Author: Julian Wyllie
WGCU GM Rick Johnson will retire
Johnson has led the station since 2008.Comings and goings: Sharahn Thomas-Fulton named NPR VP, Houston Public Media promotes two …
Thomas-Fulton has helped with planning and logistics for every live news event covered by NPR since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.Sylvia Bugg promoted to PBS chief programming exec
Bugg will replace Perry Simon, who informed PBS he was stepping down this summer.Comings and goings: Bruce Ramer reelected CPB board chair, Chicago Public Media names new interim ...
Ramer joined the board in 2008 and has served as board chair from 2010–12 and since 2018.KVCR staffers speak out as licensee considers plan to revamp station
The licensee's board will present a detailed plan in December to be approved by April. The plan may include cuts to NPR ...Justine Nagan to leave AmDoc/‘POV’
Nagan led several new initiatives, including the launch of "POV" shorts.Ready To Learn grants to CPB, TPT back four new children’s TV series
Additional programs will be produced by GBH in Boston and Dave Peth.Tom Karlo to retire as GM of KPBS
Karlo has had a 47-year career in public media.KVCR licensee weighs plan to drop NPR and PBS programs, end role with FNX
The interim chancellor of the San Bernardino Community College District is recommending that the district convert its public TV and radio stations ...Comings and goings: David Greene leaving NPR’s ‘Morning Edition,’ John Barth retiring from PRX …
Greene will leave Dec. 29 to “focus on other projects,” according to the network.Leslie Wilcox, CEO of PBS Hawai‘i, will leave station
Wilcox joined the station in 2007.With disputes going public, creators ponder ownership stakes in their podcasts
“The power dynamic is off in a way that doesn’t account for the world that we’re in today."Comings and goings: PBS announces new board members, Rob Hilbert named Iowa PBS Foundation president ...
Three leaders of major-market public TV stations joined the network's board.Kevin Crane resigns as CEO of Nashville Public Television
Crane joined the station in 2000 and was named its leader in 2017.Maja Mrkoci to leave CPB
Mrkoci joined the organization in 2015 after working for PBS.
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