2021 TAB Board Elections Usher in Five New Directors
posted on 8.16.2021- Univision’s Masepohl Takes Chair; Moesch Advances
TAB’s annual Board of Directors elections ushered in five new Radio and Television broadcasters to represent stations according to market size or license classification.
Four others and one Associate Member were re-elected, along with a new slate of officers to be chaired by Univision Media’s Mark Masepohl (pictured).
The results were announced at the Annual Business Meeting during the TAB Show, Aug. 3-4 in Austin.
Board members are responsible for advising TAB staff on member services and legislative policy, providing fiduciary oversight for the organization and assisting with all major organizational efforts, including the Public Education Partnership program, membership recruitment and the Annual Convention.
The 37-member Board meets four times per year and committees meet year-round. Board members are not compensated or reimbursed for traveling to Board meetings, nor do they receive complimentary admission to TAB events.
New Chairman, Officers
As leader of Univision Media’s Dallas-Fort Worth stations, Masepohl is the first Spanish-language broadcaster to serve as Chairman.
First elected to the Board in 2011, he served six years as a director before joining the Executive Committee as Treasurer and working his way up to wield the chairman’s gavel.
Prior to becoming an officer, he helped lead multiple initiatives for TAB, from the expansion of direct services for members stations and the annual TAB Show, to legislative efforts in Austin and Washington, DC.
He has decades of experience in Texas Radio and Television, working with various English language stations on the sales side before joining Hispanic Broadcasting (now Univision) in 1998.
Paul Gleiser, owner/operator of ATW Media, LLC in Tyler steps up to the Vice Chairman’s seat, while Amy Villarreal with Sinclair’s KEYE-TV Austin assumes the Treasurer’s office.
Advancing to the Executive Committee for the first time is John Moesch, leader of independent operator Brazos Communications West in Odessa-Midland.
He represented Medium Market Radio stations for six consecutive years before being tapped to eventually advance to Chairman.
Radio Seats
David Abel of Cox Media Group in San Antonio was re-elected to represent Large Market Radio, while Brad Moran – who had previously represented “Other” Market TV stations before selling his stations to Gray Television last year – was chosen to represent Medium Market Radio.
Small Market Radio gained two new representatives: Eric Kauffman, KBUS/KOYN/KPLT Paris, and David Klement, KORQ/KABW Abilene.
Television Seats
Robert Sarabia of Telemundo’s KVDA-TV San Antonio was re-elected as a Large Market TV director, while Pat Stacey with Gray Television’s KLTV- TV Tyler returned to the Board after a one-year hiatus following a six-year stint as a director.
Joining the Board for the first time is Brent McClure with KFDA-TV Amarillo, also a Gray-owned station.
Non-Commercial Seat
Don Dunlap, KEDT-TV-FM/KVRT-FM Corpus Christi/Victoria, was elected to the non-commercial seat.
He will be the first PBS representative to serve on the Board in at least 27 years.
Retiring Directors
As new directors arrive, others retire.
This year, that included TAB 2020 Chairman Gayle Kiger with TEGNA’s KCEN-TV in the Waco-Temple-Bryan market. Kiger served as a director for six years representing “Other” Market TV members before advancing through the ranks of the Executive Committee for five years.
Three other directors also retired, some after as much as six years of service, including:
- Rex Tackett, owner/operator of Wendlee Broadcasting in Brownwood (three years)
- Dan Jackson with Gray Television’s Lubbock station group (six years)
- Jerrod Knight with non-commercial KETR-FM Commerce (six years)
Questions? Contact TAB’s Oscar Rodriguez or call (512) 322-9944.
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