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Broadcasters Foundation of AmericaFall 2008

Mission StatementThe mission of the Broadcasters Foundation of America is to improve the quality of life and maintain the personal dignity of men and women in the radio and television broadcast profession who find themselves in acute need. The foundation reaches out across the country to identify and provide an anonymous safety net in cases of critical illness, advanced age, death of a spouse, accident and other serious misfortune.

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© On the Air is a free news and feature publication, offered to Broadcasters Foundation of America members and friends and is published three times a year by the :Broadcasters Foundation of AmericaSeven Lincoln AvenueSecond FloorGreenwich, CT 06830www.broadcastersfoundation.org

Gordon H. Hastings,ghhMANAGEMENT, PublisherJamie Russo, Creative Director

For feature story contributions or to request another copy of this publication, please call theBroadcasters Foundation of America at 203-862-8577, or you may email any questions and/or comments to Gordon H. Hastings at [email protected]

Volume 12 • Issue 3 • Fall 2008

On The Air

2008 Celebrity Golf Tournament

Table Of Contents2008 Celebrity Golf ...... 3-47

Endowment Campaign .....49

2009 Golden Mike ..........50

B&C Hall of Fame ...........53

President’s Message .......64

2009 Golden Mike

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10 Years and Going StrongAnniversary Celebrity Golf Caps Two-Million Dollars In Support Of The Foundation’s Mission

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The Quaker Ridge Golf Club in Scarsdale,

New York, September 15, 2008 was the site of

the celebration of the tenth anniversary of the

Broadcasters Foundation of America Celebrity

Golf Tournament. The tournament, founded

in 1999, has raised in excess of two million

dollars, which has gone directly to helping

fellow radio and television broadcasters who

are in acute financial need. The founding

tournament was held in 1999 at Manhattan

Woods Golf Club in Nyack, New York. In

ensuing years the event has been played at

Inwood Golf Club (2000), Ardsley Country

Club (2001), Essex County Country Club

(2002), Siwanoy (2003), Sleepy Hollow

Country Club (2004), Trump National Golf

Club 2005, The Stanwich Club (2006), The

Wee Burn Country Club (2007), The Quaker

Ridge Golf Club (2008).

U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private

Wealth Management, celebrated its fifth year

as the tournament signature sponsor. The

tournament is scheduled to return to Siwanoy

in Bronxville, New York on September 14,

2009.

2008 Low Gross Champions. The Atlantic Wines foursome of (L-R) Marcello Alcoba, John Devin, Ahmad Rashad, Jeff Kim, Neal Cavanaugh. The winning low gross was 64.


LPGA Stars Join And Volunteers As

Anna Rawson of Adelaide, Australia: 2008 LPGA Tour Member , 2007 Ladies European Tour Member, 2007 Ecco Golf Spokes Model, 2006 & 2005 Duramed Futures Tour Member, 2003 USC NCAA Championship Team Member, South Australian and Victorian Junior Champion, 1999 Australian National Team Member University of Southern California Golf Team . Anna starred in the tournament Beat the Pro-Competition sponsored by Harris Corporation with prizes provided by Atlantic Wines and Spirits.


Guest CelebritiesTournament Hosts

Nicole Hage of Coral Springs, Florida: 2008 LPGA Tour Member, 2008 Duramed Futures Tour Member, 2004 SEC Freshman of the Year, 4-time SEC All-American Selection at Auburn, 2003-2007 Auburn Women’s Golf Team Member, 2002 & 2005 - 2007 USGA Women’s Open, Participant, 2001 & 2003- 2006 USGA Women’s Amateur Participant, 2002 Championship US Junior Solheim Cup Team, Member of the 2002 victorious US Junior Solheim Cup. Nicole starred in the Celebrity Power Drive competition sponsored by KnightStone Media.


Ahmad Rashad is a four-time pro-bowl selection for the Minnesota Vikings, two time All American, Emmy award-winning sportscaster, executive producer and host for NBA Entertainment, host and executive producer for both the new NBA TV pregame show Tuesday Night with Ahmad, and ABC’s NBA Access with Ahmad Rashad.

