Brian Short

Background

About Brian Short

Brian Short, COO of Heartland Broadcasting-TV25, and CEO of TV Masters. is a broadcast entrepreneur and avid technology enthusiast. His love of tech extends to his personal as well as professional life. Mr. Short is an avid amateur radio operator-founding and leading a multitude of ham radio service organizations locally, and nationwide. Brian is also a private pilot, and loves to ski on water & snow. Brian's Television career began at the age of 5, when he would help his father, a small Zenith TV dealer, repair and sell TV's in Hamilton, KS, the small town he grew up in. Brian got his first real job in broadcasting at age 16, working as a DJ, board operator and automation engineer at KVOE/KFFX in Emporia, KS. Brian studied corporate radio & TV at the journalism school at the University of Kansas, while working full time as Chief Engineer for KLZR/KLWN. After a career in sales and software development project management, away from the broadcast industry, Brian returned to TV in 2012 to create TV25 from scratch with his partner Rob Nall. Short focused on making TV25 a station aimed squarely at today's transformed media landscape, and using the very latest technology to serve 2.6 million viewers in KC, Lawrence & Topeka with 12 premium cable-like channels 24 hours a day. TV25 is the one of just a few stations able to provide 12 digital channels over the air for FREE, and it’s the only locally owned TV station in the KC or Topeka DMA's. In 2018, Brian partnered with Igolgi technology to introduce an affordable OTT solution to local broadcasters, and offers all 12 of his stations channels, as well as 57 other LIVE streams and a library of VOD content in a fast performing and easy to use app. In 2019 Brian joined Media Gateway to assist with engineering continuity after the passing of founder Jeff Lyle. In August of 2020, Brian formed a new company-TV Masters co-located at his existing broadcast facilities in Topeka. In January 2021 Media Gateway was dissolved, and employees and clients were transitioned to new facilities using state of the art acquisition, insertion & distribution technology throughout Q1 of 2021. The new company also offers RF engineering design, installation and monitoring for its many clients. So whether he's creating and ad, producing a show, climbing a tower, landing a plane, working on a transmitter, or pitching a new client, Brian is one of the people who “Makes TVEasy” for hundreds of TV stations nationwide.