Membership Regions

Membership Regions

Region 1

Regional Director:
Kathy Walker, KOA-AM, Denver

State Coordinators:
Alaska: John Tracy, KTUU, Anchorage
Idaho: Mark Danielson, KTVB-TV, Boise
Montana: John Sherer, KBZK/KXLF-TV, Bozeman
Oregon: Vacant
Washington: Ursula Reutin, KIRO-AM, Seattle

Region 2

Regional Director:
Robert Long, KNBC-TV, Burbank, CA

State Coordinators:
California: Cliff Albert, KOGO-AM, San Diego
Hawaii: Dan Dennison, KHNL/KHBC-TV, Honolulu
Nevada: Katie Nielsen, KREN-TV, Reno

Region 3

Regional Director:
Kathy Walker, KOA-AM, Denver

State Coordinators:
Arizona: Tom Bell, KPHO-TV, Phoenix
Colorado: Jerry Bell, KHOW-AM,/KKZN-AM Denver
New Mexico: Sue Stephens, KOAT-TV, Albuquerque
Utah: Bryan Schott, KCPW-FM, Salt Lake City
Wyoming: Bob Beck, Wyoming Public Radio, Laramie

Region 4

Regional Director:
Rick Iler, KSHB-TV/KMCI-TV, Kansas City, MO

State Coordinators:
Minnesota: Scott Libin, WCCO-TV, Minneapolis
North Dakota: Dick Heidt, KFYR-TV, Bismarck
South Dakota: Jerry Oster, WNAX-AM/FM, Yankton
Wisconsin: Len Nelson, WAPL-AM, Appleton

Region 5

Regional Director:
Rick Iler, KSHB-TV/KMCI-TV, Kansas City, MO

State Coordinators:
Iowa: Polly Carver-Kimm, Des Moines Radio Group
Kansas: Dan Dillon, KFDI/KFTI-AM, Wichita
Missouri: Gene Hartley, KYTV, Springfield
Nebraska: Dennis Kellogg, KHAS0TV, Hastings

Region 6

Regional Director:
Kevin Benz,�News 8 Austin, Austin, TX

State Coordinators:
Oklahoma: Steve Schroeder, KOTV, Tulsa
Texas: Mark Willis, ABC News Radio, Dallas

Region 7

Regional Director:
Dick Haefner, WJR-AM, Detroit�

State Coordinators:
Illinois: Andrew Finlayson, WFLD-TV, Chicago, Jim Garrott, WEEK-TV, East Peoria
Indiana: Wendell Hudson, WTWO-TV, Vincennes; Chuck Carney, WTIU-TV, Bloomington
Michigan:�Jim Fordyce, WLAJ-TV, Lansing
Ohio: Vacant

Region 8

Regional Director:
Randy Bell, WMSI/WQJQ/WJDX, Jackson, MS

State Coordinators:
Kentucky: Terry Likes, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green
North Carolina: Vacant
South Carolina: Ken Elmore, WSPA-TV, Spartanburg
Tennessee: Christine Riser Kopidlansky, WJHL-TV, Johnson City
West Virginia: Vacant

Region 9

Regional Director:
Randy Bell, WMSI/WQJQ/WJDX, Jackson, MS

State Coordinators:
Alabama: Butler Cain, Alabama Public Radio, Tuscaloosa
Arkansas: Jim Warner, KFSM-TV, Fayetteville
Louisiana: Rick Boone, KTAL-TV, Shreveport                                                                        Mississippi: Teresa Collier, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, Jackson

Region 10

Regional Director:
Andrew Vrees, WMUR-TV, Manchester, NH

State Coordinators:
Connecticut: Steve Kalb, WELI-AM, Hamden
Maine: George Matz, WMTW-TV, Auburn
Massachusetts: Bob Salsberg, Associated Press, Boston
New Hampshire: Andrew Vrees, WMUR-TV, Manchester
Rhode Island: Joe Abouzeid Vermont: TBA

Region 11

Regional Director:
Lane Beauchamp, CBS Television Stations Digital Media Group, New York

State Coordinators:
New Jersey: TBA
New York: Michael Rizzo, ABC News Radio, New York; and Edward Buttaccio, R News, Rochester
Pennsylvania: Lydia Reeves, WCAU-TV, Bala Cynwyd; Tene' Croom, American Urban Radio, Pittsburg

Region 12

Regional Director:
Mark Kraham, WHAG-TV, Hagerstown, MD

State Coordinators:
Delaware: Christopher Carl, WDEL-AM, Wilmington
District of Columbia: John Matthews, WMAL-AM, Washington
Maryland: Mark Miller, WBAL-AM, Baltimore
Virginia: Deb Wenger, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond

Region 13

Regional Director:
Helga Silva, WLTV Univision, Miami

State Coordinators:
Florida: Vacant
Georgia: Condance Pressley, WSB-AM, Atlanta � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �� Puerto Rico: Luis A. Gonzalez, WLII, Guaynabo
U.S. Virgin Islands: Vacant

Canada/International

Regional Director:
Hudson Mack, A Channel Vancouver Island