Summer 2006 - Broadcasters Foundation of America

On The Air
Table Of Contents
2006 NAB Charity Golf... 3-18
Pioneers Breakfast......21-32
Offshore Challenge......35-48
2006 Celebrity Golf......51-52
President’s Message........55
On The Air
Volume 10 • Issue 2 • Summer 2006
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Jack Salerno of Sony Pictures celebrates
low net with Elissa Sawaya
2006 NAB
Charity Golf
Tournament
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McKinnon Broadcasting and Sony Pictures top
field and the Foundation wins with record amount
raised from sold-out tournament.
The 2006 Broadcasters’ Foundation NAB Charity Golf
Tournament set a new record for player participation and
income raised in support of the mission of helping fellow
broadcasters who are in acute need. The tournament was
co-sponsored by Broadcasting & Cable magazine and
New York Life Investment Management LLC.
The McKinnon Broadcasting team of Mike McKinnon,
Mike McKinnon, Jr. and Dick Drilling won Low
Gross. Sony Pictures Television won Low Net with
John Weiser, Art Spring and Jack Salerno. Thirtytwo foursomes arrived at 8 a.m. on Sunday, April 23rd
to compete on the Bali Hai Golf Course. The 2006
tournament co-chairs were Meredith Broadcasting
President Paul Karpowicz and Clear Channel Television
Chair Bill Moll.
The Broadcasters’ Foundation was pleased to welcome
two new sponsors to this year’s event, Optimal Solutions
and Wide Orbit. They joined long-standing luncheon
sponsor Media Services Group, tournament co-sponsors
Broadcasting & Cable, and New York Life Investment
Management in providing sponsor support to an extent
that allowed 100% of the player fees to go directly to
the foundation’s mission. Optimal Solutions sponsored
the $100,000 hole-in-one competition and the bag tags.
Wide Orbit sponsored the on course refreshment carts.
Ralph Oakley of the Quincy Newspapers television
group won the annual raffle of a custom set of Ping irons
and golf bag.
This was the eleventh year of the Broadcasters’
Foundation NAB Golf Tournament, and the fourth year
it has been played at Bali-Hai. In previous years, the
event was played at the Las Vegas National Golf Club
and one year during which Bali Hai was closed at Royal
Links. The 2007 event is scheduled for Bali Hai on
Sunday, April 15th.
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Elissa Sawaya
with
Hank Kush
of
Commerce
Bank
Broadcasters’ Foundation Chair Phil Lombardo with Gary
Faccenda director of institutional sales for New York Life
Investment Management, and Chuck Bolkcom, Group
Publisher of Broadcasting & Cable, tournament co-sponsors.
Low Gross: Mike McKinnon, Jr., Mike McKinnon, Phil Lombardo and Dick Drilling.
Low Net: Sony Pictures Television. Jack Salerno,
John Weiser and Art Spring
Christine and
Howard Lane
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Toni Coonce, regional sales
director of Wide Orbit with
Wide Orbit’s Director of
Sales Mike Zinsmeister.
Wide Orbit sponsored the
on course beverage carts.
Co-Chair Paul Karpowicz and his wife Lisa
Co-Chair Bill Moll,
chair of Clear Channel
Television with Elissa
Sawaya
Twentieth Television. Jerry Jameson, Paul Franklin and Dave Lougee
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Second Place Net: Andrew Cozewith, BMI’s Dan Spears, Phil Lombardo,
Chuck Dreifus and Buckley Broadcasting’s Joe Bilotta
T.J. Lambert of ESPN Radio
with Darryl Brown of the
ABC Radio Network
Dan Savadove, Doug Ferber of Star Media,
GE’s Dave Harrington and Mark Guralnick
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The winner of the PING Custom irons in
the annual raffle, Tom Oakley of Quincy
Newspapers and his wife Lisa
Liz Burns and
Gordon Hastings
NAB President & CEO David Rehr
welcomes the golfers
Broadcasting and Cable foursome, Chuck Bolkcom, Tom
Bracken, Ed Burakowski, Roger Lockhart
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NAB Sr. Vice President David Dziedzic, Meredith Broadcasting President
Paul Karpowicz, NAB Executive Vice President Jack Knebel and Lisa
Karpowicz. Knebel played a major role in moving the annual tournament
to Sunday and to the Bali Hai Golf Course.
