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Line 26: − + − − Along with his father and brothers, Mayborn purchased the Telegram Publishing Company in Temple just days after the [[Wall Street Crash of 1929]]. Ward Mayborn at first urged Frank to sell ''The Telegram'' for whatever he could command, considering the gloomy economic picture by 1930. Mayborn, however, was determined to make a success in Temple and continued as the business manager of the newspaper, a position that he held until 1945, when he was elevated to editor]and publisher. That same year, Mayborn purchased ''The Sherman Democrat'' in Grayson County in north Texas. − − In 1952, he became, first, part-owner and, then, sole owner-operator of ''The ''Killeen Herald'' (subsequently the ''Killeen Daily Herald''). In 1959, he obtained the ''Taylor Press,'' which he sold in 1974. In 1977, he sold ''The Sherman Democrat'' but continued as editor and publisher of the Temple and Killeen newspapers until his death. + + + + Line 38:
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==Texas media mogul==
==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'' in Sherman in Grayson County 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.
Along with his father and brothers, Mayborn purchased the Telegram Publishing Company in Temple just days after th[Wall Street crash in 1929. Ward Mayborn at first urged Frank to sell ''The Telegram'' for whatever he could command, considering the gloomy economic picture by 1930. Mayborn, however, was determined to make a success in Temple and continued as the business manager of the newspaper, a position that he held until 1945, when he was elevated to editor]and publisher. That same year, Mayborn purchased ''The Sherman Democrat.''
In 1952, he became, first, part-owner and, then, sole owner-operator of ''The ''Killeen Herald'' (subsequently the ''Killeen Daily Herald''). In 1959, he obtained the ''Taylor Press,'' which he sold in 1974. In 1977, he sold ''The Sherman Democrat'' but continued as editor and publisher of the Temple and Killeen newspapers until his death.
Mayborn was also a [[radio]] and [[television]] pioneer. In 1936, he started radio station KTEM (AM) in Temple. In 1945, he founded WMAK radio (now WNQM, a [[Christian]] station in [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]]. In 1953, he founded KCEN-TV, named "CEN" for "Central Texas".
Mayborn was also a [[radio]] and [[television]] pioneer. In 1936, he started radio station KTEM (AM) in Temple. In 1945, he founded WMAK radio (now WNQM, a [[Christian]] station in [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]]. In 1953, he founded KCEN-TV, named "CEN" for "Central Texas".
In 1942, at the age of thirty-six, Mayborn enlisted in the Army as a public relations officer. In 1944, he joined the staff of General [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] as assistant chief of the U.S. public relations office. He received a [[Bronze Star]] and left military service as a major in 1945. He remained active in military matters, having served on the civilian advisory board for most of the commanders at Fort Hood. In 1968, he accompanied an old acquaintance, General Bruce Clarke, to the former [[South Vietnam]] on a fact-finding tour. On his return, he reported to [[U.S. President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] on the reliability of the controversial M16 rifle. In 1979, Mayborn was rewarded for his contributions to the Army when he was named the recipient of the Creighton W. Abrams Medal, named for the second U.S. commander in the [[Vietnam War]], for his contributions to the Army.
In 1942, at the age of thirty-six, Mayborn enlisted in the Army as a public relations officer. In 1944, he joined the staff of General [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] as assistant chief of the U.S. public relations office. He received a [[Bronze Star]] and left military service as a major in 1945. He remained active in military matters, having served on the civilian advisory board for most of the commanders at Fort Hood. In 1968, he accompanied an old acquaintance, General Bruce Clarke, to the former [[South Vietnam]] on a fact-finding tour. On his return, he reported to [[U.S. President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] on the reliability of the controversial M16 rifle. In 1979, Mayborn was rewarded for his contributions to the Army when he was named the recipient of the Creighton W. Abrams Medal, named for the second U.S. commander in the [[Vietnam War]], for his contributions to the Army.
==Political activities==
Mayborn was also a political confidant of Texas [[Democratic Party|Democrats]], President Johnson, [[Governor]] [[John Connally]], and [[U.S. Representative]]s W. R. Poage and [[Sam Rayburn]], the long-term House Speaker. He also advised Secretary Oveta Culp Hobby of the former [[United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare]], and [[United States Secretary of Commerce]] Jesse H. Jones. By the 1970s, with the defection of Connally to the [[Republican Party]], Mayborn began to support some GOP candidates.
==Political contributions==
===Disputed 1948 U.S. Senate runoff election==
In 1946, Mayborn was elected to the Texas Democratic State Central Committee. While on the committee, he played a crucial role in the disputed senatorial [[primary]] runoff election of 1948 for the seat vacated by the retiring Willard Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel (1890-1969).
In 1946, Mayborn was elected to the Texas Democratic State Central Committee. While on the committee, he played a crucial role in the disputed senatorial [[primary]] runoff election of 1948 for the seat vacated by the retiring Willard Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel (1890-1969).
