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Volume 11 • Issue 1 • Spring 2007

On The Air

The 2006 Celebrity Golf Tournament atThe Stanwich ClubGreenwich, Connecticut.

Ken Lowe and his wife Mary

Table Of Contents2007 Golden Mike ....... 3-40

2007 Pioneer Awards ...47-53

Saving Lives ....... 41, 46, 56

President’s Message .......57

Board of Directors ..........59

2007Golden

Mike Award

3 On The Air Spring 2007


A Very-Very Special Golden Mike Salute To Ken Lowe And The E.W. Scripps Company


The E.W. Scripps family,100 strong, came from Cincinnati, Tennessee and New York to celebrate with hundreds of other well-wishers saluting their leader Ken Lowe and the highly acclaimed company for which they work.

Broadcasters Foundation of America Chairman Phil Lombardo in presenting the 2007 Golden Mike honor said, “Tonight the Broadcasters Foundation of America basks in the glow of a rare opportunity in which we honor an individual and company that have been involved in every major facet of the world of communications.

Throughout its long history, The E.W. Scripps Company has been an innovative forerunner in newspaper, radio, television, cable and the Internet. Scripps, like its current President & Chief Executive Officer Ken Lowe, has always embraced and championed change.

This evening it is therefore our distinct pleasure to honor a man and his company that symbolize the very essence of the emergence of broadcasting and communications into the very fabric of American life.”

Ken was surrounded by members of his family and hundreds of friends in the Grand-Ballroom of The Waldorf Astoria on Monday evening, February 26. Even a last effort by old man winter could not diminish the enthusiasm or turnout to salute Ken and his company.

American music icon Kenny Rogers backed by a ten-piece orchestra provided the evening’s entertainment, which included, of course, a live performance of The Gambler coupled with a special video presentation with clips from Rogers’ legendary Gambler films.

The emcee for the evening was Gordon Elliott, now a producer with the Food Network and formerly from A Current Affair, Hard Copy, Good Day New York, and CBS This Morning.

Life-long friend Rick Dees, Scripps Network Executives Judy Girard, Burton Jablin, Susan Packard and the creator of E! Entertainment Network Jarl Mohn (better known to broadcasters as Lee Masters of MTV fame.) all offered personal salutes from the podium.

Ken Lowe’s acceptance of the 2007 Golden Mike was described as insightful and moving.

“Thank you all for this amazing evening. I truly appreciate your taking time out of your very busy lives to share this moment with us. I would like to thank our master of ceremonies, who also happens to be the best thing to come out of Australia, except for maybe Nicole Kidman. Ladies and gentleman, lets give Gordon Elliott a round of applause.

Thanks so much, Gordon. You are a good friend. I would also like to thank Kenny Rogers. Wasn’t he incredible?

I was thinking that listening to Kenny is like listening to the soundtracks of our lives. Wouldn’t you agree? What a musical legacy he is creating. Rick Dees and I were reminiscing about our early days in radio when we played hits by Kenny Rogers and The First Edition.

You are a true superstar, Kenny, and a great human being. Thanks for being here tonight.

To all of the presenters…well, what can I say? You all mean so much to me.

Special thanks to our folks at Scripps Networks who put the video together. You know, everyone should have one of these, where all your mistakes have been edited out. Blew my big trumpet solo in high school. You would never know. That time I was fired back in 1979. Gone. Burned down a station in Portland, Oregon. Not even a mention. It is like having a personal TiVo for life.

I’d also like to add a big thanks to Phil Lombardo, Gordon Hastings and the board of the Broadcasters Foundation of America for presenting the Golden Mike Award this year to The E. W. Scripps Company and to me personally.

Much of the credit for the company’s success goes to the thousands of outstanding professionals we employ at our networks, TV stations, newspapers and other businesses. We also have a top-notch management team, many of whom are with us here tonight. Would everybody from Scripps stand for just a minute to be recognized?

I would also like to recognize three members of our board of directors, and their wives, who are here. Ron Tysoe and his wife, Arleigh; Jeff Sagansky, and his


Ken with his Dad Wayne and his mother Barbara


wife, Christy; and Jarl Mohn and his wife, Pamela. It is good to see you all again. Thanks for coming.

Being chosen to receive this year’s Golden Mike Award has been a profoundly humbling experience for me, for my family and for the men and women at Scripps.

But the real winners – the ones who will benefit most from your tremendous generosity – are those who’ve devoted their lives to our industry, yet today are coping with some type of personal hardship or another.Your presence here tonight, and your gift to the Broadcasters Foundation of America, will improve the lives of many, and I thank you for that from the bottom of my heart.

As I looked around the room tonight, it dawned on me just how fortunate I have been to know all of you. So many of you have supported me and invested your time and confidence in me. I have to confess, I have often wondered, why.

However, as I have grown older (and hopefully a little wiser) I have come to understand that it was not about me at all. It was about you.

The gift that so many of you in this room gave me – and continue to give – is hope. You make dreams come true. I have seen so many of you put aside personal ambitions and goals to help others succeed. You are great teachers. You are great mentors. In addition, you are wonderful givers.

So my hope is that you take as much pride in this honor tonight as I do and that you’re celebrating right along with me and all of us at Scripps, because we wouldn’t be having this great evening if it weren’t for all the folks during my career who gave me a chance; who gave me their time, their advice, their care and their love. The poet Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, “Our chief want is someone who will imagine us to be what we

know we could be.”

I have been blessed to have so many who have given me that inspiration. Like Pat Patterson who put Rick and me on the air in Raleigh, N.C. Or Dick Jansen, who hired me at Scripps and became my true mentor. Dick taught me the business side of broadcasting and gave me an opportunity to get into television.

Or Dale Pond, the senior VP and marketing guru at Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse who, after hearing my presentation about a new cable channel about “grass growing and paint drying” - a month before it went on the air - committed to purchase twenty percent of all the advertising. It immediately gave

HGTV credibility in the advertising community and set us on our way.

Or Doctor Steve Martin, who, as a good friend and spiritual advisor, constantly reminds me that our character is only as strong as the quality of the people we surround ourselves with. Or my wife of 25 years – Mary – who has had to contend with the wild and woolly life of a broadcaster, moving from town-to-

Welcome to the 2007 Golden Mike, Chairman Phil Lombardo


town and job-to-job. Thank you, Mary, for your belief in me and for your love. Finally, my parents, Barbara and Wayne Lowe, who just celebrated sixty years of marriage last month. Isn’t that fantastic?

