Clear Channel takes Tampa’s Director of Sales and promotes Chris Soechtig to Senior Vice President of Sales Operations, reporting directly to CEO John Hogan. Soechtig will be responsible for the creation of a corporate “Sales Operation Center,” focusing on all facets of sales strategy, communications, training, sales material, processes and technology for use by Clear Channel sales teams. Soechtig will oversee all 150 Clear Channel markets, and supervise sharing and exchange of sales between markets. Says Soechtig, “Having a sales operations center will give local markets an outstanding opportunity to focus on growing revenue.”