Fritts To Receive NAB Service Award

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Former National Association of Broadcasters President Eddie
Fritts will receive NAB's Distinguished Service Award at its annual convention
Apr. 11 in Las Vegas.

Fritts was president of the association for 23 years
(1982-2005). "For more than two decades, Eddie Fritts carried the banner
for free and local broadcasting on Capitol Hill with integrity and distinction,"
said NAB President Gordon Smith.

Fritts is currently head of his own government relations
firm, The Fritts Group, whose clients include NAB, DirecTV, CBS, Verizon and
News Corp.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.