They raised my brother and me with unquestioned, unconditional love and instilled in us a strong sense of self-confidence that we were able to grow beyond the tobacco fields of North Carolina, and now – for me – to this honor tonight and the bright lights of New York City.I can never thank them enough. I know they are proud of me tonight; but Mom, Dad – I want you to know how proud I am of you. Thank you. Mom you were great in the video.

Lastly, if you will allow me, I would like to dedicate this evening to my late, younger brother, Bruce, who passed away in 2004.

He would have loved tonight – the atmosphere, the festive spirit, the camaraderie and the fact that it was all about helping the less fortunate. He devoted his life to helping others, so Moose, this is for you.

Thank you again for this incredible honor and for being here tonight to support the Broadcasters Foundation of America.”

Susan Packard: Thank you for the blessing of your friendship.

“Ken and I go back to the very beginnings of HGTV. I was his first hire to get the business started. He hired me primarily to deal with those cranky cable operators to get the network distributed. You may recall we had a tool, retransmission consent, to help us get there.I took Ken to Denver to call on one such cable operator. We flew out there and Ken was in his usual good spirit, charged up to close the sale with this big guy. Well his demeanor began to change when we were kept waiting two hours by the client, who, we were told, was at the dentist. When we were finally called in Ken got revved up again as all good sales people do. The client walked in, stayed standing, and announced that we had nothing to talk about. They would take our retransmission consent, but would not trade it to get us launched.

All Golden Mike back to back! 2006 honoree Jeff Smulyan with his wife Heather with 2007 Honoree Ken Lowe and his wife Mary

At that point, I stood up, and said the meeting was over. Ken followed me out to the rental car with a pained look on his face.

‘We flew all the way to Denver for that? What was that?’

I told him it was only the first round and that I thought it actually went pretty well. After that, he left me to handle the theatrics of the cable deals.

However, he was always there for the team and me. His support for us was, in a word, unwavering.

An example. In the early days when we were working to be licensed in Canada, we had to make our case in front of the CRTC in Ottawa. I had done work in Canada before so I took this on. It was a blizzard that day in January day when I was to present to the commission, and Ken was to fly up there the night before, to support me. When he never showed that evening, I figured something had detained him in Knoxville. The next morning, there he was. He looked raggedly tired so I asked him what had happened.

He explained that the flight was diverted to the

northeast, but they eventually got on a bus and rode to Canada from there. Turns out it was an eight hour bus ride, but to Ken, who believes it is a sacred thing to support his team, it was no big deal. For those who are lucky enough to experience it, there are great highs in building a business, but so too, can there be terrible personal sadness, as life is known to do to us. When Ken’s only brother Bruce suddenly passed away, I went to S. Carolina, along with our friend Nancy Tretter, and tried to be there for Ken and his lovely parents, who are here tonight.

We all paid tribute to Bruce, who was at the launch of HGTV, and who stood, so tall and eloquent, as he toasted his big brother Ken for seeing his idea through. He was so very proud. Bruce was magnificent that night, and I hold that memory as one of the great ones with HGTV.

The video mentioned our core values. There was one that was always implicit as we built the division, and that one was gratitude. Ken, every time you addressed a group at work, you always ended with heartfelt thanks,


Ken Lowe’s Nephew Brandon Lowe, Wayne Lowe, Nancy Tretter, Pat Jones, Barbara Lowe and Ken


whether it was the sales groups, the programming folks, it did not matter. You always ended expressing your gratitude to them.

I end with expressing mine to you, for all those marvelous work moments, yes, but even more for the blessing of your friendship.

Thank you, Ken from all of us, and Congratulations.

Judy Girard: Ken, you are my last and best boss.

“When ken asked me to speak on his behalf tonight I was honored and I thought how hard can it be? Ken and I only go back 9 years. When Ken Lowe asked to meet with me, I was leading the good life in Los Angeles, had met the man of my dreams and was in a 12-step program of recovery from Disney and the phone companies.

I did not know Ken, but I had heard he was a man of vision, a man of intelligence, a man of compassion, and had an uncanny ability to keep a suit and tie crisp after 8 hours in the office and 16 hours at dinner. That alone should qualify him for this award!

At dinner Ken said, “Come to Scripps.”

Ken always believed that every employee makes a company successful. Many people talk it, Ken lives it. Ken said, ‘how about running The Food Network?’

The Food Network had no ratings, was boring, was loosing a ton of money and I never ever in my life had I cooked a meal! However, how hard could it be? Ken always convinces you that you can do anything. Ken, of course, recognized food as something more profound than just cooking. It is the anchor of our gatherings, the pillar of our lives, and the source of sustenance! I thought it was pretty dam funny, actually.

After 6 years of at The Food Network, you start asking yourself how hard it would be to stuff a round star into a square oven.

After another 16-hour dinner with Ken he said, ‘Why don’t you go run Shop At Home Network?’

I said to myself how hard could this be. No ratings, no distribution, is boring, and looses a ton of money. However, at least I shop, so how hard can it be?

Failure is a word that is not in Ken’s vocabulary. A business failure just means you change course, there is never a fall guy around Ken.

Out of Shop At Home’s demise was born an on line commerce strategy that will be the next pillar of major revenue as Ken continues to put an indelible stamp on

the E.W. Scripps Company.

Once again, the good life called. Another dinner with Ken and he asked if I would run HGTV. I said, why would I do that? It has ratings, a solid program base and makes a ton of money! He said, ‘Right, how hard could it be. You will have mastered the three essentials to human

survival. Food, shelter and shopping!’

It has been a thrill to be with Ken as these six networks and websites break the billion-dollar revenue mark. Most thrilling to me has been what the last 9 years has meant to me personally.

30 years ago, I was running a CBS station in Binghamton, New York, I tried to manage like a man, be one of the guys, and act like one of the guys, with some success.

When I came to Scripps, I found that Ken Lowe had built a place where success is defined as the ability to be you. Female, Gay, African American, whatever. Stay true to your soul and your ability to succeed in business will follow.

