John L. Humphries is retiring as the head of Hearst Television’s Upstate South Carolina television station that also serves storm-battered Western North Carolina.
His successor has been selected, and it involves a promotion.
Minneapolis investment bank Piper Sandler has released its 48th semi-annual survey of U.S. teens in partnership with non-profit student organization DECA, which prepares the emerging leaders and entrepreneurs of tomorrow. Among the findings of interest to broadcast media executives are this demographic's top tech and social media choices.
The President of Texas-based Hispanic Family Christian Network has signed off on the sale of a pair of low-power television stations. One property, in San Angelo, Tex., is getting a little "Sunshine." The other, in California' Coachella Valley, is poised for some "Fair Play."
In mid-August, Georgia Association of Broadcasters President Bob Houghton announced his retirement. This led the former President/CEO of Tri-State Communications, an ex-NAB Radio Board President, to step into the GAB post.
Now, he's moved ahead with the sale of a group of radio stations he'd been associated with.
He's a Sinclair Broadcast Group executive known for the success of the syndicated pro wrestling program "Ring of Honor." There was also a role as Director of Sales at WFLX-29 in West Palm Beach under then-owner Malrite Communications. Joe Koff is remembered for having a "great career," says one broadcast TV ownership group head. Koff has died of cancer at the age of 73.
The secret to successful public speaking starts with organizing your message, says public speaking coach Rosemary Ravinal. "You can dazzle an audience with stellar delivery abilities but without structured reasoning, your talk will fail to impact them in ways that matter," she says in this column.
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