Brent Hensley appointed president and general manager of KHBS-TV and KHOG-TV.LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 7, 1997--Brent Hensley has been appointed president and general manager of KHBS-TV, the ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. affiliate in Fort Smith, Ark., and its satellite station, KHOG-TV in Fayetteville, Ark. The announcement was made Monday by Blake Byrne, president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of Argyle Television Inc. (NASDAQ/NMS:ARGL) Hensley comes to KHBS and KHOG from Argyle's KOCO-TV, the ABC affiliate in Oklahoma City, where he has served as vice president and general sales manager since 1991. He worked his way up through the ranks at KOCO KOCO Kenwood-Oakland Community Organization (Chicago, Illinois) , serving as both national sales manager and local sales manager before assuming his current position. Prior to that he worked as national sales manager at KSLA-TV in Shreveport, La., and also had stints at KTVY-TV and WKY Radio in Oklahoma City. A native of Oklahoma, Hensley holds a B.S. from Oklahoma State University Oklahoma State University, at Stillwater; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1890, opened 1891 as Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College, renamed 1957. . He has been active in various broadcast industry and community organizations, including AWRT AWRT American Women in Radio and Television , the Oklahoma City Advertising Club and the All Sports Assoc. He currently sits on the ABC Network sales advisory board. In addition, he has been a volunteer with United Way of Oklahoma City, serving for two years on their resource allocation committee. Hensley and his wife, DeeAnn, have two children. "Brent's experiences over the past 12 years at KOCO, and his enthusiasm and dedication to the broadcasting industry, give him the qualifications to be a strong and effective leader of KHBS and KHOG," Byrne said. "It always gives us great pleasure to promote from within our organization and we are delighted that Brent is part of the Argyle management team. I am confident he will continue to build on Jeff Rosser's success in leading these stations to their rightful No. 1 place in the market." Argyle Television owns and operates network affiliated stations WLWT-TV, the NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. affiliate in Cincinnati; KOCO-TV, the ABC affiliate in Oklahoma City; WAPT-TV, the ABC affiliate in Jackson, Miss.; WNAC-TV, the FOX affiliate in Providence, R.I., KITV-TV, the ABC affiliate in Honolulu; and KHBS-TV, the ABC affiliate in Fort Smith and its satellite, KHOG-TV, the ABC affiliate in Fayetteville. Argyle's Series A Common Stock trades on the NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on National Market System under the symbol "ARGL." CONTACT: Argyle Television Inc., Los Angeles Blake Byrne, 310/271-9700 |
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