Pitkin Named President, iHeart Des Moines

• iHeartMedia has named Seth Pitkin as Market President for the company’s seven-station cluster in Des Moines, IA, succeeding the recently retired Joel McCrea.

Pitkin joins iHeartMedia from Dealer X, where he most recently served as Vice President of Sales. His earlier roles include Corporate Vice President of Automotive for Sinclair Television and Central Group Digital Director for USA Today (formerly Gannett). Pitkin graduated from Iowa State University and began his career at Cumulus Media’s KOEL-AM & FM/Waterloo, IA.

Pitkin now reports to Taylor Walet, Area President, iHeartMedia Nebraska- Iowa Area, who commented, “We are extremely excited to have Seth lead our highly successful team in Des Moines to new levels of performance using iHeart’s many results focused assets. Seth brings over 20 years of experience in radio, television, print and digitally focused companies to iHeartMedia.”

Pitkin said, “I’m looking forward to working with iHeartMedia’s tremendous assets and legendary brands across Iowa.”