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Ericsson SVP/Technology, TV and Media Matthew Goldman succeeds CBS exec Bob Seidel

In a move directly correlated to its tax-free, Reverse Morris Trust-fueled merger with CBS Radio, Entercom has hired the President/CEO of the San Diego Padres to serve as its brand-new President of what is to be called "Entercom Sports." Dee, who has been an executive with the Miami Dolphins and Boston Red Sox, is relocating to Philadelphia to take the job.

From May 2007 through April 2015, an Interep vet served as Sales Manager for then-CBS Radio-owned Sports WFAN-AM 660 in New York. He then went across town, joining iHeartMedia. Now, he's "come back to brands" he loves — now under the direction of Entercom.

With the departure of its SVP/Sales for similar duties in the Tampa-St. Petersburg market,  iHeartMedia had a choice to make on who would become its next sales leader in the Pacific Northwest's biggest market. That choice came today, with a promotion at iHeart's Seattle-Tacoma station group.

Starting Oct. 26, a veteran of 10 Boston-area radio stations will no longer be affiliated with an AM or FM outlet in the market for the first time since 1971. After 45 years of service to the Boston radio industry, this longtime advertising sales legend presently with Beasley Broadcast Group has announced his retirement.

There's a new EVP of Lifestyle and Hispanic Advertising Sales at NBCUniversal, and the woman being promoted to the role will be charged with leading the sales teams responsible for national advertising and marketing partnerships on three total market cable channels, in addition to NBCU's two Hispanic-targeted entities.

The North Ohio Region for iHeartMedia has a new Market President for the cities of Akron and Canton and a new GSM serving those two locales and the much bigger market to the north, Cleveland.

The longtime broadcast operations manager of Tribune Media's KTLA-5 in Los Angeles unexpectedly passed away on Saturday. Veteran entertainment reporter Sam Rubin paid tribute to him on Monday's edition of The KTLA Morning News.

On March 4, Gray Television agreed to a $25 million sale of WCAV-19 and WVAW-LD 16 in Charlottesville, Va. — the CBS/FOX and ABC affiliates, respectively — to an affiliate of Lockwood Broadcasting. Lockwood has just appointed a new GM for the stations.

On July 31, Salem Media Group will be celebrating the retirement of the RVP for its stations in four markets as well as its Atlanta VP/GM. At the same time, it knows who will succeed Mike Moran.

Local sales organization changes have been made at Entravision Communications. This sees the promotion of Eddie Melendez to President of Local Media Sales. At the same time, there's a new RVP of Local Media Sales, and new SVPs/Sales in Las Vegas and in Midland-Odessa, Tex.

Audience engagement and sales intelligence tech provider Futuri Media has bolstered its HR department. Clint Marsh has been promoted at the company serving the radio broadcasting industry by taking the role of VP of Talent Management.

For 26 years, Jorge Carballo has been an ubiquitous presence at NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises' flagship WSCV-51 in Miami. Now, Carballo is taking an expanded role that will have him oversee the NBC O&O, WTVJ-6. Why? The current leader is ready to retire.

After 33 years with the company, Saga Communications' Senior Vice President and Director of Business Affairs has announced her retirement. It is effective in mid-March, but this individual won't completely disappear from Saga. At the request of the company, she will continue to serve as its Corporate Secretary.

In August 2019, Paul Brenner took the role of Chief Strategy Officer at Indianapolis-based Vibenomics, following the demise of Emmis Communications subsidiary TagStation, for which he served as President and oversight of the ultimately unsuccessful NextRadio app. Brenner has now been rewarded for his efforts by rising to a higher role at Vibenomics.