Tag: "RadioTVDeals"
Media Broker Spotlight –
Brett Miller, MCH Enterprises, Inc.
This week’s spotlighted broker:
Brett Miller • MCH Enterprises, Inc.
This interview was conducted by Sandi Bergman
Sandi: What did you do before becoming a media broker?
Miller: I started in broadcasting in 1966, working my way through college: everything from cleaning the coffee pot, to DJ, news, and sales. I finished the BA and MA degrees while working for various radio and TV stations in the Fresno and Santa Maria markets in California. I managed several cable TV systems in California, and then did mergers and acquisitions work for a Denver-based cable TV company. In 1989, my wife and I started consulting and brokering and our company name says it all: MCH: Miracles Can Happen. Twenty-four years and we are still in business. Along the way we also owned our own radio stations in California and Washington, which we think gives us a unique skill-set when working with owners, sellers, and buyers.
Media Broker Spotlight –
Cliff Gardiner, Clifton Gardiner & Company, LLC
This week’s spotlighted broker:
Cliff Gardiner • Clifton Gardiner & Company, LLC
This interview was conducted by Sandi Bergman
Sandi: What did you do before becoming a media broker?
Gardiner: My career in radio began in 1956 as a part time weekend announcer at an Alf Landon-owned station in Liberal, Kansas. That led to a morning DJ slot at a new AM station in Alva, Oklahoma, where I attended my first two years of college. I also had an opportunity to work with the consulting engineer on the construction of the four-tower antenna system, including the pattern calculations (using a slide rule!). After a couple of years I migrated to Oklahoma City and a DJ spot at KOCY, then the only rock station in the market. Starting with the overnight shift, I graduated to afternoon drive time on the station with about 85% of the audience out of 13 stations.
While at KOMA, I applied for a construction permit for a new AM in Liberal, Kansas, built and launched it, and sold it to a local businessman. Then back to Oklahoma City and on to a sales slot at the Storz Broadcasting station, KOMA AM.
Media Broker Spotlight –
Dave Garland, Dave Garland Media Brokerage
This week’s spotlighted broker:
Dave Garland • Dave Garland Media Brokerage
This interview was conducted by Sandi Bergman
Sandi: What did you do before becoming a media broker?
Dave: I spent many years in radio grunt work… on air, sales, etc. My first paid non-college broadcast job was as a photographer for a TV network affiliate and I really got bit hard by the radio bug by hanging out with the folks on the radio side. I now say I have done every job at a station from sweeping the floors to being an owner.
Media Broker Spotlight – Doyle Hadden
Hadden & Associates Media Brokers
This week’s spotlighted broker:
Doyle Hadden • Hadden & Associates Media Brokers
This interview was conducted by Sandi Bergman
Sandi: What did you do before becoming a media broker?
Hadden: Radio-TV, sales, management and ownership. I was never good enough in broadcasting to be an on-air talent, so I found a way to make money behind the scenes.
Media Broker Spotlight –
Jerry Proctor, The Proctor Group, Inc.
This week’s spotlighted broker:
Jerry Proctor • The Proctor Group, Inc.
This interview was conducted by Sandi Bergman
Sandi: What did you do before becoming a media broker?
Proctor: I’ve been involved in the communications industry since 1948 and in station ownership since 1961. During the intervening period and through various companies, I have owned AM, FM, TV and LPTV stations as well as cable TV and paging systems. Over 20 years ago, I started The Proctor Group, Inc. as a full service broadcast brokerage firm….however, I have continued my involvement in station ownership also. I still own four stations and am still active in station brokerage.
