Tom Langmyer
{{short description|American historian}}
{{Autobiography|date=May 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Tom Langmyer
| birth_name = Thomas E. Langmyer
| birth_place = Buffalo, New York
| alma_mater = Grove City College
| occupation = President & CEO, Great Lakes Media Corp.
| boards = Alliance for the Great Lakes|
}}
Tom Langmyer is an American author, broadcast executive and media consultant.
He is currently CEO of Great Lakes Media Corp.{{Cite web|last=Jacobson|first=Adam|date=2018-11-12|title=A Great Leap Ahead In The Great Lakes |website=Radio & Television Business Report|url=https://www.rbr.com/great-lakes-langmyer-111118/|access-date=2021-09-15|language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2018-11-09|title=Langmyer Launches|url=https://radioink.com/2018/11/08/langmyer-launches-new-company/|access-date=2021-09-15|website=Radio Ink|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=2021-04-30|title=Can WCCO make it in its second century?|url=https://www.minnpost.com/twin-cities-business/2021/04/can-wcco-make-it-in-its-second-century/|access-date=2021-09-15|website=MinnPost|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=2021-04-15|title=Can WCCO Make It in its Second Century?|url=https://tcbmag.com/can-wcco-make-it-in-its-second-century/|access-date=2021-09-15|website=Twin Cities Business|language=en-US}}
Langmyer was previously vice president of news/talk/sports radio programming for E. W. Scripps Company and he also served as vice president and general manager of Scripps' Milwaukee radio stations WTMJ (AM) and WKTI. Langmyer joined Scripps in 2013. He previously was vice president and general manager of WGN (AM) in Chicago and KMOX (AM) in St. Louis. He also served as national VP of news/talk formats for CBS Radio.
He began his career in his hometown of Buffalo, New York and later worked for stations in Youngstown, Ohio, Syracuse, New York, New York City and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
In 2018, he was named to the Buffalo Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame.{{Cite web|date=2018-06-20|title=Buffalo broadcasters Hall of Fame gets new members|url=https://www.wbfo.org/arts-culture/2018-06-20/buffalo-broadcasters-hall-of-fame-gets-new-members|access-date=2021-09-15|website=WBFO|language=en}}
Great Lakes author
Langmyer's book, Lake Erie: History and Views was published in 2010.{{Cite book|last=Langmyer|first=Tom|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/668110136|title=Lake Erie : history and views|date=2009|publisher=Blue Water Group|isbn=978-0-692-00637-5|location=St. Louis, Mo.|oclc=668110136}} The 312-page hardcover book was written to educate readers on the history of Lake Erie and the surrounding region. The account combines narration, factual summaries, historic photographs, engravings, maps, and antique postcards from Langmyer's collection as well as current photographs. Starting with the creation of Lake Erie during the Ice Age, the story describes the lake's discovery by Europeans, the battles for its control, how people settled and developed the region around the lake, and how the population grew along its shores. The "Circle of Cities and Towns" group of chapters, covers the history of most municipalities around the lake. The reader is also taken behind the scenes aboard a 1,000-foot lakeboat, the Walter J. McCarthy Jr., on a journey up the Great Lakes.
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External links
- Great Lakes Media Corp, (website for broadcasting ownership and consulting firm): [http://greatlakesmediacorp.com]
- Lake Erie: History and Views, (website for the book, Lake Erie: History and Views, which chronicles the history of the Lake Erie region in the U.S. and Canada):{{Cite book|last=Langmyer|first=Tom|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/668110136|title=Lake Erie : history and views|date=2009|publisher=Blue Water Group|isbn=978-0-692-00637-5|location=St. Louis, Mo.|oclc=668110136}}
- Toxins in Lake Erie, A Study by Case Western Reserve University: [http://www.cwru.edu/med/epidbio/mphp439/Toxins_LakeErie.pdf]
- Grove City College Alumni News, Alumni honored for achievements: [http://www.gcc.edu/Alumni_honored_for_achievements_at_Homecoming.php]
- Radio Ink Magazine, 2015 Radio Wayne Award Winner [http://www.radioink.com/Article.asp?id=2979267&spid=24698]
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