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Line 20: − + + + − He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1926 from the [[University of Colorado]] at Boulder. Mayborn worked as a correspondent for several publications while in high school (''Dallas Dispatch'') and in college (''[[Denver Post]]'' and [[United Press International]]). Thereafter, he was an [[advertising]] salesman for the ''Dallas News'' (since ''[allas Morning News'') and then served in management positions for the Northern Texas Traction Company in [[Fort Worth]].+ − ==Texas media mogul==
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==Background==
==Background==
Mayborn was born in Akron, [[Ohio]] to Ward Carlton Mayborn and the former Nellie Childs Welton. Ward Mayborn, who was an executive of the [[E.W. Scripps]] newspaper chain, moved the family in 1910 to Westminster, [[Colorado]], a suburb of [[Denver]] that became the seventh largest city in the state. In 1919, the Mayborns relocated to [[Dallas]], Texas, where young Frank graduated in 1922 from W. H. Adamson High School, then known as Oak Cliff High School in the Oak Cliff neighborhood.
Mayborn was born in Akron, [[Ohio]] to Ward Carlton Mayborn and the former Nellie Childs Welton. Ward Mayborn, who was an executive of the E. W. Scripps newspaper chain, moved the family in 1910 to Westminster, [[Colorado]], a suburb of [[Denver]] that became the seventh largest city in the state. In 1919, the Mayborns relocated to [[Dallas]], Texas, where young Frank graduated in 1922 from W. H. Adamson High School, then known as Oak Cliff High School in the Oak Cliff neighborhood.
In 1926, Mayborn received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the [[University of Colorado]] at Boulder. He worked as a correspondent for several publications while in high school (''Dallas Dispatch'') and in college (''[[Denver Post]]'' and [[United Press International]]). Thereafter, he was an [[advertising]] salesman for the ''Dallas News'' (since ''Dallas Morning News'') and then served in management positions for the Northern Texas Traction Company in [[Fort Worth]].
==Texas media mogul==
Mayborn published ''The Temple Daily Telegram,'' ''The Killeen Daily Herald]],'' ''The Sherman Democrat,'' and the ''Taylor Press'' in Taylor in Williamson County. He established KCEN-TV, the [[NBC]] outlet for Temple and nearby [[Waco, Texas|Waco]] in McLennan County, Texas.
Mayborn published ''The Temple Daily Telegram,'' ''The Killeen Daily Herald]],'' ''The Sherman Democrat,'' and the ''Taylor Press'' in Taylor in Williamson County. He established KCEN-TV, the [[NBC]] outlet for Temple and nearby [[Waco, Texas|Waco]] in McLennan County, Texas.