Media Moves

Two years ago, he was appointed Director of Sales for Univision Communications' radio and television properties in San Antonio. Now, with rumors swirling that Univision wishes to sell some of its radio stations, this media ad sales veteran with experience at Urban One and iHeartMedia is joining Cumulus Media.

A former U.S. Surgeon General has agreed to join the medical reporting team of the CW Network affiliate serving Indianapolis owned by African American broadcast station owner DuJuan McCoy.

In late May, the head of sales for Fox Television Stations’ owned-and-operated station serving the Minneapolis-St. Paul market, who added SVP/Market Manager duties in December 2014, packed her bags and relocated to the company's Seattle-Tacoma operations. Now, her successor has been chosen, and it is a promotion from within.

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.

An entertainment industry legal veteran who has been the associate general counsel at Amazon Studios until today has returned to Davis Wright Tremaine LLP after more than 20 years. It's a return for an individual who was a DWT associate in the late 1990s.

He serves as the anchor and managing editor of NBC’s flagship news broadcast. He has also served as principal anchor of “Dateline NBC” since September 2011 and leads NBC News’ special reports, breaking news and primetime political coverage. Lester Holt is now being recognized for those efforts with his induction into the NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame.

A broadcast technology integration firm that's gaining national recognition for its efforts has added a Partner as it prepares to welcome a Systems Engineer to their team.

There's a new individual in charge of the day-to-day operations at a pair of Nexstar Media Group TV stations in market No. 142 — a role that also involves management of Vaughn Media's dual ABC/The CW affiliate serving Kansas' state capital. 

The NAB Leadership Foundation has elected to present its 2021 Corporate Leadership Award to Procter & Gamble — an honor the leading linear media advertiser will receive during the televised Celebration of Service to America Awards, airing July 10 on selected broadcast stations.

"Every presentation is a performance," says veteran PR exec Rosemary Ravinal. "It is a performance with a specific audience in mind, concise content, delivered with energy and authority," she writes. "Whether you are doing a virtual presentation or in-person, there are common best practices that will ease your discomfort and greatly improve your impact."

A veteran television news executive who has served in five of Hearst Television’s largest TV markets has been promoted to the corporate position of Vice President of News. She will start in her new role on July 1, and is relocating to Hearst's New York headquarters.

The Digital Division of Nexstar Media Group has promoted its Connecticut-based VP of Strategy and Business Intelligence to the role of Chief Strategy Officer and EVP/Strategy & Data for the digital segment of the broadcast TV station owner.

On May 27, Premiere Networks announced it will replace "The Rush Limbaugh Show" with a new offering featuring FOX Sports Radio's Clay Travis and Premiere-syndicated talk host Buck Sexton. Sexton will shift from afternoon drive, Pacific Time, to take the slot. Now, Premiere knows what will fill Sexton's current three-hour time period.

Tonee Roper is one of four candidates selected for the MIW's 2021 Mildred Carter Mentoring Program. She shares more of her passion for radio, and what it's like to work at a woman-owned media company, in this encore InFOCUS Podcast, presented by DOT.FM. LISTEN HERE

Streaming and on-demand audio service provider TuneIn, which enjoys a global platform (as opposed to Audacy and iHeartRadio), has ramped up its leadership team by naming a SVP of Business Development and a SVP of Marketing, respectively.