Background
Knight, Norman was born on July 24, 1924.
Knight, Norman was born on July 24, 1924.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Northeastern University. Doctor of Business Administration (honorary), Nathaniel Hawthorne College. Distributed control system (honorary), Merrimack College.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Suffolk University. DCC (honorary), Anna Maria College.
News reporter, scriptwriter Station WEW, WIL, WTMV, 1938-1941. Announcer, host-producer Station WTMV, 1942. Announcer, promotion manager, news reporting continuity director Station KTHS, 1943.
Announcer Station WMC, 1943. Announcer, news writer, reporter, salesman Station WMMN, 1944. General manager Station WAJR, 1944-1946.
Eastern director station relations Mutual Broadcasting System, 1946-1949. Vice president sales, advertising and promotion Sponsor Publications, Inc., 1950-1953. General manager Station WABD (now WNYW-television), 1953-1954.
Executive vice president, general manager Yankee Network division Radio-Keith-Orpheum Teleradio Pictures, Inc. (operating Yankee Network WNAC, WRKO, WNAC-television). Also director Yankee Network.
Vice president Radio-Keith-Orpheum Teleradio Pictures, 1954-1960. President Yankee division Radio-Keith-Orpheum Teleradio Pictures, Inc., 1957-1960, Yankee division Radio-Keith-Orpheum General, Inc., 1958-1960. Treasurer, chairman Knight Sales, Inc.
Chairman, treasurer Knight Radio, Inc. (WEZF, WGIR and WGIR-FM), Knight Broadcasting N.H, Inc. (WHEB-FM, WXHT, WTMN).
President, treasurer Knight Communications Corporation (WTAG and WSRS). Chairman Caribbean Communications Corporation. Tv and radio advisor John F. Kennedy.
Radio-television chairman United Fund Greater Boston, Massachusetts Cancer Society, American Red Cross chapter Metropolitan Boston, Metropolitan Boston chapter American Red Cross. Business chairman Easter Seal Society. Radio chairman Salvation Army.
Director Strawberry Banke. Board directors New England Nephrosis Foundation. President, founder New England Kidney Disease Foundation.
Founder, chairman National Kidney Disease Foundation. President Norman Knight Charitable Foundation. Trustee Massachusetts Board Regional Community Colleges, Agassiz Village Camps, Crippled Children's Non-Sectarian Fund, Boys and Girls Camps, Inc.
Member national council, executive committee New England council Boy Scouts American. Executive committee, director Rescue, Inc. Executive committee The Jimmy Fund.
Executive committee, trustee Children's Cancer Research Foundation, Dana Farber Cancer Institute. Member finance committee Committee Economic Development. Member development council Boston University.
Member president's council Boston College. Board directors Freedoms Foundation. Also national co-chairman American Freedom Center.
Chair, president Massachusetts Fallen Firefighters Memorial Fund, 2001. Member Radio-television Executives Secretary, Young President's Organization, Broadcast Pioneers, American Institute of Management, Alpha Epsilon Rho. Clubs: Variety (Boston).
Broadcasting Executives New Eng, 100 of Massachusetts (co-founder, president, director), 100 of New Hampshire (life), 100 of Vermont (life).