Edward Esposito Elected RTNDA Chairman

Radio-Television News Directors Association members elected Edward Esposito chairman.

Esposito is vice president of information media at Rubber City Radio Group in Akron, Ohio. He succeeds Bill Roswell, director of digital news at KYW-AM Philadelphia.

The elections occurred at the RTNDA’s convention in Las Vegas this week.

Among other winners, KOMU Columbia, Mo., news director Stacey Woelfel is the RTNDA chair-elect; AccuWeather senior account executive Loren Tobia is treasurer; and the directors-at-large are KGO San Francisco reporter David Louie and AP assistant managing editor, broadcast news, Ed Tobias.

Michael Malone

Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.