Phil Lombardo, Gordon Elliott, Ken Lowe

and Gordon Hastings


Ken, you are my last and best boss. You have given me the gift of being me.

That is what makes it not hard at all!

Burton Jablin: You have created a place where people never wamt to leave.

“Like Susan, I was one of the people who were lucky enough to be hired by Ken early on to help create HGTV. My job was to work with my boss, Ed Spray, to supervise all of the programming. Today, of course, HGTV is extremely popular, with shows like House Hunters, Designed to Sell, Decorating Cents. The list goes on and on.

So it is easy to forget some of the shows let’s call them experiments -- that we tried in that first year. Ken, I know you remember -- or maybe you would like to forget -- shows like that gardening program from Australia. It included a segment on how to pollinate a six-foot-tall philodendron that was so graphic we could not even air it without jeopardizing our G rating.

There also was the series about a guy who was so clueless he couldn’t even change a light bulb by himself. We called it Klutz Around the House.

Then, there was the show whose title said it all: Oriental Rugs. That was it Oriental rugs. Rug after rug after rug, for 197 episodes. Most of the shows, of course, have been successful. That is because of Ken’s vision for HGTV.

In those early days, we often said that because of Ken’s vision, he was able to see four or five steps ahead of everyone else.

Of course, that meant that the rest of us had to figure out steps one, two, and three, but it was always worth the effort.

HGTV’s Dream Home Giveaway, the early development of a website, ownership of our content -- just some of the results of Ken’s foresight.

He also came up with the idea for a call center, so people could contact HGTV with questions and comments. No other television network had anything like it, and in a short time, we were receiving thousands of letters and phone calls a month -- almost all of them positive.

However, I remember one major exception. It happened when we decided to change around the program schedule for a show about quilting. Within a week, Ken received a petition signed by 12,000 angry quilters. They were threatening to picket HGTV’s headquarters. We learned an important lesson -- do not get on the wrong side of people carrying long needles!

Earlier this evening, Judy Girard recalled her first day on the job at Scripps Networks, when Ken announced that million-dollar bonus for employees. I want to conclude with a brief memory of my first day at HGTV, which isn’t quite so dramatic, but I think it says a lot about Ken and the environment he created.

It was April 15, 1994. I had just moved to Knoxville from Los Angeles, was living in a motel, and didn’t know anyone. Several others were in the same situation. So that night, Ken invited the entire staff of HGTV at the time -- all eight of us -- to join him for dinner, the first of many we would share.

Judy Girard and Gordon Elliott


The meal wasn’t memorable, and in fact, the restaurant, Merlot, no longer exists. What is notable is that everyone at dinner that first night is still with us at Scripps Networks -- 13 years later.

That is because Ken, through his vision, his leadership, his integrity, and his support, created a place that people simply do not ever want to leave.

For that, and so much more, thank you, Ken, and congratulations on tonight’s honor and all of your well-deserved success.

Jarl Mohn (Lee Masters): You're beautiful don't change we love you.

Revenge is a dish best served cold. And so my story of revenge begins back in the early '90s as Ken Lowe decides to launch Home & Garden Television. At the time, I'm CEO of E! in Los Angeles. We had a factory there, producing our own television. We had our own production facilities. I got a phone call from Ken Lowe and Frank Gardner and they said, 'We'd like to come out and see how you do things, because we know you're able to produce a lot of television very inexpensively, and own it.' I said, 'Terrific, come on out.'

So they came out for a couple of days, studied it, and went back to Knoxville to try to replicate or take what we were doing and apply it to what they were doing there. Which was fine, we were really happy to do that. And then all of a sudden, he starts poaching my employees. First Mark Hale goes, who's sitting at the table with me tonight. He's now the chief technology officer at the Scripps Networks. He hired Bob

Baskerville, who's now the president of the Scripps Digital Networks, and a whole other raft of people.

I'm not a happy camper. First thing I say is no more tours of the facilities to anybody, okay? I said, Some day I'm going to have a chance to get back at him. So I lie in wait for ten years. I leave E, I go to Liberty Digital, I leave Liberty, and the phone rings and it's Ken. And Ken said, 'How'd you like to come and be on the E. W. Scripps board?' I said, Cool, sounds great.

This is where the revenge part of the story kicks in. I'm named to the compensation committee. Now, by this

time I'm not pissed anymore. By this time, Ken's done a great job. The business is smoking. I can't possibly dig him. So I do what every other compensation committee in the United States does. Overpay him!

You know, before the Broadcasters Foundation decided to give Ken this award, they

wanted to do their due diligence to make sure that they didn't get embarrassed, because it's a very prestigious award. So they had a deep investigation, they talked to the Department of Justice and they found out that he was clean on options backdating. They went to the Department of Justice, there was no antitrust issues. They went to the FTC, found no false advertising, no misleading claims.

However, it was a little disconcerting, they found out after they published the invitations that there is an ongoing investigation by the FCC, going back to the '70s, Ken's radio days. They're doing a forensic

Guest presenter Susan Packard of Scripps Networks with Mary Lowe


investigation of some of the transmitter readings that he took. The IRS wants to know why he didn't declare those t-shirts as income.

I've dealt with Ken as a competitor, as a friend, as a board member. I've seen what an incredible job that Ken has done The E. W. Scripps Company, is truly remarkable. He took a huge idea for HGTV, went to the board, which was a big ask at the time. It's funny in retrospect, because I think the original ask was $25 million to build this business, and convinced the the board to do it. It turned out to be a huge home run. It's one of the many reasons why we're here tonight to honor Ken. Of course if it hadn't worked, he'd be back at Raleigh/Durham playing Bobby Sherman records.

I asked some of his fellow board members for some comments, just so we could represent the feelings of the entire board. Had some really wonderful things to say about Ken.

These are some of the quotes. A superb human being. He defines inspiration. His creativity, sensitivity, humility and true leadership make him the right man at the right time at the right place. Eloquent, enthusiastic, ethical and entrepreneurial. Jeff Sagansky, one of my fellow board members, is here tonight, he had a great line, he said he's the media CEO with the best performing company and the best hair. Which begs the question, are the two related? An extraordinary innovative man.

A team builder who nurtures his people and inspires all to do their best. Ron Tyso, another fellow board member is here tonight. He said, 'A genuine and caring person, the personification of class. Creative yet humble, Ken leads with compassion and integrity.' And to all those I would add, Cool suits, great hair.

So, Ken, I want to leave you with a humble little gift. I've summed up the entirety of your inspirational and great 40 years in the media business in five simple lines. It's a little limerick. A young DJ named Lowe had an itch to play records as his path to get rich. He moved from broadcasting to cable 'cause he thought it more stable. And now, Brian Roberts has made him his bitch. As we say in L.A., Ken, you're beautiful, don't change, we love you!

Rick Dees: Ken Lowe is #1

We want to thank you so much. I got to say to be here with all these friends and formal wear and all, and to be at The Waldorf-Astoria with all these great boxes and all, and such a great formal event. My cab driver knew it was a formal event, he had his formal turban on the way here tonight. It was fantastic. And I have

to go just a couple of seconds further, too. I mean, Jeff Smulyan has just shelled out a couple of dollars for me to move from Kiss-FM to Movin' 93.9. And thank you, Jeff, your lovely wife, Heather. And you've done so well. Gordon was just talking about Ken and the fact that E. W. Scripps has done great with our show. We talked

Emcee Gordon Elliott congratulates Ken


about, at first, that maybe he would buy a little bit of the weekly top 40. And now, because he didn't, I'm out of money in over 70 countries!

We started together at a country station in North Carolina. We were both 17 years old and we loved radio. You saw a picture of what he started out with, that transmitter. And actually, Ken, you'll notice from his voice, is really good. Whatever he decides to do, he's fantastic. I didn't start out as quickly. It was a country station, and I had gotten to the point where the farm animals refused to be on the farm report, and it was to a point where I said, I got to do something.

And so I made Ken my best friend. And I haven't regretted it one day, I'm telling you something. It is true, he has the best hair of anybody I ever saw. That's the good news. The bad news is, Britney Spears wants it. And you know, I have to say, too, I mean, being my best friend, Barbara and Wayne Lowe are the parents that I wish I had. If I had had Barbara and Wayne Lowe as my parents, I wouldn't be standing up here on Xanax and Paxil.

And Ken is always thinking of ideas, I mean always thinking of ideas. He was up in the room just a little while ago, we were watching TV just before coming down here, and there was a news item on about a city manager in Northern California who is wearing women's clothes now and going to become a transvestite. He said, 'You know, I'm thinking about that, like if that person goes missing, do we put his face on the cartons of half-and-half?' Ken thinks, he thinks all the time.

Never a dull moment. His synapses are going like that all the time.

It started back in 1968 at a country station. But it is very rare to get up here and just say that this guy really is everything that everybody else has said he is tonight. He's the real deal, I can honestly say he's my best friend in the world. And no joking, Ken, I love you, buddy, you deserve this. It's a long time coming. And they've made the right choice. Ken Lowe is number one. God bless you, bud. Thank you.


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Photos by Wendy Moger-Bross

Through the years...


Thank you!

Guest presenter Rick Dees

Pat and Becky Patterson


Broadcasters Foundation Chair Phil Lombardo and his wife Kim

Ken with Scripps Networks Mariane Whittemore

Jim Rosenfield with retired

Scripps President Dick Jansen


Guest presenter Burton Jablin of Scripps Networks

Nancy Peretsman of Allen & Company and Ken

Rock & Rock Jock Ken Lowe

Mark Hale, Mary Lowe, Sally Hale and Ken


Tracy Tynan, Director of Sales HRP and John Lansing of Scripps Networks

Tim Huban of GE Capital with Skip Finley of ICBC Broadcast Holdings

Radio/TV Business Report Publisher Jim

Carnegie, his wife Kathy and Phil Lombardo

Harris Optimal Solutions President Ed Adams with his wife Tara


Photos by Wendy

Moger-Bross

Ken with Scripps Senior Vice President Television Station

Group Bill Peterson and his wife Kathy

A-starlight night!

Jay Isabella of Telerep and Gary Lico of Cable Ready

Great American Country President Ed Hardy, his wife Kim and Ken Lowe

Mike O’Neill of BMI with BMI President Emeritus Frances Preston and Clear Channel Television Chair Bill Moll


Crystal Price and Mary Lowe

Kevin Svenningsen, senior vice-president sales and marketing NABS, Dave Thomas senior vice-president strategy and business and Susan Whiting president and chief executive officer of Nielsen Media Research

Chuck Bolkcom of

PricewaterhouseCoopers

with his wife Sheri

Chris Theodoros of Google and Lisa Sirotka-Sonnenklar of

McGavren Guild

Kenny Rogers “The Gambler.”24 On The Air Spring 2007

Ken with Steve

and Hervey Martin Reed Television Group Vice-President & General Manager Larry Oliver and his wife Betty Oliver

Michael Spiesman and Jim Beloyianis of Katz Television

surround Ray Cole of Citadel Communications


Executive

Vice-President

Ad Sales,

Engineering, and

Emerging Media

Scripps Networks

Steve Gigliotti his

wife Sharon

Susan and Dale Pond

Casey Coleman, On The Air Creative Director Jamie Russo and Mica Jean Pierre of the Broadcasters Foundation of America

BMI’s Dan Spears, Desmonique Bonet of Google

and Buckley Broadcasting’s Joe Bilotta

Gordon and Lynn Hastings with Scott

and Sheila Knight


Photos by Wendy

Moger-Bross

Hearst Argyle President and Chief Executive Officer David Barrett, Beth Barrett and Ken

Ken with Virginia and Dick Jansen

The NAB’s Marcellus Alexander with Michael Spiesman

Guest

presenter

Jarl Mohn

known in the

broadcasting

industry as

Lee Masters


Jennifer Webber and Ken Lowe

Dick Jansen, Bill Moll, Ken Lowe, Tribune’s Dennis Fitzsimons and Phil Lombardo

Bill Sickles of Google Audio, Gordon Hastings and Chris Theodoros of Google

Ken, Kenny Rogers

and Mary Lowe

Jessica Klekamp with Sheila and Christopher Knight


37 On The Air Fall 2006

Ken and Phil Lombardo Broadcasters Foundation Director Dick Foreman with his wife Dr. Ann Hero Foreman

