WASHINGTON—NAB TV Board Chair Emily Barr has appointed Rebecca Hanson and DuJuan McCoy to the NAB Television Board of Directors. The appointments are effective immediately.

Hanson is the executive vice president and general counsel for HC2 Broadcasting. Before joining HC2, she was head of Policy for Sinclair Broadcast Group and a senior advisor at the FCC for its broadcast spectrum incentive auction prior to that.

McCoy is the owner of Circle City Broadcasting, which operates WISH-TV and WNDY-TV in Indianapolis. Previously he was founder and owner of Bayou City Broadcasting and spent time at Capitol Broadcasting, Sinclair Broadcast Group and Fox Television.

Hanson and McCoy both serve on the Board of Directors for the NAB Leadership Foundation.

NEW YORK—The Broadcasters Foundation of America voted on some new additions to its board of directors during a recent board meeting. Kim Guthrie, president of Cox Media Group, and DuJuan McCoy, president, CEO and founder of Bayou City Broadcasting, were elected to the board of directors, while Julie Talbott, president of Premiere Networks, was named an officer and vice president of the board.

The BFA board of directors is made up of broadcast executives, representing a range of broadcast and broadcast-related companies. They board helps the organization in its duty to support needy broadcasters and their families.

“The addition of these highly respected industry leaders to our board and executive ranks will further enhance awareness of our mission to provide assistance to broadcasters in need,” said Dan Mason, chairman of the BFA. “Their dedication to helping our colleagues who need it most is an inspiration that I hope will reverberate across our industry so that we can help more broadcasters in need.”