Renowned for her coverage of the U.S. Open, The British Open, The Masters, U.S. Tennis Open. New York radio sports personality and author Ann Liguori

Multiple Emmy Award Winning sportscaster for WNBC-TV’s Good

Morning New York, Otis Livingston

NFL Hall of Fame Linebacker, super Bowl champion, three super bowl appearances for the Miami Dolphins, Former New

England Patriot, Notre Dame, founder of the Miami Project to find a cure for spinal cord injury. Nick Buoniconti at the

tournament reception with his wife Lynn. Nick and Lynn have played in celebrity golf five times in the past decade

Legendary New York Jet Linebacker, WCBS-TV Football analyst, 1050 ESPN Radio Sportscaster and Personality Greg Buttle


The former anchor for Court-TV, commentator on MSNBC, CNBC, founder of Crier Communications, Emmy Award winning broadcaster Catherine Crier

The current keeper of the Gambling flame, WOR-Radio Personality John Gambling

The 2009 Celebrity Golf Incredible Volunteers! Back row left to right: Desmonique Bonet, Google; Cynthia Coppola, PromoFocus; Alissa Pollack, Premiere Radio Networks; Margaret Hughes, Katz Media Corporation; Heidi Weaver, Arbitron; Jackie Giblin, Katz; Michaelle Jean Pierre, Esq.; Connie McKiernan, Broadcasters Foundation of America, Charlie Schipani.

Front row left to right: Diana Wilkin, CBS Television Network; Barry O’Brien, Dominique Walker, Katz Media. Not shown in photo: Bill Moll, Clear Channel; Brian Stone, KnightStone Media; Diane Powell, Lucille Tufano, Broadcasters Foundation of America.


Emmy Award winning journalists from WCBS-TV, Dana Tyler and Maurice DuBois

NFL Hall of Fame member from the New England Patriots and the Oakland Raiders, Michael Haynes

Since 1995 the voice of the David Letterman Show “Big Red” Alan Kalter


Photos by Wendy

Moger-Bross

Celebrity Golf Founding Executive Chair Scott Knight with Michael Haynes

Ten year Tournament Director and ghhMANAGEMENT President

Gordon Hastings

Larry Knowlton and Alan Kalter

Steve Boyd of WBLS enjoys a CAO Cigar!


Bill Cooper surveys a drive

Clarke Kieran

and Jim Monahan of

Telerep

Jen Buckley of Buckley Broadcasting

Jackie Giblin of Katz Media Corporation


Joe Kahl and Brian Citron of Heineken-USA, Amstel Light

Maurice DuBois of WCBS-TV, Barry Bennett of CAO International and Dan Malmed

Alan Dick, President of Dick Broadcasting

Anna Rawson and Dana Tyler

Volunteers Margaret Hughes of Katz media Corporation and Alissa Pollack of Premiere Radio Networks selling Nike Golf Club raffle tickets


WNBC-TV’s Tom O’Brien

Maverick Media’s Gary Rozynek

Dave Villalona and Ken Silverman of WCBS-TV

Van Wagner’s Bob Fauser

Cigar Aficionado’s Marvin Shanken


Bonnie Verbitsky and Sheila Knight

“Big Red” Alan Kalter of the David Letterman Show with WCBS-TV’s Dana Tyler and

WNBC-TV’s Otis Livingston

Steve Appel with Beat the Pro Sponsor Ed Adams of Harris Corporation

Foundation Chair Phil Lombardo


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Peter Smyth

And The Bordes Family

Monday, February 23, 2009 The Waldorf Astoria New York City

For advance seating, advertising and sponsorship information please contact Gordon Hastings, ghhMANAGEMENT at [email protected] or 203-862-8577

American Media Services: Gary Rozynek, Todd Fowler, Dana Tyler, Anna Rawson, Chris Mangan

BMI/USO: Mike O’Neill, Michael Steinberg, Ned Powell and Kevin Page representing CAO International Cigar

Meredith Broadcasting/TVB: Paul Karpowicz,

Leo MacCourtney, Peter Schruth, Scott Blumenthal

Cigar Aficionado: Gordon Mott, Marvin Shanken, James Molesworth, Dave Savora

2008 Low Gross Champions. The Atlantic Wines foursome of (L-R) Marcello Alcoba, John Devin, Ahmad Rashad, Jeff Kim, Neal Cavanaugh. The winning low gross was 64.

KnightStone Media: Bob Fauser,

Gary Star, Scott Karnedy, Rich Doucette

THIRD PLACE NET: United Stations Radio Networks: Bill Hogan, Paul Verbitsky, Nick Verbitsky, Nick Verbitsky III

KnightStone Media: Michael Haynes, T.J. Lambert, Scott Knight, Ann LiguoriTelerep: Jim Hughes, Brad Mont, Jim Monahan, Kieran Clarke

Nielsen: John Deushane and Steve Mulderrig

Katz Media Corporation: Alan Dick, Brad Thomas, Jim Beloyianis, Mark Grey, Stu Olds, Rob Williams

Jamie Gillespie of the NAB

Cynposis President Chuck Bolkcom

TVB President & CEO Chris Rohrs with Hearst Argyle Television’s Kathleen Keefe

CBS College Sports Ellen

Schned


Greater Media’s

Matt Mills

Meredith’s Paul

Karpowicz with

Broadcasters Foundation of America Chair Phil Lombardo

and LIN-TV’s Scott

Blumenthal

BMI’s Mike O’Neill and Michael Steinberg

CBS Radio’s Scott Herman

Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame’s Bill McGorry with Citadel’s Ray Cole


