May 14, 2008 - Bill Sutton Brings More Than 10 Years of Broadcast Engineering Experience to His New Position with Debut, Including Work as One of Clear Channel’s Chief Engineers in Iowa and Texas.
Debut Broadcasting Corporation Inc. (OTCBB: DBTB), a media and entertainment company, today announced that it has named Bill Sutton as its corporate chief engineer.
In his new position, Sutton will maintain all day-to-day responsibilities of Debut Broadcasting™-owned radio stations and ensure the stations are regularly updated to meet new Federal Communications Commission (FCC) standards and advances in industry technology. Furthermore, Sutton represents a key position within Debut’s Super-Regional Cluster™ strategy to assist the company integrate its new stations into a cohesive operating system.
“The role of the corporate chief engineer is to prevent lost air time, and therefore lost revenues,” said Steve Ludwig, CEO of Debut Broadcasting. “As Clear Channel radio’s former chief engineer, Bill comes to Debut with a wealth of knowledge in all aspects of radio engineering to ensure everything from our radio syndication efforts to our owned and operated (O & O) stations run without hitch. And because we are experiencing a period of growth, having increased our O & O stations by more than 40 percent in 2008, his ability to develop and maintain the proper infrastructure for our stations allows us to continue looking at new radio markets to introduce our strategic Super-Regional Clusters™.”
Sutton primarily developed his skills one of Clear Channel’s chief engineer’s, where he maintained and oversaw several of the company’s stations in Iowa. He was also charged with rebuilding three studios, including maintaining its equipment, computers and networking capabilities in Bryan, Texas. Prior to working for Clear Channel, he spent one year in Bristol, Tenn. as chief engineer of three radio stations. Sutton began his career in broadcast engineering in 1998 with Broadcast Tech Service in Miss., where he was a contract engineer until 2003.
“My experience in broadcast engineering will prove a valuable resource for Debut Broadcasting as it grows its number of owned and managed radio stations,” Sutton said. “Debut now has the advantage of having a full-time employee to maintain daily responsibilities of the company’s current radio stations while rebuilding and revamping the stations that Debut will acquire in the future.”
Sutton majored in vocal music at the State University of New York, Potsdam, and went on to receive a post-graduate degree in pastoral ministry at Trevecca Nazarene College in Nashville, Tenn.
About Debut Broadcasting Corporation Inc.
A media and entertainment company, Debut Broadcasting Corporation Inc. (OTCBB: DBTB) supports its clients throughout North America while also improving shareholder value through targeted turnaround opportunities in the southeastern United States. Through its entertainment arm, Impact Radio Networks™, Debut sells pre-recorded radio programs and related services to more than 1,400 AM and FM stations in the U.S. and Canada, and reaches more than 45 million listeners per week, making it one of the leading syndicators in the industry. The company also provides marketing, consulting and media buying for its radio broadcast stations. Through its media division, Debut identifies and acquires (or manages) underperforming and undervalued media properties in the U.S., and its first five acquisitions have given Debut radio dominance in the greater Greenville, Mississippi marketplace. For more information about Debut Broadcasting, please visit www.debutbroadcasting.com or email ir@debutbroadcasting.com.
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