Rex Sorensen is the chairman and CEO of Sorensen Media Group. He was a founding board member of Air America Radio

Air America Radio

Air America was an American radio network specializing in progressive talk programming...

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Biography

Sorensen is a graduate of the University of Oregon

University of Oregon

-Colleges and schools:The University of Oregon is organized into eight schools and colleges—six professional schools and colleges, an Arts and Sciences College and an Honors College.- School of Architecture and Allied Arts :...

 and is a Certified Public Accountant

Certified Public Accountant

Certified Public Accountant is the statutory title of qualified accountants in the United States who have passed the Uniform Certified Public Accountant Examination and have met additional state education and experience requirements for certification as a CPA...

. Sorensen started his career in Hawaii as a real estate developer. Sorensen then became a media investor and broadcaster in the Pacific. Sorensen is the CEO of Sorensen Media Group, a privately-held media and entertainment conglomerate, and the largest broadcast company in the Western Pacific with holdings in television, radio and Internet programming, development, production and broadcasting.

Radio

Sorensen began his media broadcasting career in Guam

Guam

Guam is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States located in the western Pacific Ocean. It is one of five U.S. territories with an established civilian government. Guam is listed as one of 16 Non-Self-Governing Territories by the Special Committee on Decolonization of the United...

, USA, with News Talk K57

KGUM (AM)

KGUM is a radio station, broadcasting in Hagåtña, Guam. The station's format is News/Talk/Information.The station is owned by Sorensen Pacific Broadcasting, Inc., which also owns FM stations KZGZ and KGUM-FM , TV stations KTGM and KEQI , and additional stations in the Northern Mariana...

, which he began as a music-oriented station in November 1981 and converted to a news talk format in 1985. Subsequent station launches include Northern Mariana Islands

Northern Mariana Islands

The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands , is a commonwealth in political union with the United States, occupying a strategic region of the western Pacific Ocean. It consists of 15 islands about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines...

 contemporary hit station Power 99

KPXP

KPXP is a radio station broadcasting a top 40 music format. Licensed to Garapan-Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, it serves the Northern Mariana Islands area. The station is currently owned by Sorensen Pacific Broadcasting Inc....

 in 1992, Guam rhythmic contemporary music station Power 98

KZGZ

KZGZ is a radio station broadcasting in Hagåtña, Guam. The station broadcasts a hip hop and R&B music.The station is owned by Sorensen Pacific Broadcasting....

 in 1993, Northern Marianas rock station The Rock

KRSI

KRSI is a radio station broadcasting an Adult Album Alternative music format. Licensed to Garapan-Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, it serves the Northern Mariana Islands area. The station is currently owned by Sorensen Pacific Broadcasting Inc....

 and Guam oldies station The Kat

KGUM-FM

KGUM-FM is a radio station, broadcasting in Hagåtña, Guam. The station broadcasts Oldies/Classic Hits music from the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. Prior to its format flip in September 2007, they had a Active rock format with the moniker "The Rock" since its sign-on in 1999.The station is owned...

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Television

Sorensen Media Group moved into television after radio with the launch of Guam station KEQI-LP

KEQI-LP

KEQI-LP is a Fox television affiliate in Dededo, Guam. It broadcasts on ASTC digital channel 14.2 and on LPTV analog UHF channel 22 at an effective radiated power of 0.97 kilowatts. The station debuted on the air December 17, 2004. It is a sister station of KTGM, Guam's ABC affiliate.Due to its...

 in 2004. The station became a Fox

Fox Broadcasting Company

Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...

 affiliate September 1, 2005. Guam ABC

American Broadcasting Company

The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...

 affiliate KTGM

KTGM

KTGM is a full-power television station located in Hagåtña , Guam transmitting over digital channel 14 and on cable channel 7 . The station is owned by Sorensen Television Systems, Inc...

 was acquired by Sorensen in November 2005. Sorensen Media Group also operates another ABC affiliate, KPPI-LP (a repeater of KTGM) at Garapan

Garapan

Garapan is the largest village and the center of the tourism industry on the island of Saipan, which is a part of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands ....

 on Saipan.

Air America

Sorensen was a founding board member of Air America Radio

Air America Radio

Air America was an American radio network specializing in progressive talk programming...

as the chairman of Progress Media, the parent company of Air America. However, he resigned from Air America's board in May 2004.

External links

• Sorensen Media Group