Bonneville International promotes 3 to v.p. positions

Bonneville International has promoted three of the company's senior corporate employees to vice president positions.

Paul Yates is now Bonneville's vice president and controller; Alvin Cottrell is a vice president and treasurer; and Kent Nate is vice president and controller of Bonneville's communications and satellite divisions.

Bonneville president/CEO Bruce Reese said the promotions are effective immediately and all three will continue to work at the company's Salt Lake corporate offices.

"Paul, Alvin and Kent have consistently gone above and beyond in their work for Bonneville," Reese said. "and I know they will continue to contribute their long-time experience and considerable expertise to the ongoing success of our company Their dedication is peerless and they are true professionals in every sense of the word."

Yates, a licensed CPA, has worked at Bonneville for nine years. Cottrell began at Bonneville in 1980 and has an accounting degree. Nate has been at Bonneville since 1998 and is also a CPA.

Founded in 1964, Bonneville operates 31 radio stations in Salt Lake, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Seattle, Phoenix, St. Louis and Cincinnati. It also owns and operates KSL-TV in S.L.