2nd Annual
Vietnamese American Media Expo
May 18, 2007
HCCS Conference & Training Center
Houston, Texas |
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SPEAKERS
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Barry Warner, Publisher Saigon Tex News
Panelist: Discussion 2 (Challenges of the Next Generation)
Barry Warner has been actively involved in both media and marketing for six decades. His colorful career started in the mid-50’s in his hometown of Buffalo, New York. He started working as a “gofer” for the top sports station in the city. His big break came with the Buffalo Bills, where he worked his way up from a ball boy to writing and producing sportscasts for Jack Kemp, the star quarterback then. He also was traveling with the Bills as part of their radio network.
In 1966, at the height of the war between the American Football League and rival National Football League, he was hired by AFL Commissioner Al Davis and sent to Houston to work in scouting and football administration for the Oilers. He then went on to scout for legends in the NFL like George Halas, Paul Brown and current Oakland Raider owner Al Davis. For the first 12 years of Monday Night Football Warner wrote scouting reports for the Howard Cosell. Barry was involved with real estate in both property management and research for a local real estate developer.
In the mid 70’s, Warner returned to the airwaves. Over the next 3 decades he meshed his sports knowledge and controversial style in several facets of the industry. He was Sports Director at KIKK, a television analyst for the Houston Rockets, Southwest Conference football, baseball and basketball on HSE and Channel 20. |
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