Oklahoma City (August 1, 2006) -- The most respected radio farm director in Oklahoma is changing radio networks. Ron Hays has joined the Radio Oklahoma Network as Farm Services Director after a long-time career at the Oklahoma Agrinet.

“We are very fortunate to have Ron Hays join our team,” said Tim West, General Manager of the Radio Oklahoma Network. “Farmers, ranchers and others interested in agriculture have grown to depend on Ron’s expertise. He will provide great value for our affiliates and our advertising clients.”

Radio Oklahoma Network is a statewide radio network providing news, weather, agriculture reports and sports information to radio stations across Oklahoma. The network is owned by Griffin Communications, L.L.C. in Oklahoma City and QuinStar Radio Networks in Enid.

Hays’ reports on the network can be heard daily on 34 Radio Oklahoma Network affiliates across the state.

“I am very happy to be joining the preeminent electronic media company in the state of Oklahoma”, Hays said. “Griffin Communications will provide farmers and ranchers in Oklahoma a complete integrated media platform so that they can make important daily decisions for their farm and ranch operations.

Ron Hays is a past president of the National Association of Farm Broadcasters, is a winner of National Farm Broadcaster of the Year, and has won the prestigious Oscars in Agriculture three times.

In his 29 year career of service to Oklahoma agriculture, Hays has served on the OSU Dean of Agriculture’s Advisory Committee, is current Chairman of the Oklahoma Ag Leadership Advisory Council, has produced the annual Stars Over Oklahoma audio-visual presentation at the Oklahoma FFA Convention for more than 15 years and has been honored by virtually every farm and commodity group in the state. He has traveled a million miles in covering the business of agriculture, reporting to and for the agricultural producers of Oklahoma.

Griffin Communications, L.L.C. is Oklahoma owned and operated by David and Kirsten Griffin of Oklahoma City and John and Holly Griffin of Muskogee. The company owns three network affiliated stations in the state—NEWS 9 (KWTV) in Oklahoma City, The News on 6 (KOTV) in Tulsa (both CBS affiliates) and WB-19 (KWBT) also in Tulsa. Combined, the company’s television stations reach 75 percent of Oklahoma households. Griffin also wholly owns KOTV.com and has several strategic partnerships and alliances in the state. It co-owns NewsOK.com with The Oklahoman—a web site with more than 30 million page views per month. Griffin Communications, L.L.C. is partners with Cox Communications in NewsNow 53 both in Oklahoma City and Tulsa. That cable channel repeats News 9 and News on 6 newscasts 24 hours per day, seven days per week. Griffin is also a partner in Sooner Sports Properties with the University of Oklahoma Athletic Department, Learfield Communications and Renda Broadcasting. SSP owns the marketing rights to the University of Oklahoma Athletics. Another business venture is Radio Oklahoma, a network of 26 rural radio stations, which receive news, weather and sports information from Griffin’s television stations’ journalists and meteorologists. Radio Oklahoma is a partnership between Griffin and Quinstar Radio in Enid, Oklahoma.