Eight New Directors Elected to TAB Board of Directors

posted on 8.18.2026

- Five More Re-Elected; Audacy’s Brian Purdy New Chairman

Texas broadcasters filled 13 seats on the TAB Board of Directors this summer, garnering eight new directors and re-electing five more, as well as approving a five-member slate of officers. 

Brian Purdy with Audacy in Dallas-Fort Worth was elected Chairman, the first Metroplex broadcaster to serve in this role since TelevisaUnivision's Mark Masepohl in 2012.

Results were announced at the 2026 TAB Show Aug. 6-7 at Kalahari Resorts & Conventions in Round Rock and concluded a two-month process of nominations and voting.

The Board advises TAB staff on member services and legislative policy, provides fiduciary oversight for the organization, and assists with all major organizational efforts, including the PEP program, advocacy efforts in Austin and DC, and membership recruitment.

Directors meet quarterly, with the remaining 2026 Board meetings slated for Sept. 10 and Nov. 19 at the TAB building in Austin.

Directors are not compensated or reimbursed for traveling to meetings, nor do they receive complimentary admission to TAB events.

2026 TAB Board Election Results

Radio directors elected include:

• Steve Eberhart, KGAF AM-FM Gainesville (Small Market)
• Evan Chance, KITY/KHUK Highland Lakes (Small Market)
• Bob Mackay, Audacy Dallas-Fort Worth (Re-elected, Large Market)
• Kelly Trevino, ICA Radio Corpus Christi (Medium Market)

TV directors elected include:

• Humberto Hormaza, KIAH Houston (Large Market)
• Eric Lassberg, KXAN Austin (Re-elected, Large Market)
• Britt Milstead, KLBK/KAMC Lubbock ((Other Market)
• Ashley Parker, KSAT San Antonio (Large Market)
• Derek Rogers, KXII/KXIP Sherman-Denison (Other Market)
• Jeff Zimmerman, KUVN/KSTR Dallas-Fort Worth (Re-elected, Large Market)

Ranch Radio Group’s Mark Grubbs was newly elected to represent Golden Mic (retired/pioneer) members in a one-year term.  Also elected to one year terms:

• Non-Commercial:  James Pickens, Texas Public Radio San Antonio (re-elected)
• Associate: Juan Galdamez, XPERI
• Educators: Brenda Jaskulske, University of North Texas (re-elected)

Slate of Officers elected includes:

• Chair: Brian Purdy, Audacy Dallas-Fort Worth
• Vice Chair: Pat Stacey, KLTV Tyler (Gray)
• Treasurer: Ashli Dansby, KMHT AM-FM Marshall
• Secretary: Brandy Sanchez, KAMR/KCIT-TV Amarillo (Nexstar)
• Past Chair: Luis Villarreal, KGNS-TV Laredo (Gray)

TAB Board Composition

The TAB Board is comprised of 37 directors, including five officers, 26 directors elected according to membership category and six directors appointed to address geographic, corporate or other representational shortcomings.

TV has nine seats on the Board which are broken into Large, Other and At-Large as follows:

• Large Market TV:  Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio
• Other TV: All other markets
• At-Large TV: Either Large or Other TV

Radio has 12 seats on the Board which are broken into Large, Medium and Small as follows:

• Large Market Radio: Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio
• Medium Market Radio: Amarillo, Beaumont-Port Arthur, Bryan-College Station, Corpus Christi, El Paso, Killeen-Temple, Laredo, Lubbock, McAllen-Brownsville-Harlingen, Odessa-Midland, Tyler-Longview, Waco      
• Small Market Radio: All other markets

FULL TAB BOARD OF DIRECTORS

2027 Elections

Elections are held each year, and because terms are generally staggered, one seat in each category typically comes up each cycle.  

Candidates who didn’t win this year can run again next year.  In cases where directors are term-limited the field will be completely open.  

The 2076 process will officially begin with the call for nominations to be issued in May.

Questions? Contact Oscar Rodriguez or call (512) 322-9944.

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