Gary Chapman to Receive 2002 Beville Award from NAB and BEA

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB)and the Broadcast Education Association (BEA) will award the 2002 HughMalcolm Beville, Jr. Award to Gary R. Chapman, the chairman, president,and CEO of LIN Television. This award recognizes outstandingachievement in the field of audience research and will be presented atthe BEA Annual Convention Awards Ceremony, April 5 at the Las VegasConvention Center.

Chapman began his television career in 1967 with KSDK-TV St. Louis,and has held a variety of executive positions in research, marketing,and management at both the station and group levels. In 1982, whilewith Freedom Newspapers' television station group, Chapman becamechairman of the Electronic Media Rating Council and was the lastchairman to serve with Mal Beville, who, at the time, was the executivedirector of the Broadcast Rating Council. In 1982 the organization wasrestructured and renamed the Electronic Media Rating Council.

Chapman also has served as chairman of the NAB Television Board(1989-1991) and as Joint Board chairman of NAB (1991-1993). Inaddition, he has been a member of NAB's Research Committee, chairman ofNAB's Committee on Local Television Audience Measurement (COLTAM), andalso was co-chairman of NAB's Personal Diary Project. He also hasserved on the Boards of the BEA, the Advanced Television Test Center,and the Advisory Board of Governors for the NAB Education Foundation.He currently serves as chairman of the Association for Maximum ServiceTelevision and on the board of the Advertising Council.

The Hugh Malcolm Beville, Jr. award recognizes the memory and life'swork of Beville, a major figure in the history of broadcast audienceresearch, by honoring outstanding achievement in contemporary audienceresearch.

NAB 2002 takes place April 6-11 in Las Vegas (exhibits open April8). Complete NAB 2002 details are available at www.nab.org/conventions.