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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

Former House GOP flack is new president of TV Washington

Posted by Joe Turner @ 02:57:05 pm

That's Greg Lane, who's been down here for the past decade.

Greg is leaving the attorney general's office. His new office at TVW is only a block or so away.

Since his background is with Republicans, I'm sure Democrats will start timing how long their speeches are televised, compared to how long their counterparts' remarks are televised.

Personally, I don't expect an imbalance, not from Greg. But maybe he could ask his crews to encounter "technical difficulties" from time to time when certain, long-winded members of the House stand up to speak.

Just a thought, Greg.

For immediate release – April 16, 2008

Greg Lane New President at TVW

Olympia – The TVW Board of Directors has chosen Greg Lane as the new president and chief executive officer of the statewide public affairs cable television network.

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Lane said, “I’m excited to be joining an organization that is committed to engaging the public with state policymakers and state government. TVW is already a national leader in public affairs television. We want to build on those accomplishments and make the network an even better resource for the people of Washington.”

TVW Board Chair and former State Supreme Court Justice Faith Ireland said, “We are pleased to have Greg Lane as our new president and CEO after an exhaustive search. Greg is a professional communicator and excellent manager and thoroughly understands Washington government and politics. We believe he will effectively lead TVW in its mission to provide unbiased, unfiltered public access to government.”

Lane has been deputy chief of staff for Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna since 2006. Before that he was the attorney general’s communications director, after also serving as a communications director in the Washington State Legislature from 1998 to 2005.

Lane becomes TVW’s third president, following founding president Denny Heck and Cindy Zehnder, who was hired in October by Gov. Chris Gregoire as her chief of staff.
TVW, often called the Washington state version of C-SPAN, provides unedited gavel-to-gavel television coverage of the Washington State Legislature, Supreme Court, executive branch, state boards and commissions, elections, and public policy events of statewide significance. The cable television industry carries TVW for free, reaching 99% of the cable households in Washington, representing about 55% of the state population. Viewers can also watch TVW programs on demand at TVW.ORG, which includes the largest archive of legislative streaming media in the world.

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