Author: Julian Wyllie
Miami school board rejects challenge to selection process for manager of WLRN
The petition was filed by a friends group that had bid to run the joint licensee.Comings and goings: NPR promotes two on news team, WTVP promotes Baker …
Didi Schanche becomes the network's chief international editor.At APTS Summit, Butler says FEMA grant program would be government’s ‘best investment’ in public ...
CPB has asked the Department of Homeland Security to set aside funds for public broadcasting emergency communications.Comings and goings: Katherine Arno becomes VP at CPB, Vegas PBS hires development director …
Arno will oversee the Community Service Grant program.Comings and goings: Jenny Northern named GM at ideastream, Greater Public promotes two staffers …
Northern has held several roles within ideastream, including station manager for its radio stations.Pat Piotrowski retires as GM of KTEP
John Carillo, director of development, was named interim GM.Trump budget again proposes zeroing out public broadcasting funds
The proposed budget also seeks to zero out Ready To Learn.MHz Networks cuts public TV Worldview channel to focus on streaming
Fans who want to keep watching MHz's international dramas will have to pay for MHz Choice, a streaming service.Amy Shaw named Nine Network CEO
Shaw is the first woman to lead the station in its 65-year history.Comings and goings: California hub hires managing editor, Alhadeff joins leadership institute …
Joanne Griffith will start in her new role with a focus on election coverage.Mark Samels retires from ‘American Experience,’ Susan Bellows named acting EP
Samels supervised more than 130 historical documentaries during his 16 years as EP.PBS ends employee loans flagged by CPB as Communications Act violations
The broadcaster also addressed problems with open meetings and grant reporting highlighted in a CPB audit.Jill Hubbs named interim GM of WSRE
Hubbs has led several WSRE productions as an EP and also created local education programs.Comings and goings: Public Broadcasting Atlanta fills top roles, KQED adds news staffers …
The Atlanta station named a chief content officer and a VP of development.Former KCPT president Bill Reed dies at 81
Reed, a former educator and prospective professional football player, also worked for CPB, PBS and KIXE.
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