Skip Finley, Steve Newberry, Dan Spears and Joe Bilotta

Judy Girard and her husband Richie Karron

Phyllis McGorry and Marcia Moger


Sheryl Arluck, John Mikel Zeigler and David Glazer

Mark and Sally Hale

Bill Appleton

and Ken Lowe

Brandt, Lynn and Gordon Hastings


Photos by Wendy

Moger-Bross

Desmonique Bonet and the RAB’s Kerry Tucker

Katz Chair Emeritus Jim Greenwald

Stan and Marcia Moger, Ken and Tim McAuliff of Petry Media

Greater Media’s Peter Smyth and Peter Doyle

Hearst Argyle’s Fred Young


Jackie Johnson, Pat Buchanan with Sally and Mark Hale

Ken with William and Rebecca Patterson

Jennifer Howard (Mrs. Willard Stanback) and Senior Vice President Legal Affairs, Scripps Networks Willard Stanback

Burton Jablin and Stan Moger


Broadcasters Foundation Director Marty Weisberg, with Connie and Rick Buckley

BMI’s Richard Conlin

Ann Hero Foremen, Ken and Dick

Foreman

Ernest Liebre and Colleen Gally



Chris Rohrs and Kathleen Keefe

Dave Harrington and Tim Huban of GE Capital

Judy Girard and

TVB’s Joe Tirinato

Russ Withers, Bill Stakelin, Bill Moll and Del Bryant

Rick Dees and KenScott Knight,

Skip Finley,

Deirdre Lorenz


Desmonique Bonet with

Interep CEO Dave Kennedy

Tribune CEO Dennis Fitzsimons and Ken

Susan Packard and

Mark Hale

Cable Ready’s Gary Lico with guest presenter Judy Girard of Scripps Networks



Volunteers Jordan Katz and Lisa Tesoro from

Katz Media Corporation

The Google delegation. Art Zeidman, Joe Anastasi, Adam Marks, Jeff Weinand, Bill Sickles, Scott Bogdan, Chris Theodoros, Desmonique Bonet and Carol Rosenberg

Jeff & Heather Smulyan

Senior Vice President of Human Resources for

the E.W. Scripps Company Jennifer Webber and Mary Lowe

Ken, Judy Girard and her husband Richie Karron

Scripps Networks President John Lansing and Phil Lombardo


Congratulations and goodnight!

Barry O’Brien and Mica Jean-Pierre

Lou Occhicone of Cable Ready, Emerson Coleman of Hearst- Argyle Television and Gary Lico,

President & CEO of Cable Ready

John Lansing, Patrick Guy senior vice president business affairs Scripps Networks, Phiderika Foust vice president buniness development Scripps Networks, Rich Boehn, Chiev Operating Officer, The E.W. Scripps Company and Barbara Guy


Donna Stephens senior vice president advertising sales HGTV and Susan Packard, president affiliate sales and international development Scripps Networks

Bill and Phyllis McGorry with Dick Foreman and Ann Hero Foreman

Michael James L’Oreal, Jennifer LaMontagne local sales manager of WBLS-FM, Kendra Sherwood. WBLS, Skip Finley, vice chairman ICBC

Broadcast Holdings and Keisha Sutton James.


Pat Buchanan

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Two days short of Disability Coverage

Our colleague thrived in the fast-paced environment of a major market station ever since he knocked on doors as an account executive in 1980. He later became the type of general manager and vice president that any sales team would be proud to work alongside. Always challenging himself, he took on a position leading a network group when a health emergency changed his life in one day. He had worked for this new firm fewer than 90 days, which meant he was ineligible for disability coverage.

His worst day was the result of a stroke suffered during open heart/bypass surgery. It left him without locomotion. Whatever strength he could summon now would be needed for strenuous rehabilitation. He needs to excel in this endeavor so that he can stop any further physical decline and prepare himself for another day in the operating room.

His wife is staying at home to care for him and their three small children. While he tries to recover, she is trying to hold the family together. More and more medical bills are coming in which has rapidly depleted their life savings.

Rehabilitation costs, medical bills, deductibles, in home care, and a host of other unexpected day-to-day expenses have raised havoc upon the lives of this family. However, despite the circumstances they are fighting back, together, as a family.

The Broadcasters Foundation of America is there for them.

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A Double Blow

A married couple that both worked as successful sales executives in the broadcasting industry find themselves today in a situation that is simply unimaginable. The wife and mother of two small children was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease in 2005. This rare and paralyzing disease has robbed her of the life she knew in a very short time. She is fed intravenously and relies on breathing support to survive. This young woman is aware of her surroundings; so that she can see and hear her children but cannot hold them and cannot even speak to them clearly.

Her heartbroken husband is now raising their children, aged 7 and 10, while he tries to cope with the cruel reality that confronts them every day. Their family situation appears as if it could not get any worse. But there is also a pressing financial need. The husband left his prosperous sales career five years ago because he needed to step in and save the family printing business since his own father’s health was failing. He made the commitment to invest most of his resources into the business only to watch it fail financially.

This loss of income coupled with staggering home heath care costs have stripped away any safety net that the family saved. Although siblings are trying to assist financially their contributions are meager compared to the monthly debt.

At this moment, our colleagues and their children are in jeopardy of losing their home due to foreclosure.

The Broadcasters Foundation of America is there for them.


Six Radio And Television Legends To Receive

Broadcasters Foundation Of America Pioneer Awards

2007 Pioneer Awards

The Broadcasters Foundation of America has announced the recipients of the 2007 Pioneer Awards to be presented at the Pioneers Breakfast on Wednesday, April 18, 2007 at The Bellagio Hotel during the NAB Convention in Las Vegas.

Receiving honors as Broadcast Pioneers will be James G. Babb the retired President & CEO of Jefferson-Pilot Communications Company, Gary Chapman, CEO emeritus of LIN TV Corporation, California radio entrepreneur Bob Fox, broadcaster and Radio Ink Publisher B. Eric Rhoads, Sorenson Broadcasting President & CEO Dean Sorenson and California-Oregon Broadcasters President Patricia C. Smullin.

The awards will be presented on Wednesday, April 18 at 7:15 A.M. at The Bellagio. The National Association of Media Brokers, the Radio Advertising Bureau and TVB underwrite the annual breakfast. There is no charge for admission, however attendees are asked to register their attendance with the foundation office at 203-862-8577.


