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Genesis Media Holdings, which owns McGavren Guild Media, has acquired Local Focus from Kay Olin and Dave Demer. McGavren Guild and Local Focus will operate independently under the Genesis Media Holdings umbrella. Local Focus founder Kay Olin (pictured) will act as a consultant to Genesis Media.
Kevin Garrity is joining Genesis to a newly created position of Manager. Garrity has 26 years worth of radio experience. Garrity was most recently Director of National Sales at Cumulus Media. Prior to his time at Cumulus, where he also held the positions of General Sales Manager for their Westchester, NY stations, and Northeast Regional National Sales Manager, Garrity spent 20 years at Interep, the last five of which he was President of ABC Radio Sales.
McGavren Guild Media President Lisa Sirotka-Sonnenklar said: "I am extremely excited to be working with Kevin to further build McGavren Guild Media. I look forward to the additional support I will gain from his depth of industry experience.?
