Deskins Leaves Inside Sales, Going Outside

• Sending our best wishes to Chuck Deskins, Senior Vice President of iHeartMedia’s Inside Sales Division, announced his impending retirement, effective December 31, 2023.

Deskins has been with the company for more than 32 years, dating back to 1987 and his beginning as an Account Executive at 700 WLW/Cincinnati under Jacor Communications. Following Jacor’s purchase by Clear Channel, Deskins served in his first management role as Local Sales Manager, General Sales Manager and Director of Sales in Tampa. Deskins went on to serve as Atlanta Market President in 2006, VP of Sales in Miami in 2008 and VP of Sales in Tampa from 2009 to 2014. After briefly leaving to become owner/publisher of Coastal Angler magazine and as a partner at Advantage Marketing advertising agency, Deskins returned to iHeart in 2018, joining the Inside Sales Division, and was promoted to lead the Inside Sales Team in 2019.

Deskins’ final role at iHeartMedia is SVP of the Inside Sales Division, a team of nearly 100 full-time employees and over 75 Account Executives — iHeart’s largest individual Sales Team, creating advertising opportunities for brands and iHeartMedia partners across the company’s vast array of platforms.

Hartley Adkins, President of Market Groups for iHeartMedia, commented, “Chuck has been the very example of what iHeart is all about — hardworking, innovative, creative and, above all, a great teammate at each of his impressive career stops in our company. We’re honored he spent so much of his career here, and will miss his expertise and leadership.” Deskins said, “I’m really going to miss my Inside Sales Family and all my iHeart friends across the country. What an awesome group. Thanks to everyone for making this an awesome ride.”