The new Chairperson of the Arbitron Radio Advisory Council (RAC) won’t need any time to get up to speed in the post. Tom Skinner, Vice President and General Manager of KZST-FM Santa Rosa, CA, owned by Redwood Empire Stereocasters, has already held the post once before.
Skinner had been Vice Chair of the RAC for 2010 , with Radio One’s Doug Abernethy as Chairperson. He’d previously served as Chairperson for 2003 and will now repeat the role for 2011.
Don Benson, President and CEO of Lincoln Financial Media Company, has been elected Vice Chair of the RAC for 2011.
In addition to Skinner, Benson and Abernethy (who remains as Past Chairperson), here are the 2011 members of the RAC:
Gerry Boehme, Executive Vice President, Strategic Planning & IT Services
Katz Media Group
Kathleen Bohan, Vice President, Research & Marketing
Univision Radio
Bill Davis, President
Southern California Public Radio
Bruce Demps, Regional Vice President
Radio One
Chuck DuCoty, Chief Operating Officer
NRG Media
Deb Esayian, President
Emmis Interactive
John Fullam, Vice President & Market Manager
Greater Media Philadelphia
Mike Haile, Vice President & General Manager
WDWS-AM, WHMS-FM, Champaign, Il.
Jeff Haley, President/CEO
Radio Advertising Bureau
Jess Hanson, Senior Vice President/Research
Clear Channel Radio
Erik Hellum, Senior Vice President, Town Division
Townsquare Media
Lucy Hughes, Senior Vice President, Research
CBS Radio
Craig Jacobus, President
South Central Media
Buzz Knight, Vice President, Programming
Greater Media
David Landau, President & Co-CEO
Dial Global
Wayne Leland, Regional President—Northeast
Citadel Broadcasting
Deon Levingston, Vice President & General Manager
Inner City New York
Jeff Liberman, President, Radio Division
Entravision
Thomas Mandel, President & General Manager
WAKR-AM (Rubber City Radio Group)
Bob Michaels, Executive Vice President, Research
Clear Channel
Jay O’Connor, Group Vice President
Cox Media Group
Frank Osborn, President & CEO
Qantum Communications Group
Bill Pasha, Vice President of Programming
Entercom
Bill Saurer, President
Millennium
Dan Savadove, CEO
Main Line Broadcasting
Amy Vokes, Vice President, Research
Radio One
Owen Weber, Vice President & General Manager
Guaranty Broadcasting Co. of Baton Rouge, LLC