Bruce Baker and Bridget Allen
Elissa Sawaya and the Chairman
Don Perry president of Clear Channel Television, Clear Channel
Television Chair Bill Moll, Doc Bodensteiner and Dick Bodorff of
Wiley Rein & Fielding
Elissa Sawaya and Gary Faccenda
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Lyle Banks, Jeff While, LIN-TV President
Gary Chapman and Jon Hitchcock
Jimmy Schaeffer, Gian Norelli and Louis Hillelson
Jack Sander of Belo Corporation and
Phil Lombardo
Morgan-Murphy Stations. Glenn Kreig, Steve Herling, David Sanks,
Brian Burns and Lester Wager
Star Media. Mike Mines, Scott Knoblauch,
Skip Weller and Lew Dickey, Jr.
John Orlando of CBS with Art Brooks of the
Arizona Broadcasters Association
Mimi Pizazigno and Lynn Hastings
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Longest Drive winner
Jason Crist with
Phil Lombardo
Stainless Tower. Jon Marcusse, Dan Ozley, Pat Moore and Jeff Leingang.
Stainless supplies each participant with a custom golf towel.
The Belo foursome. Jack Sander, Peter Schruth, Jim Yager and Dennis Williamson
Tribune’s
Shaun
Sheehan
Paul Danylik, Rob Weisbord, Gary Grandolf and Vinny Malcolm
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Elissa and Mike McKinnon
Robert Whyte, Bill Johnstone of the Oregon
Broadcasters, Art Brooks of the Arizona
Broadcasters and Chris Miller
Joe McCallion with Mike Thompson and Hank Kush of Commerce Bank
deMarc. Richie Allen and John Soller
Dow Lohnes & Albertson. Jim Conschafter of Media General, John
Feore, Bill Hendrich, Doug Lowe with Elissa Sawaya, center
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BMI’s Mike O’Neil, Michael Steinberg, Jose Gonzalez and Phil Graham
Lyle Banks, Gordon Hastings and Gary Chapman
Howard and Christine Lane with Lisa and Ralph Oakley
Tribune Foursome: Clark Wadlow, Shaun Sheehan, Tribune
President and CEO John Reardon and CFO John Vitanovec
Ed Adams and Kevin Cahill of Optimal Solutions
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Brian Benedik, Mark Gray, Erik Hellum and Steve Sarantos
RAB foursome. Carl Butrum of the
Bayliss Foundation, Gary Fries,
Ron Ruth and Tom Buono of BIA
Joe Bilotta and
Elissa Sawaya
John Reardon and Elissa Sawaya
Citadel Communications. Phil Lombardo, Jason Kilgariff,
Ray Cole and TVB’s Joe Tirinato
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Paul Karpowicz, Lisa Karpowicz, Klarn DePalma and Andy Alford
Dick Drilling with Clear Channel
Television’s Diana Wilkin
Bob Struble, Jason Crist and Lew Paper
New York Life’s Gary Faccenda, Greg Hodges, Regent
Communications CEO Bill Stakelin and Ernest Liebre of
Cambridge Associates
Joel Berman, John Nogawski,
Mark Dvornik and Larry Safir
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Barrington Broadcasting
President Jim Yager with
Twentieth Television
Executive Vice-President
Paul Franklin
NAB’s Dennis Wharton with John
Orlando, Bob Hamilton and Ted Hearn
Morgan Murphy Station’s Scott Chorski, Liz
Burns, George Nelson and Teddie Gibbon
Harris Corporation’s Bruce Baker, Gaylen
Evans, Bridget Allen and Eric Hyyppa
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Sony’s Jerry Jameson
Jimmy Schaeffer and Chuck Bolkcom
Paramount’s Joel
Berman, Mike
McKinnon Jr. and
John Nogawski
Media General’s Jim Conschafter
and Gordon Hastings
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Mimi Pizzigno and Diana Wilkin
Elissa selling PING raffle tickets to dMarc’s Richie Allen
GE’s Dave Harrington and Starr Media’s Doug Ferber
Golf lessons for TVB’s Joe Tirinato
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2006
Pioneer
Awards
Dick Foreman
Presented Chairman’s Award
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The 2006
Broadcast
Pioneer Awards
were presented at the
Broadcasters’ Foundation
Breakfast held annually at the
Bellagio Hotel during the NAB
Convention. The Pioneer Awards,
now in their eleventh year, have been
presented to 64 leaders of the radio and
television industry.