John Connally, then Johnson's campaign manager, summoned Mayborn from a business trip in Nashville, where Mayborn owned a radio station, to cast the deciding vote in what was to be the committee's 29-28 decision to declare Johnson the winner of the Democratic senatorial nomination.<ref>[http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fmazz TSHA Online - Texas State Historical Association<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> [[U.S. Supreme Court]] Justice [[Hugo Black]], a former [[U.S. Senator]] from [[Alabama]], declared that the Democratic committee would have the sole power to select the nominee, a crushing blow to the Stevenson campaign. Stevenson, thereafter, embittered at the outcome of the senatorial nomination, headed the "Democrats for Nixon" Committee in Texas in 1960,, when Johnson was the Democratic vice-presidential nominee on the ticket headed by then Senator [[John F. Kennedy]] of [[Massachusetts]] and also a candidate for senatorial reeledction opposed by the Republican [[John Tower]].
John Connally, then Johnson's campaign manager, summoned Mayborn from a business trip in Nashville, where Mayborn owned a radio station, to cast the deciding vote in what was to be the committee's 29-28 decision to declare Johnson the winner of the Democratic senatorial nomination.<ref>[http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fmazz TSHA Online - Texas State Historical Association<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> [[U.S. Supreme Court]] Justice [[Hugo Black]], a former [[U.S. Senator]] from [[Alabama]], declared that the Democratic committee would have the sole power to select the nominee, a crushing blow to the Stevenson campaign. Stevenson, thereafter, embittered at the outcome of the senatorial nomination, headed the "Democrats for Nixon" Committee in Texas in 1960,, when Johnson was the Democratic vice-presidential nominee on the ticket headed by then Senator [[John F. Kennedy]] of [[Massachusetts]] and also a candidate for senatorial reeledction opposed by the Republican [[John Tower]].
==Contributions==
==Legacy==
Odie B. Faulk and Laura E. Faulk titled their Mayborn biography ''Frank Mayborn: A Man Who Made a Difference.'' Indeed Mayborn was involved in the development of many Bell County institutions. He served on the advisory board of the acclaimed Scott & White Memorial Hospital and played an important role in the location of the [[Texas A&M University]] Medical Center in Temple. A longtime advocate of a convention center for Temple, Mayborn donated more than fifteen acres of land for the Frank W. Mayborn Convention Center, which was completed in 1982, five years before his death. The facility includes the Mayborn Museum Complex.
Odie B. Faulk and Laura E. Faulk titled their Mayborn biography ''Frank Mayborn: A Man Who Made a Difference.'' Indeed Mayborn was involved in the development of many Bell County institutions. He served on the advisory board of the acclaimed Scott & White Memorial Hospital and played an important role in the location of the [[Texas A&M University]] Medical Center in Temple. A longtime advocate of a convention center for Temple, Mayborn donated more than fifteen acres of land for the Frank W. Mayborn Convention Center, which was completed in 1982, five years before his death. The facility includes the Mayborn Museum Complex.
Mayborn worked with Congressman Poage to obtain two Central Texas reservoirs, Belton and Stillhouse Hollow lakes.. He worked to obtain the designation of the Killeen-Temple-Belton-Fort Hood area as a standard metropolitan statistical area though the four units are not directly contiguous. He was president of the Texas Publishers Association in 1941 and of the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association in 1961.
Mayborn worked with Congressman Poage to obtain two Central Texas reservoirs, Belton and Stillhouse Hollow lakes.. He worked to obtain the designation of the Killeen-Temple-Belton-Fort Hood area as a standard metropolitan statistical area though the four units are not directly contiguous. He was president of the Texas Publishers Association in 1941 and of the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association in 1961.
Over the years, Mayborn received numerous awards, including an honorary doctorate from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor and the Distinguished Citizen Award of the [[Boy Scouts]], an organization that he tirelessly supported over the years. He was inducted into the Communications Hall of Fame at Texas Tech. He also supported numerous charitable projects through his Frank W. Mayborn Foundation.
Over the years, Mayborn received numerous awards, including an honorary doctorate from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor and the Distinguished Citizen Award of the [[Boy Scouts]], an organization that he tirelessly supported over the years. He was inducted into the Communications Hall of Fame at Texas Tech. He also supported numerous charitable projects through his Frank W. Mayborn Foundation.
Mayborn was a Mason and a [[Presbyterian]].
Mayborn was a Mason and a [[Presbyterian]].
==Death and legacy==
==Death==
Mayborn died of a [[heart attack]] in Temple at the age of eighty-three.
Mayborn died of a [[heart attack]] in Temple at the age of eighty-three.
The Texas Daily Newspaper Association offers the annual Frank Mayborn Award for Community Leadership to recognize a publisher or other newspaper executive who contributed during the past year to the improvement of society.
The Texas Daily Newspaper Association offers the annual Frank Mayborn Award for Community Leadership to recognize a publisher or other newspaper executive who contributed during the past year to the improvement of society.
Posthumously, the journalism graduate program at the University of North Texas was named the Frank W. Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism in 1999. With assistance from his business partner, Frank M. Burke Jr, the journalism department at the University of North Texas became the Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism on September 1, 2009.
Posthumously, the journalism graduate program at the University of North Texas was named the Frank W. Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism in 1999. With assistance from his business partner, Frank M. Burke, Jr., the journalism department at the University of North Texas became the Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism on September 1, 2009.
==Further reading==
==Further reading==