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Kansas Association of Broadcasters

Coordinates: 39°3′9.0108″N 95°40′32.0046″W / 39.052503000°N 95.675556833°W / 39.052503000; -95.675556833
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Kansas Association of Broadcasters
AbbreviationKAB
FormationMay 20, 1951; 73 years ago (1951-05-20)
PurposeBroadcasting
HeadquartersTopeka, Kansas
Coordinates39°3′9.0108″N 95°40′32.0046″W / 39.052503000°N 95.675556833°W / 39.052503000; -95.675556833
Region served
Kansas
Official language
English
President/Executive Director
Kent Cornish
Staff2
Websitewww.kab.net

The Kansas Association of Broadcasters is a group supporting broadcasters in Kansas, United States, primarily through lobbying and coordination.

History

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The Kansas Association of Broadcasters began in 1951 as the Kansas Association of Radio Broadcasters, when a central Kansas broadcaster sat down to read a letter from Grover C. Cobb, who was vice-president/general manager of KVGB (AM)/FM, in Great Bend.[1]

Board of directors

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The 2013 Board of Directors are:[2]

Officers[2]
  • Monte Miller, Chair (Rocking M Radio, Inc.)
  • Jim Ogle, Chair-Elect (WIBW-TV)
  • Bruce Dierking, Secretary-Treasurer (KNDY (AM)/FM)
  • Gordon Johnson, Past Chairman (KLEY/KWME/KKLE)
Directors[2]

References

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