Millennium Media Entertainment

John Sheehan

President

President and Chief Executive Officer John Sheehan has over 30 years of Senior Television Management Experience, Consulting Television Station Group Heads, Network Executives, Syndication Presidents, Chief Financial Officers, General Managers, Sales Managers, News Directors and Creative Services Managers about almost every aspect of the Television Business.  

  

Sheehan was Chief News Consultant for Group W Television, later The CBS Owned and Operated Stations in 12 Major US Markets, from 1991 to 1999, responsible for News Content Development, Station Branding and Talent Development.

 

Besides News, Sheehan consulted several Nationally Syndicated TV Shows including: Win, Lose or Draw, with Burt Reynolds, A Current Affair, The Gail King Show, and Evening Magazine.

 

Sheehan started Millennium Media Entertainment as a News Program Syndication and Consulting Company in 1999, after being President of the Clemensen Sheehan Rovitto & Company since 1991. 

 

While with CSR, Sheehan worked closely with the CEOs and managements of Allbritton Communications, Anchor Media, CBS Owned and Operated Television Stations, Group W Television (Westinghouse), New World, 20th TELEVISION, Group W Productions, Granite Broadcasting, and CBS’s EYEMARK ENTERTAINMENT.

 

Sheehan was President and General Manager of Audience Research & Development, from 1988 to 1991.  As president, he directed a staff of nearly 60 highly skilled television professionals, providing broadcast research and consulting services to over 120 stations, broadcast and cable networks and syndication clients. 

 

Prior to that, he managed AR&D’s sales and marketing from 1985 to 1988, as Vice President of Client Development.  During his time with AR&D, Sheehan increased revenues by over 100%, quadrupling the company’s client base.

 

Before joining AR&D in 1985, Sheehan was Executive Vice President of SRI Research Center, now The Gallup Organization.  He started as Production Manager for SRI in 1978 and within two years, was named Executive Vice President, overseeing all market research and financial operations with a staff of more than 80 people. 

 

Prior to SRI, Sheehan served in the Peace Corps from 1974 to 1978 in the South Pacific.  He spent his first year in the region as Director of the Solomon Islands’ Information and Broadcasting Department overseeing a weekly newspaper and the national radio station.  He was responsible for each medium’s content, staff development and sales.

 

In 1974 he was assigned to Kingdom of Tonga as general manager of Tonga Feeds the country’s only source of livestock feed.  Sheehan managed all aspects of the company including accounting, inventory, pricing, importing/exporting products, new product development, a farm, government relations, staff development and negotiating foreign aid packages. 

 

When Sheehan left Tonga Feeds, nearly bankrupt when he arrived, the company was earning a 30% profit and influenced 25% of the Kingdom’s economy.  Sheehan was offered senior management positions by both the New Zealand and Kingdom of Tonga Governments.  He returned to the US in 1978.

 

Sheehan earned a BA in Journalism from Creighton University.  He fluently speaks Tongan, Melanesian Pidgin, with a working knowledge of Cebuano and Tagalo. 

 

Below is a partial list of the stations and companies that Sheehan has had working relationships, during his 30 plus year career:

 

Station Groups, Production,  and

Programming Syndication Companies
Allbritton Communications

Anchor Media

ABC News

Belo

Buena Vista Television

CBS News

CBS Television Stations

Cox Communications

EYEMARK Entertainment

Gannett Television

Group W Productions

Group W Television

Granite Broadcasting

            Guy Gannet Broadcasting

Hearst Argyle Television

NBC Universal

New World Television

Storer Television

          20^th TELEVISION (FOX)

United/Cris-Craft Television

Television Stations

Waga             Atlanta

Wjz                Baltimore

Wbz                Boston

Wsbk             Boston

Wbbm            Chicago

           Wjw               Cleveland

Koaa              Colorado Springs

Wdtn             Dayton

Whio              Dayton

Kdfw              Dallas

Kcnc               Denver

Kcci                Des Moines

Wdiv               Detroit

Wjbk               Detroit

Wtvx              Ft. Pierce

Wlbt              Jackson

Kctv               Kansas City

Wdaf              Kansas City

Kcbs                Los Angeles

Kcop               Los Angeles

Wfor             Miami

Wtvj              Miami

Witi               Milwaukee 

Wcco              Minneapolis

Wsmv             Nashville

Wcbs              New York

Wesh              Orlando

Week              Peoria

Kyw                Philadelphia

Kpho              Phoenix

Ksaz               Phoenix

Kdka              Pittsburgh

WTAE            Pittsburgh

           Katu              Portland, OR

Wgme            Portland, MA

Wtvr             Richmond

Wset              Roanoke

Wrex              Rockford

Kovr               Sacramento

Kutv               Salt Lake City

Ksbw               Salinas

           King                 Seattle

           Kmol                San Antonio

          (Woai)

          Knsd                  San Diego

          Kpix                   San Francisco

          Wggb                Springfield

          Wtvt                Tampa

          Wtsp                 St. Petersburg