Tuesday, June 16, 2026

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Back to school plans of optimistic yet frugal consumers

Deloitte sees major improvement in consumer sentiment year-over-year, with an increasing number of families coming to believe they stand on “solid ground.” However, the hard-learned lessons of thriftiness and careful household financial management will still rule the day during the upcoming back-to-school shopping season.

FEMA runs Its Annual PrepareAthon

Thursday, April 30 is the day that FEMA urges Americans to make sure they are ready
Chicago

Can Three Parties Control One LPFM Station?

Sound of Hope Radio will not get a chance to be a time-share partner of a new LPFM set to debut in Chicago

Unlike Santa, This Claus Is Retiring

After a decade in the Big Easy, Mr. Claus is calling it a day. Don't worry, there are no sleigh bells involved. This Mr. Claus is a veteran radio executive who has been overseeing such stations as WWL and WEZB "B97."
April Carty-Sipp

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.

iHeartMedia Transfers Miami Digital PD To Market No. 4

Last week, iHeartMedia's San Francisco Bay Area station group created the role of VP/Podcast Programming and handed it to its Digital PD of 16 months. Now, the cluster has filled the open slot by handing it to an individual who has been Digital PD of iHeart's Miami-Fort Lauderdale radio stations.

BMI Re-elects Six Members To Board of Directors

Broadcast Music, Inc. on Monday re-elected six members of its Board of Directors during the music rights organization's annual shareholder meeting in Nashville. Six Board members were elected to new three-year terms.

Troberman Lures Ex-Microsoft Colleague As Her No. 2

A marketing professional who has served as an advisor to Montauk Brewing Company for the past five years and had been CMO for GroundTruth for the last 12 months is taking a senior-level marketing post at iHeartMedia, now billing itself as "the leading audio company in the United States."
iHeart Radio

Farias Finds Career Peak In Colorado Springs

Pikes Peak is clearly visible from most of Colorado Springs, especially at this time of year. For Jessica Farias, a different kind of peak has arrived for her in this city to the south of Denver. 

A Broadcast Bump For Salem’s Cohen

The individual who in 2018 expanded Salem Media Group's digital sales program at the local level has just been elevated to the role of VP/Broadcast Digital.

Here’s Who’s Leading ‘TheStudio at iHeartMedia’

The individual who until now has served as EVP and Executive Creative Director for iHeartMedia since joining the company in 2017 has just been promoted to Chief Creative Officer and EVP for the newly branded in-house creative group “TheStudio at iHeartMedia.” 

Storytelling Tales At Radio Show, From Best-Selling Author

A New York Times bestselling author will keynote a session focused on the art of storytelling at the Radio Show, set for Sept. 24-27 in Dallas. This wordsmith began his professional career as a staff writer for the late comedienne Joan Rivers’ syndicated talk show.

Paramount TV Secures Segna For Development Post

Viacom-owned Paramount Television has hired a SVP/Development for the division, while also naming two Development VPs -- all of whom will report to EVP/Head of Development Jenna Santoianni.

O’Dell Comes Back To Cumulus For Palmetto State Post

From September 2010 through the end of 2013, Tammy O'Dell served as Cumulus's VP/Sales in the Charleston, S.C. Now, she's returning to what is today Cumulus Media by taking on VP/Market Manager responsibilities for the company's stations in the state capital.

Here’s Who Getting A 2020 Tartikoff Legacy Award

Who are the recipients of the NATPE 17th Annual Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Award? A veteran actress will be honored alongside the Chairman of WarnerMedia News and Sports, President of ABC Entertainment, and President of NBCUniversal Telemundo Global Studios, among others.