James G. BabbJames G. Babb is executive vice president for television for Bahakel Communications, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. He formerly was chair, president and CEO of Outlet Communications, Inc., headquartered in Providence, R.I., from May 1991 through February 1996. Before joining Outlet, Babb was president and CEO of Jefferson-Pilot Communications Company in Charlotte and a director of the Jefferson-Pilot Corporation (1988-1991) prior to his retirement in 1991. He held a number of management positions before his elevation to president in 1988.

Babb has held a number of key positions in the broadcasting industry including president of the North Carolina Association of Broadcasters; chair of the Television Board and a member of the board of the National Association of Broadcasters; chair of the board of TVB (Television Bureau of Advertising) and chair of the CBS Television Network Affiliates Advisory Board. He is a former member and chair of the Board of BMI, Inc.

Jim also serves on the board of Piedmont Television Holdings, a group owner of television stations; and prior to its sale in August, 2004, Babb served as a director of NEP Productions, a major international television production company that produces all

of the Olympic events for NBC as well as NCAA Basketball, NFL Football, including the Super Bowl, and has just begun producing NASCR events for Fox Television.

He is a former member of the Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina and was chair of the public affairs committee. He is also a trustee of the Arts and Science Council of Charlotte and the YMCA of Central Carolinas. In 1985 he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from UNC Charlotte and was elected a charter member of the UNCC Alumni Hall of the Fame in 1991. He is currently a member of the board of trustees at UNCC and chair of the nominating committee. He is a graduate of Belmont Abby College, having served on the college’s board of trustees on two different occasions. He is also a recipient of the Abbey’s Distinguished Alumnus Award.

Gary R. ChapmanGary Chapman is chairman, president and chief

executive officer emeritus of LIN TV Corp. Gary

joined LIN TV’s former parent in 1988 as president

of television and was named CEO of television in

June 1994 and chairman in August 2000.

Gary received his BS degree in radio and television

communications from Southern Illinois University

at Carbondale. He began his television career at


KSDK-TV, St. Louis in 1967, and by 1976, he

became director of marketing and research for

KSDK’s owner, Pulitzer Television. After serving

as general manager of WLNE-TV, Providence

from 1979 to 1984, Gary was promoted to director

of broadcasting for the station’s parent company,

Freedom Newspapers, Inc. In 1987, he was named

senior vice president, broadcasting of Freedom

Newspapers.

Gary became a member of the Electronic

Media Rating Council in 1980, and presided as

chairman from 1982 to 1988. Gary was the joint

board chairman of the National Association of

Broadcasters from 1991 to 1993 and served on the

board of directors from 1987, including chairman of

the television board (1989-1991). He has served as

chairman of COLTAM and chairman of the NAB

personal diary project. He has also served on the

board of directors of the Advanced Television Test

Center, Inc. (ATTC), and the Advertising Council.

Gary was chairman of the board of The Association

for Maximum Service Television (MSTV) from

2000-20005. He is presently chairman of the

advisory board of governors for the National

Association of Broadcasters Education Foundation

(NABEF), co-chairman of the NAB Decency in

Programming Task Force, and is on the board of

the Broadcasters Foundation of America. Gary is

also a former director of The Greater Providence

Chamber of Commerce. Gary is the recipient of

he 2002 Hugh Malcolm Beville, Jr. Award for his

achievement in the filed of audience research. Gary

received an Honorary Doctoral Degree from Roger

Williams University in May 2005, and is a board

trustee at Roger Williams University.

Bob FoxWhen Bob Fox was a young man, he visited KFWB, Los Angeles, and asked to see the sales manager. After introducing himself, Bob said he would go to work at no salary in order to obtain a job as a sales person at the station. He obtained the job and, thus, began a life long career in the radio industry.

In the late 1960s Bob, with a partner, Ira Laufer, purchased KVEN AM and FM (Ventura, CA).KVEN-FM became KHAY when Bob introduced country music to Ventura County. The station quickly became the most listened to station in the county. Eventually, Bob bought out his partner and became majority owner of the company.

Bob became more involved in the industry and in 1983 and l986 was elected chairman of the Southern California Broadcasters Association. Bob also became an officer and director of the California Broadcasters Association and chaired the CBA’s Anti Drunk Driving Task Force. In 1994, the California Broadcasters Association named Bob Broadcaster of the Year.

In 1984 Bob was elected a director of the Radio Board of the National Association of Broadcasters. In 1987, he was elected vice chairman of the radio board and became the first broadcaster from the West Coast to be elected as an officer of the


NAB. In 1987, Bob offered a motion to form and present a technology summit in order to enable the industry to keep abreast of new technical developments. The Technology Summit has become an annual event.

In 1990 Bob was again elected a director of the NAB and from ’92 to ’93 served as vice chairman of the radio board and from 1993 to 1994 served as chairman of the radio board. While chairman of the radio board of the NAB, Bob founded the National Association of Broadcasters Educational Foundation and raised $102,500 to initially fund the foundation. He also served on the board of advisors of the association.

In 1996, the NAB recognized Bob with the Grover Cobb Award for his “Extraordinary contributions to better understanding between broadcasters and the government.”

Bob graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He and his wife live in the Pacific Palisades and they are the parents of two daughters.

B. Eric RhoadsEric Rhoads started his radio career in 1969 at age 14 working as a DJ at WITB in Fort Wayne, Indiana. From there he went to WYYY in Kalamazoo, Michigan, but Rhoads’ big break came when he joined the inaugural staff of Heftel

Broadcastings WLQY (Y-100) in Miami, Florida.

At just 17, Rhoads was one of the youngest full-

time major-market radio talents in America.

Rhoads’ first programming gig came with KIOY

(K104) in Fresno, California.

Rhoads delved into station ownership in 1980 at

age 25, purchasing KLRZ in Salt Lake City, KEYY

in Provo, and KHAA in New Orleans. After six

years, Rhoads sold the properties and founded

Streamline Communications Corporation, which

manufactured remote radio studios. The company’s

marquee product was The Giant Boom Box.

In 1987 Rhoads advertised his product in a little-

known publication called The Pulse of Broadcasting.

