BMI Icon John Oates Entertains Hearst Television Executives
![Hearst Television Executive Vice President Mike Hayes, Hearst Television President and NAB Joint Board Chair Jordan Wertlieb, award-winning BMI songwriter John Oates, Hearst Television Executive Vice President Frank Biancuzzo and BMI’s Dan Spears gather for a photo at the general managers meeting in Greenville.](/images/news/2018/_770/hearst_tv_lead.jpg)
BMI Icon and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee John Oates provided a special evening of stories and songs at the Hearst Television annual general managers meeting held recently (5/30) in Greenville, South Carolina. Oates, one half of the legendary pop duo Hall & Oates, not only performed the group’s biggest hits as he originally wrote them, he also shared music from his latest solo project Arkansas. In their renowned career, Hall & Oates recorded 21 albums, selling more than 80 million units while topping the charts with 10 #1 hits and 20 top 40 hits. They were named BMI Icons in 2008, and inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2014.
Hearst Television owns more than 30 TV stations in markets across the country.
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