2026 NAB Radio Board Election Results
• The National Association of Broadcasters announced the results of the 2026 NAB Radio and Television Board of Directors elections. The two-year terms of the elected board members will begin this month. New board members are conveniently labeled “NEW.” Other board members listed below will retain their seats for the upcoming term. Here are the Radio Board members:
Molly Draper Russell, Draper Radio (new) — District 4: Delaware, DC, Maryland, & Virginia • Chris Forgy, Saga Communications — District 6: North & South Carolina ¨• Ashley Tullos Fortenberry, TeleSouth Communications, Inc. (new) — District 8: Louisiana & Mississippi • J Chapman, Woof Boom — District 10: Indiana • John Zimmer, Zimmer Communications (new) — District 12: Kansas & Missouri • Jeanna Berg, iHeartMedia — District 14: Iowa & Wisconsin • Kelli Turner, Audacy — District 16: Colorado & Nebraska • Erik Hellum, Townsquare Media — District 18: Southern Texas • Ron Davis, Butte Broadcasting, Inc. (new) — District 20: Idaho, Montana & Wyoming • Tim Swift, Bonneville International Corp. — District 22: Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, & Utah • Jeff Warshaw, Connoisseur Media — District 24: Southern California, Guam, American Samoa, & Northern Mariana Island.
Mary Menna of Beasley Media Group was appointed to the District 2 seat (New York & New Jersey). Heston Wright of Wright Media was appointed to the District 19 seat (Oklahoma & Northern Texas) that was previously held by Will Payne of Payne Media Group. Erik Hellum of Townsquare Media previously held the District 12 seat (Kansas & Missouri).
The following new board members were appointed to designated seats: Melody Spann Cooper of Midway Broadcasting Corp., Bill Wilson of Townsquare Media, and Javier Maynulet of Univision Radio.