He later purchased the publication,

founded a new company, Streamline Publishing,

and changed the name to The Pulse of Radio which

later became Radio Ink. Today, Radio Ink is one of

the radio industry’s top trade magazines. Streamline

also publishes Fine Art Connoisseur, which targets

affluent art collectors.

In its 20 years, Streamline has expanded into

publishing radio industry books and DVDs. In

1997 Rhoads published his first book, Blast From

The Past: A 75-Year Photo History of Radio. Beyond

printed publications, Streamline produces the

RadioInk.com and FineArtCommisseur.com websites.

Rhoads has also broadened the company’s scope

into conferences. Along with Radio Ink’s Forecast

Conference, held annually at the Harvard Club

in New York, the company this year is launching

the Radio Ink Hispanic Radio Conference and is re-

launching its Convergence conference.


Rhoads, his wife Laurie, and their four-year-old

triplets Grace, Brady, and Berkeley split time

between homes in San Francisco, Palm Beach,

and the Adirondacks. An avid boater, Rhoads is

also a collector of antique radios and microphones.

An accomplished photographer and oil painter,

Rhoads’ work has been represented in art galleries

in Seattle and Santa Fe.

Patricia C. SmullinPatsy Smullin is the president and owner of

California Oregon Broadcasting, Inc., which

her father founded in 1933. It is the longest

continuously operated, independent broadcast

organization in the West having served Northern

California and Oregon for over seven decades.

Its holdings include: KOBI-TV (NBC), the first

VHF television station in Oregon with stations in

Medford, Coos Bay and Grants Pass; KOTI-TV

(NBC) in Klamath Falls; KEVU-TV (independent)

and KLSR-TV (FOX) in Eugene Oregon, and

COBi Digital HD, the region’s leading media

Production Company.

Her career in television has been both as an

administrator and a practitioner of the art, with

experience both behind and in front of the camera.

Her recurring television program, Up Close with

Patsy Smullin, has involved interviews with some

of the most intriguing people in America including

TV stars, first ladies and network anchors.

Patsy has served as president of the Oregon

Association of Broadcasters and as a board member

of the National Association of Broadcasters and

the NBC Affiliates Board. Patsy’s Dad received the

NAB’s distinguished service award and she and her

dad are the only father-daughter team to serve on

the NAB board. Patsy like her father is known for

the foresight and wisdom to make small market

broadcast outlets be all they can possibly be and

for consistently providing community service to

individuals throughout the west via the broadcast

medium.

Dean SorensonFifty years ago, Dean Sorenson was finishing his

senior year at Mitchell, SD, high school, and

playing nine holes of golf with friends. When

another nine holes was suggested Dean responded,

“I need to go to town and find a job!” When one of

his friends asked where, Dean answered “The radio

station.”


An hour later, he was at 250 watt KORN-AM in Mitchell at the very same moment a DJ named Gary Owens had resigned for another radio position! Dean was hired. The job complimented his plans to attend classes during days at the local Dakota Wesleyan University.

It was at KORN that Dean cemented his lifetime career plan, to be in mass media but in towns where there are no masses! His sales skills were learned shortly thereafter in Rapid City, and then Pierre, SD. His first General Manager’s position came at age 23, at a 200-watt daytime station with a horizontal antenna strung between two telephone poles.

Dean and friend Jerry Simmons founded Sorenson Broadcasting in 1971. Jerry had a love of radio, although never working in the business, and brought a deep understanding of business management to the company. That partnership continued 15 years and Dean still thinks it was one of the best partnerships ever, in American business.

In 30 years, the company purchased or constructed 22 stations in 10 communities in South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa.

By 1994, the company established one of the earlier Employee Stock Ownership Plans in small radio markets. In 2000, the stations were leased to Waitt Radio/NRG, and remain in that lease arrangement today. Since 2000, Dean and his fishing friend, Dick Chapin, have owned stations in Omaha, Hastings and Nebraska City, NE, as well as Spencer and Storm Lake, IA. Dean is currently constructing two new FM stations in Aberdeen, SD.Dean served on the NAB Board of Directors from 1978-82, and has been an RAB Board Member since 1977. He has been a frequent speaker and sales trainer at both state association conventions, and NAB and RAB conventions. In the 1960’s he was elected twice to the South Dakota Legislature, being the youngest person ever elected to that body.

He and his wife Rita have five children and five grandchildren. Dean and Rita reside in Sioux Falls, SD.


Inside Edition Anchor Deborah Norville will emcee the 2007 Broadcast Pioneer Awards to be held at The Bellagio. Deborah is also a director and member of the executive committee of the Broadcasters Foundation of America and has served on the board for seven years. She is the national media spokes person for the mission of the foundation and each year makes several appearance on the foundation’s behalf including the Service to America Awards in Washington DC and the TVB annual conference in New York City.

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BroadcastersFoundationof America

Endowment Fund

The Broadcasters Foundation of America Endowment Fund was established in 1998 by a resolution of the Broadcasters Foundation of America Board of Directors.

The fund’s exclusive purpose is to ensure that financial assistance be available in perpetuity to fellow broadcasters who, through no fault of their own, are in acute personal financial need. The endowment is used exclusively to support the benevolent outreach of the Broadcasters Foundation of America.

To qualify for help, an individual must go through a detailed application process which includes a financial statement, income tax returns, reference checks, and a physician’s medical statement, when appropriate. Monthly grants vary in size depending on individual circumstances. All grants are approved and renewed annually by the Broadcasters Foundation of America Executive Committee. Grant recipients remain anonymous so as to preserve their dignity.

Endowment CommitteeWilliam O’Shaughnessy, Chair

Phil Beuth, ABC/CapCities (Ret.) Erica Farber, Publisher, Radio & RecordsDick Foreman, Richard A. Foreman Associates Ed McLaughlin, Foundation Chair Emeritus

Larry Oliver, VP & General Manager, Reed Television Group

Call (203) 862-8577 for more information

Your Opportunity To Give Back




Stroke felled broadcaster

A broadcast personality and industry entrepreneur needs our help. Our colleague was in the forefront of the community as a founder of a national publication dedicated to the industry. He later pursued several independent entrepreneurial ventures, unfortunately to no lasting financial success.

In December of 2006, he suffered a massive stroke resulting in brain damage to a serious degree. This dynamic communicator now contends with short-term memory loss and is at this time critically delusional. Fighting for his life, he has made enough physical improvement to be transferred to a local rehabilitation center, where he present condition is complicated and unstable. Known as a bold risk-taker, he is now in the unfathomable position of being unable to manage his own life.

