Ginny Morris (Chair & CEO, Hubbard Radio, LLC)
When: Monday, September 27, 2021 - 5:00-6:15 pm CT
Note: Speaker sessions are subject to change based on evolving guest schedules.
Please join us for a Q&A session where we discuss Ginny Morris’s career trajectory, her roles and responsibilities, and her views on the current state of the media industries.
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Speaker Biography
Ginny Morris is the Chair and CEO of Hubbard Radio LLC, and has more than 30 years of broadcast industry, business and general management experience. In her role, she is responsible for strategic direction for Hubbard’s radio stations throughout the United States.
In 2011, Morris led Hubbard’s acquisition of 17 radio stations from Bonneville International Corporation, strengthening Hubbard’s national reach and significantly expanding its industry footprint. In 2013, the company followed with the acquisition of 10 stations from Sandusky.
Part of the Hubbard family, pioneers in the broadcast industry, Morris originally joined the family owned and operated company in 1982 and worked her way to management positions before becoming president and general manager of KSTP-FM and KSTP-AM in 1995.
Highly regarded in broadcasting circles as well as in the Minnesota business community, Morris currently serves on the Board of the Radio Advertisers Bureau (RAB), Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI) and the Library of American Broadcasting. She also serves as a board member for the Minnesota Chamber Foundation and the University of St. Thomas and is a former chair of the NAB Radio Board.
Morris is consistently listed among the most influential women in radio as well as among the most powerful people in radio by Radio Ink. The Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal named her one of the Twin Cities’ most influential women in 2002. In 2013, Ginny received the NAB National Radio Award.
Morris has two grown children and lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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