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August 4, 2008

Anderson Named GM/CEO of KNME-TV Channel 5

Polly Anderson, president and CEO of KWBU TV & FM in Waco, Texas, has been named general manager and CEO of KNME TV, Channel 5. Her first day at KNME is set for Monday, Sept. 22. Anderson replaces Ted Garcia who now serves as senior vice president in charge of television content for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Anderson brings with her more than a decade in public broadcasting where she has gained experience and training in development, operations, engineering, finance, personnel development and digital transition of television and radio stations.

At KWBU, the community-licensed Public Broadcasting Service television and National Public Radio member stations serving the Waco-Temple-Bryan, Texas, area, Anderson has been responsible for fostering effective relationships with the stations and the Central Texas community, as well as with the licensee’s board and license owner, Baylor University. She is a member of the board of trustees of the Association of Public Television Stations and a member of the Executive Committee of the National Educational Telecommunications Association.

Prior to her three years at KWBU, Anderson was vice president of development and marketing for the Alabama Educational Television Network where she was responsible for raising $2.4 million in development revenue for the statewide public television network.

“I am very excited about the opportunity to come to Albuquerque and to continue the high standards that have been set by KNME over their 50 years of service. The communities of northern New Mexico deserve the very best that public broadcasting has to offer, and I look forward to continuing that tradition and to further the mission of education, entertainment and inspiration that are central to the services offered by KNME.”

Anderson earned a bachelor’s in business administration and marketing from the University of South Florida.

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