Cumulus Hires Brendan Walsh as SVP/Feature Sales-Marketing

Brendan Walsh

CUMULUS MEDIA announces that it has hired sales leader Brendan Walsh as SVP, Feature Sales and Marketing. In this newly created role, Walsh is responsible for managing CUMULUS MEDIA’s local and national features and Westwood One’s FYI Network.

Walsh’s impressive resume includes multi-channel leadership positions at iHeartMedia/Total Traffic Weather Network, Charter Media, and KPLR-TV/Tribune where he was responsible for new business development, revenue generation and management. He is based in St. Louis, MO, and reports to Bryan Forbes, President, National and Network Sales, CUMULUS MEDIA and Westwood One. 

“Brendan is the perfect fit for this revenue growth initiative,” said Forbes. “He has a stellar track record of revenue generation, understanding a customer’s needs, building solutions that deliver ROI, and knows what it takes to win in a competitive marketplace.”

Walsh said: “I am honored to join the team and am excited for the opportunity to build a mass scale business at an organization as dynamic as CUMULUS MEDIA and its 428 radio stations and Westwood One, the largest audio network in the US.”