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Sean Compton is a Chicago-based radio and television executive. Compton began his career in radio in 1990. In 1993 he became Program Director of Cincinnati radio station WSAI eventually rising to VP of programming in 1999 for Clear Channel Radio and Premiere Radio Networks. Compton left Clear Channel radio in 2008 to join Tribune Broadcasting as President of programming. In 2019 Nexstar acquired Tribune Broadcasting. Compton is the son of the late radio DJ and talk show host Dale Sommers.

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  • Sean Compton is a Chicago-based radio and television executive. Compton began his career in radio in 1990. In 1993 he became Program Director of Cincinnati radio station WSAI eventually rising to VP of programming in 1999 for Clear Channel Radio and Premiere Radio Networks. Compton left Clear Channel radio in 2008 to join Tribune Broadcasting as President of programming. In 2019 Nexstar acquired Tribune Broadcasting. Compton is the son of the late radio DJ and talk show host Dale Sommers. (en)
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  • Sean Compton is a Chicago-based radio and television executive. Compton began his career in radio in 1990. In 1993 he became Program Director of Cincinnati radio station WSAI eventually rising to VP of programming in 1999 for Clear Channel Radio and Premiere Radio Networks. Compton left Clear Channel radio in 2008 to join Tribune Broadcasting as President of programming. In 2019 Nexstar acquired Tribune Broadcasting. Compton currently serves as President of Nexstar Networks which includes the CW Network, NewsNation, Antenna TV and Rewind TV, WGN Radio, and programming content Acquisitions for Dallas-based Nexstar Media Group. In January 2020, Nexstar announced it was launching "NewsNation" a Chicago based national primetime news program on cable network WGN America with Compton at the helm. The network program, which launched September 1st 2020, is touted as news absent of bias and will compete with Fox News Channel, CNN and MSNBC. Originally launching with three hours in primetime, NewsNation has now expanded to eleven hours live Monday through Friday. In addition to news, NewsNation offers talk shows with hosts Chris Cuomo, Dan Abrams, Ashleigh Banfield and Leland Vittert. It has been reported NewsNation will be a 24 hour news channel by mid-2023. Compton is the son of the late radio DJ and talk show host Dale Sommers. (en)
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