Broadcasters’ Foundation Chair Phil Lombardo
presented the 2006 honors to retired RKO executive
Dwight Case, retired President & CEO of Hearst Argyle
Television John Conomikes, Radio Advertising Bureau
President Gary Fries, Hispanic broadcasting pioneers the
Tichenor Family and Barrington Broadcasting President and CEO
K. James Yager. Broadcasters’ Foundation Director Dick Foreman
received the 2006 Chairman’s Award.
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Gary Fries
Phil Lombardo and John Conomikes
Mac Tichenor, Bill Tichenor, Mac Tichenor, Jr., John Conomikes, Jim Yager, Gary Fries, Dick Foreman and Dwight Case
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Mac Tichenor
Dwight Case
Master of Ceremonies
Tony Malara, president
of Malara Broadcasting
Broadcasters’ Foundation Director Bill Moll who also serves as
Chairman of the Board of the USO thanks broadcasters for their
public service commitment to the USO.
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Inner City Broadcast Holdings
Vice-Chairman Skip Finley, Erwin
Krasnow and Karen Finley
Phil Lombardo presents Chairman’s
Award to Dick Foreman
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Doc Fuller and his son William
Jim Yager
Gordon Rice and Dick Kozacko
Gordon Hastings
and Broadcasters’
Foundation Director
and previous
Pioneer Award
recipient
Jerry Lee
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Phil and Kim Lombardo, Ernest Liebre of Cambridge Associates, Citadel Communications President and newly elected ABC Affiliates Board Chair Ray Cole and his wife____
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Mayo Stuntz The Pilot Group,
Chris Cornelius Barrington
Broadcasting, Jim Yager,
Bob Sherman The Pilot Group,
and Terry Bond Double O Radio
Tony Malara, Jaqui and John
Conomikes and Wade Hargrove
Gordon Hastings
and Mac Tichenor
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Clear Channel Television
President Bill Moll, Lynn
Hastings and Katz Television
President Jim Beloyianis
Gary Fries’ sons Gary and Brian,
Gary, Linda Fries and son Todd
The RAB’s Ron Ruth, Clear Channel’s Norm Feuer, George Reed of
Media Services Group and Betsy Cameron of the Amaturo Group
A warm welcome
from NAB President
& CEO David Rehr
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Linda and Gary
Fries with
John Douglas
BMI’s Fred Cannon and Mr. and Mrs. Amador Bustos
Phil Lombardo presents Pioneer Award to Dwight Case
Chairman’s Award recipient
Dick Foreman and his wife
Dr. Ann Hero
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Bill Moll with
Martha Wilcox
of the USO
William and Doc Fuller with Dwight Case
Radio and Records Publisher Erica Farber
with Gordon Hastings
Dick Foreman accepts
the Chairman’s Award
Jim Yager with Melissa Pokorny
formerly of Barrington and
Benedek Broadcasting
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Jaqui
and
John
Conomikes
Gordon and Lynn Hastings
with Norm Feuer
Doc Fuller,
Andy McClure,
president of the
NAMB,
Dean LeGras
of the Exline
Company
and
William Fuller
Kim Lombardo and Susan Cole
Tony Malara greets Mr. & Mrs. Dwight Case.
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Dean LeGras and Bob Fox
Bill Tichenor and his wife Meredith
with Gordon Hastings and Mac Tichenor, Jr
Lynn Christian
Jim Yager, Jim’s son Ken Yager and his wife
Cary with Craig Dubow from Gannett
Dino Dinovitz
of the Hearst
Foundation
with
Jim Beloyianis
of Katz Television
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2nd Annual
Broadcaster’s
Foundation
Celebrity
Offshore
Challenge
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Clear Channel Jacksonville Market Manager
Norm Feuer Wins 2nd Annual Broadcaster’s
Foundation Celebrity Offshore Challenge
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More than 60 captains, anglers
and well wishers enjoyed 85°
temperatures and sunshine in
Nassau, Bahamas on Paradise
Island May 19-22 for a weekend
“fun raiser” on behalf of
broadcaster’s in need.
