"Tom kept our search focus on who can handle the long range assignment as News Director..."
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Rich Pegram,
Vice President & General Manager, WFTS (Former President & General Manager, WTHR-TV)
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"On top of it all, he is
indefatigable on behalf of his clients..."
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Marci Burdick, Senior Vice President, Broadcasting for Schurz Communications
"His extraordinary thoroughness helped me focus on what I really wanted in an
executive producer... he produced a person I would never have found on my own..."
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Scott Libin, News Director, WCCO-TV
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Thomas P. Dolan, President, Dolan Media Management
dolan [at] smartrecruit.com
As President of Dolan Media Management, Tom Dolan has developed a unique management recruitment firm for TV news and promotion. Based in suburban Washington, DC, the company builds management teams for TV stations, capitalizing on Tom’s 25 years of news experience and eight-plus years as a news consultant and executive recruiter.
Previously, Tom had been Vice-President of News & Talent Development for the Texas based Broadcast Image Group from 1996 to 1999. Consultant for a select group of TV stations, he also spearheaded the company's management recruitment division for TV news and promotion. He helped develop an advanced database for managers and producers, placing some 100 candidates in client stations during the three years.
Prior to his consulting career, Tom served as Vice-President of News at KSAZ-TV in Phoenix. In addition, Tom spent some twenty years with ABC owned stations in Philadelphia, San Francisco, New York, and Chicago. Tom served as Managing Editor, Assistant News Director and News Director at WLS-TV in Chicago for more than nine years before moving to Phoenix.
During his three years at KSAZ-TV, Tom led the station through one of the most challenging news expansion and affiliation switches following the station's transition to the FOX network.
ABC hired Tom as a key member of a group that completely rebuilt the news operation at WLS-TV in Chicago from last to first place during the 1980's. In those nine plus years, he was involved in the expansion of news programming from three programs per day to six and designed the format for one of the first hour long AM newscasts.
Tom continues to produce cutting-edge workshops at national conventions like RTNDA, IRE, PROMAX and UNITY. He has also done many workshops at client stations on industry trends, News formatting and the News/Marketing-Promotion relationship to ensure that new managers get an effective start.
Active in minority journalist organizations since the early 80's, Tom has promoted diversity in his newsrooms and continues to make it part of his recruiting and consulting practice.
Tom has won both Associated Press and Emmy awards for his news programs. Tom lives in Frederick, MD with his wife, Jeanne, and their two children.
Cathy Spencer, Dolan Media Management
cspencer [at] smartrecruit.com
Cathy Spencer joined Dolan Media Management as Database Manager and Administrative Assistant in May of 2008. Cathy came to DMM with over 14 years' experience in the Telecommunication industry with Sprint-Nextel. Her background spans many facets of the business including customer service, technical expertise, project/product management, process engineering and personnel management. She was an instrumental part of Sprint's globalization strategy, successfully launching an off-shore Operations office that netted a $2M expense saving without a reduction in domestic staffing.
Cathy has extensive experience in client relationship management as a technical problem solver and advisor as well as in a management role. Although she has worn many hats throughout her career, the ultimate objective of all of her positions has been customer satisfaction and a customer experience that exceeds expectations. Her tenacity and dedication to these goals earned her a reputation as the "go to" person within her organization at Sprint and the one to count on to "get the job done".
Cathy's background in telecommunications brings a new skill set to Dolan Media Management. The use of mobile devices and wireless networks is an integral part of new media and content distribution and Sprint-Nextel is well-known as being an industry leader in this arena. Cathy has grown up in a culture of change and pushing the envelope and she brings that same enthusiasm and sense of adventure to DMM.
Cathy, a Frederick native, attended UNC-Chapel Hill and is an avid Tarheel basketball fan. After living in Atlanta, GA for 10 years, she has returned to her roots and lives in Frederick, MD with her husband and their two children.
Jeanne Dolan, Dolan Media Management
jdolan [at] smartrecruit.com
Jeanne brings an extensive broadcasting and business background to Dolan Media Management. She has 15+ years of history in television with roles in sales, business and human resources.
Jeanne spent most of her career at WLS-TV in Chicago, beginning in 1983 as the Assistant to the Business Manager. Within six months, she was promoted to Business Manager, a position she maintained throughout her ten-year tenure at the station. Jeanne attended DePaul University while in Chicago.
St. Louis is where Jeanne started her TV career with “Television Reps,” a company that represented 75 stations around the country. Her position as a Sales Assistant gave Jeanne valuable experience working with General Managers at the station-level, and the tools for securing commercial airtime contracts from Ad agencies.
Jeanne later moved to Little Rock, Arkansas and worked as the Assistant to Operations Manager at KATV. She was promoted to the same role with the station’s President and General Manager before moving to Chicago.
Using her knowledge of the TV news industry, Jeanne works with Dolan Media Management’s website applicants, builds the company database and is the company Business Manager.
Jeanne is the wife of Dolan Media Management President, Tom Dolan. She has enjoyed being back in the business after taking time off from work to raise the couple’s two children.
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