“Nightly Business Report” parent names new executive

NBR Worldwide Inc., the owner of “Nightly Business Report,” has named Gary Ferrell as the company’s executive vice president of operations and chief financial officer.

Ferrell will be responsible for overseeing NBR Worldwide’s daily production of, and personnel responsibilities for “Nightly Business Report,” the nation’s most-watched daily business news program.

Ferrell will be instrumental in continuing to grow the program’s content through current and future strategic partnerships such as ones recently executed with Planet Forward and Horrow Sports’ “Beyond the $coreboard.”

Ferrell has worked in public television for more than 24 years. He is the former president and chief executive officer of North Texas Public Broadcasting Inc., which owns and operates one of the largest member stations, KERA television in Dallas. He is also the former chief financial officer of KCET public television in Los Angeles where he was responsible for overseeing the financial operations of the station; and the former chairman of the Public Television Major Market Group, a board consisting of the chief executives from the public television system’s largest stations.

He most recently served as president of Public Media, a new media company that specializes in production, graphic design and web development.

Read more here. Ferrell was a controversial head of KERA, according to this Dallas Observer story.