Broadcasters Foundation of America President Jim Thompson with Gary Starr

The NFL’s Michael Haynes, KnightStone Media Managing General Partner Scott Knight with T.J. Lambert

Broadcasters Foundation of America Chair Emeritus Ed McLaughlin

Gina Costello of UBS and Phil Lombardo

Peter Doyle and Mike Cravens


Gordon Hastings with Todd Fowler of American Media

Services, sponsor of the Driving Range and Pro Clinic

Broadcasters Foundation of America Director and tournament volunteer Diane Powell welcome’s Regent’s Bill Stakelin

Ernest Liebre of

Cambridge Financial Services

Group with Jim

Beloyianis, president

of Katz Television

CBS Television Network Affiliate

Relations President Diana Wilkin with

Steve Mulderrig


Paul Verbitsky, Bonnie and Nick Verbitsky

Steve Boyd and Deon Livingston of WBLS-ICBC Broadcast Holdings

Catherine Crier, Bill Cooper and John Plesser of WBLS, New York

Official Greeter Brian Stone of KnightStone Media welcome’s John Devin of Atlantic Wines and Spirits. John annually sponsors the Celebrity Golf gala cocktail reception and entertainment


Scott Knight and Ann Liguori

Tournament Director Gordon Hastings and Joe McCallion of Media Monitors sponsor of the $100,000 Hole in One

Mark Grey with Clear Channel’s Rob Williams

Nicole Hege, Anna Rawson, with Ed Adams and Mike Sutton of Harris


Bill Hogan

John Cravens and Jim Thompson

Heidi Weaver of

Arbitron welcomes

Steve Boyd of WBLS

Rick McGuire and Scott Herman

John Gabelli, Mario Gabelli and Jeff Farber


Barry Bennett of CAO International Cigar. CAO International provided cigars for every golfer and guest during the tournament and reception

Leo McCourtney

Neal Perchuk and Joe McCallion of Media Monitors

Foundation Chair Phil Lombardo withKatia Friend of U.S. Trust

Bank of America Private Wealth Management, signature sponsors

of the tournament


Proud supporter The Broadcasters Foundation of America

Gabelli Funds: Jeffrey Farber, John Gabelli, Mario Gabelli

WBLS-ICBC Broadcast Holdings: Steve Boyd, John Plesser, Bill Cooper Deon Livingston

U.S. Trust: John Stockel, Nick Buoniconti, Paul Napoli, Billy Kreitsek Hearst-Argyle Television: Chris Rohrs, Kathleen Keefe, Ray Karczewski, Jonathan Skidmore

FIRST PLACE NET, U.S. Trust: Charles Perrin, Jeff Blum, Mitch Drossman, Dan McSwiggan, Peter Debusschere

O’Connor Davies Munns & Dobbins; Bill Moll, Marc Rinaldi, Budd Feuchtwager

NAB: Matt Becker, John Gambling, Kyle Wyatt, Jamie Gillespie, Peter Stewart

Greater Media: Matt Mills, Rick Feinblatt, Mike Craven, Peter Doyle

McLaughlin/Sontag: Ed McLaughlin, Sam Peisinger, Kelly McNealy John Axten

WCBS-TV: Rick Silverman, Peter Dunn, Dave Villalona, Rick McGuire

Heineken-Amstel Light: Joe Kahl, Francisco Nogrete, George Fornasi, and Brian Citron

New York State Broadcasters: Chuck Bolkcom, Jeff Williams, Ellen Schned, Bill Stakelin, Dave Widmer

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Diane and Ned Powell. Ned recently retired after seven years as USO President. The USO as a thank you to broadcasters for airing their public service announcements provided fabulous Callaway shoe bags for every participant in the tournament.

John Gambling

Jim Hughes and Brad Mont of Telerep

Desmonique Bonet of Google and Michaelle Jean Pierre, Esq. Desmonique is a long time tournament volunteer and friend of the foundation. Michaelle worked as an intern for the foundation while attending Pace Law and is a member of the New York and Connecticut Bar.

The persons you see first when arriving at Celebrity Golf, official greeters Brian Stone and Bill Moll. Bill is the former chairman of Clear Channel Television and is the chairman of the USO. Brian is a managing general partner at KnightStone Media, sponsors of the new Power Drive Competition with Nicole Hage


Long time foundation volunteer and friend Barry O’Brien and his wife Nancy Ryan with what could become the new tournament mascots!

