David Glenn's Email & Phone

David A. Glenn is President of Engineering for ION Media Networks, owner of the largest U.S. broadcast television station group, and oversees all technical matters including operations and future technical developments related to maximizing the company's assets and distribution. Mr. Glenn is credited with building the largest group of television stations from the ground up and leading the development of the Company's unparalleled model of centralization now emulated by other broadcasters. Since joining the Company in 1991, Mr. Glenn has overseen the construction of 102 television facilities, including 52 digital TV stations; 79 new master control facilities; 37 new towers; as well as the Company's network operations center and central monitoring facility, which communicates with and monitors all of the Company's 60 television stations. Mr. Glenn has managed the Company's digital station build-out, helping the Company to be the first to begin digital multicasting in the U.S. with its Chicago station, WCPX-DT, in early 2000. Mr. Glenn also serves on the Technical Team of the Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC), the industry's first unified effort to bring mobile digital broadcasts to consumers. The OMVC was spearheaded by ION Media Network's CEO Brandon Burgess. The group's current members include leading broadcast station groups operating over 420 commercial television stations and the Association of Public Television Stations (APTS), a non-profit corporation representing over 350 public television stations. The coalition's mission is to accelerate the development of mobile digital video. Mr. Glenn began his career in the broadcasting industry in 1979, working for a radio and television group in Tampa, Florida. From 1984 to 1986, he worked in FCC compliance for the broadcast consulting firm, Carl T. Jones & Associates, in Washington, D.C. From 1986-1990, Mr. Glenn operated his own company, performing design and construction of build 20 radio and television stations.