New York, NY – May 03, 2006 -- United Stations Radio Networks, Inc. (USRN), an independent leader in the creation and marketing of network radio programming, announced today that effective immediately,
Richard Baum has been named EVP/Sales for the company and
Susan Moore,
Dan Weisenberg and
Rob Ellis have added VP stripes in various capacities. Additionally,
Jeremy Park has joined the radio network’s Los Angeles Sales office and all of these announcements come from the office of USRN’s President/COO,
Jim Higgins.
Based in Chicago, Senior VP of Midwest, Western and Southern Sales
Rich Baum has been promoted to Executive VP of Sales after nearly eleven years with the company. Rich has been in radio in various sales and management positions for the last 18 years, working at WMAQ-AM in Chicago, Westwood One and Unistar Radio Networks in both Chicago and New York. He joined USRN in 1995. Mr. Baum resides in Deerfield, Illinois with his wife Wendy and two sons, Jordan and Tyler.
Dan Weisenberg, who is based at USRN’s Chicago office, has been promoted to VP/Midwest Sales. Dan began his career with the company in 1996 as an Account Executive after working as an intern in the Marketing Department of the Chicago White Sox. After taking a two-year hiatus at AMFM Radio Networks, Weisenberg returned to USRN as a Sr. Account Executive and was named Manager, Midwest Sales in August of 2003.
Based in Dallas,
Rob Ellis has been promoted to VP/Marketing Partnerships and will also continue to act as Manager, Southern Sales. A 25-year industry veteran, Ellis has a diverse background in radio sales and programming and has been with United Stations since February of 2000. Prior to joining USRN, Ellis had various programming and sales positions with AMFM Radio Networks, Jacor Communications and TM Century and acted as President of the program USA Overnight.
With her elevation to VP/Sales Support,
Susan Moore continues to be a key executive at United Stations working closely with the Ad Sales team and overseeing the Commercial Traffic and the Affiliate Compliance departments. Moore, who recently celebrated 10 years of service with USRN, joined the company in January of 1996 as Sales Coordinator and was most recently the Director/Sales Support. She began her career at Christal Radio/Katz and spent several years with that company as a Research Analyst, later joining Interep for a little over a year before coming to United Stations.
Jeremy Park, born in Wisconsin and raised in Texas, moved to Los Angeles in 1999 and joins United Stations as an Account Executive with experience in Ad Sales at KMPC-AM and as Director of Marketing for a television production company. Park graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BBA in Marketing from the University of North Texas and was awarded the Top Undergraduate Student in Marketing, making it onto the 1999 edition of WHO’S WHO AMONG STUDENTS IN AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES.
In 2006, the United Stations brand celebrates its 25th Anniversary, and the United Stations Radio Networks, Inc., is the nation's largest independently owned and operated radio network. The company currently distributes and produces multiple format specific services to over 4500 rated radio stations across the country including Adult Contemporary, Album Rock, Contemporary Hit, Country, Oldies, Smooth Jazz, Talk and Urban.
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