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Portrait of a ‘Kind Hearted Woman’ as she finds her voice
Kind-Hearted Woman, David Sutherland's latest documentary series for Frontline is a five-hour story of abuse and triumph for a Native American woman. His meticulous techniques ...Chris Lydon returns to Boston airwaves as WGBH-FM contributor
Former radio host Christopher Lydon will return to the Boston airwaves as a weekly contributor to Boston Public Radio, a daily local news/talk show ...President Obama chooses Ramer for second term on CPB Board
President Barack Obama on Tuesday announced his intent to nominate Bruce Ramer, former CPB chair, to serve another term on the CPB ...Michael Toms, co-founder of New Dimensions
Michael Toms, the co-founder and co-host of the public radio program New Dimensions for four decades, died in his sleep Jan. 24 at the ...Stanley Karnow, journalist and historian
Stanley Karnow, whose book Vietnam: A History was the basis of a critically acclaimed 13-hour documentary on PBS, died Jan. 27 at his home ...NPR restructures marketing unit; Krichels leaves WPSU ‘for multiple reasons’; Walker joins DEI Board, and ...
Dana Davis Rehm, NPR’s senior v.p. of marketing, communications and external relations, will leave the network May 6 due to a reorganization ...Penn State announces Ted Krichels’ resignation from WPSU
Ted Krichels, associate vice president for public media and general manager of WPSU at Penn State University and a thought leader on public ...Dana Davis Rehm to leave NPR due to restructuring
Dana Davis Rehm, NPR’s senior v.p. of marketing, communications and external relations, will leave the network May 6 due to a reorganization ...PBS’s Russell takes KOCE executive post, Dominowski to Indiana, Sullivan exits Frontline after two decades, and ...
Andrew Russell, PBS senior v.p. for strategy and research, is moving to PBS SoCal in Orange County, Calif., as chief operating officer, ...Former executive director of Oregon’s JPR sues over dismissal
The former executive director of Oregon’s Jefferson Public Radio has filed a lawsuit against Southern Oregon University and the Oregon University System ...Michael Sullivan, Frontline producer since 1987, departs icon investigative series
Michael Sullivan, a television producer whose name has run near the top of credit rolls of Frontline almost continuously since 1987, has exited the ...KUED wins eight regional Emmys, while KUAT receives another six
John Howe, senior producer of the Salt Lake City–based station operated by the University of Utah, won four of KUED’s Emmys: three ...Kentucky Legislature honors KET founder O. Leonard Press
O. Leonard Press, who founded Kentucky Educational Television in 1968 after lobbying the state legislature for 10 years, has received the 2012 ...KERA lures Fisher after 28 years at TPT, Rockefeller to retire, Check Please! host moves on, and ...
The host of Check, Please!, WTTW’s popular restaurant review series, is departing the Chicago show after 10 years. Alpana Singh plans to devote more ...At 90, pubradio pioneer upholds a literary tradition
Decades ago, Karl Schmidt occupied himself by staging elaborate award-winning works of theater for radio broadcast. At 90, he’s still weaving compelling ...
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