The weekend activities began
Friday evening May 19 with
a welcome reception at TV
broadcaster Mike Robert’s private
home, Robert’s Castle on the
Beach, in Sandyport. The reception
was sponsored by the Bahamas
Tourist Office. Earl Miller, Sr.
Manager of Sports Tourism
welcomed the visiting American
broadcasters and celebrities who
enjoyed music, food, refreshments
and a spectacular sunset.
Foundation
President
and
Tournament Director Gordon
Hastings added to the welcome
with thanks to the many
sponsors who made the weekend
possible, including the Bahamas
Tourist Office, American Media
S e r v i c e s, G E Commercial
F i n a n c e, D e utsche Bank,
Premiere Radio Networks, Starr
Media, the National Association
of Broadcasters and ICBC
Broadcast Holdings. Tournament
Co-Chairman & Captain Skip
Finley thanked the industry
committee member “Captains”
whose financial contributions
substantially contributed to the
success of the event.
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Co-Chairs
Skip FInley,
ICBC Broadcast Holding
Gary Fries, President
RAB
Tournament Committee
Jacob Barker, CEO
Barker Capital LLP
Rick Buckley, CEO
Buckley Radio
Mike Carter, CEO
Carter Broadcast Group
Todd Fowler, President
American Media Services
Dean Goodman, President
Paxson Broadcasting
Scott Knight, CEO
KnightStone Media
Garret Komjathy, Sr. VP
GE Commercial Finance
Phil Lombardo, CEO
Citadel Communications
George Pine, President
Interep
George Reed, Managing Director
Media Services Group
Pepe Sutton, Chairman/CEO
Inner City Broadcasting
Joining the activities were celebrity
anglers including comedian/
actor/television
personality
and syndicated morning radio
personality Steve Harvey who
earlier in the day shot a 95 playing
golf with Foundation Chairman
Phil Lombardo and his guests.
Mr. Harvey joined Captain Skip
Finley’s team on the Ana Jo and is
an accomplished fresh water bass
fisherman.
Blues master and heritage
songwriter Taj Mahal joined
Captain Pepe Sutton’s team on
Chubasco. A long time fan of
fishing, Taj Mahal hosts his own
annual tournament in Costa
Rica each year, the Taj Mahal
Invitational. With 57 albums
to his credit (so far), Mr. Mahal
also speaks 9 languages and is
a gourmet chef. Taj Mahal left
the tournament directly for New
York’s famed Blue Note club for a
week of performances.
Guitar legend Steve Cropper
fished aboard Captain Jacob
Barker’s Eagle I. Along with his role
in the Blues Brothers movie, many
remember Steve’s devastating licks
on Wilson Pickett and Booker T
and the MG songs; Land of 1000
Dances, Green Onions and In the
Midnight Hour. Steve Cropper has
been a world-wide fisherman for
many years.
Blues Legend Sammy Blue fished
with Captain Mike Carter’s
team on Orion and in addition to
being a Taj Mahal protégé, Mr.
Blue played with the iconic Jimi
Hendrix. Sammy Blue is also a
longtime offshore fishing expert.
Joining the tournament this year
were professional charter Captain
Buddy Vanderhoop of Tomahawk
Charters from Aquinnah on
Martha’s Vineyard Island (who
fished on Pepe Sutton’s boat)
and Dillard Morrison, television
pro ducer from M o r r i s o n
Productions in Boston. Mr.
Morrison taped highlights of the
weekend events that will be edited
and available on the Broadcaster’s
Foundation website.
For most anglers a bad day fishing
aboard a charter boat is almost
equal to a good day at the office.
Fortunately
however,
talent
and perseverance paid off and
On Saturday May 20 under crystal the Broadcaster’s Foundation
blue sunshiny skies, 13 charter Celebrity Offshore Challenge
boats ranging in size from 38’ – 45’ ended as an artistic and financial
sailed from the Easy Bay Marina success.
in Nassau at 8am for a four hour
The Saturday evening awards
shoot out.
buffet and gala was held at the host
Fishing isn’t always ‘catching’ RIU Hotel and Resort on Paradise
and the fish almost won on a Island. At the cocktail reception
spectacular but slow day on calm on the waterfront patio during
waters. Trolling in waters up to another spectacular sunset an all6,000 feet deep, early roiling female steel drum band played
schools of bonita wouldn’t take favorite selections. Led into the
the bait offered and even larger hotel’s Grand Ballroom for dinner
schools of black fin tuna managed the attendees received quite a bit
to evade hooks for the rest of the of attention once the celebrities
were noticed.
tour.
