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With over thirty years in public broadcasting, veteran broadcasting professional Thomas E. Fanella comes to his current position from eighteen years as President and Chief Executive Officer of San Jose Public Television station KTEH and Central Coast Public Television station KCAH. Prior to his move to the West Coast in 1988, Fanella served as Chief Operating Officer for QED Enterprises and Vice President for Marketing for Metropolitan Pittsburgh Public Broadcasting. During the period 1975-1984, Fanella served as Vice President for Marketing at his hometown Public Television Station, WCNY, in Syracuse, New York.
Throughout his career in public television and in other non-profit arenas, Fanella has continually designed and executed record setting revenue and audience-generating campaigns. His list of successful campaigns is impressive, including auctions, major telemarketing and corporate campaigns, the design and implementation of video product marketing programs, and the completion of several capital campaigns. During his career, Fanella has won more than thirty PBS and CPB awards, and is the only individual to have won the coveted PBS Overall Development Award six times, and has done so in three different broadcast markets. | 