The five FM radio stations owned and operated by iHeartMedia in the Winston Salem-Greensboro-High Point region of North Carolina have a new Market Manager. She reports to Dave Carwile, President for iHeartMedia Carolinas.
A local media executive with years of experience in markets including Raleigh, where he's been VP/GM of Capitol Broadcasting Co.'s two TV stations for seven years, has been tapped as President/GM of WCAU-10 and Telemundo sibling WWSI-62 in Philadelphia. He'll begin his new duties on St. Patrick's Day.
He's a Cuban immigrant who serves as an Army Reserve Ambassador in California, where his full time job is as President/CEO of Meruelo Media, the licensee of radio and television stations owned by entrepreneur Alex Meruelo. Come February 28, he'll be relinquishing his leadership role at the Meruelo-helmed operation.
TechFreedom has filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court of the U.S. to declare that the FCC's "hands-off method of running the $9 billion Universal Services Fund violates the Constitution.