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Orozco gives small station big-league news presence
Lance Orozco is one of Southern California’s most honored and recognized journalists. Yet he doesn’t work for the Los Angeles Times or a commercial ...Democrats suggest ex-Sen. Pryor for one of the two CPB Board vacancies
The Senate Democratic leadership has asked the White House to appoint a Senate alumnus, David H. Pryor of Arkansas, to one of ...Julia Child quenched our hunger for learning — and living
In the days before her 92nd birthday, Julia Child had been suffering kidney failure, according to her niece, Philadelphia Cousins. On Thursday, ...Frugal Gourmet Jeff Smith dies
Jeff Smith, a popular advocate for simple and multicultural cooking on public TV, died in his sleep July 7 [2004] in Seattle. ...Obituary: Larry Hall, 74, advocate for independent producers
A leading advocate for independent producers and openness in the governance of public broadcasting, Laurence S. Hall died Feb. 21 [2004] after ...Alistair Cooke, 95
Just five weeks after filing his last Letter from America for the BBC, Alistair Cooke died March 30 [2004] at his home in Manhattan. ...Grammy academy salutes McPartland for ‘timeless legacy’ of music
The Recording Academy presented a 2004 Trustees Award to jazz pianist and public radio host Marian McPartland. The award recognizes “music people ...Coonrod’s plan works: Cox will head CPB
Kathleen A. Cox will step up from chief operating officer of CPB, becoming the corporation’s first woman ...WETA founder Elizabeth Campbell dies at 101
Elizabeth Campbell, founder of WETA in Washington, D.C., and a pioneer of educational television in the U.S., died Jan. 9 [2004] in ...‘Piano Jazz’ host Marian McPartland, a dame at jazz crossroads
Piano Jazz hits its silver anniversary in April, a landmark that surprises nobody more than venerated host and pianist Marian McPartland. “It’s kind of ...Yankee pitchman, former GBH pres David Ives dies at 84
David Otis Ives cultivated an eccentric Yankee image as a WGBH pitchman that endeared him to New England audiences and helped fuel ...Fred Rogers: ‘No matter where he was, a lot of love came through’
Fred Rogers occupied a quiet corner of the tumultuous television landscape, but his influence was profound and borne of the kindness, ...Julia Child’s place in the Smithsonian
Julia Child’s kitchen is now in the nation’s attic, the Smithsonian Institution’s history museum on the Mall, inserted into a miscellaneous area ...Hull pursues personal history, 72 years ago in Rapid City
Now that he’s retiring, Ron Hull has time to find out who he is. Not that he or anyone else in public TV ...Series founder Stanford Calderwood dies
Stanford Calderwood, who served only a few months as president of WGBH, Boston, but initiated one of its most enduring franchises, Masterpiece Theatre, died ...
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