Texas Associated Press Broadcasters

Here is a review of the Texas Associated Press Broadcasters conference call on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011, with:

-- CHAIRMAN: Joe Terrell, KLTV-TV, Tyler
-- VICE CHAIRMAN: Benji Snead, KCBD-TV, Lubbock
-- TV PRESIDENT: Jenny Martinez, KRGV, Weslaco
-- TV VICE PRESIDENT: Mike George, KBTX, Bryan
-- RADIO PRESIDENT: Emily Donahue, KUT, Austin.
-- RADIO VICE PRESIDENT: Chace Murphy, WTAW, Bryan-College Station
-- and Dallas AP's Barry Bedlan & Diana Heidgerd
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1. TAPB Balance:

Photos of Texas AP Broadcasters contest entry sorting day, Saturday, Feb. 12, 2011, at Associated Press offices in Dallas, with TAPB board members Joe Terrell, Benji Snead and Jenny Martinez, along with AP's Diana Heidgerd.

-- Deadline to enter is Friday, Feb. 22, 2013 --

This award is given in memory of longtime Texas journalist Carole Kneeland. Kneeland died in 1998 after a lengthy battle with cancer. At the time of her death she was vice president/news at KVUE-TV in Austin.
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The TAPB and the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas will again honor outstanding efforts by a radio or television station on FOI issues.
There is no entry fee. One entry per station, please.

Here is a review of the Texas Associated Press Broadcasters board conference call on Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010, with:
-- CHAIRMAN: Joe Terrell, KLTV-TV, Tyler
-- VICE CHAIRMAN: Benji Snead, KCBD, Lubbock
-- TV PRESIDENT: Jenny Martinez, KRGV, Weslaco
-- TV VICE PRESIDENT: Mike George, KBTX, Bryan
-- RADIO PRESIDENT: Emily Donahue, KUT, Austin.
-- RADIO VICE PRESIDENT: Chace Murphy, WTAW, Bryan-College Station
-- and Dallas AP's Barry Bedlan & Diana Heidgerd
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1. TAPB Balance:
-- $25,948.04
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2. Board APPROVED following bills to be paid:

Here is a review of the Texas AP Broadcasters board conference call on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010, with:

-- CHAIRMAN: Joe Terrell, KLTV-TV, Tyler
-- VICE CHAIRMAN: Benji Snead, KCBD-TV, Lubbock
-- TV PRESIDENT: Jenny Martinez, KRGV, Weslaco
-- TV VICE PRESIDENT: Mike George, KBTX, Bryan
-- RADIO PRESIDENT: Emily Donahue, KUT, Austin
-- RADIO VICE PRESIDENT: Chace Murphy, WTAW, Bryan-College Station
-- and Dallas AP's Barry Bedlan & Diana Heidgerd
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1. TAPB finances.
-- As of Sept. 30: $26,035.03.
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2. BILLS to be paid/OK:

Here is the review of the Sept. 2, 2010, Texas AP Broadcasters board of directors conference call, with:
-- CHAIRMAN: Joe Terrell, KLTV-TV, Tyler
-- VICE CHAIRMAN: Benji Snead, KCBD-TV, Lubbock
-- TV VICE PRESIDENT: Jenny Martinez, KRGV, Weslaco
-- RADIO PRESIDENT: Emily Donahue, KUT, Austin.
-- RADIO VICE PRESIDENT: Chace Murphy, WTAW, Bryan-College Station
-- Dallas AP's Barry Bedlan & Diana Heidgerd
-- plus: Mike George, KBTX, Bryan
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1. NEW BOARD MEMBER:

Here is a review of the Texas Associated Press Broadcasters
conference call on Thursday, July 7, 2010, with:
-- CHAIRMAN: Joe Terrell, KLTV-TV, Tyler
-- VICE CHAIRMAN: Benji Snead, KCBD-TV, Lubbock
-- RADIO PRESIDENT: Emily Donahue, KUT, Austin.
-- RADIO VICE PRESIDENT: Chace Murphy, WTAW, Bryan-College Station
-- and Dallas AP's Barry Bedlan & Diana Heidgerd
NOTE: Opening for TV vice president.

1. TAPB FINANCES:
-- Approx: $20,000.

2. BILLS to be paid:
-- OK'd $50 for July/webmaster Noble Sprayberry

3. VACANCY on TAPB BOARD: TV vice president.

Here are photos from the Texas AP Broadcasters convention, held Saturday, April 24, at the Headliners Club in Austin.

Questions? Contact Dallas AP's Diana Heidgerd, 972-991-2100, or any TAPB board member listed on this website.

Event Photos.

Here is a review of the Texas Associated Press Broadcasters annual business session, held Saturday, April 24, 2010, at the Headliners Club in Austin. With:

  -- CHAIRMAN: Rick Hadley, WBAP, Dallas-Fort Worth
  -- VICE CHAIRMAN: Joe Terrell, KLTV-TV, Tyler
  -- TV PRESIDENT: Benji Snead, KCBD, Lubbock
  -- TV VICE PRESIDENT: Jenny Martinez, KRGV, Weslaco
  -- RADIO PRESIDENT: Emily Donahue, KUT, Austin.
  -- RADIO VICE PRESIDENT: Chace Murphy, WTAW, Bryan-College Station
  -- and Dallas AP's Diana Heidgerd.

  A. CONTEST REVIEW:
  -- No comments.
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TAPB CONTEST OVERALL EXCELLENCE
WTAW Radio, Bryan-College Station
KHOU-TV, Houston

TAPB SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

Timothy Ray Honeycutt, who attends Texas Tech University in Lubbock,
and Randall Blake Williams, studying at the University of Texas at
Tyler, each received $1,500 scholarships. Hayley Nelson, attending
Southern Methodist University in Dallas, is receiving a $1,000
scholarship.