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Fred Young is senior vice president news at Hearst-Argyle Television. Young who oversees news operations in 22 states had served as vice president news since Hearst-Argyle�s formation in August 1997.
In his role as senior vice president news Young supervises a group of news executives who oversee news operations at Hearst-Argyle TV stations in 26 markets and the Hearst-Argyle Washington News Bureau which services the Company�s television news departments.
An employee of the Hearst Broadcasting Group since 1962 which was merged with Argyle Television Inc. in 1997 to form Hearst-Argyle Young served for 25 years at WTAE-TV Pittsburgh as vice president and general manager news director and in other news management positions. During his years there WTAE-TV received numerous local and national awards for quality programming and community service. He was also instrumental in the original campaign to admit television cameras into Pennsylvania courtrooms.
Young is a past president of the Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters from whom he received a Broadcaster of the Year Award. He is also chairman of the Telecommunications Advisory Committee of Pennsylvania State University and is a member of the Radio-Television News Directors� Association. A graduate of Duquesne University he is also a past president of the Congregation Brothers of Israel in Trenton N.J. In March 2002 he received a First Amendment Service Award from the Radio-Television News Directors Foundation. | 