Doug McConnell

[1] He has created, produced and hosted many series, special programs, and news projects for local, national and international distribution.

One of CMP's principal products is OpenRoad with Doug McConnell, Exploring the West for Public Television nationally.

[2] Bay Area Backroads was one of the longest-running regional television series in American broadcast history, and was consistently the highest-rated locally produced, non-news program in the nation's sixth-largest market.

[4][5] In 1985, Jerry Graham (born Gerald Granowsky in Indianapolis)[6] a former TV announcer, WNEW-FM employee,[7] WGRG (AM Pittsfield, Massachusetts) co-owner,[8] KSAN (1968 to 1980) general manager (1975—1977),[5] and KPIX "Pacific Currents" show host,[9] was cast by Bob Klein, KRON Executive Producer, who developed the travel show for locals, as "Bay Area Backroads".

He maintains a busy schedule of community activities, including serving on the Advisory Board of the local environmental watchdog San Francisco Baykeeper, and has been honored recently by the Marin Humane Society as "Humanitarian of the Year," by the San Francisco Bay Trail Project as "Volunteer of the Year," by California State Parks as "Honorary Ranger of the Year," and by the National Park Service as "Honorary National Park Ranger."