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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, Donald J. Dunlap of Corpus Christi, general manager |
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| 6 | 6 | | and president of KEDT, is marking a half century in broadcasting in |
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| 7 | 7 | | 2022; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, A Robstown native, Don Dunlap joined KEDT at its |
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| 9 | 9 | | inception in 1972; he was employed as an engineer, television |
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| 10 | 10 | | production manager, operations manager, and assistant general |
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| 11 | 11 | | manager before taking the helm of the station in 1996; partnering |
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| 12 | 12 | | with the Texas State Aquarium and the Art Museum of South Texas, he |
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| 13 | 13 | | served as executive producer on two nationally distributed public |
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| 14 | 14 | | television series, Wonders Under the Sea and Art Journeys; his |
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| 15 | 15 | | tenure has brought a wealth of local programming, including the |
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| 19 | 19 | | WHEREAS, his engineering and fundraising acumen enabled the |
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| 20 | 20 | | South Texas Public Broadcasting System to add a second radio tower |
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| 21 | 21 | | in Victoria to deliver high-definition television and digital radio |
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| 22 | 22 | | programming; In 2016, Mr. Dunlap guided the station into a new era |
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| 23 | 23 | | with the relocation of KEDT-TV and KEDT-FM to the $48-million KEDT |
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| 24 | 24 | | Center for Educational Broadcasting at Del Mar College; moreover, |
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| 25 | 25 | | during the COVID-19 pandemic, the station expanded digital services |
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| 26 | 26 | | to the Valley and instituted daily radio health newscasts and |
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| 27 | 27 | | launched PBS Learning Media, a free distance-learning tool for |
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| 28 | 28 | | teachers and students; it collaborated with the Corpus Christi |
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| 29 | 29 | | Independent School District on Operation Stay Connected, providing |
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| 30 | 30 | | basic math and reading instruction for prekindergarten through the |
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| 31 | 31 | | second grade, taught by CCISD teachers; and |
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| 32 | 32 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Dunlap serves on advisory committees for PBS and |
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| 33 | 33 | | the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; he has worked tirelessly |
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| 34 | 34 | | at the local, state, and national levels on the digital conversion |
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| 35 | 35 | | of public television, and he has given generously of his time and |
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| 36 | 36 | | expertise in numerous leadership roles, among them chair of the |
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| 37 | 37 | | National Educational Telecommunications Association and member of |
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| 38 | 38 | | the Del Mar College curriculum advisory board; and |
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| 39 | 39 | | WHEREAS, Few in broadcasting can claim a career as long and |
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| 40 | 40 | | impactful, and through his outstanding contributions to KEDT and |
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| 41 | 41 | | the communities it serves, Don Dunlap has earned the admiration and |
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| 42 | 42 | | appreciation of countless South Texans; now, therefore, be it |
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| 43 | 43 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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| 44 | 44 | | Legislature hereby honor Donald J. Dunlap for a half century of |
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| 45 | 45 | | service to public broadcasting and extend to him sincere best |
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| 46 | 46 | | wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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| 47 | 47 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 48 | 48 | | prepared for Mr. Dunlap as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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| 49 | 49 | | House of Representatives. |
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