OPB Business Partners Party

YRG has been a business partner of Oregon Public Broadcasting for 18 years, and on Monday we had the opportunity to join other business partners at a special party hosted by OPB. Not an official attendance figure, but we'd guess there were about 100+ people there, all of whom share our passion for and commitment to public broadcasting. Our own Media Director Patti McKinney made us proud that night -- not only is she the OPB Business Partners Steering Committee Chair, but she also provided a delightful welcome to all attendees.

Ray Suarez, a senior correspondent for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, was another equally engaging highlight of the evening. His conversation about the value, differentiator and relevance of public broadcasting in today's media environment drew cheers, gasps and even laughs, especially his comment that his idea of the great interview of a lifetime being, for him, VS Naipaul versus Paris Hilton.

We choose to support OPB because we believe in partnering with organizations that contribute to our local community. In the case of OPB, our role as a business partner means helping to create broader awareness about their programming. Patti and the YRG team are behind the media placement of media advertising for OPB (if you've seen the bus ads around Portland, that's an example of the type of ads we place for OPB).

Thanks to OPB, not only for a quality event, but for our ongoing business partnership!

06.29.07 // 09:19am