Skip to content

Four Michigan Broadcast Executives Elected to NAB Board

May 16, 2025

The National Association of Broadcasters has announced the results of the 2025 NAB Radio and Television Board of Directors elections. The two-year terms of the elected board members will begin in June 2025.  Of note is the re-election of longtime Michigan broadcaster (and 2016 Michigan Broadcasting Lifetime Achievement Award recipient) Julie Koehn to the NAB Radio Board.

On the television side, Allen Media Founder/Chairman and CEO Byron Allen, Nexstar Media President/COO Michael Biard and Morgan Murphy Media President/CEO Brian Burns were elected/re-elected to serve.

NAB Radio Board Elections
(Odd-numbered districts)

Allen Power
President of Broadcast Media
Salem Media Group
District 1 - New England

Michael Dash
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel
Audacy, Inc.
District 3 - Pennsylvania

Dale Thornhill
VP/COO
Commonwealth Broadcasting
District 5 - West Virginia/Kentucky

Dave Hoxeng
Owner/Manager
WNRP-AM/WEBY-AM/WYCT-FM
Pensacola
District 7 - Florida, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands

Nick Martin
General Manager,
Big River Broadcasting
District 9 - Georgia, Alabama

Matthew Mnich
Chairman and CEO
North American Broadcasting Company
District 11 - Ohio

Julie Koehn
President/CEO
Lenawee Broadcasting Company and Southeast Michigan Media
District 13 - Michigan

Kenneth Forte
Co-Owner/President
R&F Communications, Inc. (WDKN and WDHC)
District 15 - Tennessee, Arkansas

Dana Withers
President, Withers Broadcasting and Dana Communications
District 17 - Illinois

William Payne
Owner/General Manager
Payne Media Group
District 19 - Oklahoma, N. Texas

Nic Anderson
Vice President, Government Affairs
Salem Media Group
District 21 - Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota

Felipe Chavez
COO
Bustos Media Holdings, LLC
District 23 - N. California, Alaska

Tery Garras
VP of Radio
Morgan Murphy Media
District 25 - Oregon, Washington

NAB Television Board Elections


Byron Allen

Founder, Chairman and CEO
Allen Media Group/Entertainment Studios

Michael Biard
President and COO
Nexstar Media Group

Rall Bradley
Executive VP – NPG Broadcast
News-Press & Gazette Company

Brian Burns
President/CEO
Morgan Murphy Media

Dave Hanna
President
Lockwood Broadcasting

Robert Hubbard
President and CEO
Hubbard Television

 

Scroll To Top