8-16-13
Beasley Las Vegas VP/GM Tom Humm will be honored by the Nevada Broadcasters Association with its Lifetime Achievement award at the NBA?s18th annual gala tomorrow night. NBA CEO Bob Fischer said, ?Tom?s career is one that anyone would be proud to call their own. During his 35 years of dedication to broadcasting in our community, he has epitomized honesty, integrity and going the extra mile. That is, no doubt, exemplified by his extensive client list, many of whom have been with him during much of his career.?
During his 35 years in the broadcasting industry, Tom Humm has been a part of numerous teams of broadcasters who have provided more than $50 million in public service announcements and appearances for charitable and youth organizations. Humm also played a pivotal role in the formation and professionalization of the Nevada Broadcasters Association. He turned 60 on Friday.
Humm worked his way up from being an account executive at 98.5 KLUC in 1978 to becoming general manager of KXTZ 94.1 FM in 1984, a position he held until 1991, at which time he departed to become the general manager of KEYV/KFMS. He returned to KLUC as general manager in 1993 under Nationwide Communications, which sold its radio properties to American Radio Systems; as a result, Humm inherited the general manager duties of KLUC, KVEG (now KXNT), and KXNO (now KXST).
On June 4, 1998, CBS acquired American Radio System?s six Las Vegas radio properties, transferring Humm to KMZQ/KMXB as GM and market manager of the six CBS Las Vegas stations. He then left CBS in 2008 to assume the duties of market manager for Beasley Broadcasting, which owns and operates KKLZ-FM, KCYE-FM, and KDWN-AM.
In September of 2010, Beasley Broadcasting assumed the management oversight of GGB stations, KOAS-FM and KVGS-FM, and Humm was assigned GM responsibilities of those stations as well as given a long-term contract.
Established in 1961, the Nevada Broadcasters Association is dedicated to protecting, promoting, enhancing and strengthening Nevada?s broadcast industry to more effectively serve the public.
