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Leslie Heizman, who has been general sales manager at KTHV, is moving to CJRW as senior vice president.
CJRW NEWS RELEASE
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (September 23, 2008) – Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods, one of the Mid South’s largest full-service communications firms, announced today that Leslie Heizman will join the agency on October 6, 2008, as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Heizman will be responsible for leading the agency’s effort to introduce new products and services into the market.
“I was raised in broadcast sales and have spent most of my 30-year career in advertising sales,” said Heizman. “Television stations are also advertising agencies, with the sole client being the station. While the communications market is immersed in rapid change, I look forward to working with an advertising institution like CJRW and helping clients develop the entire marketing package.”
Heizman graduated from Southwestern at Memphis (now Rhodes College). Since that time she has held various positions in the Little Rock television market including reporter, news producer and account executive at KATV-TV and Local Sales Manager at KARK-TV.
Since 1996, Heizman has worked for Gannett Broadcasting and for KTHV-TV, the CBS affiliate in Little Rock owned by Gannett. In 2007, she was named Vice President and General Sales Manager for the station.
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September 23, 2008
Leslie Heizman Joins CJRW
In welcoming Leslie to the agency, David Martin, CJRW’s chief executive officer said, “CJRW has been aggressive in our efforts to meet the changing communications market with products and services that meet the client needs. We are excited that Leslie will join our team and help our clients better access the full complement of general and specialty practices inside CJRW. Leslie has a proven track record in sales and marketing and we look forward to the contributions she will make on behalf of our agency and our clients.”
About Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods
Founded in 1961, CJRW is headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas, with offices in Dallas and Northwest Arkansas (Springdale, AR). The agency also owns Jones Productions, one of the region’s leading film and video commercial production facilities. The agency has more than 100 employees and an estimated $84 million in capitalized billings.



Comments
This will only help CJRW maintain its status as THE go to agency in the state.
Posted by: James
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September 23, 2008 02:00 PM
Above post written by junior account services rep at CJRW. Maybe?
Posted by: IABL1969
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September 23, 2008 02:12 PM
On a more newsworthy note, Marjorie Knoller, whose dogs attacked and killed her neighbor in the hallway of their apartment building seven years ago, was sentenced in California to 15 years to life in prison in the state's first murder conviction connected to a dog mauling.
Posted by: durangokid
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September 23, 2008 02:29 PM
Jr. account representative or not the guy is right. Since Combs & Co. is down sizing (just merged an over $5 million Tunica account to another agency) there are few if any agencies in town that have the experience handling large accounts and that could stand toe-to-toe with real agencies in larger markets.
If what I have heard about Ms. Heizman is correct she'll only make what is already good even better.
Posted by: Lewis
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September 23, 2008 02:37 PM
Hey Durango, I thot she and hubby served their time years ago....what gives???
Posted by: jazzy
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September 23, 2008 02:50 PM
James and Lewis are the same person. Ya' gotta love those PR types.
Posted by: OnesAndZeros
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September 23, 2008 03:10 PM
jazzy, click on my name for details.
Posted by: durangokid
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September 23, 2008 03:17 PM
Be dang......I thot they should have been given life in the first go'round......
........but, isn't this close to double jeopardy?
Posted by: jazzy
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September 23, 2008 03:37 PM
Double jeopardy? Not really, jazzy. Remember, a jury convicted Knoller of second-degree murder in 2002. The judge reduced her conviction to involuntary manslaughter, saying he believed her when she said she had no idea the dogs might kill someone. But the state Supreme Court ruled last year that the judge had used the wrong legal standard in overturning the murder verdict and returned the case to the lower court to decide whether to reinstate the murder conviction. A different judge was assigned to the case and did, in fact, reinstate the conviction. Having gotten my law degree at Sears, I agree with you that Knoller and her husband should have been thrown in the slammer for life the first time around. By all accounts, they knew the dogs were dangerous and didn't take proper precautions. Not even Leslie Heizman, the talented new senior vice president at Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods, could spin it to the contrary.
Posted by: durangokid
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September 23, 2008 04:51 PM
Thanks for filling me in with all the new info, Kid. I was not aware of this latest turn of events.
I kept up with the trial when Kimberly Guilfoyle was the prosecutor, and married to San Fran
mayor, now divorced.
I just can't get my brain around why anyone would want a big, dangerous dog.
How's nephew???????
Posted by: jazzy
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September 23, 2008 05:53 PM
The nephew has finally found a woman, jazzy, so we don't see him around here much these days, to the saint's glee, I might add. We don't know why he's adopted us for parents when he has nice ones of his own. I gotta get off here. It's about time to head down to Robinson to see The Pajama Game. Thrills and chills! The things guys must endure to keep their women happy.
Posted by: durangokid
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September 23, 2008 06:01 PM