BRANDY NEWMAN ELECTED BOARD CHAIR
Brandy Newman, head of Clear Channel Radio in Las Vegas has been elected as the new Chairwoman of the NBA Board of Directors. Unanimously slated by the Executive Committee, she was unanimously approved by 70 NBA member television and radio stations. She will serve a two year term beginning this Saturday evening at the NBA Gala.
The current NBA Board was returned for a two year term. Paul Gardner, Elko Broadcasting, will return to the board to represent Rural Radio. A previous longtime member of the NBA Board, he just completed serving his two terms on the Radio Board of the National Association of Broadcasters.
Brandy's first act as new NBA Chairwoman will be to present the Inaugural NBA Pinnacle Award to R&R Partners on Saturday night.
400 GUESTS WILL CELEBRATE THE MIRACLE OF BROADCAST
400 guests are expected to celebrate together at the 16th Annual NBA Hall of Fame Gala beginning at 5:30 PM this Saturday evening at Red Rock Casino, Resort and Spa. For the second time in 16 years, there will be national press coverage of this event. It is also expected that all Las Vegas television news stations will be covering the Gala.
We are grateful for the support of Congresswoman Shelley Berkley, Congressman Joe Heck, Governor Brian Sandoval, State Treasurer Kate Marshall, Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman and former Mayor Oscar Goodman for their participation in this year's evening program.
We are grateful to be able to honor Jerry Lewis, the Nevada Army National Guard and R&R Partners.
And we are grateful for this year's sponsors: the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Bureau (16 years), South Point, Bank of America, Southern Wine and Spirits and Caesars Entertainment.
This year's extraordinary Silent and Live Auctions is once again under the leadership of Eric Bonnici. For the third year, Fund Raising is under the leadership of Trish Williamson and Bob Cummings. And a special thank you goes out to our partners -- Global Flowers, Mass Media, CopyCat Printing and Boulevard Trophy (16 years).
Most exciting of all, the Nevada Broadcasters Foundation will have the opportunity to introduce our four inaugural recipients of the Tony and Linda Bonnici Broadcast Scholarship.
FINAL MEETING REMINDERS
Three important meetings are scheduled for this Gala weekend.
Jane Mago (National Association of Broadcasters), Dennis Lyle (Illinois Broadcasters Association), Art Brooks (Arizona Broadcasters Association) and Dale Zabriskie (Utah Broadcasters Association) will be meeting together with:
Radio Broadcasters, Friday, August 19, 7:30 AM at Clear Channel Radio. Breakfast will be served.
Television Broadcasters, Friday, August 19, 12 Noon at KTNV-TV. Lunch will be served.
These two meetings will be carried by conference call into northern and rural Nevada.
In addition, on Sunday, August 21, 10 AM at Red Rock Casino, Resort and Spa in Veranda D, Adrienne Abbott will lead a Nevada SECC Meeting for broadcast engineers, the NWS and emergency managers. The agenda includes the upcoming National EAS Test and CAP compliance issues. Breakfast will be served.
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