Gordon Smith
Gordon Smith
Republican politician who was a US Senator from Oregon from 1997 to 2009. After retiring from politics he became the President of the National Association of Broadcasters.
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth25 May 1952
CountryUnited States of America
retirement children opportunity
We have a rare and perhaps small window of opportunity to set partisan differences aside, and attempt to achieve what many in recent years have felt was unreachable - greater retirement security for ourselves and our children.
neighbor
My neighbor is now an 18-wheeler who comes by here 1,000 times a day.
player used changed
In my day, the players used to work their socks off. It's all changed now, obviously.
thinking iphone six
I think I have over 60 apps on my iPhone. I use six.
oregon senate
I never thought Oregon would elect to the U.S. Senate a Mormon, but it did.
years selling nickels
For years, broadcasters didn't get a nickel out of retransmission consent. But broadcast content is what the cable industry was selling to customers.
party oregon wish
I wish there were a healthier Republican Party in the state of Oregon.
media common-threads america
Business deals are successfully negotiated every day throughout America. The common thread is a mutual desire to reach an accord. And the media business is no different.
radio advertising grammy
Radio continues to be the very best advertising music performers have. No one who ever grabbed a Grammy got there without radio.
people important fleeting
A lot of things people see as innovative are faddish and fleeting, and I'm simply telling you, staying power like broadcasting has is more important in the end than the latest app you can download.
communication air favors
If policymakers are serious about avoiding a society of TV 'haves and have-nots,' they should refrain from policies that favor pay-TV operators over the providers of our nation's only free and local communications system: over-the-air broadcasting.
pay tvs programming
Pay-TV companies that built their businesses on the backs of local and network broadcast signals should pay a fair price for access to that high-value programming.
cannot collapse fast prevent stand
It's not getting better fast enough to prevent a collapse of the system. They just cannot stand it anymore.
We have some control over when we retire. However, we have very little control over how long we will live.