The National Association of Broadcasters has renewed the contract of President Gordon Smith through 2018, reports B&C.

"Smith has been in the post since 2009. He is a former two-term Republican senator from Oregon and has been leading NAB's efforts to secure a fair incentive auction process,” the story notes.

"We are enthusiastic about the leadership Gordon is providing, and the team he has put together," Dave Lougee, president of Gannett Broadcasting, told the publication. "The NAB has never been in better hands."

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