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Frank Fogarty Was president of theNebraska Broadcasters Associatin in 1964-1965.
Long time general manager of Omaha stations WOW (AM590), WOW-FM, and WOW-TV (Channel 6), Forgarty also headed the broadcasting division of theMeredithCorporation.
He succeeded NBA Hall of Fame Member John Gillin, Jr., when Gillin died soon after WOWT came on the air. When Fogarty retired as General Manager, he continued to work part-time as a broadcast consultant.
When then NBA Executive Director, Charles Thone (an attorney who handled the NBA administration, resigned to as he was elected to the U. S. House of Representatives, Fogarty was asked to become the the next NBA Executive Director. He accepted an managed the day to day operations of the NBA until his health did not permit him to do so at the end of 1979. Fogarty was succeeded in 1980 by attorney and later mayor of Omaha, Mike Boyle.
Forgarty was an elected member of the Omaha Public Power District board of directors. Prominent in many Omaha and Nebraska organiziations, Fogarty was anational leader in broadcasting. He was secretary, chair of the executive committee and two term chair of the board of directors of the Radio Advertising Bureau (1956-1963) and was a charter member of the Television Bureau of Advertising.