Triton Media Networks President Spencer Brown. Triton and Dial Global sponsored the fore caddies and the golf carts for the tournament

Tiffany McLoughlin of Play Golf designs selling raffle tickets for the set of Nike clubs

Volunteer Dominique Walker of Katz Media Corporation with Matt Becker of the NAB

Mike Sutton of Harris Corporation


Photos by Wendy

Moger-Bross

On The Air Graphic Designer Jamie Russo of Sir Speedy, Stamford, Connecticut with Gordon Hastings

Kyle Wyatt of the NAB

Jeff Kim of Atlantic Wines and Spirits

Broadcasters Foundation of America Director Bill Moll with Marc Rinaldi and Budd Feuchtwager of

O’Connor Davis Munns and Dobbins

Scott Karnedy of XM-Satellite Radio


Rick Buckley, Jen Buckley, Jerry Crowley and John Gambling

Anna Rawson and Otis Livingston

Bob Fauser and Rich Doucette

Katz Media Corporation’s Stu Olds with Alan Dick

Arbitron’s Heidi Weaver

Charlie Perrin


Citadel President Ray Cole

Official tournament photographer Wendy Moger Bross with her associate Nick Gould

Phil Lombardo, Peter Doyle and Bill Hogan

Arbitron’s Rich Tunkel and Media Monitors Joe McCallion


Gary Star and Nick Verbitsky

Bill Moll, Ed McLaughlin and Bill Stakelin

The Verbitsky’s Paul, Nick and Nick III

Play Golf Design’s Nisha Sadekar with the LPGA’s Anna Rawson

Jeff Williams and Dave Widmer


Cynthia Coppola of Promo-Focus and Tim McIntyre

Diana Wilkin

Jim Thompson, Spencer Brown and Rick Buckley

Citadel Communications President Ray Cole with Ed Adams and Mike Sutton of Harris Corporation.

Broadcasting & Cable’s Bill McGorry purchasing raffle tickets from Play Golf Design’s Tiffany McLoughlin


Nicole Hage hosted the first annual Power Drive Competition at Celebrity Golf. Only fifteen golfers hit a drive longer than Nicole on the wide-open sixteenth hole. KnightStone Media and the Norman Knight Foundation sponsored the Power Drive

From the Heineken/Amstel Light USA fore some ,

Francisco Nogrete and George Fornasi

Eight- year tournament volunteer Margaret Hughes of Katz Media Corporation.

Tom O’Brien and Otis Livingston of WNBC-TV

Jim Beloyianis of Katz Media Corporation and Rob Williams of Clear Channel collect their Casa Lapostelle wine prizes in the Beat the Pro Competition with Anna Rawson.


WOR Radio’s Jen Buckley

Kelly McNeely

Gordon Mott and Gordon Hastings

Lynn Buoniconti and Bonnie Verbitsky


Scott Knight and Matt Mills

Ann Liguori and Michael Haynes

The Chair Emeritus, the Chair and the President. Ed McLaughlin, Phil Lombardo and Jim Thompson

Stan Gerber of J.L. Media

Desmonique Bonet


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WNBC-TV HD-4 Tom O’Brien, Bob Harnaga, Bruce Kallner, Otis Livingston

ESPN Radio: Stave Farrell, Greg Buttle, Tim McCarthy, John Amoritis, John Cravens

CBS Radio: Scott Herman, Steve Swenson, Maurice DuBois, Mark Lefkowicz, Stan Gerber

UBS: Alan Kalter, Larry Knowlton, Gina Costello, Arthur Maxwell

SECOND PLACE NET: Harris Corporation: Ed Adams,

Steve Appel, Mike Sutton, Gib Gibson

Media Monitors Joe McCallion, Neal Perchuk, Catherine Crier, Tim McIntyre, Ed Walsh

Buckley Broadcasting: Jerry Crowley, Jen Buckley, Joe Famulare, Spencer Brown, Dave Sammons

Citadel Communications: Ernest Liebre, Pat Murphy, Phil Lombardo, Ray Cole, Bill McGorry.

Broadcasters Foundation of America: Alex Barnet, Lynn Buoniconti, Bonnie Verbitsky, Jamie Russo, Sheila Knight.

Arbitron/CAO: Lung Huang, Rick Tunkel, Dan Malmed, Barry Bennett

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Your Help Literally Saves Lives

Broadcasters Foundation of America

BROADCASTERS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA

A young life and young family devastated by Lou Gehrig’s disease.

This is a tragic story of a young woman and her husband in their late forties with two young children ages nine and eleven. Both enjoyed bright and positive careers in the broadcasting industry in New England. He began his career in 1978 and she in 1983.

Their life was on a wonderful track until 2005 when she was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease. Her condition rapidly deteriorated. Now forty-eight years old, she has controlled motion in only one finger, is fed intravenously, needs breathing support equipment, and is barely able to speak.

The family has liquidated all of their savings and home equity, and the husband has become his wife’s full-time caregiver with the sole responsibility for the children. There is no longer a source of employment income.

