The Atlanta Hawks hired Atlanta sports marketing and radio veteran Andrew Saltzman as chief revenue officer and promoted Andrew Steinberg to the new role of chief business officer.
Saltzman and Steinberg will directly report to Atlanta Hawks CEO Steve Koonin.
Saltzman had been the chief revenue officer for PlayOn! Sports and the NFHS Network, the nation’s largest high school sports media company.
From 1997 to 2012, Saltzman was president of Big League Broadcasting, co-founding and developing Atlanta sports talk station, Sports Radio 790 The Zone, WQXI-AM and 590 The Fan, KFNS-AM in St. Louis.
Saltzman’s resume also includes successfully negotiating multi-year sports broadcast agreements with the Hawks, the Atlanta Falcons, Georgia Tech Athletics and the Chick-fil-A Bowl.
Credit to the Atlanta Business Chronicle who originally published this article
Jason Barrett is the President and Founder of Barrett Media since the company was created in September 2015. Prior to its arrival, JB served as a sports radio programmer, launching brands such as 95.7 The Game in San Francisco, and 101 ESPN in St. Louis. He also spent time programming SportsTalk 950 in Philadelphia, 590 The Fan KFNS in St. Louis, and ESPN 1340/1390 in Poughkeepsie, NY. Jason also worked on-air and behind the scenes in local radio at 101.5 WPDH, WTBQ 1110AM, and WPYX 106.5. He also spent two years on the national stage, producing radio shows for ESPN Radio in Bristol, CT. Among them included the Dan Patrick Show, and GameNight.
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