Building Toward the Best.(Heritage Communications Inc. co-founder James Cownie)
Multichannel News, October, 2009 by Neel, K.C.
by K.C. Neel
James Cownie, Co-founder/Past President, Heritage
Jim Cownie didn't know much about the cable industry in 1970 when he and high school pal Jim Hoak decided to get into the business. But that didn't stop the pair from eventually building the ninth-largest U.S. cable company, with more than 1 million customers in 22 states.
"Our goal was to become the best cable operator in the country," Cownie said.
Cownie was working for an investment firm, and Hoak had just returned from a stint at the Federal Communications Commission when they drew up their plans for Hawkeye Cablevision, later Heritage Communications. Both men were 26 and full of enthusiasm for the fledgling industry.
Although the Des Moines, Iowa,...
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