Santamaria Exits TelevisaUnivision For Top ‘LAIst’ Role
After sitting on the sidelines for a year, following her departure from TelevisaUnivision, Alejandra Santamaria has reemerged at a NPR Member station serving the nation's second-largest market amid a time of financial distress. She succeeding Herb Scannell as CEO.
Stamos Named Chief Innovation Officer of Zeam
Actor and musician John Stamos has since the start of 2024 served as the spokesperson for a local TV-focused streaming app now adding its own content. As of today, Stamos is earning a promotion at Zeam Media.
Bones Home Sold By Premiere-Syndicated Host
The Premiere Networks-syndicated program helmed by Bobby Bones has become a valued property for iHeartMedia — so much that Bones was present in June at the “iHeartCafé” pop-up tied to the Cannes Lions Festival. Now, Bones is poised to cash in from the sale of his Nashville home.
KFEQ Sports Director Now Heading Broadcasting For Local University
Missouri Western State University has hired the Sports Director for an Eagle Communications-owned News/Talk radio station serving St. Joseph, Mo., as its first-ever Director of Broadcasting.
TV Station Owner Lockwood Names News Head
Lockwood Broadcast Group, which operates 12 television stations across the U.S., has given its General Manager in Charlottesville, Va., additional duties as the company headed by Dave Hanna fills its newly created position of Corporate Director of News.
EMF’s K-LOVE Ups Houser To Key Radio Role
The parent organization of the two largest Christian Contemporary Music (CCM) radio networks in the U.S. has promoted four leaders within its executive leadership team. This includes the appointment of a Chief Development Officer of a person who held similar duties at Food for the Poor.
Miller To Lead Audacy’s Cleveland Cluster
The four radio stations Audacy Inc. owns in Cleveland, plus the market's "Channel Q" HD Radio home, have a new leader. It's the individual who has served as General Sales Manager for Sports Talk WKRK-FM "92.3 The Fan" and joined the company then-known as Entercom in 1996.
TV Streaming App Adds Execs, Including An Audacy Director
It rebranded its app from VUit to Zeam earlier this year with a splashy Super Bowl LVIII ad featuring John Stamos. Now, the company powering the OTT app featuring local content from local TV stations across the U.S. is bolstering its C-Suite team as it seeks to widen its original fare.
Publicis Groupe’s Parekh Takes Key Nielsen Role
Nielsen has selected a Chief Solutions Officer of Digital Product, and it is an individual who most recently served as EVP/Managing Director at Publicis Groupe.
Mann To Lead N.J. Digital Sales Duties For Beasley
He took a radio sales role in Harrisburg for Cumulus Media a decade ago after a 12-year career as a Clarks Companies retail store manager. Now, Dan Mann is heading to the Garden State to serve as Digital Sales Manager for Beasley Media Group's six stations there.
In An Original Townsquare Market, Lawson Succeeds Retiring Leader
Scott Souhrada is retiring after 10 years in the role. The man succeeding him joined the company in June 2022 as Director of Sales, and previously served as Integrated Sales Manager for Cox Media Group in San Antonio.
Longtime Radio, TV Management Head Tom Herschel Retires
Herschel’s career in media began in 1986 as an Account Executive and later as a Local Sales Manager for Nationwide Communications’ WGAR-AM & FM in Cleveland. His TV roles include sales roles at Scripps' WEWS-5 and at KGMB-5, the latter under Emmis ownership.
Audacy Host in Richmond, Norfolk Dies
Kat Simons "informed, entertained, and kept us company," Audacy Inc. says, adding that her "warm, smoky voice" became a household staple throughout Richmond and Virginia's Hampton Roads region. Now, listeners in both markets are mourning the loss of Simons.
Longtime Radio Industry Figure Steve Lapa Dies
He owned, operated, or managed some 28 different radio and TV stations from West Palm Beach to the San Francisco Bay Area. From 2014-2018 he headed up network and syndication sales for The Bob & Tom Show. Now, many in the radio industry are pausing to pay tribute to Steve Lapa.
Regan Welcomes Ex-WEEI Brand Mananger Zarbano For Key Role
Joe Zarbano joins RCG after a stint in sponsorship marketing and sports betting initiatives at Encore Boston Harbor. RCG works across business, financial, hospitality, government, arts, and non-profit sectors, with offices down the East Coast from New England to Florida.