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West Virginia’s Bob Wise receives Thought Leader Award
Former West Virginia Governor Bob Wise was honored for his work supporting public media’s educational service. Wise is president of the Alliance for ...WGBH selects National Geographic TV exec to head national programming
John Bredar, a senior executive producer at National Geographic Television, is the new head of national programming at major producing station WGBH ...APTS recognizes Barbara Mikulksi and Greg Walden, gives innovation and advocacy awards
The Association of Public Television Stations handed out Champions of Public Broadcasting awards during its Public Media Summit in Washington, D.C., Feb ...Obama nominates two for CPB Board, Boston pair move from commercial radio to WGBH, and ...
Jim Braude and Margery Eagan debuted Feb. 25 as co-hosts of Boston Public Radio, a midday news/talk show on Boston’s WGBH-FM.Briscoe no longer at Newark’s WBGO-FM
Thurston Briscoe is no longer at WBGO-FM in Newark, N.J. His last day was Friday. The news was first reported on the ...Phil Estrada Olvera Jr., OPB engineer
Felipe “Phil” Estrada Olvera Jr., a network center director of engineering at Portland-based Oregon Public Broadcasting, died Jan. 19 of complications from ...One ouster leads to another at Iowa Public Radio
When the board of Iowa Public Radio voted to remove Mary Grace Herrington as c.e.o. Feb. 25, the directors were responding to ...Charles Scruggs, “Mr. Chuck” on WKNO
Charles Scruggs, known to Memphis children for his appearances as “Mr. Chuck” on WKNO Public Television for nearly two decades, died Jan. ...White House sends two nominations for CPB Board to Senate for confirmation
The White House has sent two nominations to the Senate for confirmation for openings on the CPB Board, it announced Wednesday. President ...George Rogers, WCET development director
George H. Rogers Jr., who worked as development and community relations director at WCET-TV in Cincinnati in the early years of the ...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 ...
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