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TVB TO HONOR CBS’S BOB SCHIEFFER AT TVB’07
New York, March 21, 2007 -- Broadcasting legend Bob Schieffer will be honored with the TVB Broadcast Excellence Award, it was announced today by TVB President Chris Rohrs. The award will be bestowed during a special luncheon ceremony at TVB’s Annual Marketing Conference on Thursday, April 12 in New York City. "Throughout a long and especially distinguished career, Bob Schieffer has been a vital force in television journalism," said TVB President Chris Rohrs. "Though we honor Bob with the TVB Broadcast Excellence Award, Bob honors us with his engaging presence and his outstanding body of work." Schieffer is among broadcast journalism's most experienced Washington reporters. He is CBS's chief Washington correspondent and also serves as anchor and moderator of Face The Nation, CBS News' Sunday public affairs broadcast. Schieffer served as interim anchor of The CBS Evening News from March 10, 2005 until Aug. 31, 2006. He is a regular contributor to The CBS Evening News with Katie Couric. Schieffer is one of the few broadcast or print journalists to have covered all four major beats in the nation's capital -- the White House, the Pentagon, the State Department and Capitol Hill. He has been chief Washington correspondent since 1982 and congressional correspondent since 1989 and has covered every presidential campaign and been a floor reporter at all of the Democratic and Republican National Conventions since 1972. He began anchoring Face The Nation in May 1991. Schieffer is a member of the Broadcasting/Cable Hall of Fame and is the recipient of the 2003 Paul White Award, presented by the Radio-Television News Directors Association. He has won many other broadcast journalism awards, including six Emmy Awards and two Sigma Delta Chi Awards. Schieffer is the 2004 recipient of the International Radio and Television Society Foundation Award and the American News Women’s Club Helen Thomas Award for Excellence in Journalism. In 2002, he was chosen as Broadcaster of the Year by the National Press Foundation. He has been a principal anchor for CBS News since 1973, when he was named anchor of the CBS Sunday Night News. In August 1996, Schieffer stepped down as anchor of the Saturday edition of the CBS Evening News, a post he held for 20 years. He and his colleague, Dan Rather, stand as the only two 20-year anchors of a regularly scheduled network news broadcast. Schieffer joined CBS News in 1969 and, after a brief stint as a general assignment reporter, was named Pentagon correspondent, a post he held for four years. Before joining CBS News, he was a reporter at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and, in 1965, became the first reporter from a Texas newspaper to report from Vietnam . Schieffer later became news anchor at WBAP-TV Dallas/Fort Worth, a post that eventually led to his joining CBS News. He is the author of "Face The Nation: My Favorite Stories from the First 50 Years of the Award-winning News Broadcast," as well as the 2003 The New York Times bestseller, "This Just In: What I Couldn’t Tell You On TV" and "Acting President," published in 1989. TOM WOLZIEN TO BE FEATURED SPEAKER AT TVB’07
New York, Feb. 23, 2007 -- Tom Wolzien, the legendary media analyst, will be a featured speaker at TVB's Annual Marketing Conference in New York on April 12. Mr. Wolzien is tasked for the conference with forecasting the 2010 TV station revenue model. Explained TVB President Chris Rohrs, “It’s 2010, the digital transition is almost a year behind us, so what does the station revenue model look like? How much is coming from the traditional product, how much from digital sub-channels and from other screens? What about 2-way interactive? And, critically, how do we get from here to there? As one of the industry’s great thought-leaders and visionaries, Tom is the perfect guide.” Prior to creating his own consulting firm, Wolzien LLC, in 2005, Mr. Wolzien spent nearly 14 years as a high-profile analyst for the Wall Street research firm of Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. There, he was internationally recognized for his groundbreaking research into the impact of industrial trends on media and communications companies. Previously, Mr. Wolzien spent nearly 16 years at NBC in production and executive management of network news, and in corporate business development. GROUP M’S IRWIN GOTLIEB TO BE FEATURED AT TVB’07
