Lobbyist Registrations: Pandora Media, TwinLogic Strategies, effective April 1. … General Communication Inc. last month hired Megan Delany, ex-own consulting and lobbying firm, as vice president, federal governmental affairs and counsel in Washington, D.C., office, succeeding Tina Pidgeon, previously promoted to work for company at Alaska headquarters … Weigel Broadcasting changes: Neal Sabin promoted to president of content and networks; John Hendricks, ex-Tribune Broadcasting, hired as executive vice president of sales, new position … Mellanox Technologies promotions: Matthew Gloss to general counsel; Shai Cohen to chief operating officer … BlackArrow board adds Joan Gillman, Time Warner Cable, as member in conjunction with an investment by the cable operator.

Broadcaster Q1 results: Westwood One sales fell 2.1 percent from a year earlier to $90.9 million, the company said. Its net loss increased 45 percent to $9.7 million on lower sales and higher expenses. … Cumulus Media sales gained 2.7 percent to $57.8 million from a year earlier. The broadcaster had a profit of $16.1 million versus a $144,000 loss a year earlier, it said.

Joseph Clayton, ex-RCA and Sirius, named Dish Network president and CEO, replacing Charles Ergen, who remains chairman … Changes in FCC Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau: Howard Parnell, ex-Washingtonpost.com, named chief of new Web and Print Publishing Division; Susan McLean, ex-Public Safety Bureau, moves to chief of Consumer Affairs and Outreach Division … TV One President-CEO Johnathan Rodgers to retire, effective July 31 … RRsat board member Shlomo Shamir becomes chairman, replacing Gilad Ramot, remaining on board … 3D network 3net names Carlos Gutierrez, ex-Discovery, vice president-business affairs and legal … Olivia Dupuis promoted to AMC vice president-public relations.

Bartel Kendrick retires, effective immediately, as public affairs specialist, Rural Utilities Service … Time Warner hires Michael Benson, ex-ABC, as chief creative officer and promotes Kristen O'Hara to chief marketing officer, together replacing Mark D'Arcy, who previously was hired by Facebook as global media group head … TDS Telecom promotions: William Megan to head Hosted and Managed Services operation; Vicki Villacrez to vice president-finance and interim chief financial officer … James Topham, ex-KPMG, joins Norsat board … Lobbyist Registrations: Open Mobile Video Coalition, Podesta Group, effective April 4 … TracFone, Theodosiou Consultants, effective May 11.

SpaceX hires Bret Johnsen, ex-Mindspeed, as chief financial officer … Demand Media promotes Taryn Naidu to executive vice president for registrar services and general manager of eNom domain name wholesaler, replacing Michael Blend, who will now work on special projects.

Former Sen. Robert Bennett, R-Utah, becomes chairman TechAmerica Foundation board.

Qualcomm promotes Jim Doh to senior vice president-worldwide sales and president-Qualcomm CDMA Technologies … Digital Advertising Alliance names Peter Kosmala, ex-International Association of Privacy Professionals, managing director … Lobbyist registrations: Sprint Nextel, the Fritts Group, effective April 20 … Brightpoint promotions: Vincent Donargo to executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer, replacing replaces Anthony Boor, who signed a mutual separation agreement; Anthony Mackle to chief audit executive; Michael Smith, ex-WellPoint, joins board … Cisco hires David Yen, ex-Juniper Networks, as general manager and senior vice president of the server access and virtualization technology group … Cox Media Group Executive Vice President Bob Neil to retire … New at European Satellite Operators Association: Eric Beranger, Astrium, chairman; Cato Halsaa, Telenor, vice chairman … Bravo Media promotes Holly Tang to chief financial officer … New members of Mobile Marketing Association global executive committee: Melis Ertem, Turkcell, chair; Paul Palmieri, Millennial Media, vice chair; Cameron Clayton, Weather Channel, secretary; Barney Loehnis, OgilvyOne Worldwide, treasurer; Federico Massamormile, Hanzo, chair emeritus.

Q1 broadcast results: E.W. Scripps TV station ad sales gained 3.2 percent from a year earlier to $69 million. Local ad sales gained 3.5 percent to $41.1 million, political ad sales fell 50 percent to $444,000 and national ad sales fell 1 percent to $20.0 million, it said. Compensation from the broadcast networks is a thing of the past for its ABC and NBC affiliates, Scripps said. It took in nearly $800,000 in network compensation in Q1 2010 but none in Q1 2011, it said. Retransmission consent fees gained 47 percent from a year earlier to $4 million, and digital sales gained 29 percent to $2.1 million. Profit at the TV division fell 4.3 percent to $6.3 million. … Entercom ad sales gained 2 percent from a year earlier to $82.5 million while expenses grew 4 percent to $61.8 million. Results were largely in line with analyst expectations, Noble Financial’s Michael Kupinksi wrote investors on Tuesday. “The acceleration in revenue that was anticipated seems to be pushed out a quarter or two.” Shares of Entercom fell 10 percent on Tuesday. … Fisher Communications TV ad sales gained 9 percent from a year earlier to $29.1 million. Local and national ad sales, excluding political spots, gained 9 percent to $22.8 million and TV cash flow gained 47 percent to $4.7 million. Online ad sales gained 89 percent to $1.2 million, about 5.5 percent of all TV sales. Sales at Fisher’s radio stations fell 1 percent from a year earlier to $5.2 million and cash flow at the stations fell 14 percent to $304,000.

(Editor’s Note: The following are excerpts from coverage of Newton Minow’s “Vast Wasteland” speech in the May 15, 1961, edition of Television Digest, the predecessor of Communications Daily and the founding publication of today’s Warren Communications News. Note that back then the company -- which was already 15 years old -- employed a distinctive “telegraphic” style.)

Moves at Wisconsin Public Service Commission: Brian Rybarik to administrator, Telecommunications Division; Matthew Pagel to public information officer … Marnie Black, ex-own PR firm, becomes AMC senior vice president-public relations … ESPN digital moves: John Kosner named senior vice president of ESPN digital and print media; Rob King to vice president of editorial, digital and print media; Patrick Stiegman is editor-in-chief of ESPN.com … Turner Sports promotes Jon Kropp to vice president of business operations for golf portfolio, new position, including golf.com, pgatour.com and pga.com.