Bortnick SVP/Sales For iHeart DC

• iHeartMedia has named Danny Bortnick as Senior Vice President of Sales for the company’s five-station group in Washington, DC, effective immediately. Bortnick reports to Aaron Hyland, Region SVP of Sales for iHeartMedia Washington DC and Market President for Baltimore.

“We couldn’t be more pleased to welcome Danny to iHeartMedia DC,” said Michael Preacher, Region President. “Danny has earned a great reputation building client centric sales organizations while creating a positive work culture.  He is the perfect fit for us.”

Bortnick crosses the street — literally — from Entercom, where he spent the past six years as VP of Sales for the CBS Radio/Entercom DC cluster. Bortnick has been in the radio industry since he graduated from college — thirteen years ago he started as an Account Exec at Katz Radio in NYC and Atlanta. After a year at Katz he transitioned to the local side of the business as an AE at 1010 WINS/New York before transitioning to Digital Sales Manager. Bortnick later served as Director of Sales for Salem Media in New York before returning to CBS Radio in various sales management roles in New York and Washington — Retail Sales Manager, LSM, GSM, and most recently, VP of Sales for DC. Bortnick said, “I’m thrilled to be joining some of the most iconic brands in Washington, DC, as well as one of the most recognizable media brands in the country.”