Dave Lougee is the president of the Broadcasting Division of Gannett Co., Inc. Following the acquisition of Belo Corp. in December 2013, Gannett became the largest independent TV station group of major network affiliates. The company owns 46 television stations that cover 30% of the U.S. population in markets with nearly 35 million households.
Recently, Lougee was awarded the First Amendment Leadership Award by RTDNF and the Broadcaster of the Year Award by Broadcasting & Cable. He serves on several industry boards. He is the current Chairman of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Television Board as well as a member of the Executive Committee Board of Directors. He also serves as Vice Chair of the NBC Affiliates Board, is a member of the BMI (Broadcast Music Inc.) Board of Directors, the Broadcasters Foundation of America and he is immediate past Chair of the Television Bureau of Advertising (TVB) Board of Directors.
Prior to Gannett, Dave served as executive vice president/media operations for Belo Corp., where he was in charge of the company’s 19 TV stations and four cable news operations outside of Dallas. Lougee is a graduate of the University of Colorado and attended the Stanford Executive Program at the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2004.
Dave Lougee Job Title President, Broadcasting Company GANNETT
