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The NAB's 2026 Marconi Radio Award nomination window is now open, and will remain so through the month of May. Award winners will be announced during a special dinner program presented by HD Radio and DTS AutoStage parent Xperi on Tuesday, Oct. 20.

Who are the recipients of the Diane Sutter Shooting Star Award and the Broadcast Leadership Training (BLT) Champion Award?  We now know that this year's honors went to KOAT-TV's VP/GM and the recently retired FCC Video Division chief, respectively.

He's been with DMR/Interactive since taking the post of VP of Marketing Strategy in December 2019, helping shape the company's strategy as media consumption habits were shook by the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, he's been promoted to Executive VP of Strategy and Growth.

In these newly-created leadership roles, both executives will be responsible for leading and driving broadcast advertising revenue in addition to developing and overseeing newly created enterprise-level preferred partnerships with agency holding companies across all of the AMG expansive portfolio of broadcast, cable, and digital streaming assets.

He began his career at WPVI‑TV in Philadelphia in 1993 as a news writer for Action News. Now, he is being promoted to the role of President/General Manager of the ABC Owned Stations property among eight facing an early license renewal order handed to The Walt Disney Co. by the FCC this week.

She's an actress known for such 1990s classics as Groundhog Day and Four Weddings and a Funeral. On May 19, she will be bestowed with the Gracies Icon Award at a Beverly Hills ceremony from the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation.

Some 40 years ago, they were among the most listened-to spoken word stations in the nation. Today, they operate in a vastly different landscape, leading Cumulus Media to rethink who should program two of its big-signal Golden State AM radio stations. The stations' new Program Director was announced on Monday.

Since joining Sinclair in 2021, he has overseen its compliance programs and regulatory strategy, helping ensure alignment with evolving industry standards and requirements, overseeing key regulatory areas including FCC, antitrust, privacy and corporate conduct. May 4 marks his final day in that role.

The three AMs and five FM radio stations owned by iHeartMedia in Louisville have a new VP of Programming, overseeing what comes out of the speakers for a total of nine audio brands serving Kentucky's largest market.

There's a change in the programming leadership for the six radio brands serving Philadelphia owned by iHeartMedia, as Derrick Corbett shifts to the role of VP of Programming and a focus solely on Adult R&B WDAS-FM and Hip-Hop WUSL "Power 99."

There's a new Operations Manager coming to the six radio stations serving the San Antonio market owned by Cox Media Group, and he'll take the position on May 4.

Ballots go out April 24 to nearly 1,000 industry members, who can vote for up to six nominees through May 8. The top six vote-getters earn automatic induction; the Radio Hall of Fame Nominating Committee will round out the class. Inductees will be announced on May 20 and honored on October 8 in Chicago.

GatesAir has added to its Global Services organization with the hiring of two Service Support Engineers who will work within the Global Services team and focus their efforts on supporting AirWatch365 customers.

The individual who most recently served as General Manager for American General Media's Bakersfield radio stations has joined Cumulus Media to lead its radio stations serving Ventura County, Calif. The stations include a grandfathered 105kw Class B FM licensed to Santa Barbara.

A company that has delivered such products to the radio industry as the XTrends weekly and monthly ratings analyses, and Analyst and Hook Exchange, is celebrating the promotion of a 16-year staffer to the role of VP of Operations.