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PROFESSIONAL CAREER

Steve Humphries is the Co-Founder of The Q Companies, Ltd. the parent company of Q Digital Group, QR Systems WorldWide, Inc, Q Marketing Group, Inc., AutoQodes, Inc. and QaR Mail, Inc.

Humphries is a 40 year broadcast and advertising professional and is considered a pioneer in Spanish Radio and Television. Humphries has extensive Executive Corporate Management, General Management and Sales Management in running both Spanish and General Market broadcast stations and groups.

Humphries (aka Steve Rivers) began his radio career as on-air talent. At the age of 14 he began working for his father at the family owned station, KVIN in Vinita, Oklahoma. At 22, he landed his first Program Director position at WZGC-FM (Z-93) Atlanta, where he took the station to a dominate market position. At the age of 24 he was named National Program Director of the General Cinema Communications broadcast group (former owners of WEFM-Chicago, WIFI-Philadelphia, WZGC-Atlanta, KRBE-Houston, WGCL-Cleveland, WHUE-Boston).

In 1980 he joined accomplished radio researcher Dean Landsman to form Landsman/Rivers Radio Services, a full-service programming/research radio consulting firm. Initial clients included WABC-New York, WBCN-Boston, WSNI-Philadelphia and many more growing to a roster of over 50 clients.

In 1983, Humphries purchased his first radio stations in Colorado and New Mexico, where he launched one of the most successful and highly rated CHR stations in the USA, KKMG-Pueblo/Colorado Springs.

Humphries has served as a Key Executive in a number of top Radio and Television groups including Heritage Broadcast Group, Heftel Broadcasting (now Univision Radio), Spanish Broadcasting System, Mas Music TeVe (Owners of 13 Television Stations) and TK Communications) (former owners of WSHE/WSRF Fort Lauderdale-Miami, WHTQ-AM/FM Orlando, KXTN-FM/KZVE-AM San Antonio and KLUV-FM Dallas). It was with TK in San Antonio in 1990 that Humphries launched the very first Spanish Radio station to go to a number one position in the overall general market (KXTN-FM).

In 1993 Humphries launched his full-service Spanish Radio consulting firm (HCI) where signed Luis Nogales' Embarcadero Media, launching new stations in Riverside and Sacramento, Heftel Broadasting (now Univision Radio) signing KLVE/KTNQ-Los Angeles, The Dallas Cluster (6 Stations) and WADO in NYC and others. Humphries was then recruited to join Heftel to lauch new stations in Dallas, where he served as Executive Vice President, taking the stations from $5.0M in annual revenue in 1993 to $12.0M in revenue in 1994.

Humphries was then recruited by competitor, Spanish Broadcasting Systems to serve as their Western Region VP. He then re-launched KLAX-FM in Los Angeles from #15 to #5 in less than 90 days. With SBS he also prepared the launch of WLEY in Chicago and oversaw sales operations in New York. Humphries was the co-founder of MasMusica TeVe, the first Spanish music television network in the USA. The Company was sold to Viacom in 2004.

In 2003 Humphries formed Humphries Marketing Group. Humphries was recruited by the National Automobile Dealers Association to conduct Marketing Seminars for the NADA 20 Groups.

Humphries currently serves at the President & CEO of Q Marketing Group of Dallas, TX