Roby Brock is an American media executive, journalist, and political reporter in
Arkansas
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the ...
. He hosts a television show and radio show and is CEO of a media company.
His show ''Talk Business and Politics'' (TB&P) aired on Fox affiliate KLRT-TV. Guests have included
Rex Nelson
Rex Nelson is an American college sports broadcaster, columnist, reporter, author, political appointee, and chronicler of Arkansas history. He is a Senior Editor and columnist for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. He was policy and communications dir ...
. Brock has written for ''
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
The ''Arkansas Democrat-Gazette'' is the newspaper of record in the U.S. state of Arkansas, printed in Little Rock with a northwest edition published in Lowell. It is distributed for sale in all 75 of Arkansas' counties.
By virtue of one of ...
'' and ''
Arkansas Business
Arkansas Business Publishing Group is a magazine and newspaper publisher based in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. The company produces a variety of annual, biannual, monthly and weekly publications for various niche audiences in the state, ...
''.
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Education
Brock graduated from Hendrix College
Hendrix College is a private liberal arts college in Conway, Arkansas. Approximately 1,000 students are enrolled, mostly undergraduates. While affiliated with the United Methodist Church, the college offers a secular curriculum and has a studen ...
in 1988.[
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Career
Brock worked on Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign. He also worked for Arkansas governor Jim Guy Tucker
James Guy Tucker Jr. (born June 13, 1943) is an American politician and attorney from Arkansas. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 43rd governor of Arkansas, the 15th lieutenant governor, state attorney general, and U.S. rep ...
. Brock was the initial director of Arkansas' State Election Commission and ran for a state senate seat.[ He founded River Rock Communications, the firm that produces his show and documentaries.][ He hosts and executive produces ]Talk Business & Politics
Talk may refer to:
Communication
* Communication, the encoding and decoding of exchanged messages between people
* Conversation, interactive communication between two or more people
* Lecture, an oral presentation intended to inform or instruct
...
a multi-media news organization covering business and politics in Arkansas.[ Brock also moderates radio programs on Arkansas NPR affiliates and daily digital newscasts at the TalkBusiness.net website.
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Dispute with Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee
In 2003, Brock reached a settlement with Mike Huckabee
Michael Dale Huckabee (born August 24, 1955) is an American politician, Baptist minister, and political commentator who served as the 44th governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007. He was a candidate for the Republican Party presidential nominat ...
and the Arkansas Educational Television Network
Arkansas PBS (sometimes shortened to AR PBS) is a state network of PBS Network affiliate#Member stations, member television stations serving the U.S. state of Arkansas. It is operated by the Arkansas Educational Television Commission, a statutory ...
after Brock filed a lawsuit alleging that the defendants had conspired to remove his television program from the air.
References
External links
TB&P entries by Brock
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American male journalists
Hendrix College alumni
21st-century American journalists
Journalists from Arkansas