Susan Davenport Austin Elected Chairman of Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI)
NEW YORK - Susan Davenport Austin, most recently Vice Chair of the Board of Directors, was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of Broadcast Music, Inc. at the companys annual shareholder meeting, held yesterday in Nashville, TN. Ms. Austin succeeds Jack Sander, former Vice Chairman of Belo Corporation in Dallas, Texas, who was elected Presiding Director at the meeting. Ms. Austin, named by Radio Ink Magazine as one of the Most Influential Women in Radio and one of the Most Influential African Americans in Radio, joined the BMI board in 2007.
Austin is both the first woman and the first African-American elected to serve as Chairman of the BMI Board.
A distinguished and highly respected media executive, Ms. Austin currently serves as a director and as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Sheridan Broadcasting Corporation and President of the Sheridan Gospel Network. Ms. Austins family founded Sheridan in 1972. Black Pr Wire, Business Wire
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