Sook Elected NAB Joint Board Chair
• Perry Sook, Chairman & CEO of Nexstar Media Group, was elected Chairman of the NAB Joint Board of Directors during elections held during the NAB Board of Directors meeting on June 6-7. Sook takes over from David Santrella, CEO of Salem Media Group, whose term had expired.
And there’s more — Collin Jones, EVP of Strategy & Development, Cumulus Media Inc., was elected Radio Board Chair by the NAB Radio Board. Kevin Perry, President & CEO of Perry Publishing and Broadcasting Company, was elected Radio Board First Vice Chair, while John Zimmer, President & Owner of Zimmer Radio of Mid-Missouri, Inc., was elected Radio Board Second Vice Chair.
Chris Ornelas, EVP & General Counsel of Beasley Media Group, was elected to the Radio Board’s major group representative seat on the NAB Board’s Executive Committee.
On the TV side, Pat LaPlatney, Pres./co-CEO of Gray Television Inc, was elected as NAB Television Board Chair. RaMona Alexander, VP/GM of WDBD-TV/Jackson, MS, was elected as TV Board First Vice Chair, Lynn Beall, EVP/COO of Media Operations for TEGNA, was elected TV Board Second Vice Chair, and Chris Ripley, Pres./CEO of Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. was elected TV Board Third Vice Chair.
Kristopher Jones, EVP/Head of Government Relations at FOX Corporation, was appointed to the designated TV network seat on the NAB Board’s Executive Committee.
