August 14, 2008 - New York, NY

Interep Hispanic TV Rep Division Adds Execs in Chicago and Los Angeles

Mase and Hernandez join Azteca America Spot Television Sales and Hispanic Independent Television Sales

New York – Interep’s Hispanic television representation division, Azteca America Spot Television Sales and Hispanic Independent Television Sales, announced today that it has added two senior executives to its team in Chicago and Los Angeles.  

Joining the division in Chicago is Margo Mase as Vice President/Director of Sales. Mase joins Interep from ABC Radio Sales. Prior to ABC Radio Sales, she worked at HRP National Television Sales for five years.  

In Los Angeles, Carla Hernandez joins Interep as an Account Executive from Entravision Communications in San Diego where she was a Local TV Account Executive selling Univision KBNT, Telemundo XHAS and Telefutura KDTF. During her five-plus years at Entravision, she secured numerous new, long term advertisers, including the single largest account in company history.

Interep’s Hispanic sales TV representation division includes Hispanic Independent Television Sales (HITS) and Azteca America Spot Television Sales.  Both firms provide national ad sales representation to independent Hispanic television stations, helping them capitalize on advertisers’ growing interest in reaching that burgeoning ethnic marketplace.

President of the Hispanic television rep division, Tom Marsillo, said, “We are thrilled to announce this great influx of sales talent to our Hispanic teams. This senior leadership, along with additional staff hires still to come, will enable us to further solidify our leadership position in Hispanic TV sales, to the benefit of our client stations.”

About Interep

Interep is the nation's largest independent advertising sales and marketing company specializing in radio, the Internet, television and complementary media, with offices in 17 cities. Interep is the parent company to the following radio representation firms: CBS Radio Sales, D&R Radio, Local Focus, McGavren Guild Radio, and SBS/Interep. Interep is also parent to Azteca America Spot Television Sales, Hispanic Independent Television Sales (HITS), Hispanic Independent Television Sales Network and Interep Interactive, including Winstar Interactive. Divisions benefiting our clients and customers include our unwired network radio division, Interep NetSolutions™, Interep Integration, our business development division, including Promotion Marketing; and Morrison and Abraham, a sales consulting firm. For more information, visit the company's website at http://www.interep.com.