The Broadcasters Foundation of America continues to help this family face these tragic circumstances through both emergency grants and ongoing monthly support.

Your support of the Broadcasters Foundation of America is making a difference in the very survival of this family...

This message was made possible by the McCormick Foundation Journalism Program

The Fabulous Blues Patrol


The Atlantic Wines and Spirits Reception & The Arbitron

Dinner And Awards Ceremony39 On The Air Fall 2008

We have a winner! Bob Harnaga

LOW GROSS: Neal Kavanagh flanked by Nicole Hage and Anna Rawson accepts awards for tournament low gross 64. Neal represented the Atlantic Wines and Spirits foursome of Ahmad Rashad, John Devin, Marcelo Alcoba, Jeff Kim and Neal

2008 Low Net Champions. The U.S. Trust Bank of America foursome received their awards coming in at a low net of 48. (L-R) Charles Perrin, Mitch Drossman, Nicole Hage, Jeff Blum, Dan McSwiggin, Anna Rawson and Peter Debusschere.

Nicole Hage and Anna Rawson draw the raffle ticket for the

Nike Golf Clubs


Bob Fauser of Van

Wagner the live auction

winner of Big Smoke

tickets donated by Cigar

Aficionado

Mike Steinberg, Cynthia Coppola, and Mike O’Neill

Kim and Phil Lombardo with Susan and Ray Cole

Karen Finley, David O’Shaughnessy and Gina Costello of UBS

SECOND PLACE NET: Harris Corporation wins second place net with a 49. Shown receiving the awards from Anna Rawson and Nicole Hage are Mike Sutton of Harris, Steve Appel of ION Media and Telerep’s Gib Gibson. Now shown is Harris President Ed Adams

THIRD PLACE NET: (Tiebreak back nine card) United Stations Radio Networks Foursome with a 49. Receiving Quaker Ridge Crest Awards from Nicole and Anna are United Stations President Nick Verbitsky with Bill Hogan. Not shown are foursome members Paul Verbitsky and Nick Verbitsky III


Maurice DuBois and Otis Livingston

Jerry Crowley

Jim and Cindy Thompson with Bonnie Verbitsky

Ray Karczewski of HRP and Kathleen Keefe of Hearst-Argyle Television

Bill Hogan and Bill McGorry


Nick and Lynn Buoniconti with UBS’s Craig Walling

Anna Rawson autographing her poster for Quaker Ridge Clubhouse Manager Dan Rogers

Kevin Paige auctions CAO American Humidor containing limited edition CAO

American Anthem Cigars

Desmonique Bonet of Google with

Major Market Radio legend Warner Rush

Tournament volunteers Dominique Walker and Jackie Giblin


Rick Feinblatt and Matt Mills

Triton Radio Networks Spencer Brown

Broadcasters Foundation of America Directors Dick Foreman, Bill Moll and Nick Verbitsky

Cynthia Coppola

Diane and Ned Powell

The BFOA’s Connie Mc

Kiernan takes

winning auction bid from Media

Monitors Joe

McCallion


Buckley Broadcasting’s Joe Bilotta Gordon Hastings and Todd Fowler

Broadcasters Foundation of America Director Bill O’Shaughnessy

RAB President Jeff Haley with Skip Finley

BFOA Assistant Treasurer Colleen Gally, Kim Lombardo, Connie Buckley and Susan Cole

Gary Star, Rich Doucette and Scott Karnedy


Howard Sontag and John Axten

Ann Liguori and Ellen Schned

Heidi Weaver, Lung Huang and Dan Malmed of Arbitron

Warner Rush and his son Rush with Tim McCarthy

of ESPN-Radio

Steve Swenson, General Manager WCBS-Radio, Michael Day of Media Incentives and Creative Travel Planners, and legendary New York television anchor John Roland


Photos by Wendy

Moger-Bross

Ed Walsh, Catherine Crier, Joe McCallion,

Neal Perchuk

John Cravens with Jim and Cindy Thompson

Ed McLaughlin and Connie Buckley

David and Bill O’Shaughnessy

Nicole Hage and Sheila Knight

Ahmad Rashad with tournament Founding Executive Chair Scott Knight


Foundation Sets Fund DriveThe Broadcasters Foundation of America has begun its Annual Fund Drive.

“The season for charitable giving is upon us,” said foundation Board Chair Phil Lombardo. “It has always been our policy not to bombard our patrons and contributors with frequent mass mailings throughout the year. Rather, we rely heavily on the generous support of our givers during the 4th quarter just before the holidays to help us sustainthe urgent year-round humanitarian work of the foundation.”

Chairman Lombardo also said: “Even in these challenging times, we’ve seen no lessening of enthusiasm for our Mission from so many generous active and retired broadcasters who always remember us at this time of year.”

