Louisiana Hot Sauce: 
iHeartMedia/Baton Rouge Market President Michael Hudson has been promoted to the newly created position of Area President, which includes oversight of WNOE/New Orleans and WYNK/Baton Rouge. Concurrently, KUBE-TV/Houston Mgr./Regional Sales Steve McNair has been named Market President for New Orleans, reporting to Hudson. "I've had the good fortune or working with both Steve and Michael in the past," says Region President Eddie Martiny. "I trust them both implicitly." Hudson has been with the company since 2011. McNair is from New Orleans and is a 25-year media veteran, having served as VP/Sales for CBS Radio/Houston, plus sales and management roles for iHeartMedia/Houston. He starts May 29.
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