The E.W. Scripps Company
Shenkan has served as vice president and general manager of Scripps' KATC in Lafayette, Louisiana, since 2006. He is returning to the Lexington market, where he was previously WLEX's director of sales and marketing from 2002-2005.
Shenkan is an industry veteran who has focused his career on news operations and sales. Prior to his first stint at WLEX, Shenkan held several sales management positions with WBRZ in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, WCJB in Gainesville, Florida, and WCTI in New Bern, North Carolina. He also worked as an account executive for Blair Television.
Shenkan is a recipient of the Louisiana Association of Broadcasters' Broadcaster of the Year Award. He is the immediate past chairman of the board for the Louisiana Association of Broadcasters and a board member of Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center and Ascension Episcopal School in Lafayette.
He holds a bachelor's degree in American studies from Tulane University and an MBA from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
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The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP) is a diversified media company focused on creating a better-informed world. As the nation’s fourth-largest local TV broadcaster, Scripps serves communities with quality, objective local journalism and operates a portfolio of 61 stations in 41 markets. The Scripps Networks reach nearly every American through the national news outlets Court TV and Newsy and popular entertainment brands ION, Bounce, Grit, Laff and Court TV Mystery. Scripps is the nation’s largest holder of broadcast spectrum. Scripps runs an award-winning investigative reporting newsroom in Washington, D.C., and is the longtime steward of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Founded in 1878, Scripps has held for decades to the motto, “Give light and the people will find their own way.”