Winners
Grand Prize:
Norm Feuer, Biggest Fish
First Prize:
Gary Fries Team, led by Ron
Ruth with anglers Norm Feuer ,
Dave Graupner and Scott Schau.
Second Prize:
Rick Buckley’s Team with
anglers Joe Bilotta, Jerry Levy
and Stan Gerber.
Third Prize:
Pepe Sutton’s Team with anglers
Taj Mahal, Buddy Vanderhoop,
Craig Browne.
Gordon Hastings again welcomed
everyone and introduced the
famous Bahamian Eurhythmic
Dancers, a troupe of acrobatic
performers who danced to island
themed music.
with thanks and special awards
featuring the Offshore Challenge
logo. He also thanked Next
Media Chairman Carl Hirsch
and U.S. Trust Sr. Vice President
Nancy Lambert for their generous
personal contributions.
Skip Finley and Steve Harvey
gave awards to the winners and a
special prize was given to Buddy
Vanderhoop.
Following the Awards Buffet many
attendees availed themselves of the
opportunity to visit the adjacent
Atlantis Casino and the rest spent
the balance of the evening in the
lobby of the RIU Hotel.
Skip Finley and Rick Buckley
have agreed to s e r v e a s
co-chairs of next year’s Offshore
Challenge.
Steve Harvey’s auction of Phil
Beuth’s St. Maarten villa will not
soon be forgotten, not only for
the record successful $12,500 bid
by Bruce Pollock of American
Media Services but for an auction
as only a professional comedian
can provide.
Hasting presented co-captains
Skip Finley and Gary Fries
One of the fourteen charter fishing
boats in the Offshore Challenge Fleet
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Guest celebrity
Taj Mahal with
the Falcon
Steel Band
Champion Angler Norm Feuer presented his
award by Bahamian hosts Juliette Sargent
and Michelle Jones
Championship team. Scott Schau,
Norm Feuer, Run Ruth and
Dave Graupner
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Celebrity angler and emcee, the
incomparable Steve Harvey
Second place team. Rick Buckley, Stan Gerber,
Jerry Levy and Joe Bilotta with Michelle and
Juliette
The conductor, Skip Finley!
Third Place team. Buddy Vanderhoop, Taj Mahal, Pepe Sutton
and Craig Browne with Michelle and Juliette
Scott Knight, Stan Gerber,
Norm Feuer and Jerry Levy
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Craig Browne, Todd Fowler
and Bruce Pollock of
American Media Services
Joe Bilotta of Buckley Broadcasting
with Marc Guild of Interep
Marc Guild, George Pine, Bill McEntee and Steve Moore
Media Services Group. George Reed, Bill Whitley,
Stephen Sloan and Scott Knoblauch
Gordon Hastings, Carl Hirsch of Next Media and
Larry Patrick of Patrick Communications
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Juliette Sargent
and Mike Carter
Charter Captain Buddy Vanderhoop, U.S.
Trust’s Nancy Lambert and Taj Mahal
Angel Cropper
and David Preston
Carl Brazell, Rick Buckley
and Phil Lombardo
Wade Hargrove, Nancy Lambert and Ray Cole
Skip Finley and Phil Beuth
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Todd Fowler with hosts
Juliette and Michelle
Steve Harvey and friend
Majorie with Mike Cole
of CEO Networks
Pepe Sutton
Marc Guild and Dean Goodman
Rick Buckley
and Scott Knight
Mike Roberts, Jr. and Stephanie. Mike Roberts Sr. donated his
home Roberts Castle for the welcoming reception.
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Nancy Lambert, Pepe Sutton, Jacqueline (Chi Chi) Browne
and Wade Hargrove
Phil Beuth.
Phil and Mary
donated their
St. Martin home
Daffodil for a
week which
raised $12,500
in the silent
auction.
