By: E&P Staff Ralph M. Oakley, the vice president and COO of Quincy Newspapers Inc. (QNI), Thursday will become president and CEO of the family-owned publisher of The Quincy (Ill.) Herald-Whig.
He succeeds his father, Thomas A. Oakley, who is stepping down from the posts he held since 1969. Thomas Oakley will remain on the board of the company as treasurer and will continue to as publisher of the newspaper.
"It has been both exciting and challenging, particularly in this business environment, but I have loved every day of it,? Thomas Oakley said. ?I will miss this part of my life, but I am leaving QNI in strong hands, with my son, Ralph and his management team."
Thomas Oakley has been with the company on a full time basis for 54 years. During his tenure as president and CEO, he grew the company from owning a single newspaper and television station with a radio out to led an effort to build the company from owning a single newspaper and television station with two radio stations to owning two papers, 12 television stations and two radio stations.
Ralph Oakley began with the company in the mid-1970s and has worked in several QNI properties in Quincy and elsewhere. He has been on the corporate staff for 15 years and has served as the company's Chief Operating Officer since 2002.
Ralph Oakley on the board of directors of the National Association of Broadcasters Television and on the ABC Television Affiliate Board of Governors.
QNI is a privately held company principally owned by the Oakley and Lindsay families. Ralph Oakley is the fifth generation of his family to work for QNI.
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