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He's been linked to a spoken word AM radio station associated with CBS Radio since it purchased the property in 1932 from General Mills. Now, he has officially retired from the property that is today owned by Soros Fund Management-controlled Audacy Inc.

The National Association of Broadcasters on Friday announced the results of its 2026 NAB Radio and Television Board of Directors elections. The two-year terms of the elected board members will begin this month.

The fifth Executive Producer in the history of CBS' Sunday early prime newsmagazine "60 Minutes" has been named. And, it is the first to bring experience from outside linear television to the program.

Until May 27, she served as the Chief Legal Officer, Executive VP/General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Nexstar Media Group. Following moves in the legal team announced earlier this month, this 25-year CG has departed the company that is fighting to fully integrate its acquired TEGNA assets.

For the second consecutive year, CBC/Radio-Canada has been named New York Festivals Radio Awards Broadcaster of the Year, as Canada's national public media operation was recognized for "consistently compelling and thought-provoking storytelling across its networks."

She's a well-known personality across the Triangle region of North Carolina, thanks to her role as the midday host for "Foxy 107/104." Now, she's expanding her role within Urban One by taking a key marketing role in Raleigh-Durham.

In a move the Apollo Global Management-controlled broadcast media company believes will strengthen its leadership "in driving digital revenue growth and innovation across its markets," Cox Media Group has named a Senior Director of Digital Sales.

In 1987 she took the role of an account executive at the former WDBN-FM in Medina, Ohio. She then joined WNIR in Akron before shifting to a pair of stations in Mansfield, Ohio. Over the years, that station group grew to become a seven-station cluster, one that she would lead. Now, Margie Tasseff is retiring.

She's a San Diego-based veteran of the U.S. Hispanic media marketplace, and from May 2005 through July 2023 was associated with Univision Communications, exiting as President and Regional General Manager of the company's San Diego, Las Vegas and Rio Grande Valley radio stations. Now, she's joined the RAB.

He most recently served as Local Sales Manager for WRTV-6 in Indianapolis and exited with its sale to DuJuan McCoy's Circle City Broadcasting. Meet the new VP/General Manager of Sinclair Inc.'s two stations in the Cedar Rapids-Iowa City market.

For the exclusive global provider of Philips Professional Displays, Nicole Rutherford brings "a tidal wave of knowledge, experience, and entrepreneurial flair" to PPDS. She is based in Hudson, Fla., and reports to Director of North America Marketing Megan Lipinczyk.

Job cuts across radio, TV, newspapers, and digital media rose 18% last year compared to 2024, and those still employed in the newsroom are feeling it acutely. That's the most alarming finding in Cision's 2026 State of the Media report, which surveyed 1,899 journalists across 19 global markets during January and February.

The trade organization and political advocacy group representing some 500 small and medium-sized MVPDs has shared the results of the reelection of officers to its Board of Directors and Executive Committee.

After more than six years, Matt Stockman is stepping down as Chief Programming Officer at Pillar Media to focus on his consulting practice serving nonprofit and Christian radio organizations in a full-time capacity. His last day at Pillar will be August 31.

The VP of News for the two NBCU Local Telemundo Station Group properties serving Hispanics across Arizona has been appointed News Director for both the Telemundo and NBC owned-and-operated properties serving the Cradle of Liberty and the entire Delaware Valley.