Jacob Barker, Carl Brazell and Bruce Pollock
Steve and
Angel Cropper
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Amanda Shipp
and Ron Ruth
Mary Beuth, Karen Finley,
Jacqueline Browne and Angel Cropper
Steve Cropper and Sammy Blue
Carl Hirsch and Gordon Hastings
Phil Lombardo and Ray Cole
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Clear
Channel’s
Scott Schau
Bahamian Eurythmic Dance Troop entertains at awards dinner
Garrett Komjathy surrounded by
hosts Michelle and Juliette
George Pine checks out
Taj Mahal CD given to
each boat captain along
with official
tournament
hat.
Larry Patrick and Fred Fielding of Wiley Rein & Fielding
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Taj Mahal and Sammy Blue
Earl Miller of the Bahamas
Tourism Bureau with
Bahamian Minister of Tourism
Tyrone Sawyer
Phil and Mary Beuth
Dean Goodman
and Michelle
Nancy Lambert and Taj Mahal
Wade Hargrove
and the
“Welcoming
Committee.”
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Phil Lombardo
and
Carl Brazell.
Better at fly
fishing
Media Services Group Bill Whitley with Steve More and Bill McEntee
Buckley Broadcasting brain trust. Rick and Joe
What’s not to
smile about!
Juliette and
Stan
Buddy
Vanderhoop
on a better day
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2006 Celebrity Golf
At The Stanwich Club
Sponsored By
United States Trust Company, N.A.
FOX 5’s Lew Leone And
WABC-Radio’s Tim McCarthy Co-Chairs
Lew Leone
LPGA’s Cindy Miller Guest Professional
T
Cindy Miller
he 2006 Broadcasters’ Foundation Celebrity Golf
Tournament will be played on Monday, September 25th
at The Stanwich Club in Greenwich, Connecticut.
The 2006 Tournament co-chairs are Fox 5’s Lew
Leone and Tim McCarthy of WABC-ESPN Radio. N.
Scott Knight of KnightStone Media continues as the founding
executive chair with Jerry Levy of J.L. Media as the tournament’s
founding chair.
Tim McCarthy
are major fund-raising activities for the Foundation and are sold
out each year.
Founding Executive Chair Scott Knight explains that one of
the reason’s for the high demand to play in the event is the fact
that each year a new prestigious golf venue is selected in the
New York Metropolitan region. “Playing at a different venue
each year keeps the tournament fresh and gives our friends and
supporters the opportunity play on a variety of highly respected
United States Trust Company, N.A., will sponsor the tournament and challenging golf courses,” said Knight.
for the third consecutive year.
The tournament has been previously played at Manhattan
The LPGA’s Cindy Miller will be the guest professional competing Woods Golf Club, Inwood Country Club, The Ardsley Country
Club, Essex County Country Club, Siwanoy, The Sleepy Hollow
with each player in the King-World Beat The Pro Competition.
Country Club, and last year at the Trump National Golf Club.
Now in its 8th year, the annual Broadcasters’ Foundation Celebrity
Golf Tournament attracts the leaders of the radio and television
industry in a format that combines their foursomes with celebrities
from television, radio and the world of sports. WABC-TV’s Bill
Evans is the host member at The Stanwich Club.
Co-Chairs Lew Leone and Tim McCarthy said, “We are
absolutely thrilled to be playing at The Stanwich Club this year.
We have been waiting for a number of years for a date to open at
this magnificent golf club and we are honored that the club has
invited us.”
This tournament is one of two golfing events scheduled each year
in support of the Broadcasters’ Foundation mission of helping
fellow broadcasters in need. The second tournament is held each
spring during the NAB Convention in Las Vegas. Both events
There may be a limited number of player positions available
from a waiting list. People interested should contact Tournament
Director Gordon Hastings at their earliest convenience.
(203-862-8577)
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Broadcasters’
Foundation
Endowment Fund
Your Opportunity To Give Back
The Broadcasters’ Foundation Endowment Fund was established in 1998 by a resolution of the Broadcasters’ Foundation
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.
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
Executive Committee. Grant recipients remain anonymous so as to preserve their dignity.
Endowment Committee
William O’Shaughnessy, Chair
Phil Beuth, ABC/CapCities (Ret.)
