Dan Mason Named Senior Advisor for Broadcast Relations at iHeartMedia. Longtime
CBS RADIO president
Dan Mason – a year after retiring from that position – is joining
iHeartMedia in the newly created position senior advisor for broadcast relations. Mason will report to iHeartMedia CEO and chairman
Bob Pittman and president, COO and CFO
Rich Bressler. In a press release, iHeartMedia describes Mason's role this way: "Mason will advise Pittman and Bressler on current and developing issues important to iHeartMedia and the
broadcast radio industry; additionally, he will focus most of his attention and time on important issues affecting the broadcast industry, working with other broadcasters, vendors, government relations and important industry associations, including the
National Association of Broadcasters." Pittman is quoted saying, "I've known and deeply respected Dan for decades. Given his long and deep relationships with the broadcast industry, we feel he is ideally suited to establishing deeper and more constant communications with everyone associated with the radio industry on an ongoing and timely basis. We look forward to Dan's wise counsel on important broadcast issues." Mason very recently spoke in-depth with
RadioInfo publisher
Michael Harrison on Harrison's PodcastOne show, "Up Close and Far Out." Listen to that
here.
Broadcasters Foundation of America Names Dan Mason Chairperson. It's a big news day for
Dan Mason as this election to chairperson of the
Broadcasters Foundation of America position comes at the same time as his joining
iHeartMedia. Mason has served as co-vice-chairperson of the BFoA since June of last year, following his retirement as president and chief executive officer of
CBS RADIO. He assumes this chairmanship role from
Phil Lombardo, chief executive officer of
Citadel Communications, who is retiring from the position after 13 years and who is being recognized for his service with the title of chair emeritus. Also retiring from the board are
George Beasley and
David Barrett. Named to the board at yesterday's elections in New York City are:
Caroline Beasley, interim chief executive officer of
Beasley Broadcast Group;
Perry Sook, president and chief executive officer of
Nexstar Broadcasting Group; and
Jordan Wertlieb, president of
Hearst Television. In addition,
Bill Hoffman, president of
Cox Media Group, will now serve as co-vice chair with
Richard A. Foreman, president and chief executive officer of
Richard A. Foreman Associates, and
Leo MacCourtney, president of
Katz Television Group, will take over as treasurer of the Broadcasters Foundation.
PPM Analysis: Urban AC. RadioInfo managing editor
Mike Kinosian presents the second of three format analyses of urban radio formats based on data from
Nielsen Audio's May 2016 PPM survey. Yesterday, we published a report on
urban rhythmic oldies. Today, the focus is on urban adult contemporary. Four urban AC outlets ranked #1 in their respective markets in May – WFXC, Raleigh; WVKL, Norfolk; WQMG, Greensboro; and KJMS, Memphis – and 13 others ranked in the top five in their markets. In this report, see charts showing AQH share fluctuation from May of 2015 to May of 2016, plus a comparison of the performances of urban rhythmic oldies and urban AC. See it all
here.
