Mark Masters is an American media entrepreneur, known for being the
CEO
A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...
of
Talk Radio Network
Talk Radio Network (TRN) was an independent radio producer and syndicator of news and talk radio programming headquartered in Central Point, Oregon. TRN consists of a number of associated companies, which have launched or re-built some of the U ...
and its four sister networks.
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, Radio Ink
Early life
Mark Masters was born in 1966 in California. Masters' childhood was spent in
Ventura Country, California.
Masters spent his teen years in Selma and Grants Pass, Oregon. In his late twenties, Masters studied
quality control
Quality control (QC) is a process by which entities review the quality of all factors involved in production. ISO 9000 defines quality control as "a part of quality management focused on fulfilling quality requirements".
This approach places ...
and quality management under the tutelage of
W. Edwards Deming
William Edwards Deming (October 14, 1900 – December 20, 1993) was an American engineer, statistician, professor, author, lecturer, and management consultant. Educated initially as an electrical engineer and later specializing in mathematical ...
, to which Masters attributes credit for his success in building successful
talk radio
Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues and consisting entirely or almost entirely of original spoken word content rather than outside music. Most shows are regularly hosted by a single individual, and often featur ...
enterprises.
Career
Masters became the CEO of Talk Radio Network in 1998. He grew the company to become America's second-largest network
syndicator of spoken word programming and launched or rebuilt eight of the country's ten largest syndicated talk shows, including
The Dr. Laura Schlessinger Show and
Coast to Coast with Art Bell.
While continuing to build TRN, Masters collaborated with
Roger Ailes
Roger Eugene Ailes (May 15, 1940 – May 18, 2017) was an American television executive and media consultant. He was the chairman and CEO of Fox News, Fox Television Stations and 20th Television. Ailes was a media consultant for Republican ...
, CEO of
Fox News
The Fox News Channel, abbreviated FNC, commonly known as Fox News, and stylized in all caps, is an American multinational conservative cable news television channel based in New York City. It is owned by Fox News Media, which itself is owne ...
, between 2003 and 2005, to create
Fox News Radio
Fox News Radio is an American radio network owned by Fox News. It is syndicated to over 500 AM and FM radio stations across the United States. It also supplies programming for three channels on Sirius XM Satellite Radio.
History
In 2003, ...
. This included launching
The Alan Colmes Show
''The Alan Colmes Show'' was a Radio syndication, nationally syndicated radio in the United States, American talk radio, radio show hosted by political commentator, commentator Alan Colmes on Fox News Radio. The show aired on weeknights from 6:00 ...
in 2003. Ailes wrote that Masters, "is one of the few true media entrepreneurs that has proven time and again to possess both large scale creative vision with the ability to execute on that vision in ways that have brought him both success and a reputation for excellence."
Masters was named one of the "40 Most Powerful People in Radio" by
Radio Ink
''Radio Ink'' is a radio broadcasting industry trade magazine owned by Streamline Publishing. ''Radio Ink'' serves the management community of the radio industry in the United States and in 43 countries worldwide. The focus of the bi-weekly ma ...
for eight years in a row through to 2013.
See also
*
Talk Radio Network
Talk Radio Network (TRN) was an independent radio producer and syndicator of news and talk radio programming headquartered in Central Point, Oregon. TRN consists of a number of associated companies, which have launched or re-built some of the U ...
References
External links
*
Talk Radio Network
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American entertainment industry businesspeople
American chief executives in the media industry