Joseph
Scanlon Sample
(1923 - ) |
Joseph left
a successful career at a Chicago advertising agency
to enter the broadcasting industry in a state he
has always loved, Montana. He built KOOK-TV in Billings
into Montana's best-equipped station of that era.
He was instrumental in bringing the first network
television signal to Billings. He later acquired
KXLF-TV in Butte and built it into a dominant force
in Western Montana. Seeking to unite the state's
diverse areas while simultaneously grouping television
stations for the national advertising market, he
later acquired stations in Missoula and Great Falls,
thereby forming the Montana Television Network.
Today, Joe Sample promotes both commercial and public
broadcasting in Montana as president of the Greater
Montana Foundation and as a major fund-raiser for
KEMC Billings. Says Sample about television: "It
sometimes isn't a business. It's almost an art form." |
MBA
HALL OF FAME - Joseph Scanlon Sample (1923 - )