NAB Picks Gordon Smith As President/CEO

Gordon Smith

The NAB has named former U.S. Senator GORDON SMITH as its new President/CEO. SMITH fills the position, left vacant by the departure of DAVID REHR earlier this year. SMITH, the former two-term OREGON Senator more recently an attorney at COVINGTON AND BURLING, will take over the position on NOVEMBER 1st and will appear for brief remarks at the NAB Radio Show in PHILADELPHIA next week.

"I am honored to have been selected as NAB's new president and consider this an opportunity of a lifetime," said SMITH. "As radio and television stations embrace new technologies and new business opportunities, I look forward to articulating to public policymakers the unique and positive role played by local and network broadcasters in the fabric of American society."

As radio and television stations embrace new technologies and new business opportunities, I look forward to articulating to public policymakers the unique and positive role played by local and network broadcasters in the fabric of American society.

"We conducted an exhaustive search to identify the very best individual to lead a great trade association," said NAB Joint Board Chairman STEVE NEWBERRY. "We're convinced we have found that person in GORDON SMITH. His background as a lawyer, a statesman, and as an entrepreneur -- coupled with his extensive knowledge of broadcast issues from having served many years on the Commerce Committee -- make GORDON eminently qualified to represent the interests of free and local broadcasters in WASHINGTON."

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