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Douglas Jessop
Verified
On Air Personality, Nexstar Media Group
Salt Lake City
Beats
Biography
Doug Jessop is the hat-wearing TV host that focuses on "Powerful, Positive and Inspirational stories" Family Heritage Stories TV show on-air as well as FamilyHeritageStories.org Doug is also the TVGardenGuy on multiple TV stations. Follow Doug at www.DougJessop.com, www.YouTube.com/dougjessop, www.Facebook.com/dougjessopnews, www.Instagram.com/dougjessopnews and www.Twitter.com/dougjessopnews. For Doug, it all started with a cassette recorder he got for Christmas when he was 12 years old growing up in Southern California. Doug interviewed relatives, friends and anyone else that might have a good story. The broadcast bug was solidified in high school after getting 15 minutes of fame being on-air briefly at 2 major Los Angeles radio stations. “If stories aren't passed down from generation to generation they are lost and those people are forgotten..” With that mantra in mind, Doug does in-depth interviews in his weekly 30-minute series “Family Heritage Stories” Sunday nights on 11 ABC4 TV and on-demand at FamilyHeritageStories.org Over his career, Doug has interviewed over a thousand business owners and loves to share economic development stories highlighting the entrepreneurial spirit of Utah. His "Veteran Salute Stories", "Utah Success Stories" stories are designed for PR professionals to be able to have an experienced TV personality do a feature story and then have it placed on various TV stations for a reasonable appearance fee. Examples are archived at www.YouTube.com/dougjessop and www.YouTube.com/@familyheritagestories His broadcast career officially started 40 years ago as a radio announcer in Logan, Utah; Los Alamos, New Mexico and then Salt Lake City with KCPX-FM, the sister radio station of KTVX-TV (ABC4 Utah). Doug first went to the TV side as the Director of Marketing for the largest satellite broadcast firm in the country distributing TV programs, NBA games and was involved in the creation of a new TV network, UPN. You’ve heard Doug’s voice for years in commercials and as one of the station voices for several Utah TV stations.
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Company Info
Nexstar Media Group
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. is the largest local television broadcast and digital media company in the U.S. It operates over 200 stations across 116 markets, reaching around 220 million people. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Irving, Texas, Nexstar has grown significantly through strategic acquisitions, including Media General and Tribune Media. The company reported $5.41 billion in net revenue in 2024 and produces over 316,000 hours of programming annually. Nexstar offers a range of services, including broadcast television with top network affiliates and ownership of The CW. It runs NewsNation, a national news network, and manages 140 local websites and 278 mobile apps. The company also operates multicast channels like Antenna TV and Rewind TV. Nexstar serves local businesses and national advertisers through multi-platform marketing solutions, utilizing its extensive reach to 70% of U.S. households. Its strategic focus includes hyper-local journalism and technological innovation, ensuring a strong presence in the media landscape.
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