The Broadcasters Foundation of America, which grew as a labor of love (and necessity) out of the original Broadcast Pioneers, founded by the legendary H.M. Kaltenborn, provides an emergency safety net for radio and television people – past and present – who, through no fault of their own, have been laid low by the vicissitudes of life.

Since its inception, the Foundation has dispensed over $2,900,000 in emergency grants to 387 of their distressed and hurting colleagues in 33 states. Gifts to the all-important Endowment Fund – both personal and corporate – in recent years have ranged from a very welcome few hundred dollars … to several substantial benefactions of over $50,000.

Individual and Corporate contributions are fully deductible and may be made to the Endowment Fund of the Broadcasters Foundation of America, a certified and registered 501(c)3 Public Charity.

All major Gifts to the Endowment Fund are acknowledged in the Foundation’s Annual Report which is widely distributed to several thousand prominent broadcasters, public officials and regulators all across the nation.

Contributions may be sent to the Foundation at its national office in Greenwich, CT.

Broadcasters Foundation of AmericaEndowment Fund7 Lincoln Avenue

Greenwich, CT 06830203-862-8577

broadcastersfoundation.org

Phil Lombardo


Peter Smyth And The Bordes Family2009 Golden Mike Award HonoreesMonday, February 23, 2009 Gala At The Waldorf Astoria, New York City


One of the last remaining great family owned broadcast-ing companies, its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Peter Smyth and the members of the Bordes family will be presented with the 2009 Broadcasters Foundation of America Golden Mike Award on Monday, February 23, 2009 at a black-tie gala at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City.

From its humble beginnings with a single radio station in Southbridge, Massachusetts, WESO, Greater Media stead-ily and quietly built a broad-based combination of success-ful communications companies, spanning America from coast to coast. By the 1980's, Greater Media's business included radio, cable television, printing, publishing, and telecommunications operations. In 1999, the company sold its cable business in order to focus more exclusively on its radio and newspaper operations.

Today, Greater Media is the parent company of 23 AM and FM radio stations in Boston, Charlotte, Detroit, Philadelphia and New Jersey; as well as a group of weekly newspapers in central New Jersey, and several telecommu-nications towers throughout the United States.

From the beginning, Greater Media and its operating com-panies have stressed the autonomy of local management, dedication to local community service, and leadership in developing and adapting new technology and services to improve media communications.

Peter Smyth joined Greater Media in 1986 as General Manager of WMJX-FM in Boston, and was appointed Vice President/General Manager the following year. He was subsequently promoted to the positions of Senior Vice President/Regional General Manager, Group Vice Presi-dent of Radio, and Chief Operating Officer.

In October 2000, Mr. Smyth was named President and Chief Operating Officer, and in March 2002, was pro-moted to Greater Media's President and Chief Executive Officer. He was named Chairman of the Board in October 2008.

He began his broadcasting career in 1977 as an account executive with WROR-FM in Boston, where Mr. Smyth quickly attained the position of Local Sales Manager.

In 1978, he was promoted to General Sales Manager, a responsibility he held for five years until RKO General, parent company of WROR, recruited him to direct the sales operations of its New York stations. Mr. Smyth served as General Sales Manager at legendary station WOR in New York until his departure in 1986 to work for Greater Media.

Radio Ink Magazine selected him as "America's Best Broadcaster" in 2005. In addition, the publication has featured him as one of the 40 "Most Powerful People in Radio" in 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007and 2008. He was named "Radio Executive of the Year" by the publi-cation in 2007.

Peter currently serves as Chairman of the Radio Adver-tising Bureau's Board of Directors. In addition, he is on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Broadcasters and is a member of the HD Digital Alliance Oversight Committee. Mr. Smyth is also a past president of the New England Media Association.

On a community level, he currently serves on the Board of Directors of the New England Baptist Hospital and the Police Athletic League. Mr. Smyth is a past member of the Board of Trustees of Emerson College and the United Way of Massachusetts. In May of 2007, he received the "Hu-manitarian of the Year" Award from the Hundred Club of Massachusetts.

Peter is a graduate of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.

The Greater Media Mission Statement: Greater Media is committed to achieving not only profitability, but also excellence in radio broadcasting and newspaper publishing and printing. We seek to improve the lives of our listeners and readers, and the communities in which they live, by providing great entertainment, useful and timely informa-tion, and charitable services and contributions.

We strive to provide outstanding service and results for our advertisers by being responsive, creative, and col-laborative. Above all, we hope to offer our employees a balance of professional satisfaction and achievement on the one hand, and personal fulfillment and quality of life on the other.

Persons wishing to attend the Golden Mike Award should contact Gordon Hastings at ghhMANAGEMENT, telephone 203-862-8577, 203-661-1476 and [email protected]. Persons may also purchase tickets and tables at broadcastersfoundation.org by clicking on 2009 Golden Mike Award.


