TAB welcomes new officers, directors

posted on 8.18.2008

Texas broadcasters this month elected a new slate of officers and filled several vacancies on the Texas Association of Broadcasters Board of Directors.

New directors were installed at TAB?s Annual Business Meeting on Thurs., Aug. 7. The meeting was held in conjunction with TAB?s 55th Annual Convention and Trade Show at the Renaissance Austin Hotel.

?Texas broadcasters are lucky to have so many respected industry leaders representing them on TAB?s Board of Directors,? said TAB President Ann Arnold.

?Despite the varying interests and operational structure of our membership, the Board routinely builds consensus on key issues and member services to ensure TAB is working in the overall best interest of the industry.?

New Officers
Chairman: Jason Hightower, KMOO Mineola
Vice Chairman: Danny Baker, KTBC-TV Austin
Secretary: Matt Martin, Clear Channel Radio San Antonio
Treasurer: Brian Jones, Nexstar Broadcasting Group
Immediate Past Chairman: Jackie Rutledge, KTXS / KTXE / KTES-TV Abilene-San Angelo

  

New Directors
Greg McAlister, KLBK / KAMC-TV Lubbock
Laura Morris, KILT / KIKK / KKHH Houston
Julie Pruett, KFDX / KJTL / KJBO-TV Wichita Falls
Max Rudolph, KNCT-FM-TV Waco-Temple-Killeen
Benny Springer, Diversified Broadcast Systems
Mike Wenglar, KVUE-TV Austin

Returning Directors
Billy Alonzo, South Plains College
Roger Bare, KIAH-TV Houston
Meredith Beal, Lasting Value Broadcasting
Dan Bell, Texas State Networks (re-elected)
David Candelaria, Entravision Communications in El Paso
Caroline Devine, Cox Radio (retired)
Ben Downs, Bryan Broadcasting in Bryan-College Station
Dick Drilling, KIII-TV Corpus Christi
Chip Formby, KPAN Hereford
JD Freeman, Clear Channel Radio in Dallas-Fort Worth
Van Greer, Strategic Media Partners
Mary "Mike" Hatcher, Bryan Broadcasting in Bryan-College Station
Leon Hunt, KIVY Crockett; KMVL Madisonville
Mike Lee, KXXV-TV Waco-Temple-Killeen
Kevin Lovell, KVIA-TV El Paso
David Loving, KWEX-TV San Antonio
Jeff Lyon, GAP Broadcasting in Victoria (re-elected)
Tim McCoy, Univision Radio in Austin
Bob McGann, KENS-TV San Antonio
Chris Paddie, KMHT Marshall (re-elected)
Scott Parsons, GAP Broadcasting in Lubbock
Mike Ryan, Clear Channel Radio in El Paso (re-elected)
Gary Schneider, KTXA / KTVT-TV Dallas-Fort Worth (re-elected)
Amy Villarreal, KEYE-TV Austin

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