Robert Decherd

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Robert Decherd is the Chairman of the Board, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Belo Corp. of Dallas, which owns six daily newspapers, including The Dallas Morning News, The Providence Journal and the (Riverside, Calif.) Press-Enterprise. Belo also owns 21 network-affiliated television stations and three cable news channels.

He graduated from St. Mark's School of Texas and Harvard College, where he was orator of his class and President of The Harvard Crimson. He is a recipient of the Media Institute's 1999 Freedom of Speech Award.

Decherd has been Belo's chairman and chief executive officer since January 1987. Robert became president of Belo in January 1994, and previously served as president from January 1985 through December 1986. From January 1984 through December 1986, he served as chief operating officer. Robert is a member of the board of directors, lead director, and chairman of the Executive Committee of Kimberly-Clark Corporation. He also serves on the Advisory Council for Harvard University's Center for Ethics and the Professions, and is a member of the Media Security and Reliability Council which is part of President Bush's Homeland Security initiative.

Decherd, a member of the company's founding family, oversaw Belo's listing as public company with the New York Stock Exchange in 1983, as well as the biggest transaction in the company's history, Belo's acquisition of The Providence Journal Company in 1997.

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Belo Corporation

Corporate Staff: Robert W. Decherd (Chairman and CEO) | Dennis A. Williamson | Lawrence Nicholson | John L. Sander | Dunia A. Shive | Donald F. Cass | David Lougee | Guy H. Kerr | Marian Spitzberg | James M. Moroney

Cable News Channels: 24/7 | Arizona NewsChannel | Local News on Cable | ¡Más! Arizona | NewsWatch 15 | NorthWest Cable News | Texas Cable News
Newspapers: Al Día | The Dallas Morning News | The Business Press | Denton Record-Chronicle | La Prensa | The Press-Enterprise | The Providence Journal | Quick! | Rhode Island Weekly | Texas Almanac

ABC affiliates: KVUE | WFAA | WHAS | WVEC
CBS affiliates: KENS | KHOU | KREM | KMOV | WWL
Fox affiliates: KMSB
NBC affiliates: KING | KTVB | KGW | WCNC | KTFT
The CW affiliates: KASW | KCWX2 | KSKN
MyNetwork TV affiliates: KTTU | WUPL
Independent stations: KFWD1| KTVK | KONG
1Belo manages this station owned by HIC Broadcasting
2Belo manages this station owned by Corridor Television, LLP

Annual Revenue: 1.52 Billion (USD) | Employees: 6,600 | Stock Symbol: NYSE: BLC | Website: belo.com

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