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The former SVP of Sales for iHeartMedia's Greensboro and Winston-Salem, N.C., radio stations has returned to Townsquare Media to serve as its Market President and Chief Revenue Officer in Amarillo, Tex.

For two years, Brian Katz served as a VP and the head of Advanced TV for New York-based Eyeview, where he had oversight of addressable and connected TV product development. Now, this NBCUniversal veteran has joined Magid to grow its "eDNA" product.

Certified public accounting firm Miller Kaplan has a new Director of Media Services. It is a "seasoned sales executive with 27 years of experience in the media industry" — an individual who just departed a Morgan Murphy Media station after nearly a decade at the CBS affiliate.

An actress best-known to legions of "90210" fans for her role as Andrea Zuckerman has been given a vote of confidence by members of the nation's main performers union. At the same time, members named as Secretary-Treasurer a veteran actress known for roles on such shows as "The Practice."

Comcast has a new leader in charge of its business across the state of Washington, where the owner of NBCUniversal and the provider of Xfinity MVPD services has more than 1.6 million residential and business customers and employs more than 4,500 individuals.

Pitbull may be Mr. Worldwide, formerly Mr. 305, but there's now a Miss 305 Worldwide in the greater New York City area -- thanks to Horizon Media.

With the reunification of Viacom and CBS Corp., the SVP and Director of Sales for CBS Television Stations found herself in a position to transition. Now, she's landed as EVP of distribution for The CW Network, reporting to Chairman/CEO Mark Pedowitz.

The Shadow League has developed an online audience as an online hub dedicated to presenting "journalistically sound sports coverage through the lens of culture." The individual who presently serves as its EVP, who has experience at African American-centric cable TV network BET, has just joined the partnership in New York that is now the licensee of "Hot 97" and WBLS.

A local broadcast TV executive who helped build Hearst's ABC affiliate in Omaha into a leading station in the Heartland is returning to Northern California. Why? She's been selected to succeed the retiring Elliott Troshinsky in Sacramento.

In October 2018, The E.W. Scripps Company agreed to acquire 15 of 16 properties as part of a wind-down in operations by Cordillera Communications. One of those stations is in Texas and is now getting a new VP/GM. Scripps' choice for the job? A Hispanic market veteran who once ran Caballero Spanish Media and the top Spanish-language TV stations in N.Y.

She began her career at KABC-7 in Los Angeles as a morning producer of the Eyewitness News 5am newscast, later transitioning to producing the 4pm and 5pm newscasts. Now, Pam Chen is the first Asian American to lead a news department at a network-owned local TV station in the No. 2 DMA in the U.S.

Meredith Vieira will be honored for her decades-long success as a host and figure in the industry. National Association of Broadcasters President/CEO Gordon Smith will present the award and deliver comments on October 23 at Noon Eastern.

The President/GM of the NPR member station serving the Baltimore market has been elected as the new Chair of the Board of the NPR Board of Directors. He's been at the station since 2019 and a Member Director of the NPR Board since 2016.

WGN America, the cable network that's getting a major news-focused overhaul under new owner Nexstar Media Group, has selected a VP of Creative Marketing and Brand Communications to help growth the operation's presence even further in 2021.

The Radio Hall of Fame Nominating Committee is now accepting suggestions for 2021 nominees. Hurry! The nominations window closes in three weeks.