WASHINGTON—The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has announced the results of the 2025 NAB Executive Committee elections, which took place at the NAB Board of Directors meeting, held June 9-10.

Collin Jones, executive vice president, Corporate Strategy and Development of Cumulus Media and president, Westwood One, was elected chairman of the NAB Joint Board of Directors. Jones takes over from Perry Sook, chairman and chief executive officer of Nexstar Media Group, who will remain on the executive committee as immediate past joint board chair.

Nick Radziul, executive vice president of Hearst Television was elected as NAB Television Board chair. Chris Ripley, president and chief executive officer of Sinclair, was elected as first vice chair. RaMona Alexander, vice president and general manager of WDBD, was elected as second vice chair and Dan York, president and chief executive officer of Cox Media Group, was elected third vice chair.

Phil Tahtakran, head of federal government affairs at NBCUniversal, was appointed to the designated TV network seat on the NAB Television Board.

Chris Ornelas, executive vice president and general counsel of Beasley Media Group, was elected chair by the NAB Radio Board. Leonard Wheeler, president of Mel Wheeler, Inc. was elected first vice chair while Allen Power, president, Broadcast Media of Salem Media Group, was elected second vice chair.

Eddie Harrell, co-president, Audio Division of Urban One was elected to the major group representative seat on the NAB Radio Board.

The elections took place at the NAB Board of Directors meeting, held June 9-10.

WASHINGTON—The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has announced the results of the 2025 NAB Radio and Television Board of Directors elections. The two-year terms of the elected board members will begin in June 2025.

New board members are listed in italics; other board members listed below have been re-elected.

The NAB Television Board will be:

• Byron Allen, Founder, Chairman and CEO, Allen Media Group/Entertainment Studios
• Michael Biard, President and Chief Operating Officer, Nexstar Media Group
• Rall Bradley, Executive VP—NPG Broadcast, News-Press & Gazette Co.
• Brian Burns, President and CEO, Morgan Murphy Media
• Dave Hanna, President, Lockwood Broadcasting
• Robert Hubbard, President and CEO, Hubbard Television
• Additionally, effective immediately, Mike Steib, president and CEO, Tegna, has been appointed to the NAB Television Board seat formerly held by Lynn Beall of Tegna.

NAB Radio Board elections for odd-numbered districts:

• Allen Power, President of Broadcast Media, Salem Media Group, District 1 - New England
• Michael Dash, Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel, Audacy, Inc., District 3 - Pennsylvania
• Dale Thornhill, VP/COO, Commonwealth Broadcasting, District 5 - West Virginia/Kentucky
• Dave Hoxeng, Owner/Manager, WNRP-AM/WEBY-AM/WYCT-FM, Pensacola, District 7 - Florida, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands
• Nick Martin, General Manager, Big River Broadcasting, District 9 - Georgia, Alabama
• Matthew Mnich, Chairman and CEO, North American Broadcasting Company, District 11 - Ohio
• Julie Koehn, President/CEO, Lenawee Broadcasting Company and Southeast Michigan Media, District 13 - Michigan
• Kenneth Forte, Co-Owner/President, R&F Communications, Inc. (WDKN and WDHC), District 15 - Tennessee, Arkansas
• Dana Withers, President, Withers Broadcasting and Dana Communications, District 17 - Illinois
• William Payne, Owner/General Manager, Payne Media Group, District 19 - Oklahoma, N. Texas
• Nic Anderson, Vice President, Government Affairs, Salem Media Group, District 21 - Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota
• Felipe Chavez, COO, Bustos Media Holdings, LLC, District 23 - N. California, Alaska
• Tery Garras, VP of Radio, Morgan Murphy Media, District 25 - Oregon, Washington
• Additionally, effective immediately, Kelli Turner, president and chief executive officer, Audacy, Inc., will assume the District 16 (CO-NE) board seat that was held by Andrew Sutor of Audacy.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has announced the results of the 2024 NAB Executive Committee elections. 

