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Gray Television owns two stations in the Virginia city of Harrisonburg. The company is now promoting its News Director to GM. The move comes following the stations' departure of its former leader, to a Gray property in Shreveport.

As of November 16, TEGNA will have a new President/GM in place at its NBC affiliates serving both Boise and Twin Falls, Idaho. It's a woman who has directed the sales efforts of two gorilla-sized TV stations in Seattle since 2016.

The President of Cogeco Media, a takeover target of Rogers Sports & Media, has exited the Montréal-based owner of 23 radio stations across the Canadian province of Québec.

Sunday, February 29, is the final day for WGN America. It's set to rebrand as NewsNation, the name of the prime-time news block that debuted in September 2020 as part of a systematic relaunch of the network under Nexstar Media Group ownership. Its News Director won't be around to carry out the network's rechristening.

He joined Fox Corporation in 2019 as Executive Vice President and Chief Litigation Counsel. Now, he will oversee the company's legal function as Claudia Teran remains Executive VP and Corporate General Counsel, as well as General Counsel of FOX Sports.

A veteran radio programming pro has just been named Director of Development for the company that says it invented online research for radio in the 1990s.

After leading Alpha Media's four radio stations in nearby Fredericksburg, Va., Jeff Boden is heading north and will be back in Friendship Heights to lead what are now Cumulus Media's radio properties serving Washington, D.C.

Quu Inc., a tech company working to bring dynamic visuals to radio broadcasts, is welcoming a head of marketing and a Product Manager to its executive leadership team. The two individuals are radio industry veterans, and both report to Quu CEO Steve Newberry.

A professional with over 28 years of experience in accounting, finance, human resources and business administration has been named GM of nonprofit Adult Alternative "88Nine Radio Milwaukee." It's a woman who was previously the HR manager and accountant.

New leadership for talent strategy at CBS News and Stations that its leaders believe "will enhance the organization’s recruitment and development" has been named by its presidents and co-heads, Neeraj Khemlani and Wendy McMahon. The appointments are effective November 1.

Recently, Good Karma Brands promoted Sam Pines to a corporate-level role of SVP. This left the top leadership spot open in Cleveland, where it operates the market's ESPN Radio affiliate. Pines' successor in the market has now been named.

Emerson Coleman, the SVP/Programming at Hearst Television, is retiring in summer 2022. His successor has just been named, and it is the person who is joining the operation to serve as VP/Programming under Coleman, who will guide her until he says farewell.

Just days after the closing of a transaction that effectively melds Televisa’s media content and production assets with those of Univision, the combined company now known as TelevisaUnivision Inc. has appointed a pair of sales leaders who are each taking Senior Vice President roles under EVP/Multimedia Sales John Kozack.

Graham Media Group, which moved its headquarters back to Detroit following the retirement of Emily Barr as President/CEO, has named a VP and Chief Innovation Officer while promoting from within its new Director of Innovation.

It's a new service from iHeartMedia that 'simplifies audio advertising," the nation's No. 1 creator and distributor of audio content says. Serving as its Executive VP is a woman who most recently served as the Chief Revenue Officer at Stitcher, the podcast entity within Sirius XM.