Recognition for WBUR’s General Manager
WBUR’s Paul La Camera Inducted into New England Advertising Hall of Fame
WBUR Group general manager Paul La Camera was inducted into the Ad Club’s New England Advertising Hall of Fame at a black-tie dinner ceremony at the Fairmont Copley Plaza on February 26. The Ad Club, the trade organization for the New England communications industry, also inducted advertising executives Jack Connors and Edward Eskandarian.
La Camera (COM’66, MET’74), who was appointed general manager of the WBUR Group, which includes Boston University’s National Public Radio station WBUR, in October 2005, had previously worked for more than 33 years at WCVB-TV, Boston’s ABC affiliate, including almost 12 years as president and general manager. Among his television industry activities, La Camera served on the White House Advisory Committee (Gore Commission) on Public Interest Obligations of Digital Television Broadcasters. He has testified on local television issues before both the Federal Communications Commission and the U.S. House Telecommunications Subcommittee.
La Camera is a board member of The Boston Foundation, the Boston Public Library Foundation, the United Way of Massachusetts Bay, and the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce.
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