The Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) has elected new board members for 2005-2006. The executive consists of Rob Braide (joint chair), Alain Gourd (past chair), Rael Merson (chair, radio), John Hayes (vice-chair, radio), Pierre Lampron (chair, television), Rick Brace (vice-chair, television), Sophie Émond (chair, specialty and pay), Shan Chandrasekar (vice-chair, specialty and pay), Charlotte Bell (treasurer), Rick Arnish (special delegate representing small markets), and CAB president and CEO Glenn O’Farrell. The TV board is made up of Lampron, Brace, Elaine Ali, Arnish, Bell, Raynald Brière, John Burgis, Nigel Fuller, René Guimond, Marcia Martin, Kathleen McNair, Don Shafer, Marc Simard, and Leslie Sole. The specialty and pay TV board consists of Émond, Chandrasekar, Martin Cloutier, Gilles Desjardins, David Errington, Gary Maavara, Catherine MacLeod, Jonathan Medline, Luc Perrault, Bill Roberts, Johanne Saint-Laurent, Allan Schwebel, Alain Strati and Bart Yabsley. Elected to the radio board were Merson, Hayes, Guy Banville, Bruce Davis, Stew Dent, Lyndon Friesen, Guimond, Claude Laflamme, Paul Larche, George Lee, Pam Leyland, Jim MacMullin, Mark Maheu, Paul Ski and Sharon Taylor.

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