The New York State Broadcasters Association has announced its 2027 board of directors and organizations officers.
Officers returning and new officers are new Chairman Chris Oliviero, chief business officer and New York market president, Audacy Inc.; Vice Chair, Radio, Kristin Cantrell, owner and CEO, Seven Mountains Media; Vice Chair, Television, Chris McDonnell, vice president and general manager, WPIX(TV); Treasurer Jon Hitchcock, vice president and general manager, WNYT(TV) and WNYA(TV); Secretary Robert Morgan, president, Upstate New York and Mid-Atlantic, iHeartMedia; departing board Chairman former Chris Musial, vice president and general manager, WBBZ(TV).
Returning board members are Alan Bishop, president and CEO, Chadwick Bay Broadcasting Corp.; Amy Collins, senior vice president group manager, Sinclair Broadcast Group; David Feinblatt, president and general manager, WLIG(LPTV), Long Island; Marilu Galvez, general manager, WABC(TV); Johnny Green, Jr., president and regional general manager at CBS New York and CBS Boston; Lew Leone, senior vice president and general manager, WNYW/WWOR(TV); Eric Lerner, president and general manager, WNBC(TV); Chad Lopez, president, Red Apple Media and WABC Radio; Katelin Tinley, vice president and general manager, Cox Media Group Long Island; Bernie Weiss, president, iHeartMedia Markets Group; and Roberto Yanez, senior vice president of Content Strategy and Operations TelevisaUnivision.
New board members are Chuck Benfer, chief operating officer, Pamal Broadcasting; Andria Langston, co-owner, WDKX(FM); Ron Romines, senior vice president and regional manager, Nexstar Media Group; and Laura Sheaffer, general manager, New York and Philadelphia markets, Salem Media Group.
Radio is surprisingly well represented on the board of directors with the new board chair Oliviero along with Cantrell, Morgan, Bishop, Lopez, Weiss returning and the addition of Benfer, Langston and Sheaffer.
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