Erica Farber, Publisher, Radio & Records
Dick 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
Message From The President
summer Phil Lombardo
T hiscompletes
his third year as Chair
of the Broadcasters’ Foundation
Board of Directors. Following in
the footsteps of Ed McLaughlin,
Jim Delmonico and Ward Quaal,
Phil has brought energy and vision
to the board contributing new and
innovative ideas.
The Broadcasters’ Foundation Annual
Report and the Angel Initiative
are two examples of exciting and
beneficial innovations under the
first three years of Phil’s watch. The
Annual Report provides all of our
members and friends with an in depth
look at the annual operations of the
foundation. It also provides a forum
in which we recognize our hundreds
of benefactors.
The Angel Initiative corporate
giving program is another example
of Phil’s innovation. By encouraging
companies to budget an annual gift to
the foundation the Angel Initiative
has become instrumental in our
planning to meet immediate and
future demands for assistance.
Fresh ideas are equally important to
a non-profit as they are to a private
competitive enterprise. Phil has
helped us stay on the leading edge
where we plan to be for many years
to come. A salute to the Chair and
thanks Phil for your continued
leadership.
The 2005 Broadcasters’ Foundation
Annual Report is now in the hands of
all of our contributors. The publication
clearly demonstrates the wealth of
support this organization receives
from throughout the industry. The
report portrays how our diversified
events and benefaction opportunities
allow a broad cross section of
participation. The publication also
illuminates the many individuals and
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companies that literally support all of
our giving opportunities throughout
the year. A special thank you to this
highly committed group.
Lew Leone and Tim McCarthy
will co-chair the 2006 Broadcasters’
Foundation
Celebrity
Golf
th
Tournament September 25
at
The Stanwich Club in Greenwich,
Connecticut. The event has been
sold-out since spring and we thank
Lew and Tim for their leadership.
Scott Knight and Jerry Levy
continue their support of the
tournament as Founding Executive
Chair and Founding Tournament
Chair respectively. Scott and Jerry
continue to be instrumental to the
tournament’s success.
The 2006 NAB Charity Golf
Tournament under the leadership
of Bill Moll and Paul Karpowicz
set a new net revenue record.
Congratulations! We also greatly
appreciate the corporate cosponsorship of Broadcasting & Cable
and New York Life Investment
Management. It was also a pleasure
to welcome back Media Services
Group and two new sponsors Optimal
Solutions and Wide-Orbit. Speaking
of loyal support for our NAB Golf
Tournament, our gratitude goes
out to Jack Knebel of the NAB for
his eleven-year commitment to the
success of this event. Jack has also
been instrumental in the re-birth of
the Pioneers Breakfast dating back
to 1995. He has not missed either of
these events in eleven years.
NAB President David
Rehr
graciously participated in all of our
NAB activities this year. We were
delighted to have David at both the
golf tournament and the Pioneers
Breakfast.
Tony Malara never fails to captivate
his audience with his reverence and
irreverence at the Pioneers Breakfast.
With Tony at the microphone, no one
is in a safe harbor! Dwight Case, John
Conomikes, Gary Fries, the Tichenor
family, Dick Foreman and Jim Yager
were all on the cutting edge of Malara
humor! The Pioneers Breakfast and
Awards is in fact a wonderful annual
reunion and it has the highly unusual
quality of being free, thanks to the
underwriting of the NAMB, TVB
and the RAB. We are most grateful
to Erica Farber, publisher of Radio &
Records for designing and publishing
the annual commemorative Pioneer
Awards program.
The
Broadcasters’
Foundation
Offshore Challenge has grown from
a ripple to a wave of support for
the foundation, all because of Skip
Finley’s commitment to our mission.
Fourteen boats and fifteen anglers
is a long way from our beginnings a
year ago with fifteen participants.
Congratulations to Skip on the
enormous success of this year’s event.
We extend our thanks for a terrific
working partnership on behalf of the
foundation. We greatly appreciate
the celebrity participation of Steve
Harvey, Sammy Blue, Taj Mahal
and Steve Cropper. Steve was our
guest auctioneer and raised $12,500
from the donation of Phil and Mary
Beuth’s beautiful home, Daffodil,
located in St. Martin.
