Brian Jennings, Broadcast Partners
News/Talk, Sports
Brian Jennings served as National Vice President for News, Talk, and Sports programming and development at Citadel/ABC for over a decade.
In that time, KKOB, Albuquerque dominated ratings with 34 straight #1 books 12+ and the station received several Marconi Awards. KKOH, Reno is now in its 9th year as #1.
Brian also led the programming efforts for such stations as WPRO AM/FM, Providence, KARN AM/FM, Little Rock, KBOI, Boise, KVOR, Colorado Springs, WNOX FM, Knoxville, and others. He developed new talk stations such as KWQW FM, Des Moines which immediately beat legendary competitor WHO in key demos.
On the sports side, he helped developed Nashville's powerhouse FM sports talker, WGFX, Oklahoma City's WWLS AM/FM, Birmingham's powerful WJOX FM, Knoxville's WNML AM/FM, and others. These Citadel stations set many records in ratings and revenue growth during his tenure.
Brian has coached some of the biggest names in the business including Oliver North, Alan Colmes, Mike Reagan, and Dick Cavett, including NFL greats such as Frank Wycheck, Duce Staley, Jay Barker, and Al Del Greco.
He is also credited with the early success of KVI, Seattle which many industry professionals suggest was America's first all conservative programmed station. KVI moved from #23 to #1 in the market during that time.
Brian also served as Program Director for KING 1090, Seattle, and KXL, Portland where he led the station's programming and news department capturing over 100 national and regional journalism awards, including the prestigious Columbia University DuPont Award, often considered broadcasting's "Pulitzer."
Brian Jennings is also author of Censorship: The Threat to Silence Talk Radio, published by Simon & Schuster.
Jennings resides in the Pacific Northwest and is a frequent guest on radio and television programs and a staunch defender of free speech.
Read Brian's Blog on the Big Hollywood website
Buy a copy of Brian's book "Censorship: The Threat To Silence Talk Radio"
Listen to the Podcast: KVI Revisited The Roots of the Conservative Talk Format