- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (8 video files (3 hr., 25 min., 27 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Television executive Marcellus Alexander was born on October 3, 1951 in Austin, Texas. In 1973, he graduated with his B.S. degree in speech and journalism from Texas State University. In 1982, Alexander was hired as a general sales manager at WRIF-FM, where he was promoted to vice president and general manager in 1984. Then, in 1986, Alexander helped organize an investor group that purchased WRIF, while also serving as chief operating officer of Silver Star Communications in Detroit. From 1987 to 1989, he worked as station manager and acting general manager of KYW-TV. From 1989 until 1999, Alexander served as vice president and general manager of WJZ-TV before returning to KYW as vice president and general manager. In 2002, Alexander was named executive vice president of television for the National Association of Broadcasters, and, in 2004, he was named president of the National Association of Broadcasters Education Foundation.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Marcellus Alexander, Jr.
- Marcellus Alexander, Jr.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- OCLC
- 994208795
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Marcellus Alexander, Jr.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States. naf
- Playing Time
032527
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- Event
Recorded Washington, District of Columbia 2013 December 2.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Television Executive.
- Added Author
Alexander, Marcellus, Jr., 1951- interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.