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Eric began his broadcasting career in 1962 as a part-time rock-and-roll DJ at KRVN while a junior in Lexington High School. He worked summers as a DM and newsman until graduation from the School of Journalism from the University of Nebreaska in 1967. He earned a Masters in Journalism fro the University of Missouri in 1968 and then taught at South Dakota State University in Brookings. In 1975, he earned a PhD in broadcasting from Ohio University and returned to SDSU as Director of Educational Media and manager of KESD FM/TV.
In 1979, he moved to LExington, and rejoined KRVN AM/FM as general manager when his fater, Max retired. Max had started the Nebraska Rural Radio Association in 1948, and KRVN signed on in 1951. KRVN is the flagship station for the only farmer-rancher owened radio group in America.
ERic served two terms on the board oftheNebraska Broadcasters Association and was president in 1984. One of his accomplishments was helping start the Governor's call-in program with Bob Kerry. For the past seven years, Eric has served as the national legislativeliaison for the NBA.
In 1984, the Nebraska Rural Radio Association purchased KNEB AM/FM in Scottsbluff and in 1996 added KTIC AM/KWPN FM in West Point to form the Nebraska Rural Radio Network.
Eric has served on more than two dozen statewide boards including Agricultural Builders of Nebraska, the University of Nebraska Foundation and the University President's AdvisoryCommittee. He is President of the Nebraska Foundation for Agricultural Awareness and tri County Hospital, Lexington.
His wife,Ruth Brown, is an assoicate professor of communication at UNK. Their son, Nathan works for the Department of Defense in Washington, DC. Their twin daughters and husbands recently moved to Lincoln where Andrea is a nurse and Valerie works in new media at Bailey-Lauerman.