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Betty Cope, WVIZ founding g.m., dies at 87
Betty Cope, the founding general manager of Cleveland’s pubTV station and one of the first women to ascend into television broadcast management, ...Susan Farmer, Rhode Island politician and pubTV exec, dies at 71
Susan Farmer, longtime president of Rhode Island’s only pubTV network, died Sept. 16 after a 12-year battle with cancer. She was 71. Farmer ...Robert Larson, “urban missionary” at Detroit Public TV, dies at 83
Robert Larson, a mission-driven public broadcaster who helped pioneer techniques for creating television programs and outreach for underserved communities, died Sept. 13 ...Out of Africa, Thompkins returns to New Orleans home
After serving a stint as NPR's East Africa correspondent, Gwen Thompkins was ready to head in a different direction. WWNO gave her ...PBS programs win three at 2013 Creative Arts Emmys
American Masters and Downton Abbey led the opening round of the annual Primetime Emmys Sept. 15 by claiming three Creative Arts Emmys for PBS. American Masters, a production ...NPR Board appoints Haaga as interim chief, announces 10-percent buy-out plan
Paul Haaga, a lawyer and financier who has served as NPR vice chair since last fall, was appointed interim president as the ...Saul Landau, investigative filmmaker, dies at 77
Saul Landau, a filmmaker who made investigative documentaries for PBS, died Sept. 9 from cancer. He was 77. Landau’s death was announced ...Pubcaster’s memoir details creative early years at WQED
A Secretly Handicapped Man, out in October, is not only the story of Norbert Nathanson’s place in the history of public broadcasting, but also ...Board selects Sukhdeo to run WPBT in Miami
Dolores Sukhdeo is the new president and chief executive officer of WPBT-TV in Miami, the station’s board announced Tuesday. She replaces Rick ...Seiken, PBS Digital head, will exit pubcaster for London-based post next month
Jason Seiken, PBS’s innovative head of digital media who exhorted stations to embrace a more videocentric future, will leave the public broadcaster ...PBS Board election goes to tie-breaker, Tomczyk takes on leadership of second station, and more ...
Rich Homberg, president of WTVS in Detroit, was the winner in the first tie ever for a spot on the PBS Board ...Analyst starts new firm, renames another
Public radio analyst John Sutton has established a new research firm and changed the name of his 16-year-old consulting company. Sutton announced Sept. ...New twist on the news cycle: chasing stories on two wheels
Several public broadcasting journalists now count a bike helmet among their essential reporting equipment as they pedal to cover news events and ...KCTS President Moss Bresnahan resigns, citing family issues
Moss Bresnahan, president of KCTS Television in Seattle, resigned Thursday. “My reasons for making this very difficult decision are deeply personal — to ...Syracuse’s WCNY welcomes two new execs, Echeverría and Santos host Vocalo en Español, and more ...
Jesús Echeverría and Rocío Santos are the new hosts for Chicago Public Media’s expanded Spanish-language music and talk blocks on Vocalo en ...
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