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Hall of Fame 1991Ken ElkinsVideo |
Kenneth Joe Elkins was one of eight children of a coal miner in southern West Virginia. He began his broadcasting career in 1960 at KETV in Omaha, working nights as a camera operator while serving in the air Force at Offutt Air Base. At SAC headquarters, he maintained a closed circuit TV system in the war room.
Ken moved to Dubuque, Iowa and helped put KDUB-TV on the air as its assistant chief engineer and then general manager.
In 1972, he returned to KETV as operations manager, then general sales manager and to general manager. When Pulitzer Broadcasting bought KETV in 1976, Ken was retained as general manager, and then in 1980 he was transferred to their flagship station, KSDK-TV in St.Louis.
In 1984, Ken was named president and chief executive officer of Pulitzer Broadcasting, overseeing seven TV and two radio stations.
A past president of the Nebraska Broadcasters Association, he also served on both the Television Board of Advertising and the NBC-TV affiliate board's long-range planning committee.