His health problems are compounded by a dire financial need. He is without health insurance, pension or other resources mandatory to afford the high-level quality of health care he needs to survive. His two daughters have informed us that they must locate an assisted living facility immediately that can offer the attention that he needs. His present facility is unsatisfactory owing to a lack of rehabilitation services and even lack of concern on the part of the staff handling his case.

His children are presently navigating a complicated state health care system in order to identify any support possible. But they will only be able to help their father if we can help them. We have the ability to make a difference in our colleague’s quality of life today.

The Broadcasters Foundation of America is there for this family.


Message From The Presidenthe Broadcasters Foundation of America takes great

pride in each Golden Mike presentation being a unique evening. This year’s Golden Mike was no exception. The wonderful gala gathering at The Waldorf Astoria on February 26, as detailed in the pages of this issue, attest to the great tribute paid to Ken Lowe and The E.W. Scripps Company.

I hope that you will take the time to read the expressions of our guest presenters Judy Girard, Jarl Mohn, Burton Jablin, Susan Packard and Rick Dees. As one guest said to me following the dinner, “This must be a wonderful company and individual to work for!” It is indeed.

The foundation wishes to express its deep gratitude for the generosity of The E.W. Scripps Company in working closely with us to present the 2007 Golden Mike Award to its leader Ken Lowe. We are grateful for Scripps making possible the appearance of country music icon Kenny Rogers and for bringing such a large delegation of the Scripps family to the event. Rick Dees, a friend of Ken Lowe’s since their teenage disc jockey years in North Carolina, graciously sponsored the dinner reception. Atlantic Wines and Spirits generously sponsored the post reception.

Of course, a special thanks to the hundreds who supported our mission by attending the dinner.

Because Bad Things Can Happen to Good People is the theme of our 2007 Broadcasters Foundation of America outreach. Initiated by Chair Phil Lombardo, the campaign’s purpose is to insure that any broadcaster who needs our help is aware of our mission. You will see our outreach messages in this issue of On The Air along with several case studies titled Your Help Literally Saves Lives. The message is clear; please assist us in spreading the word so that our safety net will be available to all broadcasters who qualify for our help. Special thanks to Broadcasting & Cable for designing these advertisements and generously providing space in their publication.

The 2007 Broadcast Pioneer Awards will once again salute an illustrious group of broadcasters. What a lineup! Jim Babb, Gary Chapman, Bob Fox, Eric Rhoads, Patsy Smullin and Dean Sorenson. We hope that you will join us to salute these individuals who have given so much to our industry. Join us on April 18 at 7:15 A.M. at The Bellagio. You will be our guests thanks to the generosity of the RAB, TVB and the National Association of Media Brokers.

The Broadcasters Foundation of America NAB Charity Golf Tournament will be held on Sunday, April 15 at the Bali Hai Golf Club. Broadcasting and Cable and New York Life Investment Management underwrite this event so that all player fees go directly to support the work of the foundation. Thanks to Larry Oliver and Gary Faccenda. We also greatly appreciate the sponsorship participation of George Reed and Media Services Group, Ed Adams and Harris Optimal Solutions and Wide-Orbit. Bill Moll, Paul Karpowicz and Scott Knight do a terrific job in organizing this tournament, which unbelievably is now in its 13th year!

Do not forget that the 2007 Broadcasters Foundation of America Celebrity Golf Tournament will be held on Monday, September 17 at the Wee Burn Country Club in Darien, Connecticut. Please contact me for additional information.

The Broadcasters Foundation of America is all about giving back. To the hundreds of people who support our events and our fund raising efforts throughout the year our heartfelt thanks.

I hope to see you in Las Vegas.

GHH

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Broadcasters Foundation of America Board of Directors2006-2007

Philip J. LombardoChair

Stu OldsVice Chair

Gordon H. HastingsPresident

Edward F. McLaughlinChairman Emeritus

Joseph C. AmaturoThe Amaturo Family Foundation, Inc.

David J. BarrettPresident/CEO, Hearst-Argyle Television

Philip R. BeuthCapital Cities, ret.

Del R. BryantPresident/CEO, BMI

Richard D. BuckleyPresident/CEO,

Buckley Broadcasting Corp.

Gary R. ChapmanLIN TV Corp., ret.

Edward ChristianPresident/CEO, Saga Communications, Inc.

Erica FarberPublisher, Radio & Records

Richard FergusonCox Radio, ret.

Joseph M. FieldChairman, Entercom

Skip FinleyVice-Chairman,

ICBC Broadcast Holdings, Inc.

Andrew S. FisherPresident, Cox Television, Inc.

Richard A. ForemanPresident/CEO,

Richard A. Foreman Associates

Alan W. FrankPresident, Post Newsweek Stations, Inc.

Gary Fries, Radio Advertising Bureau, ret.

Ralph GuildChairman, Interep

Wade Hargrove, Esq.Brooks Pierce

McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP

Paul KarpowiczPresident/CEO,

Meredith Broadcasting Group

N. Scott KnightManaging Partner,

Connecticut School of Broadcasting

Jerry LeePresident, WBEB-FM

Jerry LevyPresident, JL Media Inc.

Stanley H. MogerPresident/CEO, SFM Entertainment

William G. MollChairman, Clear Channel Television

Deborah NorvilleInside Edition

Lawrence OliverVP/General Manager, Reed Television Group

William O’ShaughnessyChairman, WVOX/WRTN-Whitney Radio

Diane Linen PowellChair

Des Plaines Publishing

Frances PrestonPresident Emeritus, BMI

John ReardonPresident/CEO, Tribune Broadcasting

David RehrPresident/CEO,

Nat’l Assoc. of Broadcasters

Joseph ReillyPresident, NYS Broadcasters Association

Jeffrey H. SmulyanChairman/CEO, Emmis Communications

Peter H. SmythPresident/CEO, Greater Media, Inc.

Nicholas J. VerbitskyChairman,

United Stations Radio Networks

Martin Eric Weisberg, Esq.Baker & McKenzieCorporate Counsel

Chuck BolkcomVice-President, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Deborah RobertsABC News

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