Santrella Elected NAB Joint Board Chair

• The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) announced the results of the elections held during the NAB Board of Directors meeting, which took place June 28-29.

David Santrella (left), President of Broadcast Media for Salem Media Group, was elected Chairman of the NAB Joint Board of Directors. Santrella takes over from Jordan Wertlieb, President of Hearst Television, Inc., whose term has expired.

And there’s more — Bill Wilson (center), CEO of Townsquare Media Group, was elected Radio Board Chair by the NAB Radio Board. John Zimmer, Pres. & Owner of Zimmer Radio of Mid-Missouri, Inc., was elected Radio Board First Vice Chair, while Kevin Perry, VP/COO of Perry Publishing and Broadcasting Company, was elected Radio Board Second Vice Chair. Collin Jones, SVP of Corporate Development & Strategy for Cumulus Media, Inc., was elected to the Radio Board’s major group representative seat on the NAB Board’s Executive Committee.

Over on the television side, Perry Sook (right), Chairman, Pres. & CEO of Nexstar Media Group, was elected as NAB Television Board Chair. Lynn Beall, EVP & COO of Media Operations for TEGNA, was elected as TV Board First Vice Chair; Pat LaPlatney, Pres. & Co-CEO of Gray Television, Inc., was elected TV Board Second Vice Chair, and Emily Barr, Pres. & CEO of Graham Media Group, was elected TV Board Third Vice Chair. Christopher Wood, SVP & Associate General Counsel for Government and Regulatory Affairs at Univision Communications, Inc., was appointed to the designated TV network seat on the NAB Board’s Executive Committee.