Ted A. Garcia, general manager and chief executive officer of public television station KNME-TV, Channel 5, has been elected to the University Licensee Association executive board. Each of the 11 ULA board members serves a two-year term. The University Licensee Association includes public broadcasting stations licensed to colleges and universities. It is one of several “affinity groups” within public TV that are consulted by national organizations making policy decisions.
Photo: Ted A. Garcia, general manager / chief executive officer, KNME
The ULA assists public broadcasting stations licensed to colleges and universities with their efforts to fulfill individual missions and goals through the sharing of ideas. ULA also speaks for the special needs and interests of the licensees during times of national planning and decision-making.
“I am honored to have been selected by my peers to serve on the executive board,” Garcia said. “The ULA serves as the voice of university licensees within the PBS system.
"Part of the ULA’s work is to ensure that the missions of universities and colleges -- including research, public service and instruction -- are represented in the visions of our national organizations, and that our stations’ special financial and administrative circumstances, as units of larger educational institutions, are understood and addressed in concert with those national organizations.”
Garcia also serves on the national PBS board of directors and on the board of directors of National Datacasting, Inc., a PBS subsidiary. He is chair of the executive council of the Pacific Mountain Network, whose council members are elected for three-year terms by its 33 member public television stations. Garcia is also chair emeritus of the National Educational Telecommunications Association board of directors.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu