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 Denis
LeClair is Vice President of
CobbCorp, LLC and
specializes in television and radio mergers and acquisitions. He
has advised clients on a wide range of strategic engagements
with an aggregate value in excess of $470 million.
With more than 22 years in the broadcast industry, LeClair has
been active in every aspect of the business. As a General
Manager in 2001, he was instrumental in bringing about the
country's first television "Shared Services Agreement," and
acted as its first VP/General Manager. This successfully
combined the operations of three television stations, WTXL-TV,
WBXT-TV and WTWC-TV, under separate owners.
In his role as Vice
President of CobbCorp, LeClair was given the task of running the
day-to-day operations of the, Shop
at
Home television station group, the 13th
largest group in the country. LeClair was able to cut personnel
and expenses without affecting the group’s bottom line. He also
managed the group’s transition to full-power digital. He was
intimately involved in the marketing of the group to investors,
which lead to its eventual sale to E.W. Scripps for
$235,000,000.
While Station Manager/General Sales Manager of WTXL-TV, LeClair
played a major role in the planning, execution and launch of
Tallahassee's WB 100+ station, WBXT-TV. He became Vice
President/General Manager of both stations, and after its first
year, WBXT was voted WB Station of the Year by the network.
LeClair was nominated by his peers to be President of the WB100+
Affiliate Board in 2000. Among his accomplishments, LeClair
implemented the first 10 p.m. newscast in the market, which was
the first for any WB 100+ station in the country.
Denis LeClair is active in his local community, having been a
member of the Board of Trustees at Tallahassee Community
Hospital and a member of the Board of Tallahassee's 21st Century
Council. He has served as a volunteer for the Orlando Dividend’s
Mentor program, which provides one-on-one guidance and
friendship to a child deemed “at risk.” LeClair spends much of
his free time coaching junior football and Little League
baseball.
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