The Offshore Challenge welcomed
corporate sponsorship support from
American Media Services, Bahamas
Tourism Council, the NAB,
Premiere Radio Networks, BMI,
Deutsche Bank, GE Commercial
Finance, Star Media and ICBC
Broadcast Holdings. Thank you.
Enjoy the summer. The next issue
of On The Air will be published in
November.
- GHH
Broadcasters’ Foundation Angel Initiative
The Broadcasters’ Foundation Angel Initiative is entering its third year. We are delighted with
the number of radio and television broadcasting companies that have made an annual commitment to the mission of the foundation by becoming an Angel.
The 2006 Angel corporate campaign is your company’s opportunity to join those already making an annual gift to help us insure that no call for help from a fellow broadcaster will go unanswered. The Angel Initiative is the way our industry can take care of its own people in their
special time of need. It is all about “giving back.”
The number of requests for help made to the foundation is increasing dramatically. We have
no way of accurately predicting what the future demand on our resources will be. The Angel
Annual Corporate Giving Initiative is an essential element in our being able to provide critical
assistance into the future.
We hope that we can count on you becoming an Angel in 2006. Contact Gordon Hastings at
203.862.8577 for further details.
On behalf of all of those whom we serve, thank you for your support.
The 2006
Angel Committee
Chairman
Stu Olds,
President & CEO
Katz Media Corp
David Barrett,
President & CEO
Hearst-Argyle Television
Ed Christian
President
Saga Communications
Alan Frank
President
Post Newsweek
Stations
Joe Reilly
President
New York State
Broadcasters
Peter Smyth
President & CEO
Greater Media
58 On The Air Summer 2006
Broadcasters’ Foundation Board Of Directors
2006-2007
Stu Olds
Vice Chair, Treasurer
Philip J. Lombardo
Chair
Gordon H. Hastings
President
Board of Directors
Edward F. McLaughlin
Chairman Emeritus
Alan W. Frank
President/CEO,
Post Newsweek Stations, Inc.
Joseph C. Amaturo
The Amaturo Family Foundation, Inc.
David J. Barrett
President, Hearst-Argyle Television
Philip R. Beuth
Capital Cities/ABC, (Ret.)
Del R. Bryant
President/CEO, BMI
Richard D. Buckley
President, Buckley Broadcasting Corp.
Gary Fries
President, RAB
Diane Powell
Corporate Secretary,
Broadcasters’ Foundation
Ralph Guild
Chairman, Interep
Frances Preston
President Emeritus, BMI
Wade Hargrove, Esq.
Brooks Pierce McLendon
Humphrey & Leonard LLP
John Reardon
President, Tribune Broadcasting
Paul Karpowicz
President, Meredith Broadcast Group
Gary R. Chapman
Chairman, President/CEO, LIN TV Corp.
N. Scott Knight
Managing General Partner,
KnightStone Media
Edward Christian
President/CEO, Saga Communications, Inc.
Jerry Lee
President, WBEB-FM
Erica Farber
Publisher Radio & Records
Jerry Levy
President, JL Media Inc.
Dick Ferguson
Cox Radio (Ret.)
Tony C. Malara
President/CEO, Malara Broadcast Group
Joseph M. Field
Chairman, Entercom
Stanley H. Moger
President/CEO, SFM Entertainment
Skip Finley
Vice-Chairman,
ICBC Broadcast Holdings, Inc.
William G. Moll
President, Clear Channel Television
David Rehr
President/CEO, NAB
Joseph Reilly
President, NYS Broadcasters Association
Jeffrey H. Smulyan
Chairman, Emmis Communications
Peter H. Smyth
President/CEO, Greater Media, Inc.
Nick Verbitsky
CEO, United Stations Radio Networks
Martin Eric Weisberg, Esq.
Baker & McKenzie
Corporate Counsel
Broadcasters’ Foundation
Deborah Norville
Inside Edition
Andrew S. Fisher
President, Cox Television, Inc.
Dick Foreman
Richard A. Foreman Associates
William O’Shaughnessy
Chairman, WVOX/WRTN-Whitney Radio
Larry Oliver
Vice-President & General Manager,
Reed Television Group
Officers
Chuck Bolkcom
Vice-President, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Deborah Roberts
ABC News
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