Ryan Rathbone has been promoted to the position of Group Content Director at Regional Radio owner Grant Broadcasters.

Jeremy Simpson has been promoted to the position of Group General Manager, National Sales & Marketing at the Grant Broadcasters regional radio network.

Jeremy will now be responsible for all National revenue through Grant Broadcasters’ sales representation company TRSN, as well as a range of other sales and marketing projects for the broader group.

Grant Broadcasters’ new COO Rick Lenarcic announced the appointment this week:

Rick Lenarcic (pictured) will leave SCA as part of an operational restructure and Stephen Haddad will move into the role of Chief Technology Officer.

In the new organisational structure the company’s core business functions will be aligned under the following areas:
 

Regional radio audience measurement surveys (RRAMS) were developed by Xtra Insights, in conjunction with Commercial Radio Australia, in response to the search for a new, cost-efficient research method for regional radio markets to gather up-to-date information.

SCA regional sales have extended its operations further across Queensland, now providing sales services for additional Resonate Broadcasting stations.

Southern Cross Austereo has appointed Corey Pitt  General Manager - Regional Sales.
 
This newly created position will see Corey take on a leadership role that will develop and expand revenue opportunities for Regional Sales across all of SCA’s media assets. Corey will focus on the cross promotional opportunities between 30 television markets, 74 radio stations and their digital assets.
 

After the announcement of a new Regional General Manager (RGM) structure earlier this week, Southern Cross Austereo has announced five of its long standing, high performing key regional executives will take on new leadership roles.

Ashley Myatt will take on a new senior management role managing the NSW region based out of Newcastle.

Rod Winner will step into the VIC / SA role, Sam Fotu will take on WA and Craig Davies will continue to manage the Tasmanian, Darwin and 7 Central regions.

Charles Sturt University and Southern Cross Austereo have called for applications from regional young people looking for assistance with study and entering the radio industry.

This is the second year that the CSU-SCA Regional Radio Endorsement Program has been offered.

Radio Lecturer David Maxwell from CSU's School of Communication and Creative Industries in Bathurst, said:

Southern Cross Austereo has announced a rejuvenated management structure that it says focuses firmly on the continued success of its metro and regional businesses.

Guy Dobson has been appointed Executive Director of Metropolitan Operations, and Rick Lenarcic takes the position of Executive Director of Regional Operations.