[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 133 (Thursday, November 18, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2046]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            CONGRATULATING LARRY HERBSTER ON HIS RETIREMENT

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                         HON. PAUL E. KANJORSKI

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, November 18, 2004

  Mr. KANJORSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ask you and my respected 
colleagues in the House of Representatives to pay tribute to Larry 
Herbster as he retires from his position as General Manager of WBRE-TV, 
the NBC affiliate in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
  Larry has worked for Nexstar Broadcasting for five years and was 
named Vice President and General Manager of WBRE in 2000.
  Larry was born in Scranton and is a 1961 graduate of Scranton 
Preparatory School. He received his bachelor of science degree from the 
University of Scranton and his master's degree in business 
administration from New York University's Stern Graduate School of 
Business.
  Larry has worked in the media since 1967, beginning with LIFE 
Magazine, TIME-LIFE Broadcast and Cable and TIME-LIFE Books. He also 
worked in various capacities with The Washington Post and The Gannett 
Co., Inc. Larry was President of two Gannett television stations in 
Oklahoma City and in Buffalo, New York before retiring in 1999. He then 
became Vice President and General Manager of Nexstar Broadcasting's 
Rochester, New York CBS affiliate before coming back home to 
Northeastern Pennsylvania. He and his wife Anna reside in Wilkes-Barre.
  Larry has been active in community affairs throughout his entire 
life, serving on the boards of the United Way of Wyoming Valley, the 
Diamond City Partnership, the Boy Scouts of America and Scranton 
Tomorrow. In his spare time, Larry is an avid sailor. Larry will teach 
on the graduate school level now that he is retiring.
  Mr. Speaker, please join me in congratulating Larry Herbster upon his 
retirement. It is truly a privilege to represent a man who has worked 
diligently to dispense the news to the public and who has served his 
community with a variety of civic activities.




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