Cumulus Birmingham Names James Robinson VP/MM

James Robinson

Cumulus has named James Robinson as Vice President/Market Manager, Cumulus Birmingham, AL. Robinson was previously Vice President/Director of Sales, Radio, Television & Digital for Univision Communications in San Antonio, TX. Prior to that, he was Director of Sales for Radio One in Houston, TX. Robinson was also Vice President of Sales for iHeartMedia in Washington, D.C., and was General Sales Manager for iHeartMedia in St. Louis, MO, and Memphis, TN.

"I'm extremely pleased that James will be bringing his experience and talent to the Cumulus Media team," said Mark Sullivan, SVP, Operations, Cumulus Media. "I'm looking forward to many shared successes with him."

"Now is the best time to work in Radio," said Robinson. "Cumulus is a dynamic and innovative company, and I am honored to join the talented team in Birmingham. I would like to thank Mary Berner, Bob Walker and Mark Sullivan for this opportunity."

Cumulus-owned Birmingham stations include Hot 107.7/WUHT-FM (Urban AC); JOX 94.5/WJOX-FM (Sports); JOX 2 100.5 ESPN/WJQX-FM (Sports); JOX 3 690/WJOX-AM (Sports); and Talk 99.5/WAPI-AM-WZRR-FM (Sports).

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