New York, February 15, 2007 -- Irwin Gotlieb, global CEO of GroupM, will be interviewed by Jack Myers, editor and publisher of The Myers Report, at the Television Bureau of Advertising’s 2007 Annual Marketing Conference on April 12, it was announced today by TVB. “Irwin Gotlieb is one of Madison Avenue’s true visionaries. He understands consumers and technology. And nobody tracks the turbulent media business better than Jack Myers,” said Chris Rohrs, TVB president. “We anticipate their conversation will be one of the real treats of the conference.” GroupM is the world’s leading full service media investment management company. GroupM represents WPP’s consolidated media assets which include MAXUS, MediaCom Worldwide, Mediaedge:cia Global, and MindShare Worldwide. The focus of GroupM is the intelligent application of scale in innovation, services and trading for the benefit of clients and the GroupM companies. Mr. Gotlieb joined WPP in September 1999 as Chairman and CEO of MindShare Worldwide. He launched MindShare North America by consolidating the media resources of JWT and Ogilvy, thus creating a global entity. In April 2003, he moved into his current GroupM role. Mr. Myers is well-known in media, advertising, entertainment, financial and political circles for his unique spin on the pop culture and the business of media. His “Jack Myers Media Business Report” is considered a daily “first-read” by more than 20,000 influential subscribers. He is also the editor of MediaVillage.com. NBC AFFILIATES TO MEET ADJACENT TO 2007 TVB CONFERENCE IN NEW YORK CITY Theme of Annual Marketing Conference is "Serving the Empowered Customer” New York, February 14, 2007 -- NBC Affiliates, the NBC Affiliate Board and NBC have elected to hold their 2007 annual meeting in conjunction with the TVB Annual Marketing Conference, it was announced today by TVB. The unifying theme of the 2007 TVB Conference is "Serving the Empowered Customer.” The NBC Affiliates meeting attracts more than 100 broadcasting executives from NBC-affiliated stations all across the nation. The NBC meeting will be convened on Wednesday, April 11, and its participants will be able to coordinate their visit to New York by also attending the TVB Conference, which takes place on Thursday, April 12, 2007. "We found in the past that scheduling our meeting along with TVB was a big positive," said John Damiano, Executive Vice President, NBC Affiliate Relations. "Having both events in the same place and time frame allows our affiliates the opportunity to attend two important industry functions during one road trip. It's an efficient use of time and resources." Chris Rohrs, TVB President said "The 2007 TVB Marketing Conference promises to be the definitive event for local broadcasters to explore the implications of the newly empowered customer." GANNETT’S OGDEN NAMED BROADCASTER OF THE YEAR
Jan. 8, 2007 -- Broadcasting & Cable has tapped Gannett Broadcasting President/CEO Roger Ogden as its Broadcaster of the Year. He'll be honored April 12, when TVB holds its sixth annual marketing conference in New York. Under Ogden, who has led Gannett since July 2005, the 21-station group has become a leader in the move toward HD broadcasting. Seven Gannett stations beam newscasts in HD. Previously, Ogden was president/general manager of Gannett's KUSA Denver. “I don't think there could be a better choice than Roger,” said TVB President Chris Rohrs, in the B&C article that announced the selection. “He's played a pivotal role in broadcasting's move to improve its Websites and to convert stations to high-definition.” Said Ogden in the same article, “Being named Broadcaster of the Year is a great honor, particularly given the great broadcasters who have received this award in years past.” Previous honorees were Belo's Jack Sander, Post-Newsweek's Alan Frank, Hearst-Argyle's David Barrett, Tribune Co.'s Dennis FitzSimons and Fox Television's Dennis Swanson (when he was general manager of WNBC New York). The award will be presented at a TVB luncheon at the conference, held at the Jacob Javits Convention Center to coincide with the New York International Auto Show
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