FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

March 18, 2011

This March on KERA’s CEO with Lee Cullum

DALLAS/FORT WORTH – Developer Robert Bagwell, CEO of Urban Partners, talks with KERA host, Lee Cullum, for this month’s episode of CEO. The award-winning developer discusses creating distinctly unique neighborhoods such as Dallas’ West Village and Austin’s 2nd Street District.

KERA’s CEO features insightful discussions with successful North Texas business leaders from the corporate and not-for-profit sectors about what it takes to make a company successful in today’s global marketplace and changing economy. The March episode featuring Robert Bagwell airs Friday, March 25 at 7:00 p.m. on KERA TV with rebroadcasts Sunday, March 27 at 11:30 a.m. and Monday, March 28 at 10:30 p.m. CEO can be heard at 5:00 p.m. Sunday, March 27, 2011, on KERA FM. Following the initial on-air broadcast, the half-hour program will be available on www.kera.org/ceo. Previous CEO episodes are available on demand at www.kera.org/ceo.

CEO is sponsored by Southwest Securities, Dell Perot System and the University of Texas at Dallas School of Management. For more information about Urban Partners visit http://www.urbanpartners.com/.

ABOUT ROBERT BAGWELL

Robert Bagwell, an award-winning developer, is responsible for guiding the merchandising, design and layout of retail projects to create a dynamic mixed-use neighborhood. Robert was co-developer of the West Village development; he also manages and leases the nationally recognized urban retail and residential development in the burgeoning Uptown District of Dallas. In addition to advising retail developers nation-wide, Robert was a founding partner in George Lucas’ Skywalker Development Company and was Master Developer of the West End Historic District in Dallas.

ABOUT CEO

Host Lee Cullum conducts insightful discussions with successful North Texas business leaders from the corporate and not-for-profit sectors about what it takes to make a company successful in today’s global marketplace and changing economy. CEO episodes are available on-demand at www.kera.org/ceo.

ABOUT KERA

KERA is a not-for-profit public media organization that serves the people of North Texas. The station broadcasts to the fourth-largest population area in the United States. KERA produces original multimedia content, carries the best in national and international public television and radio programs, and provides online resources at www.kera.org. The station’s extensive coverage of the arts can be found at www.artandseek.org. KERA-TV broadcasts on Channel 13.1. KERA WORLD broadcasts on 13.2. KERA-FM broadcasts on 90.1 in Dallas/Fort Worth/Denton, 88.3 in Wichita Falls, 100.1 in Tyler and 99.3 in Sherman. The music station KXT 91.7 FM is also streamed online at www.kxt.org.

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CONTACT:

Christopher Wagley

Director, Marketing & Communications

KERA, KXT and Art&Seek

cwagley@kera.org

214-740-9377