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Public media organization PRX has announced that its Chief Operations Officer will succeed its current President/CEO, starting October 15. It puts the leadership of the public radio distributor, podcast publisher and noncommercial educational content creator in the hands of an individual who joined PRX in 2019.

He led Regional Reps Corporation for decades and built it into one of the radio industry’s longest-running independent sales rep firms. News of his passing was first posted on social media by his family and confirmed to Streamline Publishing's Radio Ink by a former colleague.

The 2027 Radio Awards features 14 category groups, offering recognition across a wide range of disciplines. Specialized category groups spotlight groundbreaking work in Digital, Podcast, and Audio Book content, while Programming Formats and Promotion/Open & ID recognize the creative standards and imaging innovation driving radio forward.

There is a new head of Telemundo Studios, and he will lead the NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises unit's growth strategy and the development and production of scripted content for both linear and streaming platforms. 

The Operations Manager for five radio stations serving the Shreveport-Bossier City, La., market has been promoted to Market Manager by Connoisseur Media. This results in a new OM for the quintet of audio brands.

The NBCUniversal Local property known as "NBC 5 Chicago" is preparing for the September 14 debut of a live, half-hour weeknight program devoted to Windy City sports, entertainment, pop culture, and special guests. Toyota has been brought on as the title sponsor of the offering, which will take the 6:30pm Central time slot. 

Media, content, consulting and entertainment opportunities are next on the agenda for Smoov, who will pursue them through his newly formed Nashville Brown LLC while saying he remains open to his next executive, programming, or media leadership opportunity.

SiriusXM has promoted from within to select the person who it believes is best to lead product and technology across SiriusXM and its Pandora platform, with responsibility for product strategy and development, technology platforms and engineering, automotive and streaming distribution partnerships, and advertising technology.

After a 54-year career spent shaping Charlotte’s broadcast landscape, WKQC "K104.7" Program Director and midday personality Jack Daniel will retire from the Beasley Media Group station on September 18. That final date isn’t accidental: it is exactly 54 years to the day he started his career.

The parent organization of omnipresent noncommercial Christian music audio networks K-LOVE and Air1 has promoted from within to fill the role of Chief Revenue Officer. At the same time, K-LOVE Inc. has selected a new VP of Development.

Clay Travis, one-half of The Clay & Buck Show that pairs Travis with Buck Sexton each weekday from 9am-Noon Pacific, has signed a "renewed and expanded" agreement with Premiere and parent company iHeartMedia.

There's a new Chief Programming Officer for Pillar Media's non-secular radio stations serving Central New Jersey, Cincinnati and Denver. It's an individual who arrives from Gateway Creative Communications in St. Louis, where he served as OM for "99.1 JOY FM," the BOOST Radio Network and "WorshipOne."

'Ohana Media Group may have a Hawaiian name, but the company operates radio stations on the U.S. mainland — including six radio stations serving Anchorage and the Mat-Su Valley of Alaska. As of September 1, these station will have a new Vice President/GM.

Skyview Networks is expanding its agreement with Playfly Sports by adding a pair of Lone Star State collegiate partners while a California school adds production to the services it already receives from Skyview.

Neal Gladner is retiring as Executive Director of the Arkansas Broadcasters Association, following the SBA's upcoming convention in mid-September. Taking his role is the association's Membership Director.