LIN TV Names Patti Hart to Board of Directors.PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- LIN TV LIN TV Corporation is an American holding company that operates 31 television stations. History LIN TV's roots trace back to the founding of its former parent, LIN Broadcasting Corporation, in the mid 1960s. Corp. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : TVL TVL Travel TVL TV Lines (resolution) TVL Transvaal TVL The Vampire Lestat (Anne Rice) TVL TV Land (television station) TVL Tenth-Value Layer ) today announced that Patti S. Hart has been elected to its Board of Directors. Most recently, Ms. Hart served as chairman and chief executive officer of Pinnacle Systems, Inc. Headquartered in Mountain View, California For the census-designated place, see Mountain View, Contra Costa County, California. For other places called "Mountain View", see . Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. The city gets its name from the views of the Santa Cruz Mountains. , Pinnacle provides video editing hardware and software to television broadcast station newsrooms. Previously, Ms. Hart served as chairman and chief executive officer of Excite@Home and chairman and chief executive officer of Telocity, Inc. Excite@Home and Telocity provide broadband services to consumers. Ms. Hart also served as 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 Sprint's Long Distance Division, and in a number of other senior-level positions with Sprint. Douglas McCormick, chairman of the LIN TV Board of Directors, said: "We welcome Patti Hart to the LIN TV Board of Directors. Patti brings a great deal of relevant experience gained throughout her very successful career. She will be a great addition to the Board and a valuable advisor to our management team." Vincent Sadusky, President and Chief Executive Officer of LIN TV, said: "We are pleased to announce this important addition to our Board. Patti's experience complements our existing Board members and will provide us an additional business perspective in digital technology." Ms. Hart also serves as a director of Korn Ferry International, International Game Technology and Spansion, Inc. Following the addition of Ms. Hart, LIN TV's Board will be comprised of nine directors. About LIN TV LIN TV owns and operates 31 television stations in 18 mid-sized markets in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, three of which are LMAs. LIN owns approximately 20% of KXAS-TV in Dallas, Texas and KNSD-TV in San Diego, California “San Diego” redirects here. For other uses, see San Diego (disambiguation). San Diego is a coastal Southern California city located in the southwestern corner of the continental United States. As of 2006, the city has a population of 1,256,951. through a joint venture with 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. , and is a 50% non-voting investor in Banks Broadcasting, Inc., which owns KWCV-TV in Wichita, Kansas and KNIN-TV in Boise, Idaho. LIN is also a 1/3 owner of WAND-TV, the NBC affiliate in Decatur, Illinois, which it manages pursuant to a management services agreement. Financial information and overviews of our stations are available on our company website at www.lintv.com. |
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