# Cornell Media Guild, Inc.

The Cornell Media Guild, Inc., also known as CMG, is a Cornell University student-run 501(c)3 non-profit corporation based out of Ithaca, New York. It is fully independent from the University and receives no funding from it. It is the parent company of 93.5 WVBR-FM, CornellRadio.com, and Electric Buffalo Records.

## History

Then-named the Cornell Radio Guild, the organization was formed in 1935 and later became a non-profit membership corporation on September 22, 1941. CMG initially was focused around radio broadcasting, and then it opened its own station, WVBR-FM, once it opened in 1958.
CMG later changed to its current name in 2013 and expanded in the 2000s as it opened an online free-form radio station called CornellRadio.com and, in 2014, a record label called Electric Buffalo Records. The record label signs both students and local Ithaca residents.

## Organization

The Cornell Media Guild, and all its divisions, is run managed by students.
Local volunteers, although not inducted members of the Guild, help run CMG as weekend DJs, traffic managers, and in providing support to students.

### Executive Board

The student Executive Board is elected every March by inducted student members. Terms last one year and the transition of power typically occurs during the yearly reunion weekend between current CMG members and alumni, known as Symposium.
The board is responsible for electing the members of the Board of Directors. These alumni serve as guidance and a resource to the student Exec.

## Prominent CMG alumni

Many WVBR student staff members have gone on to significant careers in broadcasting, journalism, and related fields, including:
* William B. Briggs - sports and entertainment law expert; vice president for arbitration and litigation for the National Football League (NFL)
* Urie Bronfenbrenner - influential psychologist whose work led to the development of the Head Start early childhood program
* Joyce Brothers - psychologist, television personality, and columnist; "the mother of television psychology"
* Zachary W. Carter - corporation counsel for New York City; former United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York
* G. Emerson Cole - radio and television producer; hosted longest-running big band radio program in history
* Edward D. Eddy - president of Chatham College and the University of Rhode Island
* Jessica Ettinger - anchor, 1010 WINS New York, voice of the New York City Subway on the 4, 5, and 6 trains
* Hal Fishman - Los Angeles television news anchor; longest-running news anchor in the history of American television; alleged inspiration for Kent Brockman on The Simpsons
* Tony Geiss - producer, screenwriter, and songwriter who wrote for Sesame Street for 28 years, including writing "Elmo's Song" and creating Abby Cadabby
* Will Gluck - film director, screenwriter, and producer, such as Easy A and Friends with Benefits
* Jordan Gremli - Head of Artist & Fan Development at Spotify
* Robert S. Harrison - CEO of Clinton Global Initiative; Cornell University Board of Trustees chairman
* Phil Karn - wireless data networking protocols & security engineer; inventor of Karn's Algorithm
* Lee Kranefuss - investment manager and entrepreneur
* Tim Minton - television journalist, media executive, founder of Zazoom Media Group
* John Moody - executive editor and executive vice president of Fox News, former CEO of NewsCore
* John Morales - award-winning meteorologist
* Keith Olbermann - sports and political commentator at ESPN, MSNBC, and Current TV; former host of Countdown with Keith Olbermann
* Bill Pidto - sports journalist; MSG Network anchor
* Tom Poleman - president of National Programming Platforms at iHeartMedia
* Christopher Reeve - film actor known for playing Superman
* Wallace A. Ross - advertising executive; founder of the Clio Awards
* Jon Rubinstein - senior vice president at Apple, Inc. and chairman of Palm, Inc.; instrumental in development of the iPod
* Todd Schnitt - nationally syndicated conservative talk radio host; co-host of Len Berman & Todd Schnitt on WOR radio New York
* Melville Shavelson - Academy Award-winning screenwriter, director, and producer
* Ryan Silbert - award-winning filmmaker and producer
* Kate Snow - television correspondent for Dateline and Rock Center with Brian Williams; Good Morning America co-anchor
* Whit Watson - former SportsCenter anchor