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James Day, 89
He put San Francisco’s KQED on the air in 1954 — with Jon Rice, the station’s legendary first program director — and ...Stern lost support in his tryout as No. 1 at NPR
There was no single reason why the NPR Board ended Ken Stern’s 18-month run as chief executive officer — or at least ...Stern lost support in his tryout as No. 1 at NPR
There was no single reason why the NPR Board ended Ken Stern’s 18-month run as chief executive officer — or at least ...Hosts walk high wires, producers hold the nets
Successful producers help talent compensate. They make a deal with their talent: “I’ll help you maneuver the everyday travails of living life, ...Zoel Parenteau, 75
Zoel J. Parenteau Jr., a key figure in two midwestern public TV stations, died Jan. 10, 2008, at age 75. Parenteau launched Kansas ...James Lee Mathes, 73, and Fred Burgess, 64
Two public broadcasters active in southern California during the 1960s and 1970s, James Lee Mathes and Fred Burgess, retired to Kansas together ...Ex-NBC news exec will manage WNET
Neal Shapiro, president of NBC News until 16 months ago, will succeed William Baker as president and c.e.o. of New York’s WNET. ...Paths to pubradio stardom: drifting, struggling and on a beeline
Lisa A. Phillips has just started appearing in bookstores to promote her newly published Public Radio Behind the Voices (CDS Books, 334 pages), which ...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 ...
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