Entravision Communications Corporation Appoints David Burke to Vice President of Local Sales For Its Three Divisions
Entravision Communications Corporation Appoints David Burke to Vice President of Local Sales For Its Three Divisions
The Company also promotes Eddie Melendez to Vice President of National Sales for its television and radio divisions
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Entravision Communications Corporation (NYSE:EVC) announced today that it has appointed David Burke to the position of Vice President of Local Sales. He will be responsible for overseeing local advertising sales across the company's radio, television and outdoor divisions. While Mr. Burke will concentrate on local sales, Eddie Melendez will now concentrate on national sales for Entravision's television and radio divisions. Mr. Melendez has been with Entravision for the past four and a half years as Vice President of Sales for the television division. Effective immediately, Mr. Burke will be based at the company's Los Angeles, California offices.
With more than 30 years of media and advertising experience, Mr. Burke most recently held the position of President of Burke Media Marketing, Inc., a consulting firm he founded, representing over 400 businesses per year and offering its clients analysis of their advertising strategies and execution. Mr. Burke also founded BlueMarble Communications, a full-service advertising agency with clients in the retail, state agency, automotive, financial services and software categories. In addition to marketing and advertising, Mr. Burke has also held production positions in television broadcasting and served as a general manager and executive vice president for radio stations in a variety of large and small markets across the United States. In his broadcast television career, Mr. Burke is credited as a founding member of CNN, having helped build and eventually run its Los Angeles, California news bureau.
"Entravision is always looking for opportunities to broaden its advertiser base and help clients utilize its range of media platforms to reach some of the fast-growing and most densely populated Hispanic markets in the nation" said Walter F. Ulloa, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Entravision Communications Corporation. "Both Eddie's and Dave's impressive backgrounds in advertising and media make them the perfect team to help us open new doors and realize our goal of continuing to expand our overall sales initiatives on the local and national front."
"Entravision is one of the leading conduits for advertisers targeting the Hispanic community and I'm thrilled to be leading its local sales program," said Mr. Burke.
Entravision Communications Corporation is a diversified Spanish-language media company utilizing a combination of television, radio and outdoor operations to reach Hispanic consumers across the United States, as well as the border markets of Mexico. Entravision is the largest affiliate group of both the top-ranked Univision television network and Univision's TeleFutura network, with television stations in 20 of the nation's top 50 Hispanic markets. The company also operates one of the nation's largest groups of primarily Spanish-language radio stations, consisting of 47 owned and operated radio stations. The company's outdoor operations consist of approximately 10,700 advertising faces concentrated primarily in Los Angeles and New York. Entravision shares of Class A Common Stock are traded on The New York Stock Exchange under the symbol: EVC.
Source: Entravision Communications Corporation
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