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Merrill Brockway, Emmy-winning Dance in America producer, dead at 90
Merrill Brockway, a producer and director of several PBS arts programs who was best known for his work on the Great Performances spinoff Dance in America, ...Blazing her own path as a pubTV broadcast engineer
The first television broadcast in China was transmitted in 1958. The first time that Ling Ling Sun watched a television program was ...George Walker, ATC anchor for West Virginia network, dies at 60
George Walker, the host of local broadcasts of All Things Considered on West Virginia Public Radio for nearly 12 years, was found dead in ...WMFE-FM hires WEAA’s LaFontaine Oliver as new president
Orlando pubcaster WMFE-FM has hired LaFontaine Oliver as its new president and g.m., replacing José Fajardo who left in December 2012. Oliver ...KUOW’s Wayne Roth, co-founder of SRG, to retire in September
Wayne Roth, longtime station chief at Seattle’s KUOW-FM and a past recipient of CPB’s Murrow Award honoring outstanding contributions to public radio, ...NET selects Leonard to replace longtime station head Bates
Mark Leonard, g.m. for Illinois Public Media in Urbana, takes over as g.m. and c.e.o. of NET in Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 1. He ...Everhart promoted to Current managing editor
Karen Everhart, a media reporter and editor who has covered public broadcasting at Current for more than two decades, has been promoted to ...WNET’s new CTO revamped tech at MetLife Stadium; Kimmel to succeed WNIN’s Dial; Hinman leaving ...
David Hinman, executive director and general manager of KBTC-TV in Tacoma, Wash., is leaving to manage cable television and video services for ...CPB Board selects Mitchelson as inspector general to replace Konz
Mary Mitchelson, deputy inspector general at the Department of Education Office of Inspector General, will take over as CPB inspector general June ...President Obama chooses SCETV chair as third nomination to CPB Board
President Barack Obama on Thursday nominated Brent Nelsen, a political science professor at Furman University in Greenville, S.C., to a term on ...KCETLink’s Marcus exits, recalling ‘great run’ with SoCal Connected
Bret Marcus, the KCET exec who led production of the station’s acclaimed local news series SoCal Connected, is among the 22 employees riffed in the ...CPB Board recognizes retiring IG Konz
The CPB Board today honored retiring CPB Inspector General Kenneth Konz with a resolution of appreciation for his service in the post ...Mhari Saito, award-winning reporter for Cleveland’s ideastream, dies at 41
Mhari Saito, a reporter for Cleveland’s ideastream, died April 15 from a long battle with gastric cancer. She was 41. Saito began her ...After one Clash accuser drops lawsuit, four cases remain
One of the five men who filed a civil complaint against Kevin Clash has withdrawn his lawsuit alleging sexual impropriety by the ...Rivero exiting WGBH, Pruess heading to Quad Cities, AIR appoints Ferro to board, and more ...
Marita Rivero, vice president and general manager for radio and television at producing powerhouse WGBH, is stepping down after nearly 30 years ...
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