oct. 1, he'll serve as President/GM of the FOX, MyNetwork TV and CW affiliates serving the Kentucky city.

For nearly three years, this woman has served as the key individual responsible for human resources strategy at Nielsen. On Thursday, she tendered her resignation, an SEC filing states. She's heading over to work with Bob Bakish, taking a position at what's to become ViacomCBS.