Adam Young Inc.
Mr. Adam Young founded Adam Young Inc. in 1944 with one thing in mind: exclusive representation. Today, over half a century later, the company has grown itself into one of the foremost television representative firms in the country. Adam Young, Inc. consists of employees located all across the country in eleven different offices. Many of our represented stations are located in top 100 DMA’s. They include: KRON-TV in San Francisco, CA (Rank # 6); WBNX-TV in Cleveland, OH (Rank # 16); WKRN-TV in Nashville, TN (Rank # 30); WTEN-TV in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY (Rank # 55); WRIC-TV in Richmond, VA (Rank # 60); WATE-TV in Knoxville, TN (Rank # 59); and WBAY-TV in Green Bay, WI (Rank # 69). In 1997, Young Broadcasting furthered its position in the media world by purchasing the rep firm Adam Young, Inc.; thereby enabling Adam Young, Inc. to coordinate the efforts of its’ national sales force to result in stronger revenues.
ABOUT OUR FOUNDER
Mr. Adam Young entered the media industry at the young age of sixteen years old. The National Broadcasting Co. (NBC) selected him as a page and in no time he was promoted to the position of Chief Page. Mr. Young remained at NBC for six and a half years, working in various network departments, including: Programming, the Artists Services Bureau, and eventually Research and Promotion.
Adam moved on from NBC in 1936, opting to get more involved in the broadcasting industry. He began producing radio shows for an advertising agency, and eight short years later went into business himself as a radio station representative. This radio rep (Adam Young, Inc.) would grow itself, with Adam at its masthead, into one of the six largest United States firms involved in radio representation for that time.
Television representation was always an interest of Adam’s, so it only made sense to follow the smart decisions he made in the radio field with even more cutting edge thinking involving television representation. He began three other businesses in the late 1940’s: Young Television Corporation (representing United States’ television stations), Young International, Ltd. (representing radio and TV stations) and Canadian Station Representatives, Ltd. (representing Canadian radio and TV outlets).
Always striving for more, after he conquered the land of TV representation Adam moved on to tackle the organization of the television representatives into a formal association. Hence, he was a founder of the Station Representative Association, also known as the SRA. He went on to serve as President of the Association from 1955-57 and later from 1975-77. Today, the SRA encompasses the top-ranking television representative firms in the industry.
Prior to YBI’s founding, Mr. Young owned a minority interest in two radio stations, and a 35% interest in a television station in Youngstown, Ohio. He also served on the Board of Directors of the Television Advertising Bureau from 1977-80 and headed up its research committee for many years. Along with his son Vincent, Adam founded Young Broadcasting, Inc. in 1986 and has been active in that company ever since.