Pat LaPlatney, president and co-chief executive officer of Gray Television Inc., was reelected as NAB television board chair. Lynn Beall, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Media Operations for TEGNA Inc., was elected as first vice chair, Chris Ripley, president and chief executive officer for Sinclair Broadcast Group, was elected second vice chair and RaMona Alexander, vice president and general manager of WDBD and Corporate Programming at American Spirit Media was elected third vice chair, the NAB reported. 

Keith Murphy, senior vice president and regulatory counsel at Paramount, was appointed to the designated TV network seat on the NAB board's executive committee. 

The elections took place at the NAB Board of Directors meeting, held June 3-4.

Collin Jones, executive vice president, Corporate Strategy and Development of Cumulus Media and president, Westwood One, was elected radio board chair by the NAB radio board. Kevin Perry, president and CEO of Perry Publishing and Broadcasting Company, was elected radio board first vice chair, and Leonard Wheeler, president of Mel Wheeler, Inc., was elected radio board second vice chair.

Chris Ornelas, executive vice president and general counsel of Beasley Media Group, was reelected to the radio board's major group representative seat on the NAB board's executive committee.

In addition to the elections, Pilar Ramos, executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of TelevisaUnivision, Inc. was appointed to the open television board seat created by a vacancy in a seat previously held by the company. In her role at TelevisiaUnivision, Pilar leads several key functions including Law, Compliance and Government Affairs. She joined the company in 2021 while overseeing the merger that established TelevisaUnivision.   

Perry Sook continues the second year of his role as joint board chair. The position is elected every two years. 

WASHINGTON—NAB has announced the results of the 2023 NAB Radio and Television Board of Directors elections. Five of the six Television Board members were re-elected to two-year terms that begin in June 2023. Nexstar Media Group CEO Perry Sook was elected, replacing Sinclair Broadcast Group President/CEO Chris Ripley.

The new Television Board members are:
Byron Allen
Founder, Chairman and CEO
Allen Media Group/Entertainment Studios

Christopher Cornelius
VP, Business Development
Morgan Murphy Media

Robert Hubbard
President and CEO
Hubbard Television

David Bradley
Chairman and CEO
News-Press & Gazette Co.

Dave Hanna
President
Lockwood Broadcast Group

Perry Sook
Chairman and CEO
Nexstar Media Group, Inc.

Appointments:
Effective immediately, Kristopher Jones, executive vice president and head of Government Relations at Fox Corporation, has been appointed to the designated seat currently held by Joe Di Scipio, senior vice president, FCC legal and business affairs and assistant general counsel at Fox Corporation.

Effective immediately, Dean Littleton, senior vice president of Local Media, The E.W. Scripps Company, has been appointed to the designated seat currently held by Brian Lawlor, president, Scripps Sports, the E.W. Scripps Company.

As of June 2023, Keith R. Murphy, senior vice president, Government Relations and Regulatory Counsel, Paramount Global will be appointed to the designated seat currently held by DeDe Lea of Paramount.

WASHINGTON—The NAB has announced the results from its board elections, with Jordan Wertlieb, president of Hearst Television Inc., voted to serve as chairman for the NAB Joint Board of Directors. Wertlieb takes over the position from Caroline Beasley, CEO of Beasley Media Group, whose term had expired.

Other results included the election of Graham Media Group President and CEO Emily Barr as the NAB Television Board chair. She will be joined by Ralph Oakley, president and CEO at Quincy Media Inc., as the TV Board’s first vice chair, and Perry Sook, Nexstar Media Group Inc.’s president and CEO, as the second vice chair.

On the radio side, David Santrella, president of Broadcast Media, Salem Media Group, was elected Radio Board chair. Randy Gravely, TriState Communications Inc. president and CEO, is now Radio Board’s first vice chair, and Bruce Goldsen, the president and co-owner of WKHM-AM/FM, WIBM, Jackson Works Inc., is the second vice chair.

In addition, Brandon Burgess, chairman and CEO of ION Media Networks, was appointed as the designated TV network seat on NAB Board’s Executive Committee, while Alfred Liggins, CEO and president of Urban One Inc. is Radio Board’s major group representative seat with the Executive Committee.

The elections took place during the NAB Board of Directors meeting from June 11-12 in Washington, D.C.