The emcee for the 2009 Golden Mike Awards, Mike Barnicle.


Your Help Literally Saves Lives

Broadcasters Foundation of America

BROADCASTERS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA

An all too familiar story.

The story of this elderly couple in their late 70s is all too typical of the cases that come to the attention of the Broadcasters Foundation of America. The husband had worked in television until his retirement some 13 years ago.

For several years, they managed to maintain their independence with social security, savings and part time work. Six years ago, the wife was diagnosed with a rare form of kidney cancer. The husband left his part time job and became his wife’s full-time caregiver. They struggled along quietly and independently with no family members able to offer support until all of their resources were completely exhausted.

This situation was brought to the attention of the foundation, which made an immediate emergency grant to keep them in their apartment. The foundation then placed them on a monthly grant which combined with Social Security allows them to meet their monthly living expenses, thus somewhat relieving the day to day financial pressure which they had faced quietly and alone.

Your support of the Broadcasters Foundation of America has placed you by this couple’s side with a helping hand...

This message was made possible by the McCormick Foundation Journalism Program

The Class of 2008 Inducted Into The Broadcasting And Cable Hall Of Fame.

Broadcasting and Cable inducted the 2008 class into the Hall of Fame at a black-tie dinner held at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City on Tuesday evening. October 21. CBS Television News Anchor Katie Couric was the emcee. (L-R) Telemundo’s Don Browne, Twentieth Television’s Bob Cook, Fox News’ Roger Ailes, ESPN’s Herb Granath, Time Warner Cable’s Glenn Britt, Showtime’s Matthew Blank, Hearst-Argyle Television’s David Barrett, Rainbow Media’s Josh Sapin. Not shown are inductees Peggy Green of Zenith Media, NBC Today’s Matt Lauer, The Paley Center for Media’s Pat Mitchell and CBS News’ 60 Minutes. The Broadcasters Foundation of America Endowment Fund is a beneficiary of the proceeds from the dinner along with Cable Positive. Broadcasting & Cable Publisher Larry Dunn is a director of the foundation.


2009Broadcasters Foundation

of AmericaCharity Golf Tournament

Sunday April 19th 8 A.M.Bali Hai Golf Club, Las Vegas Nevada

Chairs Liz Burns and Dick BodorffFor player positions and sponsorships contact Gordon Hastings, ghhMANAGEMENT, 203-862-8577


BroadcastersFoundationof America

Endowment Fund

The Broadcasters Foundation of America Endowment Fund was established in 1998 by a resolution of the Broadcasters Foundation of America 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 of America.

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 of America Executive Committee. Grant recipients remain anonymous so as to preserve their dignity.

Endowment CommitteeWilliam O’Shaughnessy, Chair

Phil Beuth, ABC/CapCities (Ret.) Larry Dunn, Publisher, Broadcasting & Cable Erica Farber, Publisher, Radio & Records Richard Ferguson, Cox Radio Richard A. Foreman, Richard A. Foreman Associates Ed McLaughlin, Foundation Chair Emeritus

Call (203) 862-8577 for more information

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The Broadcasters Foundation of America Angel Initiative is entering its fourth 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 a Corporate Angel.

The 2008 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 2008. Contact Jim Thompson at 203.862.8577 for further details.

On behalf of all of those whom we serve, thank you for your support.

If you, a friend or a colleague are in need of help, please contact us at: 203-862-8577 or [email protected]

Message From The President

Dear Fellow Broadcasters,

It is my great honor to have recently joined the Broadcasters Foundation of America as the organization’s new president. The BFOA exists to help broadcasting professionals in need. Our work is funded by the continuing generosity of broadcasting industry members, and it will be my job to generate even greater support for our programs and broaden the availability of assistance to fellow broadcasting professionals who have experienced some great misfortune.

I was delighted to see so many longtime friends and associates from television and radio at this year’s BFOA Celebrity Golf Tournament. I only regret that, as BFOA’s newly installed president, I was unable to play, which might well be why the Verbitsky family and Bill Hogan finally finished in the money.

In my 30-year career in broadcasting, I have been fortunate to work “both sides of the aisle” – primarily with Westinghouse -- first in television and then in radio. As a major-market television station general manager for Group W and later as radio group president, I had the pleasure and privilege to work with some of our industry’s most creative

and dynamic leaders. In my later role as a co-founder/principal of Liberty Broadcasting and as a media industry investor, I developed an even deeper appreciation for the power of broadcasting to serve society and impact lives. The work we do at the Broadcasters Foundation of America represents the broadcasting industry at its very best: community-minded people reaching out to help other people.

