The station’s co-founder and CEO will step down in December.
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Comings and goings: Stations elect NPR board members, Kroc fellows start at network
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The board will seat Joe O’Connor, CEO of WFAE, and Mike Savage, GM of WEKU.
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Sutton to lead audience and development division for Pittsburgh stations
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The job change is part of a management restructuring that elevates Mike Sauter to GM of WYEP.
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Bill Ballard, founder of Michigan’s WDCQ-TV, dies at 90
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Ballard helped launch the station, then WUCM, in 1964.
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Kyle Cunningham takes top job at Colorado’s KRCC
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Cunningham has held the position on an interim basis since January.
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Comings and goings: The Current names first managing director, NPR’s Schmitz heads to Berlin …
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David Safar previously worked as head of music, artist and label relations for the Minnesota Public Radio station.
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Playing with sound at work and on the side: Electronic tracks from our pubmedia playlist
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These tunes have a glitchy vibe that only professional sound nerds could come up with.
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Fundraising leader and consultant Barbara Appleby dies at 57
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Colleagues credit Appleby with promoting sustaining memberships and boosting many stations’ listener support.
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Dream a little dream with music from pubmedia tunesmiths
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We take a deeper dive into our “Public Media Rocks” playlist and highlight some whimsical and ethereal songs by public media’s musical geniuses.
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Comings and goings: NPR adds to news desks, NJ Spotlight co-founder departs …
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Among other new staffers, NPR named Krishnadev Calamur deputy Washington editor.