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MediaCo Holding Inc. has appointed an individual to serve as Vice President of Operations & Efficiency. He will report to Chief Revenue Officer Brian Fisher.

With a pending shift of the Estrella TV Spanish-language television network from a digital multicast agreement with a Hearst Television station to an owned property in Orlando, a longtime sales executive handling Hearst's Estrella TV offerings is joining MediaCo.

As RBR+TVBR first reported last week, Frank Biancuzzo, who since 2021 has served as President of Hearst Media Production Group (HMPG), will retire from the company at mid-year 2026. Who will be taking the role once he departs is now known.

He was previously the News Director of KSDK-TV in St. Louis. Now, he's taking a similar role at the TEGNA station in Houston offering CBS programming to local viewers. 

The FOX Television Stations property serving Milwaukee has selected a new individual tasked with overseeing  the editorial, business, and administration functions for the station and its streaming offerings, reporting to Sr. VP/Regional GM Mim Davey.

For eleven years, she has overseen an unaffiliated broadcast TV station owned and operated by Hearst Television in the sprawling Tampa-St. Petersburg-Lakeland-Sarasota-Sebring DMA — a station found across the region on nearly every MVPD provider.  Come April 1, she'll be retired, having concluded more than 40 years of service in television across the Sunshine State.

In October 2020, he joined Estrella Media under its previous ownership as Executive VP of Digital and Streaming Media. Now, he's been promoted to the newly created role of Chief Growth & Innovation Officer at the entity that is today the parent of Estrella Media — and two venerable New York radio brands.

These appointees will advise Television Academy Chair Cris Abrego and the 2026 Television Academy Board of Governors on some of the most important issues and initiatives facing the television industry while helping to shape the organization’s direction.

The stations serving Nassau and Suffolk Counties on New York's Long Island owned by Connoisseur Media have a new Station Manager — an individual tasked with becoming "the bridge for programming, sales, promotions, and operations." Who's getting promoted from within at the fast-growing company led by Jeff Warshaw?

Frank Biancuzzo, who since 2021 has served as President of Hearst Media Production Group (HMPG), will retire from the company at mid-year 2026 — capping a career of more than four decades in television, most of it spent with Hearst Television.

At the start of 2026, she shared the news that she was now VP of Agency and Retail Partnerships at Consumable, following a 12-year run at Crystal Media Networks. Now, she's had a change of heart, and is joining Compass Media Networks for a top sales position under President of Advertising Sales & Marketing Paul Gregrey.

The joint venture created between Key Networks and United Stations Radio Networks (USRN) is welcoming the addition of two new sales executives. One individual will serve as VP of Sales and Brand Partnerships, while her colleague takes the post of Director of Strategic Research and Planning.

Live media production workflow specialist Lawo, a familiar brand to NAB Show attendees in the video media space, has promoted from within to select its new Chief Executive Officer. As part of the transition, Philipp Lawo has stepped down from the Board of Directors of Lawo AG .

The parent of Estrella Media and heritage New York radio stations WBLS and WQHT "HOT 97," is welcoming a new Director of Local and National Sales Development. His principal tasks including working closely with MediaCo’s Political Sales Team to strengthen the company’s position heading into the upcoming election cycle.

The radio production company co-owned by National Radio Hall of Fame inductee Dr. Laura Schlessinger and Crossover Media Group has promoted from within to fill the role of VP/General Manager.