In February, we will gather in New York to honor our newest Golden Mike Award recipient, Greater Media’s longtime CEO, Peter Smyth. I met Peter for the first time as a competitor in Boston, when he competed against our group’s heritage radio station, WBZ, a Westinghouse dynasty. Peter and Greater Media were tough competitors – but we loved having them in the market because they helped raise radio’s profile and they made everyone else elevate their game. I hope you will make a point of joining us in February to honor a distinguished broadcaster who represents broadcasting at its best.

Our organization’s sole purpose is to help fellow industry professionals and their families at times when they are overwhelmed by a death or illness or other unforeseen crisis.

Worsening economic conditions next year will almost certainly create greater need for our assistance, at the very same time that our many friends and benefactors may be finding it more difficult to write the check. For that reason, I believe it’s imperative that our organization: (1) grow awareness of BFOA beyond our existing industry segments and donor base; (2) enlist support from the thousands of broadcasting industry professionals whose small contributions can represent a significant sum of support collectively; (3) identify additional new funding platforms to complement

the functions and events currently in place and (4) significantly increase the size of BFOA’s endowment to both safeguard and expand the critical assistance we provide. That is some of what I will be working on, and I sincerely hope I can count on your help going forward.

Our organization makes a point of keeping the identities of the people we assist entirely confidential, but I can tell you that the circumstances of their lives are quite dire, their need for help critical. The Broadcasters Foundation of America proudly assists good people who, through no fault of their own, have had something bad happen to them. Our recent outlay of assistance has been considerable, with nearly $3 million dispensed to several hundred people in critical need. If you are a past supporter of our good cause, we need your financial support more than ever. Life just got harder for all of us. If you are just learning about the BFOA, I hope you will consider getting involved in a significant way.

You can help today by becoming a member of BFOA for $150 – easy to do by visiting our website, www.broadcastersfoundation.org. We would certainly appreciate any additional contribution you might be able to make at this time.

To my many friends from my many years in broadcasting – and to those of you I am yet to meet -- let me say this loud and clear. Many of people ask for your help. No organization puts it to more direct, personal and better use than the Broadcasters Foundation of America.

I look forward to being in contact with you in the months ahead.

Sincerely,Jim Thompson, PresidentBroadcasters Foundation of America


Broadcasters Foundation of America Board of Directors2008-2009

Philip J. LombardoChair

Stu OldsVice Chair

James B. ThompsonPresident

Edward F. McLaughlinChairman Emeritus

Joseph C. AmaturoThe Amaturo Family Foundation, Inc.

David J. BarrettPresident/CEO, Hearst-Argyle Television

Philip R. BeuthCapital Cities, ret.

Del R. BryantPresident/CEO, BMI

Richard D. BuckleyPresident/CEO, Buckley Broadcasting Corp.

Gary R. ChapmanLIN TV Corp., ret.

Edward ChristianPresident/CEO, Saga Communications, Inc.

Larry DunnPublisher, Broadcasting & Cable

Erica FarberPublisher, Radio & Records

Richard FergusonCox Radio, ret.

Joseph M. FieldChairman, Entercom

Skip FinleyVice-Chairman,

ICBC Broadcast Holdings, Inc.

Andrew S. FisherPresident, Cox Television, Inc.

Richard A. ForemanPresident/CEO,

Richard A. Foreman Associates

Alan W. FrankPresident, Post Newsweek Stations, Inc.

Gary Fries, Radio Advertising Bureau, ret.

Ralph GuildChairman, Interep

Wade Hargrove, Esq.Corporate Counsel

Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP

Thomas P. KanePresident/CEO CBS Television Station Group

Paul KarpowiczPresident/CEO, Meredith Broadcasting Group

N. Scott KnightManaging General Partner,

Knightstone Media

Jerry LeePresident, WBEB-FM

Jerry LevyPresident, JL Media Inc.

Stanley H. MogerPresident/CEO, SFM Entertainment

William G. MollChairman, Clear Channel Television

William O’ShaughnessyChairman, WVOX/WVIP-Whitney Media

Diane Linen PowellChair

Des Plaines Publishing

David RehrPresident/CEO, Nat’l Assoc. of Broadcasters

Joseph ReillyPresident, NYS Broadcasters Association

Jeffrey H. SmulyanChairman/CEO, Emmis Communications

Peter H. SmythPresident/CEO, Greater Media, Inc.

George StephanopoulosChief Washington Correspondent ABC News

Joe UvaCEO, Univision Communications, Inc.

Nicholas J. VerbitskyChairman, United Stations Radio Networks

Ed WilsonPresident/CEO, Tribune Broadcasting Group

Chuck BolkcomPresident

B2B Media, Inc.

Diana WilkinPresident

CBS Television Affiliate Relations

Deborah NorvilleInside Edition

Colleen GallyAssistant Treasurer & CFO

Citadel Communications Company, Ltd.

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