For Immediate Release:
Monday, January 19, 2004
Bridge Ratings continues to build its executive team as today, company
President Dave Van Dyke named David W. Wilson as Senior Vice President,
Marketing to lead the company's marketing and advertising activities.
A 25 year veteran of the Southern California marketing and advertising
industry, Mr. Wilson is founder and President of The Right Angle,
Inc., a marketing and advertising agency that has won numerous
creative awards and specializes in substantially leveraging client
budgets -- through in-house production and effective placement
-- into highly effective radio, television and print campaigns.
Mr. Van Dyke, ecstatic about the addition of Mr. Wilson to the Bridge
Ratings team, remarked that "Mr. Wilson has excellent relationships
with members of the media. In addition to his work in major markets,
Mr. Wilson possesses an extraordinary understanding of the broadcasters
and audiences in small and medium markets. His unique expertise is
a tremendous asset to Bridge Ratings."
Mr. Wilson's clients at The Right Angle include major Southern
California retailers, automotive groups and municipalities. Mr.
Wilson's strong relationships with key media executives made
him the natural choice to unite competing stations groups in
the aftermath of the September 11 atrocities and resultant economic
downturn. Mr. Wilson and his agency launched several highly successful
business and media programs to stimulate the local economy help
businesses leverage media campaigns, increase tourism and create
jobs. In addition to his new role with
Bridge Ratings, Mr. Wilson will continue in his role as President
of The Right Angle, Inc. Mr. Wilson stated, "I am very excited
about the audience measurement services that Bridge Ratings will
deliver to stations, agencies and advertisers. The small and
medium markets have a real need for real audience numbers and
at long last credible data is available. I look forward to working
with Dave Van Dyke to deliver value to the company's clients
and profit to the company's investors."
Mr. Wilson commenced his career in politics and advertising
at an early age, representing gubernatorial and presidential
candidates, including work in the 1976 presidential campaign
where he worked to attract young voters to the polls. After working
for several years in political media, Mr. Wilson, while still
in college, started the business services agency that would later
become The Right Angle.
Mr. Wilson can be reached at (818) 291-6420 or at dwilson@ bridgeratings.com.
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