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The Center for Sales Strategy (CSS) has a new Senior Vice President of Sales. It is a woman with more than 25 years of experience who is inbound from Cox Enterprises, where she held various senior leadership roles, including Chief Revenue Officer at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.  

The Gray Media broadcast offerings bringing NBC and CBS network programming branded as "Alaska's News Source" has a new General Manager. It's an individual who is making a big relocation, as he's most recently served as Sales Manager of a Hearst Television pair in Northwest Arkansas.

He has a surname that's apropos for his workplace, and he's just been promoted to Regional VP of Sales for the FOX Television Stations serving Orlando, Tampa-St. Petersburg and Gainesville-Ocala.

An individual who most recently served as Sr. VP of Global Media Rights for Aggregate Sports and before that was VP of Programming for NBC Sports Group will now be reporting to the President of The CW Network, as he's taken on the role of SVP of Sports.

Since May 2021, he was a features reporter on KMAX-31 in Sacramento, as part of the Good Day weekend news team. Before that, he worked in the market for iHeartRadio, at "FOX40," and at the former CBS Radio station group. Now, every media outlet in town and its consumers are mourning "Big Al" Sams.

The E.W. Scripps Company has tapped a veteran sales executive who has been with the company since 2016 to lead all revenue strategy and business development efforts across Scripps’ collection of local television stations. Starting Monday, he will hold the role of VP of Local Media Sales.

"Some of you may have noted that my LinkedIn status recently changed as I've now left the Nexstar family." That's how Stacey Lynn Schulman officially shared the news on Thursday that she's no longer with the nation's No. 1 owner of broadcast television stations.

America’s Public Television Stations (APTS) today announced the election of its board leaders and board members, and the President/CEO of WXEL-42 and WPBT-2, "South Florida PBS," is the new Chair.

On January 20, RBR+TVBR first shared the news that European audio branding company PURE Jingles has brought on Andy Denemark for a U.S.-focused role, serving as its domestic Branding Consultant. It now appears Denemark has a second new role after many years at United Stations.

Tom Kraeutler was 65 years of age and died of complications following a recent surgery. 'The Money Pit' will continue airing with Leslie Segrete, with whom he also authored a book, as the program’s production company, Squeaky Door Productions, explores options for a new host.

Since 2020, she has served as Special Projects Executive Producer for the FOX Television Stations-owned station serving the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Sarasota-Lakeland-Sebring DMA. Now, she's VP and News Director for "FOX 13."

Ten Crystal Radio Award winners will be chosen from the finalists by a panel of judges representing the broadcast industry, community service organizations and public relations firms. The awards will be presented during a special ceremony at the NAB State Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C., on March 4.

He takes the new role on February 24. Mark Shecterle will oversee all of CMG’s radio stations in the market, including "99.5 KISS FM," KONO-AM & FM, "106.7 FM The Eagle," Country "Y100 FM," and KKYX-AM 680, which uses an FM translator at 104.9 MHz.

Mentoring and Inspiring Women in Radio, the non-profit group dedicated to advancing female leadership in radio broadcasting, has unveiled the MIW Erica Farber Mentorship in Management Class of 2025.

The ABC affiliate serving Columbus, Ga., has a new VP/General Manager, effective February 3. And, it happens to be the Director of Sales at the Gray Media-owned property.