Rex Sorensen (1943 – March 10, 2019) was the chairman and CEO of Sorensen Media Group. He was a founding board member of
Air America Radio
Air America (formerly Air America Radio and Air America Media) was an American radio network specializing in progressive talk radio. It was on the air from March 2004 to January 2010.
The network was founded as a left wing alternative to counter ...
.
Biography
Sorensen was a graduate of the
University of Oregon
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and was a
Certified Public Accountant. Sorensen started his career in Hawaii as a real estate developer. Sorensen then became a media investor and broadcaster in the Pacific. Sorensen was the CEO of Sorensen Media Group, a privately held media and entertainment conglomerate, and the largest broadcast company in the Western Pacific with holdings in television, radio and Internet programming, development, production and broadcasting.
Sorensen died on March 10, 2019, at the age of 73.
Sorensen Media Group
Radio
Sorensen began his media broadcasting career in
Guam
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, USA, with
News Talk K57, which he began as a music-oriented station in November 1981 and converted to a news talk format in 1985. Subsequent station launches include
Northern Mariana Islands
The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI; ch, Sankattan Siha Na Islas Mariånas; cal, Commonwealth Téél Falúw kka Efáng llól Marianas), is an unincorporated territory and commonw ...
contemporary hit station
Power 99 in 1992, Guam rhythmic contemporary music station
Power 98 in 1993, Northern Marianas rock station
The Rock and Guam oldies station
The Kat.
Television
Sorensen Media Group moved into television after radio with the launch of Guam station
KEQI-LP in 2004. The station became a
Fox
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Twelve sp ...
affiliate September 1, 2005. Guam
ABC
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ABC or abc may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Broadcasting
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affiliate
KTGM
KTGM (channel 14) is a television station in Tamuning, Guam, serving the U.S. territory as an affiliate of ABC. It is owned by Sorensen Media Group alongside low-power Fox affiliate KEQI-LD (channel 22). The two stations share studios on 11 ...
was acquired by Sorensen in November 2005. Sorensen Media Group also operates another ABC affiliate, KPPI-LP (a repeater of KTGM) at
Garapan
Garapan ( Old Japanese name: 柄帆町, ''Garapan-chō'') is the largest village and the center of the tourism industry on the island of Saipan, which is a part of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). Garapan, as ...
on Saipan.
Air America
Sorensen was a founding board member of
Air America Radio
Air America (formerly Air America Radio and Air America Media) was an American radio network specializing in progressive talk radio. It was on the air from March 2004 to January 2010.
The network was founded as a left wing alternative to counter ...
as the chairman of Progress Media, the parent company of Air America. However, he resigned from Air America's board in May 2004.
Awards
*2007: named “Media Mogul” by GU magazine
References
External links
Sorensen Media Group
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American chief executives
Mass media in Guam
University of Oregon alumni
1943 births
2019 deaths