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There is a new head of Telemundo Studios, and he will lead the NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises unit's growth strategy and the development and production of scripted content for both linear and streaming platforms. 

The Operations Manager for five radio stations serving the Shreveport-Bossier City, La., market has been promoted to Market Manager by Connoisseur Media. This results in a new OM for the quintet of audio brands.

The NBCUniversal Local property known as "NBC 5 Chicago" is preparing for the September 14 debut of a live, half-hour weeknight program devoted to Windy City sports, entertainment, pop culture, and special guests. Toyota has been brought on as the title sponsor of the offering, which will take the 6:30pm Central time slot. 

Media, content, consulting and entertainment opportunities are next on the agenda for Smoov, who will pursue them through his newly formed Nashville Brown LLC while saying he remains open to his next executive, programming, or media leadership opportunity.

SiriusXM has promoted from within to select the person who it believes is best to lead product and technology across SiriusXM and its Pandora platform, with responsibility for product strategy and development, technology platforms and engineering, automotive and streaming distribution partnerships, and advertising technology.

After a 54-year career spent shaping Charlotte’s broadcast landscape, WKQC "K104.7" Program Director and midday personality Jack Daniel will retire from the Beasley Media Group station on September 18. That final date isn’t accidental: it is exactly 54 years to the day he started his career.

The parent organization of omnipresent noncommercial Christian music audio networks K-LOVE and Air1 has promoted from within to fill the role of Chief Revenue Officer. At the same time, K-LOVE Inc. has selected a new VP of Development.

Clay Travis, one-half of The Clay & Buck Show that pairs Travis with Buck Sexton each weekday from 9am-Noon Pacific, has signed a "renewed and expanded" agreement with Premiere and parent company iHeartMedia.

There's a new Chief Programming Officer for Pillar Media's non-secular radio stations serving Central New Jersey, Cincinnati and Denver. It's an individual who arrives from Gateway Creative Communications in St. Louis, where he served as OM for "99.1 JOY FM," the BOOST Radio Network and "WorshipOne."

'Ohana Media Group may have a Hawaiian name, but the company operates radio stations on the U.S. mainland — including six radio stations serving Anchorage and the Mat-Su Valley of Alaska. As of September 1, these station will have a new Vice President/GM.

Skyview Networks is expanding its agreement with Playfly Sports by adding a pair of Lone Star State collegiate partners while a California school adds production to the services it already receives from Skyview.

Neal Gladner is retiring as Executive Director of the Arkansas Broadcasters Association, following the SBA's upcoming convention in mid-September. Taking his role is the association's Membership Director.

In March 2025, Salem Media struck a deal to sell three FMs and an AM with an FM translator serving Honolulu to a locally based company led by Monroe D. Greer. Now, it is welcoming a veteran programming leader who once handed the music and air talent for three crosstown radio stations.

Gray Media Chief Operating Officer Sandy Breland will serve as Television Co-Chair of Forecast 2027, which has an agenda that keeps growing by the week. Now in its 24th year, the annual broadcast and finance leadership summit will be presented on November 12 at the Harvard Club of New York.

The President and General Manager of the radio station that has been the nation's top biller and one of the top all-News brands by audience multiple times in recent years has been named the 2026 NAB National Radio Award recipient.