David Barrett is President and Chief Executive Officer of Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc., a New York Stock Exchange-listed company (NYSE: HTV).

Prior to the August 1997 merger of Hearst Broadcasting and Argyle Television, Barrett was a Vice President of the Hearst Corporation and Deputy General Manager of Broadcasting, with operating oversight for the company’s television and radio stations, as well as its Boston-based production company. Barrett joined Hearst in 1984 as General Manager of its Baltimore radio stations, and subsequently became General Manager of WBAL-TV before relocating to New York in his corporate position in 1991.

Barrett serves on the boards of directors of Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc., Hearst Corporation, Maximum Service Television, Inc. (MSTV), the Center for Communication, Inc., the Broadcasters’ Foundation, the Television Operators Caucus (TOC), and in June 2006, he re-joined the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) board of directors following prior NAB board service from 1998 to 2004. He serves as an Honorary Trustee of The Foundation of American Women in Radio and Television (AWRT), and is a member of the New England Cable News (NECN) Management Committee.

Barrett is a past Chairman of the Board of Governors for the ABC Television Affiliates Association and the Federal Communications Commission’s Media Security and Reliability Council (MSRC II), and has previously served on the boards of directors of the International Radio and Television Society (IRTS), the Advertising Council, and Internet Broadcasting Systems, Inc. In 2004 he was named Broadcasting & Cable magazine’s “Broadcaster of the Year.” In October 2005 he was the recipient of The Media Institute’s American Horizon Award and was also inducted into the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Management Hall of Fame.