Tulsa, OK – (February 5, 2008) Holly Allen was named Vice President/General Manager of Clear Channel Television in Tulsa, which owns FOX23 and My41, on February 4, 2008.
Allen was recruited to Clear Channel Television nearly seven years ago as the National Sales Manager and was quickly promoted to Local Sales Manager after eight months.
After serving as Local Sales Manager for two years, Allen was promoted to Director of Sales where she lead the sales department to record setting revenue and market share increases. Allen was then promoted to Station Manager where she led FOX23 to be one of the most successful FOX affiliates in the country.
“I am very proud of Holly’s successes and thank her for being instrumental in the success and growth of our stations,” said Craig Millar, President/CEO of Clear Channel Television.
Allen has worked in the television industry in Oklahoma City, Dallas and most recently Tulsa since 1993 as a media buyer, local account executive, and national account executive.
Allen was named one of Tulsa’s Top 20 Newest Leaders in 2006 and has served on many local boards including Broadcast Executives of Tulsa, MDA Hunt for a Cure, Junior League of Tulsa, AWRT and volunteers at Mayo Demonstration School. Allen and her husband Jack have two children Henry, 6, and Lila, 2.
Allen states, “I am honored to lead the best management team and staff in the market. We will continue to listen to our viewers and deliver the best local news and entertainment programming on the air and on the web.”
FOX23 was named the number one FOX affiliate in the country for prime time, according to the November 2007 Nielsen ratings book. FOX23 News is also the fastest growing news station in Oklahoma.
The station-launched Tulsa’s only hour-long 9:00 p.m. newscast in February 2002, added a half hour 5:30 p.m. newscast in June 2002 and a 5:00 p.m. newscast in 2003. Weekdays, FOX23 News offers viewers seven hours of complete, local news with the latest Breaking News, Breaking Weather and Solving Problems stories. FOX23 News launched the only live, local four-hour morning newscast on April 24, 2006.
FOX23’s Daybreak morning news broadcasts weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. FOX23 also launched a one-hour noon broadcast on July 10, 2006. FOX23 offers viewer the most local coverage in the market.
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