Bob Klingle, CEO

 

Bob spent 25 years in television in sales, production, sales management and station management. He began his broadcast career in 1982 at the CBS owned and operated station in Chicago in local sales at WBBM-TV. CBS moved him into CBS National Spot Sales first in Chicago and then to New York. In 1987, he left CBS to join Turner Sales for CNN back in Chicago.

Bob's first sales management position came when CBS asked him to return to New York to become Director of NY National Spot Sales where he was responsible for a staff of 16 people and $90 million in sales. In 1992, Bob became the General Sales Manager of the CBS O & O in New York, WCBS-TV. He was later promoted to Director of Sales there where he was responsible for a department of over 30 people and $180 million in sales as well as sales traffic, marketing and research.

Bob spent the last 10 years of his broadcasting career in station management with the last 7 as President and General Manager of WHAS-TV, the Belo owned station in Louisville, Ky.