About Ed Henson

Ed Henson has been active in the broadcast industry for over forty-five years. His father, Clarance Henson, was a Consulting Broadcast Engineer for over 60 years. Ed and his sister, Louisa, managed the family owned radio stations in Louisville (WAVE Radio and WLRS) for sixteen years from 1972 through 1988. During that time, Ed also oversaw the family’s radio stations in El Paso, Texas, and in southern Indiana.

Since 1990, Ed has operated his own media brokerage and consulting firm, Henson Media, Inc., helping clients buy and sell radio and television stations. He has been the media broker on the sale of approximately seventy different transactions involving numerous radio stations. Since beginning his firm, he has also undertaken numerous broadcast valuations for radio, television, and low power television stations. 

Henson Media currently owns and operates WSON-AM/W243CU in Henderson, KY; WMSK-FM and WUCO-AM/W299CH in Morganfield, KY; and WREF (ESPN 97.7 “The REF”) serving Evansville, IN/Henderson, KY

For the last six years, Ed has served on the Radio Board of the National Association of Broadcasters, representing Kentucky and West Virginia. During his career, he has served as President of the Kentucky Broadcasters Association and the President of the Louisville Area Radio Stations. He graduated in 1973 from the Johns Hopkins University with a B.A. degree and in 1975 earned a FCC First Class Radio Engineer's license. Mr. Henson is a recipient of the Kentucky Broadcasters Association's Kentucky Mic Hall of Fame Award for outstanding contribution to the broadcast industry in Kentucky and of the KBA’s Al Temple Award for service to the organization. He has been married to Gail Ritchie Henson for over forty-five years and has three adult children and seven grandchildren.