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Nearly 14 years ago, Sinclair Broadcast Group's television stations in the Steel City welcomed a new GSM. Today, the company is congratulating him on being promoted to General Manager of WPGH-TV and WPNT-TV.

The Mentoring and Inspiring Women in Radio Group (MIW Group) has selected the President of Katz Radio Group as the 2019 recipient of the MIW Group Frances Preston Trailblazer Award.

The media and marketing company superserving U.S. millennial women through its multimedia lifestyle brands that owns through its Local Media arm some 17 broadcast TV stations has hired a Goop alum as its new Chief Strategy Officer.

Helping Mr. Master grow its AIM and MediaShooterPro client base is the now-former Senior Vice President/Affiliate Services for iHeartMedia’s Total Traffic Network -- a News/Talk radio management veteran who also served as an Executive Editor for Radio & Records.

On May 31, 2019, David Amy retired as Vice Chairman of Sinclair Broadcast Group. Now, he has resurfaced, as he's been selected to hold the role of Chairman of the non-profit trade association that negotiates music performing rights licenses on behalf of the local commercial TV industry and leads efforts to promote a competitive market for music performing rights.

TEGNA's Senior Director of Corporate Development has been promoted to Head of Investor Relations. At the same time, there's a new VP/Treasurer in place at TEGNA.

He began his career there as an intern. Now, he's the top man in charge at an ABC Owned Television Stations O&O in the Golden State.

Chalk up another cancellation due to the ongoing novel coronavirus. The Library of American Broadcasting Foundation (LABF) says conditions do not permit it to hold its annual Giants of Broadcasting awards luncheon in 2020.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Matrix Awards and they'll come to life in a virtual gala scheduled for October 12 at Noon ET. Who are the honorees?

Sinclair Broadcast Group has appointed an individual who will be responsible for the day-to-day editorial operations and news content strategies for the company's regional sports networks and its newly created Stadium unit.

The Director of Sales for Beasley Media Group's cluster stations in New England's biggest market has just been promoted to the corporate level position of VP/Sales for the entire radio broadcasting company.

Most recently he provided brand strategy, consumer insights, and custom market research as a consultant for NBCUniversal, Disney, Crown Media and the Weather Channel. Now, he's the new Chief Research Officer at The E.W. Scripps Company.

His appointment to head Rohde & Schwarz’s Broadcast and Media Division supports the strategic shift in the Munich-based tech company's approach toward its core markets and reinforces the company’s intention of becoming more disruptive in production, delivery and distribution workflow management and software-centric products and systems.

The National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) has four new board members, following their election to the organization that hosts the annual NATPE Miami conference each January in Miami Beach.

"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."